William Briggs I (1689 - 1748)

Born 1689 in Wales Plantation, Charles City, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Cooke) Briggs — married about 1710 in Surry, Virginia

Descendants

Died 19 Apr 1748 at about age 59 in Surry County, Virginia

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Biography

William Briggs was born in 1689. He passed away in 1748.

Name: William Briggs. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Born abt 1700. Virginia ^[6]

Died 19 Apr 1748. Surry, Virginia, USA. ^[6]

Marriage Husband William Briggs. Wife Mary Cooke. Child: Faith Briggs. Child: Elizabeth Briggs. Child: Henry Briggs. Child: John Briggs. Child: Mary Briggs. Child: Amy Briggs. Child: William Briggs. Child: Rebecca Briggs. Child: Lucy Briggs. Marriage abt 1729. Surry, Virginia. ^[7] Marriage 24 May 1762. Sussex, Virginia. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]} Marriage abt 1727. Surry, Virginia. ^[12] Marriage 1729 Surry, Virginia, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-997289715 Ancestry Record 60214 #3750965
2. ↑ Source: #S-2086744181 Source number: 1994.039; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 Ancestry Record 7836 #150076
3. ↑ Source: #S-996561450 Ancestry Record 3143 #15625
4. ↑ Source: #S-1018821560 Ancestry Record 3723 #154589
5. ↑ Source: #S29938738 Ancestry Record 3001 #859
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Source: #S-2087006305 Birth year: 1709; Birth state: VA Ancestry Record 4725 #5121875
7. ↑ Source: #S-2086744181 Source number: 1994.039; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 Ancestry Record 7836 #150076
8. ↑ Source: #S-997289715 Ancestry Record 60214 #3750965
9. ↑ Source: #S-996561450 Ancestry Record 3143 #15625
10. ↑ Source: #S-1018821560 Ancestry Record 3723 #154589
11. ↑ Source: #S29938738 Ancestry Record 3001 #859
12. ↑ Source: #S-2086744181 Source number: 1994.039; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 Ancestry Record 7836 #150076

• http://books.google.com/books?id=yruvKfanqvAC&q=gilliam#v=snippet&q=gilliam&f=false, "Southside Virginia Families, Volume 1", page 107, By John Bennett Boddie-Documentation of death year; marriage to Mary Cooke; parents, Samuel Briggs and Mary Bailey; children: John, William, Henry, Mary, Elizabeth, Amy, Rebecca, Lucy
• http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WorldMarr_ga&h=150076&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t68847238_p46189904999_kpidz0q3d46189904999z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900-Documentation of marriage to Mary Cooke
• http://books.google.com/books?id=4hVElQgDPokC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Briggs+Family+Virginia&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lEUOVLiJC-Lf8AH44oCoDw&ved=0CFsQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=briggs&f=false, "Wills and Administrations of Surry County, Virginia, 1671-1750", page 22-Geneological Publishing Company, 1980; EXCERPT: "To daughter Amy Briggs, one negro, bed, and furniture, etc. To wife, Mary Briggs, negroes. Remainder of estate to wife, Mary, if she marry to go to children. Makes wife Exerx. 8 Feb., 1748."
• http://books.google.com/books?id=AyhusD7Hc2MC&pg=PA303&lpg=PA303&dq=james+mills+fortune+jordan+1660&source=bl&ots=9kc3VO0-G2&sig=zQz-j7Zi4mCAmFl0KB2CrwgLgJg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LJMGVKHIG5LMggSBz4KgCw&ved=0CB0Q6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=amey%20cooke&f=false, "Virginia Historical Genealogies", page 319, By John Bennett Boddie-EXCERPT: "Rebecca Jones married William Cooke. Thomas Chappell deeded to William Cooke, Jr. , June 19, 1722, 100 acres of land in Surry Co., left to Chappell by the will of James Jones. On Sept. 29, 1727, William Cook and Rebecca, his wife, deeded to William Briggs for their sons, James and Reuben Cook, the land left Rebecca by her father, James Jones, deceased. William Cook's will, dated May 1, 1740, and probated Nov. 19, in Surry Co., mentions sons William, Reuben, and James; daughters Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Tomlinson, Rebecca, wife of James Andrews, Sarah, wife of Henry Mitchell, Mary, wife of William Briggs..."
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