Lloyd Vernon Briggs' collection of Massachusetts family records, 1650-1933

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Summary

Title:
Lloyd Vernon Briggs' collection of Massachusetts family records
Dates:
1650-1933
Creators:
Briggs, L. Vernon (Lloyd Vernon), 1863-1941
Abstract:
Copies of the various family records - muster and pay rolls, bounty receipts, church records, etc. -- collected by Lloyd Vernon Briggs.
Extent:
3 boxes
Language:
The records are in English .
Preferred citation:

Lloyd Vernon Briggs' collection of Massachusetts family records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Thomas Family collection consists of numerous pages of excerpts copied from the Massachusetts archives, muster and pay rolls, town rolls, and bounty receipts. Birth, marriage, and death notices from church records are also included.

The families mentioned are: the Thomas family, and the Otis, Stetson (Stedson), Damon, Cushing, and Briggs families. They were prominent in Plymouth County, New England during the 18th and 19th centuries.

These notes were possibly compiled for genealogical purposes. They have been sorted according to the family primarily treated. However, it appears that all of the families were inter-related by marriage.

Note: With the exception of a few items, the dates in this collection indicate the date span of the material, not the date of creation.

Biographical / historical:

Lloyd Vernon Briggs (1863-1941), American psychiatrist and Massachusetts genealogist. In addition to numerous works on psychiatry, he was the author of The church and cemetery records of Hanover, Mass. (Boston, Mass., Wallace Spooner, 1895-1904), History and genealogy of the Cabot family, 1475-1927 (Boston, C.E. Goodspeed & co., 1927), History and genealogy of the Briggs family, 1254-1937 (Boston, C. E. Goodspeed & co., 1938), and other works.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Lloyd Vernon Briggs, approximately 1940.
Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Gina C Giang.
Date Prepared:
© 2017
Date Encoded:
Machine readable finding aid encoded by Gina C Giang on January 2018

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, please go to following web site.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

Lloyd Vernon Briggs' collection of Massachusetts family records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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