History of Schoharie County Chapter XX William E. Roscoe:

Judge Briggs. - At the time John Cummings settled here, his brother-
in-law Olney Briggs also came as a saddle and harness maker. Mr.
Briggs was born in Berkshire county
Massachusetts in 1775 and with his parents removed to Otsego county
soon after the Revolution. After learning his trade he came to this
village and became one of its foremost men
as well as a prominent one in the County. He was appointed to the
bench in 1816 and filled the position as Assistant Judge sixteen
years. He was a delegate with Asa Starkweather,
from the County to the Constitutional Convention of 1821, to frame
that which is distinguished as the Second Constitution of New York.