 Birth | |
 Military service | Rev. War St. Mary's Co. Militia Note: Maryland Militia in the Rev. war p. 210 appdx. B muster rolls and other lists |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Dr. Col. Philip Briscoe January 29, 1724 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Susannah Swann April 25, 1724 |
| Death of a father | Capt. John Briscoe January 12, 1734 |
| Birth of a son #1 | Dr. John Hansen Briscoe 1752 |
 Historical Event | The French & Indian War between 1754 and 1763Note: The French and Indian War is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years War, fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France - http://goo.gl/SiIuNc |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1775 and 1776Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics |
| Historical Event | The American Revolution from 1775 to 1783Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Thomas Bond Briscoe 1786 |
| Death of a son | Dr. John Hansen Briscoe September 7, 1796 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic between 1793 and 1798Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793 |
| Historical Event | The Louisiana Purchase 1803Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase |
| Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 |
| Death of a grandson | Thomas Bond Briscoe March 26, 1826 |
| Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
 Death | unknown |