Re: re my harrises/ hudsons/ gray briggs, etc
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re my harrises/ hudsons/ gray briggs, etc
belva cauthen 11/07/06
Great research Belva,My ancestor Elkanna Eland Briggs m. Elizabeth Harris, believed to be the dau. of William Harris of Laurens Co. SC.I think their son, Willis Briggs, was b. in Laurens Co. in 1795.This Briggs family moved to GA in mid 1790s and are there in Camden Co., Warren Co. and Jones Co. by 1820. They moved to AL and both died there in Butler Co.DNA has proven we descend from Clement Briggs of Mass.He came to America on the ship, Fortune, in 1621 as a single man.Your research of the Harris families is fantastic.Elkanna was likely the son of William Briggs who died and his widow, Elizabeth, sold his land in 1810, that William had acquired in 1765 in Laurens Co.