Lafferty Family
man‎John BRIGGS‏‎, son of William BRIGGS and Sarah GORE‏.
Born ‎1609 at Darlington, England(or Dunnington, York, England?), baptized ‎8 Apr 1618 at St. James, Clerkenwell, England, died ‎before 16 Nov 1690 at Portsmouth, Newport, RI‎, at most 81 years
The Briggs families are referred to in The New England Historical and
Genealogical Register, "Richard, William, and Hugh, Sons of John Briggs of Taunton,
Massachusetts." by Edna Hannibal & Claude Barlow (1971, 3 volumes), when those
with the name "John" [Briggs] are discussed, each of which appears early in
New England. Paraphrasing Hannibal/Barlow in this work:

1) "John" Briggs, son of Clement Briggs, born in Weymouth (Plymouth County,
MA).His father Clement arrived in 1621 on the ship The Fortune in Plymouth
Colony, after the ship Mayflower. This line is documented in "Clement Briggs of
Plymouth Colony & His Descendants" by Hannibal/Barlow, Vol I & II, 1969,
published 1969 (by author);

2) "John" Briggs who "came to Boston in 1638, was driven from there with Anne
Hutchinson's party and settled in Newport, RI in 1640." This John is more
commonly known as "John Briggs of Portsmouth, RI," and is documented in the book,
"John Briggs of Newport and Portsmouth, Rhode Island and His Descendants," by
Lilla Briggs Sampson, published Pawling, NY 1877 (by author)

3) "The third John Briggs settled in Sanwich, MA in 1640 [on the Cape]. This
line is documented in "John Briggs of Sandwich, Massachusetts, and His
Descendants," by Hannibal/Barlow.

4) "The fourth was John Briggs who sailed with Capt. John Greene for Warwick,
RI and settled in Kingstown, RI in 1671, in Records of the Colony of Rhode
Island and Providence Plantations, John Russelll Bartlett, ed. (This one seems to be my line. EL)

5) The fifth is "Richard, William and Hugh, Sons of John Briggs of Taunton,"
by Hannibal/Barlow, appearing in NEHGR Vol. 125, No. 2, April 1971, and
appears in each issue through Vol 127, No. 1, Jan 1973. This John Briggs is
referred to as "John Briggs Senior." It is inferred from land records that John
Briggs Sr. arrived prior to 1657.

6) I am departing now from Hannibal/Barlow's outline in ..."Sons of John
Briggs/Taunton" and am going to lump together the NY Briggs lines:
-The Colonial Ancestry of the Family of John Greene Briggs, son of Job Briggs
and Patience Greene, and Isabel Gibbs De Groff, daughter of William
Stoutenburgh De Groff, and Susan Hopkins, by Henry Tallmadge Briggs & John Greene
Briggs [This is the line for
John Briggs of Dutchess County, NY]
-A Partial Record of the Descendants of Walter Briggs of Westchester, NY pub.
Fairbanks, Briggs, & Co. 1878 (is in the NYPub Library)

I am less familiar with the NY lines so perhaps somebody else could advise as
to the earliest ones. I have been told that some of the genealogies therein
are a bit controvertial as to accuracy...

Copies of some of the genealogies that are out of print can be obtained from
Quintin Publications (quintinpublications.com) in Pawtucket, RI, plus other
Briggs genealogies not mentioned.

I'm sure there are other Briggs lines I'm not familiar with and haven't
mentioned, so hopefully others can fill in the blanks! Hope this is helpful to you.
Regards,
Louise Briggs

The following is info I have gathered over the years.

Followed his sister, Rebecca (Briggs) CORNELL and husband, Thomas CORNELL, to Boston. Authority--Leonard's Notes in New Bedford Library, New Bedford, MA, In the notes, John BRIGGS wife is given as Sarah CORNELL. They were probably married in England. Thomas and Rebecca arrived in Boston in 1636 and it is possible that he came at the same time. This would fit in with John's apparent involvment with the Antinomian followers of Ann Hutchison and their subsequent move from Boston to RI

Austin's Genealogical Dictionary speaks of the relationship of Rebecca (BRIGGS) CORNELL to John BRIGGS. Reverend John CORNELL, compiler of the "Cornell Genealogy" considers this point was brought out in the trial of Thomas CORNELL, Jr. for the murder of his mother, Rebecca Briggs CORNELL

In "Representative Men of Southeastern Massachusetts", John BRIGGS is said to have married Sarah CORNELL, sister to Thomas CORNELL, who married Rebecca BRIGGS, and refers to "Leonard's Notes as authority. Leonard's notes are in the "New Bedford Library", New Bedford, Massachusetts, and in the notes, John Briggs' wife is given as Sarah Cornell.

