He was the eleventh of twelve children of Allen Briggs , a blacksmith originally from Cranston , Rhode Island , and Nancy ( Brown ) Briggs , of Huguenot descent .
George Nixon Briggs was born in Adams , Massachusetts on April 12 , 1796 .
George Nixon Briggs was the eleventh of twelve children of Allen Briggs , a blacksmith originally from Cranston , Rhode Island , and Nancy ( Brown ) George Nixon Briggs , of Huguenot descent .
George Nixon Briggs was born in Adams , Massachusetts on April 12 , 1796 .