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Person Details
 
Last NameBRIGGS
First NameJONATHAN
Maiden 
RelationH/O ABIGAIL (GREENE)
Cemetery NumberCY109
Cemetery NameMANCHESTER CEMETERY
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1755
Death Day23
Death MonthDEC
Death Year1837
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
SectionA
Lot 
Map00021
Stone Materialmarble
Conditiongood
Shapesquare top
Carvingno carving
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone2
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2015
CarverRAY
Notes/Misc Details
Notes'A patriot of the Revolution who served more than 6 years in the Continental regular army. Germantown-Monmouth-Yorktown' Arnold found a slate stone for him in a separate lot (Jonathan Briggs Lot-CY173) [SAR: 1777 Private in Capt. Thomas Hughes's Co.; Col. Angell's Reg't- served to close of war.] Removed to Manchester Cemetery-CY109, between 1905 and 1930, where a marble replacement stone was placed [Rev. War pension file #S38583 / W23686 says he was b. April 1755, d. 23 Dec 1837, mar. 25 Mar 1783 Abigail Greene]
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