He is said to have been of Newport, RI in 1638, and of Portsmouth, RI in 1642. His name appears on nearly every page of the Town Records of Portsmouth. He served constantly and in every capacity as
jury-man, Town Councillor, Surveyor of Lands, Special Commissioner and Deputy to the General Assembly of the Colony. This latter office he held continually for many years. He was evidently a man of some property, since the Town on various occasions was indebted to him for moneys he had advanced for the Town's benefit.

He is said to have lived on the highway that leadeth to the Windmill, and Town meetings were frequently held at his home, and he was moderator at some of these meetings.

Mr. BRIGGS purchased in 1662 of John DUNHAM of Plymouth, MA (one of the original thirty-four purchasers of Dartmouth), DUNHAM's whole share of L42. It was described as "all my lot or portion of land at Acushnett Coaksett and places adjacent in jurisdiction of New Plymouth.

In 1638 he was one of those admitted as inhabitants of the island of Aqidneck. On April 30, 1639, was one of twenty-one to sign the following: We, whose names are underwritten, do acknowledge ourselves the legal subjects of his Majesty, King Charles, and in his name do hereby bind ourselves into a civil body politicke, unto his laws, according to matters of justice."

He was made freeman 16 March 1641, On 5 Oct. 1643, he was directed to go to every house to see what arms were defective. On August 24, 1643, he bought a house and lot of John Hall of Portsmouth. he was assistant in 1648 and commissioner for uniting the four towns of RO, 31 Aug, 1654. In 1649, he was licensed to keep an ordinary.(?) He served as commissioner in 1654-55-56-59-61-62-63. He was on a committee to build stocks and a cage.

He was made an inhabitant of Newport, RI in 1639, and Portsmouth, RI in 1650. One record is that he lived nearer to Newport than to Portsmouth.

April 30, 1639 John BRIGGS with 28 others signed the following compact: "We whose names are underwritten do acknowledge His Majesty, King Charles, and in his name do hereby bind ourselves into a civil body politic unto his laws according to matters of justice."

At some point, John must have acquired property in Dartmouth Township (probably in MA). On 14 Oct 1679 he gave 1/2 of property to his son John. On 11 Mar 1679 he gave a quarter of a share to his son Thomas and wife Mary..

He became a Quaker when that religion was introduced to America after 1656.

A copy of John Sr.'s will is in the Anthony Tarbox Briggs collection at Salt Lake City. It lists all of his children except William.

Will is recorded in Council Book of Portsmouth Vol II, pg 278, dated 1690 and probated 17 Sep 1690. It was written 19 Apr 1690.

Children mentioned include: Susannah BRIGGS NORTHWAY, (she married Joseph COOK first 19 Apr 1692 and then NORTHWAY); John BRIGGS; Thomas BRIGGS; Job BRIGGS; William BRIGGS; Enoch BRIGGS.

Although his name and dates are shown on the grave marker in the BRIGGS cemetery in Little Compton, along with several members of William's family, it seems likely that this was erected much later than his death, and that he is not buried there at all.

Many books show that he and Sarah were married in England, but another authority thinks that his possible arrival in America by 1635/1636 and the birth of their first child in 1641 suggests that they were married in RI in 1639 or 40.

On 20 Feb 1673, he testified in the trial of Thomas CORNELL, Jr. where he stated that he was 64 years or thereabouts. (From John Robert Austin Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, 1982.)

While living in Boston MA, he became a follower of Ann HUTCHINSON, and this sect, the "Antimonians" (also called "Hutchinsonites") were so much in disfavor in Boston that Roger WILLIAMS advised them to
purchase Aquidneck Island, in Rhode Island. Records say that John BRIGGS with others purchased Aquidneck Island from the Indians Cononicus and Miantonomi in 1638, and that John BRIGGS was one of the founders of Portsmouth, RI.

