Phoebe (Phebe) Biggs

1721 - 1796  (74 years)

• Name	Phoebe (Phebe) Biggs  [1]
  Birth	24 May 1721	Seatauket-Brookhaven Twp, Suffolk, New York   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Burial	1796	Strongs Neck ("Tangier" Smith Cemetery), Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [3]
  Death	3 Feb 1796  [1]
  Person ID	I7663	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Biggs, Sr,   b. Abt 1676, Seatauket, Suffolk, New York d. Abt 1743, Seatauket, Suffolk, New York (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Bethsheba Biggs(),   b. Abt 1680, Long Island, New York, United States
  Family ID	F3621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Biggs,   b. Abt 1672, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 26 Jul 1759, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Bethsheba Biggs(),   b. Abt 1680, Long Island, New York, United States
  Family ID	F30158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gilbert Smith, "Tangier",   b. 28 Sep 1721, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 23 Mar 1795, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Children	1. John Smith,   b. Abt 1745, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 9 Nov 1800, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 55 years)   2. Penelope Smith,   b. 30 Apr 1747, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 25 Oct 1800, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 53 years)   3. Gilbert Smith, Jr,   b. Jul 1749, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 10 Oct 1781, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 32 years)   4. Comfort Smith, UE POSSIBLY son of a Gilbert,   b. From 1757 to 1765, United States d. 28 Jun 1823, Fredericksburg, Greater Napanee, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years)   5. Henry Smith,   b. 19 Aug 1759, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 15 Mar 1828, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 68 years)   6. Nathaniel Smith,   b. 28 Sep 1760, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 3 May 1782, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 21 years)
  Family ID	F2926	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Pheobe was a sister to her father-in-law Col. Henry Smith's third wife.

  
  

• Sources

  [S58] Ruth Tangier Smith, M.D. and Henry Bainbridge Hoff, The Tangier Smith Family: Descendents of Colonel William Smith of The Manor of St. George, Long Island, New York (The Order of colonial Lords of Manors in America. Publication No. 34. 1978.), p. 6. [S6809] Chain of Fools, Phebe Biggs. [S6810] Ruth Tangier Smith, M.D. and Henry Bainbridge Hoff, The Tangier Smith Family: Descendents of Colonel William Smith of The Manor of St. George, Long Island, New York (The Order of colonial Lords of Manors in America. Publication No. 34. 1978.), p. 6.