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Family records of the descendants of Thomas Wait of Portsmouth, Rhode Island
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Copies of the various family records - muster and pay rolls, bounty receipts, church records, etc. -- collected by Lloyd Vernon Briggs. The bulk of the collection is related to the Thomas family of Plymouth County, with smaller groups dealing with the Briggs, Cushing, Damon, Otis, and Stetson families. The copies were prepared in 1920s and 1930s.
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Copies of the various family records - muster and pay rolls, bounty receipts, church records, etc. -- collected by Lloyd Vernon Briggs. The bulk of the collection is related to the Thomas family of Plymouth County, with smaller groups dealing with the Briggs, Cushing, Damon, Otis, and Stetson families. The copies were prepared in 1920s and 1930s.
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