There is much information on another John BRIGGs, who immigrated to Sandwich, MA in abt. 1637. and died in 1641. His children seem to have stayed in MA, and do not seem to be connected to the RI branch.

However, an interesting fact is derived from the History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Biographical NY. The American Historical Society, Inc. 1920.pp. 184-185.

John W. BRIGGS--The surname Briggs is of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin, and had its source in the Saxon word, Brigg, meaning bridge. It is local in derivation, and appears in the earliest English rolls and registers. Williamatte Brigge (William at the Bridge) of Salle is mentioned in the records of Edward I and Edward II about 1272, and the ancient Norfolk family of the same name trace descent from him.

The following was copied from BRIGGS-L@Rootsweb, information sent by Jeff Briggs, Dec. 3, 2002


Here is some more information on Rebecca Cornell to help you figure out
what is going on with Rebecca. It has a lot of good information but you
will need to draw your own conclusions. Have fun!

Jeff>

From "The American Genealogist" Vol. 6, dated ??, page16-18
photocopy contributed by Nelson Warner, transcribed by Frank Mitchell, 1997

WHO WAS REBECCA CORNELL?

George E. McCracken, Ph.D., F.A.S.G. VD
Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa

Mr. G. Andrews Moriarty has lately put us all greatly in in debt by publishing [supra, 35:107] certain discoveries made by Mr. Waldo C. Sprague in the parish registers of Saffron Waldon, co. Essex. There can be no doubt
that Mr. Sprague located eight baptisms and two burials of children of Thomas and Rebecca Cornell, later of Boston, Portsmouth, R.I., and Westchester Co., N.Y. Three children, Samuel, Joshua, and Mary, all presumably born in America, are naturally missing, as are also Ann, the second daughter living 1664, and therefore born in either 1624 or 1626, and Richard, the second son in 1664 (actually the third, counting the William who died in England, born, it would seem, therefore, between July 1628 and April 1629. Perhaps Ann and Richard were baptized in a neighboring parish. But apart from these omissions, the evidence from Saffron Walden is completely in harmony with that presented by the will of Rebecca Cornell, dated 2 Sept. 1664, probated 1673, of which.an abstract appears, supra 19:132, a facsimile (not very legible) and a complete transcript in John Rose Delafield, Delafield the Family History (privately printed 1945), 2:648 f. The testatrix listed her sons in order and her daughters in order, and also numbered each list so that we are not left to assume merely from the order that it is chronological. It is to be hoped that we shall soon have the additional material discovered by Mr. Sprague.

Unfortunately, however, in this article reference in made to a "Briggs Genealogy" without making clear that the claims made in that work, and partly cited, are far from being sound. It is true that on the occasion of the
trial in 1673 of Thomas2 Cornell for the alleged murder of his mother, when he was convicted an flimsy evidence and subsequently hanged, one John Briggs of Portsmouth deposed that he had seen the deceased Rebecca in some sort of apparition and that she had asserted to him, "I am your sister Cornell."
This is for me satisfactory evidence that Rebecca Cornell and John Briggs bore the relationship of brother and sister to each other, but I do not regard it an sufficient proof that they were the children of the same parents. The
terminology of the seventeenth century was such that this relationship could have been established in at least three ways:
(a) Thomas Cornell could have married John Briggs' sister;
(b) John Briggs could have married Thomas Cornell's sister; and
(c) The sister of Rebecca could have married John Briggs.

