Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Briggs, Benjamin
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Falls Township


BENJAMIN BRIGGS farmer, P.O. Tullytown, was born in Penn's 
Manor, Falls township, September 21, 1826.  He is a son of 
John and Sarah (White) Briggs.  His father, a native of New 
Jersey, and of English descent, spent most of his life in 
Falls township as a farmer, in which business he achieved a 
marked success; and died November 22, 1858.  His mother was 
born in Bucks county and was of Dutch descent.  The family 
consisted of four children:  Mary, who died in 1845; Amos, 
attorney-at-law and ex-president judge of Philadelphia; 
Benjamin, our subject, and Sarah Ann.  Benjamin Briggs 
received a common-school education, has made farming and 
dealing in cattle his business, and has made it successful.  
He was married December 9, 1879.  In 1882 he married Julia 
Elma, sister of his former wife.  Her parents were members 
of the Society of Friends.