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Charity was alive as late as 1796, when she and her husband deeded land to their son John Briggs. She was likely the woman over 45 who was enumerated in her son John's household in the 1800 US census.
children of Charity Hathaway and John Briggs:(2)
i. Lydia b. 19 March 1739/1740
ii. Prudence b. 29 May 1742 (in Dighton)
iii. Ebenezer b. 6 December 1744
iv. Richard b. 21 May 1746/1747
v. Margaret b. 2 March 1748/1749
vi. Rachel b. 5 May 1751
vii. John b. 31 August 1753
viii. Hannah b. 29 March 1756
ix. Joel b. 6 July 1758
x. Jerusha b. 23 February 1761
xi. Hathaway b. 12 December 1766?(3)
sources for vital records: her marriage is recorded in the Berkley, MA, vital records.
2. Berkley, MA, vital records.
3. The Berkley vital records say 1766, but this may be erroneous. He said he was 75 in a July 1838 Revolutionary War pension file affidavit for his brother John, most likely placing his birth in 1762 (if his birth on 12 December is accurate). This is more reasonable given that he married in June of 1784, and a birth in December 1762 would have made him 21 rather than 17.
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