In addition, we have also the possibility that the relationship was either half or step. The first alternative has been widely supposed to be the only one. It was accepted by the Rev. John Cornell, M.A., in his Genealogy of
the Cornell Family, being an account of the Desendants of Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth, R.I. (New York, 1902), p.17, and by Mrs. Bertha Bortie Beal Aldridge in her book, The Briggs Genealogy, Including The Ancestors and
Descendants of Ichabod White Briggs (1609-1953) Also Other line descendants of his immigrant ancestor John Briggs, b. 1609, York England, and Some of the Descendants of Ichabod White (Victor, N.Y., 1953), p.11, where Mrs.
Aldridge makes John Briggs marry Sarah, sister of Thomas Cornell. On p. 7, in the preface, she puts the birth of John Briggs in Kent, England, inconsistently with her title-page which makes him born in York. But this latter work is not the "Briggs Genealogy" to which reference was made. That, as I learn from Mr. Sprague, is a typed manuscript which he saw at Providence, "New York Descendants of John Briggs of R. I. and County Essex, England, with 16 Allied Families," by Pearl Leona Heck of Washington, D.C. (1933).
So far as I am aware, no proof has been offered to support the belief that John Briggs' sister Rebecca Cornell was born a Briggs, and in view of the fact that Mr. Sprague has now found evidence that Thomas and Rebecca had a son buried in England on 19 Oct. 1632 with the name, as shown in the register of Kelame, it would be well to investigate the possibility that this child bore the maiden name of Rebecca.

In any case, I have myself investigated the Briggs family as shown in the registers of the parish of St, James, Clerkenwell, London, in which, it is true, there is recorded the baptism of a child named Rebecca, daughter of
Henry Briggs, on 25 Oct. 1600, and it is also true that this date is satisfactory for our Rebecca Cornell, so far as we can tell. There are in these registers more entries of the Briggs family than Mr. Moriarty cites, and for the benefit of those to whom the printed registers are not available, I now transcribe all of them:
Burials
5 Dec. 1575 Eliza Brigges, widow
22 Feb. 1572/3 George Brigges
7 Sept. 1608 John Brigges' stillborn child
23 May 1600 Thoomas, son of Richard Brigges
3 Sept. 1593 Margaret, daughter of Will'm Brigges
27 Aug. 1593 Will'm Brigges, householder
16 May 1620 Henry Briggs' son William
3 Dec 1620 Joyce, daughter of Henry Briggs
14 Aug. 1625 Henry Briggs
Baptisms
25 Oct. 1600 Rebecca, daughter of Henry Briggs
8 Apr. 1618 John & Joyce, children of Henry Briggs
Weddings
27 Feb. 1616/17 Henry Brigges & Hellen Taylor
21 Nov. 1621 Henry Brigges & Joane Wilkinson

I have also made inquiries for wills of the Briggs family of Clarkenwell but received no report of any extant. The children of Thomas and Rebecca Cornell were named Sarah, Ann, William, Thomas, Richard, Rebecca,
Elizabeth, Kelame, William, John, Elizabeth, Samuel, Joshua, and Mary, this list being a combination of the evidence from the parish registers and the mother's will. The children of John Briggs of Portsmouth are shown in
Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (pp. 25 .) as John,
Thomas, William, Susanna, Job and Enoch, and the same list appears In Mrs. Aldridge's book--I have myself not done any research on the second generation of the Briggs family of Portsmouth. It would seem clear that there is at least no striking correspondence between the names of the Briggs family of Clerkenwell and the Cornell and Briggs families of Portsmouth. Particularly significant is the absence of the name Henry. Moreover, if Rebecca Cornell was, indeed, the Rebecca Briggs baptized in 1600 at St. James, then the John Briggs baptized there in 1618 is about 10 years too young to have been the Portsmouth settler, since his age was given when he testified in 1673, showing that he was born in 1608 or 1609. I conclude that if Rebecca Cornell was really a Briggs, then she was not the one baptized in Clerkenwell.

Married ‎1640 at St. James, Clerkenwell, Essex, England (at most 50 years married) to:

womanSarah CORNELL‏
Born ‎30 Mar 1623 at Saffron Walden, Essex, England, died ‎1690 at Portsmouth, Newport, RI‎, 66 or 67 years
Another record says that Sarah was the daughter of George CORNELL and
Susan CASSE. Richard and Mary CORNELL have more proof that they are her parents.
No record of her birth has been found.

See notes for John BRIGGS, her husband.

Children:

1.
womanSusannah BRIGGS‏
Born ‎1672 at MA, died ‎7 Nov 1704‎, 31 or 32 years
She received one shilling in her father's will.
She married Joseph Cook first, and then Northway.
Info from Jeff BRIGGS, from Council Book of Portsmouth Vol II, pg 278, dated 1690 and probater 17 Sep 1690.

