William
Briggs
Jr.
Born in Little Compon, Newport, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of William Briggs
and Elizabeth (Cooke) Briggs
Brother of
Susannah (Briggs) Dennis, John Briggs, Elizabeth (Briggs) Woodman, Thomas Briggs, Deborah (Briggs) Carr and Job Briggs
Husband of
Deborah (Church) Briggs
— married
13 Sep 1713 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Briggs) Peabody, John Briggs, Thomas Briggs, Mary (Briggs) Record, Susannah (Briggs) Crandall, Job Briggs, Job Briggs, Susanna Briggs, Enoch Briggs, Judith (Briggs) Woodworth, Nathaniel Briggs and Priscilla Briggs
Died about
at about age 75
in Rhode Island
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jan 2011
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Biography
William was born 11 January 1688 in Little Compton, Rhode Island. He was a son of William Briggs, Sr and Elizabeth Cook.[1][2]
William married Deborah Church on September 13, 1713 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.[1][3]
William Briggs passed away in November 1763.[1]
His will is dated 16 August 1759 and proved in Little Compton on 6 December 1763. His inventory was taken on 29 November 1763.[4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
- ↑ Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island: 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People. Providence, R.I: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co, 1891, 4:6:82.
- ↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KL-V3T : 6 December 2014), William Briggs and Deborah Church, 25 Sep 1713; citing Little Compton,Newport,Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 908,270.
- ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649137_00203). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], image 203-204, Newport, Little Compton, Book 1, page 258-261. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
- Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 for Nathaniel Briggs Vol. 04: Newport County: Births, Marriages, Deaths p82
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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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~0.78%
Jo Ann (Ramey) Halleck
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A709316 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Robert Wylie :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member INSPWYLIE958
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~0.39%
Jennifer (Halleck) Griffith :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A501082 [compare], Ancestry member JJG251
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Lynn Tanchin :
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Barry Smith
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Briggs-1908 and Briggs-441 do not represent the same person because: Never mind. I just realized that Briggs-1908 was intended to be William, son of John, and was just hooked up to the wrong parents.
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Grant Rommel
Briggs-441 and Briggs-4973 appear to represent the same person because: These two William Briggs are the same person - same spouse, same birth/death dates.
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by Grant Rommel
Rejected matches › William Allen Briggs › William P. Briggs (abt.1755-) › William Briggs (1938-1961) › William Briggs (abt.1867-) › George William Briggs Jr. (1895-) › William Aaron Briggs (abt.1863-1934) › William Riley Briggs › William Briggs (1683-) › › Willy J. Biggs › William Augustus Bridges (1851-1921) › William Ledger Biggs (1780-) › William H. Bridges (aft.1914-) › Daniel W. Biggs › William Bridge (abt.1869-) › James W. Bridges › William Bridge (abt.1722-) › William Bridge (abt.1902-) › William Biggs › William Brickman (1866-1944)
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