The Boston Daily Atlas (Boston, Massachusetts)
9 Aug 1855
p. 2
Deaths.
At Watertown, 7th inst. (at the residence of John Hathaway, Esq) Mrs. Margaret Briggs, 86, widow of the late Capt James Briggs, of Dighton.
From a handwritten history of the Vantine Family @1890
Margarita
August
The last of eleven children was born the last week of August and baptized in Fishkill Village 1764.
She married Coen or Cowen when very young. She had but one child a daughter born when she was fifteen. She married three times. After her second marriage she lived in Washington N.C. [D.C.?] and after her third marriage went to Dighton Mass where she lived until the death of her husband Captain Briggs then went to Boston and lived with her daughter until she died when quite aged.
9 Aug 1855
p. 2
Deaths.
At Watertown, 7th inst. (at the residence of John Hathaway, Esq) Mrs. Margaret Briggs, 86, widow of the late Capt James Briggs, of Dighton.
From a handwritten history of the Vantine Family @1890
Margarita
August
The last of eleven children was born the last week of August and baptized in Fishkill Village 1764.
She married Coen or Cowen when very young. She had but one child a daughter born when she was fifteen. She married three times. After her second marriage she lived in Washington N.C. [D.C.?] and after her third marriage went to Dighton Mass where she lived until the death of her husband Captain Briggs then went to Boston and lived with her daughter until she died when quite aged.
The Boston Daily Atlas (Boston, Massachusetts)
9 Aug 1855
p. 2
Deaths.
At Watertown, 7th inst. (at the residence of John Hathaway, Esq) Mrs. Margaret Briggs, 86, widow of the late Capt James Briggs, of Dighton.
From a handwritten history of the Vantine Family @1890
Margarita
August
The last of eleven children was born the last week of August and baptized in Fishkill Village 1764.
She married Coen or Cowen when very young. She had but one child a daughter born when she was fifteen. She married three times. After her second marriage she lived in Washington N.C. [D.C.?] and after her third marriage went to Dighton Mass where she lived until the death of her husband Captain Briggs then went to Boston and lived with her daughter until she died when quite aged.
9 Aug 1855
p. 2
Deaths.
At Watertown, 7th inst. (at the residence of John Hathaway, Esq) Mrs. Margaret Briggs, 86, widow of the late Capt James Briggs, of Dighton.
From a handwritten history of the Vantine Family @1890
Margarita
August
The last of eleven children was born the last week of August and baptized in Fishkill Village 1764.
She married Coen or Cowen when very young. She had but one child a daughter born when she was fifteen. She married three times. After her second marriage she lived in Washington N.C. [D.C.?] and after her third marriage went to Dighton Mass where she lived until the death of her husband Captain Briggs then went to Boston and lived with her daughter until she died when quite aged.
Inscription
Margaret Vantine
Wife of
James Briggs
Born in Fishkill, NY
_________ 1855
Widow of
Bartholomew Coen
Family Members
Children