2.
manEnoch BRIGGS‏
Born ‎± 1645 at Portsmouth, Newport, RI, died ‎1734‎, approximately 89 years. Occupation: Hatter
He received 1/3 of his father's homestead to pay his father's debts,
Arnold, James N., 1893 Vital records of RI 1636-50. (Reprint by the NEHGS, Boston) He sold his share in property to brother John and was a hatter in Little Compton.

02 Jun 1726--will written. Proved 26 Apr 1734. Executrix, wife Hannah. To Hannah, while widow, use of all housing and land, and all cattle, horsekind,sheep, swine and personal estate. If she marry again, she to distribute the whole personal estate amongst her three youngest children, viz: Abigail, the wife of John BUTTS; Sarash Briggs, and Susannah the wife of William COOK. If she do not marry, she is to devise whole produce of real and personal estate to said three youngest daughters. After decease or marriage of wife, the profit of certain land and housing to go to her daughter Abigail BUTTS, for life, and then to Abigail's daughters Hope and AbigailMOON, or if they have no heirs, to other two daughters of Abidail BUTTS, viz: Hannah and Constance BUTTS, The profit of all other land ro go at decease of wife to her daughters Sarah BRIGGS and Susanna, wife of William Cook, and their heirs, or if no heirs, then to daughter Abigail BUTTS, and if they have no heirs, then testator gives all his land and housing to brother Job BRIGGS, and to wife's daughter, Eliphal BRAYTON, one good cow. To John MOON, grandson of wife, 5s.

14 Jun 1734, Hanna's will was written, (See hep page for detail)

It looks as though Enoch was a very controlling man, leaving orders to the second generation to be followed after his death. It seems to have taken Hannah aqbout six weeks after his death to assert herself somewhat, making her own will!
Sources.
1. George E. McCracken, (American Genealogist, Vol 36:16-18
2. Ralph Tallmadge Briggs, Family Genealogy, Private manuscript-LDS Microfilm No. 1421576. He gives his source of marriage as IGI London EN C-11 p 15,837. Marriage took place at St. James Parish, Clerkenwell, London, Essex, England on 19 Jan 1597. Wife Mary christened same place 12 Dec 1581 Date of birth not known, died 1734. Will was written 2 Jan 1726, proved 26 Apr 1734. He received personal estate and land in Portsmouth from his father. In addition to providing for his wife and her children, he provided a bequest to her daughter by a previous marriage and if all other heirs should be dead at his wife's death his estate to go to his brother Job.
Sources.
1. George E. McCracken, (American Genealogist, Vol 36:16-18
2. Ralph Tallmadge Briggs, Family Genealogy, Private manuscript-LDS Microfilm No. 1421576. He gives his source of marriage as IGI London EN C-11 p 15,837. Marriage took place at St. James Parish, Clerkenwell, London, Essex, England on 19 Jan 1597. Wife Mary christened same place 12 Dec 1581 Date of birth not known, died 1734. Will was written 2 Jan 1726, proved 26 Apr 1734. He received personal estate and land in Portsmouth from his father. In addition
to providing for his wife and her children, he provided a bequest to her daughter by a previous marriage and if all other heirs should be dead at his wife's death his estate to go to his brother Job.

3.
man‎Job BRIGGS‏‎
Born ‎1648 at Portsmouth, Newport, RI, died ‎after 1734‎, at least 86 years
Inherited 3 ewes, 2 weather lambs and 2 heifers in his father's will.
Was mentioned as a contingent heir in his brother Enoch's will of 1734

4.
manThomas BRIGGS‏
Born ‎1644 at Portsmouth, RI, died ‎12 Jan 1720 at Dartmouth, MA‎, 75 or 76 years
On 6 May, 1673 he was a freeman and on 2 Jun 1685 he was on the grand jury in Dartmouth.
On Mar 11 1679, he received from his father a quarter share (35 acres) in Dartmouth, which his father, John had purchased in 1662 (see notes on John of Portsmouth)

Lilla Briggs Sampson's 1930 manuscript states that he was one of the 56 proprietors of Dartmouth, MA in 1694. He lived at Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA in 1712, and possibly held office in New Bedford Co., MA in 1679. New Bedford was set off from Dartmouth.

