Joanna (Briggs) Tallman (abt. 1645 - abt. 1685)

Born about 1645 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Peter Tallman — married 24 Jul 1665 (to 24 Jul 1685) in Portsmouth, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Descendants

Died about 24 Jul 1685 at about age 40 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island

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Biography

Origins

Based on the date of the ante nuptial agreement and traditional marriage ages for females of that time period and place, we estimate her birth year to be about 1645, or a range between 1640-1647.

Her ante nuptial agreement also calls her "of Taunton." There was one Briggs family in Taunton at that time, making immigrant John Briggs Sr, who emigrated with known sons by 1657. He is the most likely candidate for her father. Depending on when he immigrated, and when she was actually born, she was born in either England or in Taunton. (Note: there was another Briggs family in Rhode Island, but this document clearly calls her "of Taunton" to distinguish her from the Rhode Island family.)

Marriage

An ante nuptial agreement was made 24 July 1665, between Petter Talman of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and Joan Brigges of Taunton, then in the jurisdiction of Plymouth Colony.^[1] This was Peter's second marriage.^[2]

Type: Alt. Marriage

Date: 17 Jul 1665, Portsmouth, Newport Co, RI ^{[citation needed]}

Children

Children of Peter Tallman and Joan Briggs, 2nd Wife. (Peter had 7 children with his first wife, Ann Hill Tallman)

1. Jonathan of Dartmouth, Mass., b. about 1666, d. 1762. m. about 1689, Sarah — 8 children.
2. James of Portsmouth, physician, b. about 1668, d. 1724. m. (1st) 18 Mar 1689/90, Mary —— ——, 3 children. (This first wife’s name was Mary (Brayton) Davol according to Mrs. Chase of Providence, Rhode Island), m. (2nd) 14 Sept., 1701, Hannah Swain. 9 children.
3. John of Flushing, Long Island. b. about 1672; d. about 1707-1709; m. about 1693, Mary —— —, 9 children.
4. Daughter, b. about 1674; m. about 1689, Israel Shaw of Little Compton, then in the Plymouth colony. 13 children.
5. Benjamin of Warwick, R. I., b. Jan. 28 1684/5; died May 1759.

The foregoing account is taken from “The Tallman Family” contributed to the New England Genealogical and Historical Register by G. Andrews Moriarty.

Death

Joan Briggs Talman died by 1685 when Peter remarried.^[3] A specific date of July 24, 1685, is sometimes given for her death. What is the source for this date?

She gave birth to a son Benjamin in January 1685, ^{[citation needed]} so perhaps she died due to complications of that birth.

Research Notes

The following letter to Miss Helen Swisher, Columbus, O., dated 1934, seems to dispose of all inquiries about Joan Briggs:

Dear Miss Swisher: Replying to your letter of the 9th instant , I would say that the ancestry of Joan Briggs is not known. As you are perhaps aware the Taunton town records were destroyed about 100 years ago by fire. A son of Clement Briggs of Weymouth was settled in Taunton but Joan could not have been his daughter as she was too old and Clement does not mention any daughter, Joan, in his will. It is my belief, however, that she was related to this family. In a later number of the Register you will find a note of mine on the family of Ann Hill, (first wife of Peter Tallman) with data from the Essex Co., Va. records. Yours faithfully, 1934 G. Andrews Moriarity

Since Taunton was a branch of the Plymouth Colony, and since a Briggs came over in the “Fortune” in 1621, we can feel there is a possibility that Joan was connected with the Puritans of the Plymouth Colony, but there is no proof. Joan's birth date is not known.

On July 24, 1665, an ante nuptial agreement was made between Peter Tallman and Joan Briggs. He agreed to give her land he had bought from Richard Morris, Daniel Wilcox, and William Wilbur, and also a house; all to be hers and her heirs born of this marriage. He gave her a bed and half the household goods, but if she die without issue the estate given her was to revert to Peter Tallman’s eldest son, Peter Jr., and if the latter die without issue, then to Peter Tallman Sr.’s eldest daughter, Mary and her heirs. To Joan, absolutely as a “free gift of donation” he gave 3 good cows and a good breeding mare. Joan Briggs died 1685.

Joan was born about 1635. She passed away in 1685.

Sources

1. ↑ The Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth. Rhode Island Historical Society. Providence, RI: Freeman & Sons, State Printers, 1901.
2. ↑ Virkus, Frederick Adams. The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. VII. 1942
3. ↑ "Genealogical research in Germany and England" New England Historical and Genealogical Register 85:72. Boston: NEHGS, 1931

• Gary Boyd Roberts, English Origins of New England Families, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1984 , p. ??

• http://www.skep.com/genealogy/PDFs/vtallman.pdf

• From the Tallmon Family 4-18-2009. GED, "The Ancestry of James Arthur Tallmon", by Diana Tallmon, dated 18 Apr 2009:

• Herbert S. Ackerman , Talman/Tallman Families (1953); Reprint of original book, loaned from the Bergen County Historical Society. LDS Film Number 442407, Ref # 21494.

• Diana Lisa Tallmon, comp., "Ancestors of James Arthur Tallmon," supplied by Tallmon, 18 April 2009.

• Julie Barrows, Black/NobleCT (WorldConnect GEDCOM; last updated 2013-06-13 (accessed 25 Oct 2016).

• "U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700," database, Ancestry.com

• Talcott, Alvan, Jacquelyn L. Ricker Ed., Families of Early Guilford; Genealogical Publishing Co., reprint 1984. Note: This source is very inaccurate, defer to the sources by Jacobus when possible.

• "Descendants of Tunis Wells and Other Surnames", by Dave Wells

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~liteana/Briggs/pafg01.htm#24 NOTE: Family tree site; no sources for Joanna or Peter Tallman

• "RussFamily2" here: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5518985/ NOTE Ancestry Family Tree; no sources for Joanna or Peter Tallman

• Kennett Art Offill, "Ancestors of Vern Divine"," GEDCOM, "WorldConnect Database: - last updated 2014-07-15 (accessed 25 Oct 2016). Information on James Tallman that married Dorcus Weaver, and others. NOTE: Family Tree; no sources for Joanna or Peter Tallman

Married Peter Tallman in Portsmouth, Newport Co, Rhode Island 24th July 1665.

• https://gw.geneanet.org/samueltaylorgeer?lang=en&n=briggs&oc=0&p=joan+joanna&type=fiche