William
Briggs
Born in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island Colony
Son of John Briggs
and Sarah (Cornell) Briggs
Husband of
Elizabeth (Cooke) Briggs
— married
1680 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Susannah (Briggs) Dennis, John Briggs, William Briggs Jr., Elizabeth (Briggs) Woodman, Thomas Briggs, Deborah (Briggs) Carr and Job Briggs
Died
at about age 66
in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Dec 2010
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Contents |
Biography
William was born in 1650. William Briggs ... He passed away in 1716.
Burial
- Burial:
- Place: District 10, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
Sources
- Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin Little Compton Families, published 1967. Reference page 57
Acknowledgements
- This person was created through the import of CaddyAncestors.ged on 21 December 2010.
- WikiTree profile Briggs-1324 created through the import of PaulAncestry.ged on Jan 26, 2012 by Joyce Rosnel. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Joyce and others.
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DNA Connections
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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~0.39%
Jo Ann (Ramey) Halleck
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A709316 [compare]
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~0.39%
Robert Wylie :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member INSPWYLIE958
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Michael Spencer
Michael Spencer
Briggs-3397 and Briggs-416 appear to represent the same person because: Same vital stats; you will also have to merge the parents
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