In 1667 he is mentioned as member of an early Colonial company of Cavalry, Captain Peleg SANFORD"S Horse Troop.

On 02 Jun 1685, he served on Dartmouth Grand Jury
claimed 1/16 of a share of John Dunham's right, by virtue of a deed from his father-in-law FISHER, dated 1668, which he gave to his son Thomas BRIGGS Jr. Mr. Briggs also claimed 8 acres and 3 acres of meadow, which he purchased of Thomas Eaton, and which he gave by deed in 1686, to his son-in-law, John AKIN.

Mr. BRIGGS married Mary FISHER, who died in 1717. She was the daughter of Edward FISHER, who in his will, bequeaths to daughter, Mary BRIGGS. A receipt for this was signed by Mary BRIGGS and husband, Thomas BRIGGS. Mr. BRIGGS made his will on 12 Dec 1717, and died in 1720.

His will was proved on 04 Jul 1720. Executors, wife Mary and son John He bequeathed to his wife, Mary,half of the homestead for life. To son John, rest if homestead, and at death of testator's wife, all the real estate to go to son John. To son Thomas, 5 s. he having had his share. To daughter Susanna Wilcox, 10£ and to daughter Hanna Dyre, 20£. To sons-in-law, John Akin, 5 s. and Henry Howland, 5 s.. To grandson Thomas BRIGGS, son of John, 2 acres salt marsh. To wife Mary and son John, all the rest equally.

***Since John Osborne Austin states on P. 26 of his book that Mary was the daughter of Edward and Judith FISHER, that is probably the correct parentage.

The six children born to Thomas, Sr. and Mary were: Mary (b. 1671), Susanna (b 1672), Deborah (b. 1674), Hannah (b. 1676), John (b 1678), and Thomas BRIGGS, Jr. (b. 1684)

Thomas BRIGGS, Sr. died June 12, 1720 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co. MA.

In addition to his land, the following was the inventory of Thomas BRIGGS, Sr. at his death: 'Inventory: 1001 pounds 4s. 9d, vis: purse and apparel-9 pounds,18s 6d. bible and book-6s; homestead-900£; linen wheel; 14 sheep; 5 lambs; 2 oxen; 6 cows; 2 calves; 2 yearlings; 2 steers; half of 3 cattle; a mare; warming pan, etc.

Samuel FISHER, who in his will, bequeaths to daughter, Mary BRIGGS. A receipt for this was signed by Mary BRIGGS and husband, Thomas BRIGGS. (I hope that this a mistake, as we have pretty well proved that Mary was the daughter of Thomas Fisher.)On 6 May, 1673 he was a freeman and on 2 Jun 1685 he was on the grand
jury in Dartmouth.

Lilla Briggs Sampson's 1930 manuscript states that he was one of the 56 proprietors of Dartmouth, MA in 1694. He lived at dartmouth, Bristol County, MA in 1712, and possibly held office in New Bedford Co., MA in 1679. New Bedford was set off from Dartmouth.

In 1667 he is mentioned as member of an early Colonial company of Cavalry, claimed 1/16 of a share of John Dunham's right, by virtue of a deed from his father-in-law FISHER, dated 1668, which he gave to his son Thomas BRIGGS Jr. Mr. Briggs also claimed 8 acres and 3 acres of meadow, which he purchased of Thomas Eaton, and which he gave by deed in 1686, to his son-in-law, John AKIN.

Mr. BRIGGS married Mary FISHER, who died in 1717. She was the daughter of Edward FISHER, who in his will, bequeaths to daughter, Mary BRIGGS. A receipt for this was signed by Mary BRIGGS and husband, Thomas BRIGGS. Mr. BRIGGS made his will in 1717 and died in 1720. He bequeaths to his wife, Mary, to sons John and Thomas, to daughters Susanna Wilcox, and Hanna Dyre, and to sons-in-law, John Akin and Henry Howland.

***Since John Osborne Austin states on P. 26 of his book that Mary was the daughter of Edward and Judith FISHER, that is probably the correct parentage.

