Notes:

According to NEHGS Register, Vol. 126, p. 276 (1971):

Phinehas Briggs served in the Revolutionary War in 1775, and from 1776 until the end of the war as a minute man in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. He received Pension No. S-12328 beginning in 1833. Jabez Briggs of Colraine was witness.

He resided in Norton until 1785 when he removed to Rehoboth. In 1791 he was in Savoy, Mass. Nathaniel Carpenter, Jr., of Bullock's Grant, cordwainer, sold 50 acres of lot #43 (being in township alotted to Captain Gallup of the Canadian Expedition) to Phinehas Briggs of Bullock's Grant, 17 October 1794. The deed was witnessed by Nathaniel and Cyril Carpenter (Berkshire County Deed, 5:326). On the 1st Tuesday in October, 1798 Phinehas Briggs sold to Joseph Williams of Lenox, Trader, 17 acres, 4 rods in Savoy, for $85.66. Suit for debt was ordered by the General COurt 22 Oct. 1798. About this time Phinehas Briggs moved to Russia, Herkimer Co., NY, where he remained until his death.

Birth:
1750    BRIGGS    Phinehas, ch. Phinehas and Esther, Apr. 15, 1750.    Birth    Norton

Phinehas married Sarah Hall after 29 Feb 1772. Sarah (daughter of Ephraim Hall and Deborah Thompson) was born on 4 Feb 1748/49; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006

Notes:

He went with his father to Herkimer Co., NY, where he appears in the census of 1800. In the 1820 census, he is called Samuel.

Birth:
1773    BRIGGS    Lemuel, ch. Phinehas and Sarah, May 23, 1773.         Birth    Norton

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Lemuel married Content Cotton after 29 Oct 1797. Content was born in in Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]