Briggs, Isaac

Briggs, Isaac, a Congregational minister, was born at Halifax, Massachusetts, May 7, 1775. He was the son of the Reverend Ephraim Briggs, pastor of the Congregational Church of that place, and the brother of four ministers. He graduated at Brown University in 1794, and was pastor of the churches in the following places: York, Maine, from 1797 to 1805; Boxford, Massachusetts, from 1805 to 1830; New Rochester, Massachusetts, from 1835 to 1858. He died at East Morrisania, N.Y., February 22, 1862. Mr. Briggs was a pious and faithful servant of his Master. See Cong. Quarterly, 1862, page 388.