The six children born to Thomas, Sr. and Mary were: Mary (b. 1671), Susanna (b 1672), Deborah (b. 1674), Hannah (b. 1676), John (b 1678), and Thomas BRIGGS, Jr. (b. 1684)

Thomas BRIGGS, Sr. died June 12, 1720 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co. MA.

In addition to his land, the following was the inventory of Thomas BRIGGS, Sr. at his death: 'Inventory: 1001 pounds 4s. 9d, vis: purse and apparel-9 pounds,18s 6d. bible and book-6s; homestead-900 pounds; linen wheel; 14 sheep; 5 lambs; 2 oxen; 6 cows; 2 calves; 2 yearlings; 2 steers; half of 3 cattle; a mare; warming pan, &.
Samuel FISHER, who in his will, bequeaths to daughter, Mary BRIGGS. A receipt for this was signed by Mary BRIGGS and husband, Thomas BRIGGS.

5.
manWilliam BRIGGS‏
Born ‎1650 at Portsmouth, Little Compton, RI, died ‎12 May 1715 at Little Compton, RI‎, 64 or 65 years
Was a member of Captain Peleg Sanford's horse troop, 10 Aug. 1667.

He was made freeman, 30 Apr 1672.

His will, dated 3 Apr 1716, and proved 2 July 1716, his wife Elizabeth and son Job being executors. Overseers, Robert Dennis, John Woodman and Benjamin Head. He left to his son Job his dwelling house and all household stuff and farm, to William the land north of a certain line, and Job the south side; to Job the cattle, sheep, horses,hogs, and money in the house where he dwelleth, orchard, etc; to daughter Susanna DENNIS the house and land occupied by Thomas Waite; to daughter Deborah HEAD, 20 £; to daughter Elizabeth WOODMAN, 100£; to son William 30£, featherbed, table and gun; and to wife ten£ per annum, to be paid by Job, and her choice of rooms, use of household staff and maintenance for her four servants.
From Family History of Central NY, Vo; III, Central New York Family Histories, Page 1366. Children as listed on his home page are from this record, alsoHis father John deeded to him and his wife Mary, on 11 Mar 1679, a quarter of a share (35 acres) in Dartmouth.
Was a member of Captain Peleg Sanford's horse troop, 10 Aug. 1667. He was made freeman, 30 Apr 1672. His will, dated 3 Apr 1716, and proved 2 July 1716, his wife Elizabeth and son Job being executors. He left to his son Job his dwelling house and farm, to William the land north of a certain line, and Job the south side; to Job the livestock; to daughter Susanna the house and land occupied by Thomas Waite; to daughter Deborah Head, 20 pounds; to daughter Elizabeth WOODMAN, 100 pounds; to son William 30 pounds and some hpusehold goods; and to wife ten pounds per annum, to be paid by Job, and her choice of rooms, use of household staff and maintenance for her four servants.
From Family History of Central NY, Vo; III, Central New York Family Histories, Page 1366. Children as listed on his home page are from this record, also

6.
manJohn BRIGGS Jr.‏
Born ‎1641 at Portsmouth Newport, RI, died ‎2 Jul 1713 at Portsmouth, Newport, RI‎, 71 or 72 years
May have died in Tiverton, RI. Listing of estate indicate there was no will. No record of where he was buried has been found.

In 1666 he was a Freeman in Portsmouth and in 1671 in Naragansett Colony. He resided in Tiverton in 1692 when the town was organized.

On 25 Aug 1676. John, age 35 about years, testified as to Low Howland being killed, and also that Manases shot at Joseph Randall.

24 May 1677, he and Hannah received 30 acres if land, probably in Portsmouth, from her father, Edward FISHER. Deed was sworn to 11 Nov 1681 and recorded in Book 1, page 231, Col. Land Evidence, RI.

14 Oct 1679, he was given 1/2 interest in Dartmouth property of his father. He sold that to James Akin of Portsmouth (Taunton Rec. B II, P 124).

Feb 1687 John purchased from John Bailey and his wife Sutton, 100 acres in Punkansett, Bristol Co. MA, and one-eighth of a share north of Little Compton with a house and 1/8 share in Little Compton undivided lands, with a dwelling house for 146£ (recorded in Book 1, page 231, Col. Land Evedence ). He lived here and in Tiverton.

