Born in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Richard Briggs
and Rebecca (Hoskins) Briggs
Sister of
William Briggs, Richard Briggs, John Briggs, Joseph Briggs, Mary Briggs, Benjamin Briggs, Richard Briggs Jr, Hannah Briggs, Samuel Briggs, Mary (Briggs) Forrest and Mehitable Briggs
Wife of
Nathaniel Thayer Jr
— married
11 Feb 1691 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Deborah (Thayer) Woodward, Rebecca (Thayer) Carpenter, Nathaniel Thayer III, Hannah (Thayer) Miller, Damaris (Thayer) Lee, Elizabeth (Thayer) Collings and Mehitable Thayer
Died before
before age 86
in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]
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Biography
Rebecca Briggs was born on August 15, 1665 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts[1], daughter of Richard Briggsand Rebecca (Hoskins) Briggs
Rebecca married Nathaniel Thayer (1668 - <1752) on February 11, 1690/1 (1691 via current dating practices), in Taunton, Massachusetts Bay Colony. [2] in Taunton. Their children were:
- Deborah (Thayer) Woodward (1678 - )
- Rebecca (Thayer) Carpenter (>1691 - )
- Nathaniel Thayer III (1693 - 1777)
- Hannah (Thayer) Miller (1695 - 1788)
- Damaris (Thayer) Lee (1697 - )
- Elizabeth (Thayer) Collings (~1703 - >1752)
- Rebeckah (Thayer) Millard (1704 - 1755)
- Mehitable Thayer (~1706 - 1775), who m. Benjamin Miller. [3]
Rebecca died before 1752 in Taunton[citation needed].
Last Will and Testament
Nathaniel's will dated 12 October 1748 names son Nathaniel and daughters Rebeccah Carpenter, Elizabeth Collings, Damaris Lee wife of Nathaniel Lee, Deborah Woodward the wife of John Woodward, Jr., Mehitable Miller wife of Benjamin Miller & Hannah Miller the wife of Daniel Miller. [citation needed]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCV7-DX8 : 4 December 2014), Richard Briggs in entry for Rebaka Briggs, 15 Aug 1665; citing TAUNTON,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0844826 IT 1-3.
- ↑ Vital records of Taunton, Massachusetts to the year 1850, Volume II: Marriages (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1929), p. 471: "[Thayer], Nathaniel Jr. and Rebecca Briggs, Feb. 11, 1690."
- ↑ McTeer, Frances Davis & Warner, Frederick C. "The Millards of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Part IV," in The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine, Summer 1960: Vol 23, Issue 4. page 159 Access provided via Archives.org
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