Daily AncestorBriney
Briney is an old nickname for Sabrina, found in American records of the 1700s and 1800s.
Briney is a short form of Sabrina. Briney appears as a pet form of Sabrina on the Connecticut State Library's list of 18th and 19th century nicknames.
The same woman can be Sabrina in one record and Briney in the next, for example a birth under one name and a marriage under the other. Match age, place and relatives before you join the two.
As seen in a record1850 census; her 1842 marriage record calls her Sabrina
Briney Goodspeed, 27, F, Mass.
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Daily Ancestor. "Briney." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/nicknames/briney. Last checked 2026-10-15.