(also under John Briggs, Jr., m. Frances Fisher. This is part of the error about the two John BRIGGS' and their wives.)

02 Mar 1692, at Tiverton. He was made an inhabitant there at the organization of the town.

17 Feb 1699 he purchased more land in Tiverton from Edward Bailey (Taunton Records Book 5, p 163)May have died in Tiverton, RI. Listing of estate indicate there was no will. No record of where he was buried has been found.

18 Jul 1699-he deeded son William, land in or near Little Compton
John and Hannah were from Portsmouth-Tiverton near Little Compton and that John died 1713.

14 Feb 1687 John purchased from John Bailey 100 acres north of Little Compton with a house and 1/8 share of all undivided Little Compton lands (recorded in Book 1, page 231, Col. Land Evedence ). He lived here and in Taunton.

17 Feb 1699/70 he purchased more land in Tiverton from Edward Bailey
(Taunton Records Book 5, p 163)

From Biographical information from ?? book, p 429
John the eldest son of John Briggs was born 1642 in Portsmouth, and resided in Warwik and Kingstown. dying in the latter town in 1697. He was a clerk of a militry company there, on May 20, 1671 took the oath of allegiance on the same date, was made a freeman in 1673, and was constable in 1687. He was one of the six purchasers of a tract of land in Narragansett in 1672. His home was probably on the boarder of Warwick and Kingstown as he is sometime called of the former town. He married Frances, daughter of Edward Fisher of Portsmouth, she died in the same year as himself. Children: John born Feb. 25, 1668, James mentioned below, Frances, Feb. 26, 1673, and died 1693, Richard Feb. 1, 1675, Robert Nov. 13, 1678, mary Sept. 26, 1681 Ann, Sept. 2, 1683, Sarah, April 12, 1685.

May have died in Tiverton, RI. Listing of estate indicate there was no will. No record of where he was buried has been found.
In 1666 he was a Freeman in Portsmouth and in 1671 in Naragansett Colony. He resided in Tiverton in 1692 when the town was organized.
He and Hannah received 30 acres if land, probably in Portsmouth, from her father, Edward FISHER. Deed was sworn to 11 Nov 1681 and recorded in Book1, page 231, Col. Land Evidence, RI.

Feb 1687 John purchased from John Bailey 100 acres north of Little Compton with a house and 1/8 share of all undivided Little Compton lands (recorded in Book 1, page 231, Col. Land Evedence ). He lived here and in Tiverton.
17 Feb 1699 he purchased more land in Tiverton from Edward Bailey (Taunton Records Book 5, p 163)May have died in Tiverton, RI. Listing of estate indicate there was no will. No record of where he was buried has been found.

John and Hannah were from Portsmouth-Tiverton near Little Compton and that John died 1713.

In 1666 he was a Freeman in Portsmouth and in 1671 in Naragansett Colony. He resided in Tiverton in 1692 when the town was organized.

24 May 1677, he and Hannah received 30 acres if land, probably in Portsmouth, from her father, Edward FISHER. Deed was sworn to 11 Nov 1681 and recorded in Book1, page 231, Col. Land Evidence, RI.
14 Oct 1679, he was given 1/2 interest in Dartmouth property of his father. He sold that to James Akin of Portsmouth (Taunton Rec. B II, P 124).

14 Feb 1687 John purchased from John Bailey 100 acres north of Little Compton with a house and 1/8 share of all undivided Little Compton lands (recorded in Book 1, page 231, Col. Land Evedence ). He lived here and in Taunton. (also under John Briggs, Jr., m. Frances Fisher)

17 Feb 1699/70 he purchased more land in Tiverton from Edward Bailey
(Taunton Records Book 5, p 163)

Adopted child: manEnoch BRIGGS‏
Adopted child: manThomas BRIGGS‏
Adopted child: man‎Job BRIGGS‏‎
Adopted child: manJohn BRIGGS Jr.‏
Adopted child: manWilliam BRIGGS‏

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man‎John BRIGGS‏‎, son of William BRIGGS and Sarah GORE‏.

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