William
Briggs
Born in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of John Briggs
and Mary Briggs
Brother of
Mary Briggs, John Briggs, Hannah Briggs, Jonathan Briggs, Peter Briggs, Joseph Briggs and Benjamin Briggs
Husband of
Rebecca (Dyer) Briggs
— married
10 Jun 1695 in Boston, Suffolk, MA
Husband of
Melatiah (Hawkins) Briggs
— married
2 Aug 1703 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Died
at age 56
in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Profile last modified
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Biography
m3. Boston 23 Nov 1704 Ann Stocker, Mr. Samuel Willard officiating.
There were multiple men by this name in Boston. How do we know that William who married Rebecca Dyer was:
- son of John and Mary
- he who died 1728 age 56?
His wife Rebecca supposedly died in 1703 (due to complications from childbirth?). Did he then go on to marry Ann Stocker?[1]
Sources
- ↑ Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809 Vital Records (incl. Bible, Cemetery, Church and SSDI). LOCATION : Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; VOLUME : 1; PAGE : William Briggs & Ann Stocker Married By Mr. Sam. Willard on Nov. 23, 1704
See also:
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dyer/william_of_sheepscot/D3.htm#g3
- Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1646/i/30233/122/723603695
- Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB530/i/14226/3798/260086668
- Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1646/i/30233/224/723610076
- Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB530/i/14226/3796/38010141
- Boston, MA: Deaths, 1700-1799. (Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Dunkle, Robert J. and Lainhart, Ann S. Boston Deaths, 1700-1799, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1999.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB34/t/6151251
- Harris, Gale Ion. William¹ and Mary Briggs of Boston and The Connecticut Valley, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 100-1.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
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