William Briggs was born in Gloucestershire, England.
William, son of John Sr. & Agnes Tayer Briggs, born or baptized in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England 2 Apr 1645.
William married Sarah Macumber of Marshfield on 6 Nov 1666 in Taunton, daughter of William Macumber and Ursula Mathew. She died in Taunton 20 Mar 1680 after the birth of her son John.
He probably married secondly in Dedham 2 July 1680 Abigail Mason.
In June 1673, he and his wife were called to the court at Plymouth and fined 12 pounds for killing a horse of Thomas Linkoline.
William died 3 Jan 1728 in his 83rd year and is buried at Oakland Cemetery.[1][2]
Children
Born in Taunton, Massachusetts:
William b 25 Jan 1667/8
Thomas, twin, b 9 Sep 1669
Sarah, twin, b 10 Sep 1669
Elizabeth b 14 Mar 1671 (often confused with Elizabeth3 (Jonathan2, Clement1) who m. Elkanah Bobet)
Hannah b 4 Nov 1672; perhaps m Samuel Waldron or Samuel Woodward
Mary b 14 Aug 1674;; perhaps m 24 Jul 1712 John Forrest
John b 19 Mar 1680
Research Notes
NOTE: This William is NOT the son of Clement & Elizabeth (Fields) Briggs
Thornburg, South Gloucestershire, England - place not found probably Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
Sources
↑ Edna Anne Hannibal, Claude W. Barlow, "Richard, William and Hugh, son of John Briggs of Taunton, Massachusetts," in NEHGR, 127(Apr 1971):82
↑ Vital Records from The NEHGS Register, Sons of John Briggs v125 p82. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) LINK
Taunton Vital Record book death : 3 Jan 1728 at age 83
NEHGS, Massachusetts Town Marriage Records; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
NEHGS, Massachusetts Town Death Records; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.
Lois Crabtree Johnson, Descendants of John Crabtree, immigrant to Boston, Mass., filed in the Daly Library. [http:www.dalyclan.org/page4/sscrab/sscrab-o/p12.htm Excerpts]
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 April 2021), memorial page for William Briggs Sr. (2 Apr 1645–3 Jan 1728), Find A Grave: Memorial #29330578, citing Oakland Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Elton Ellis (contributor 47443490) .
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This profile came up on the suggestion list that is issued every week, William's profile came up because of the short birth location T this was removed by my colleague. I visited the profile as part of the work I do to build and improve profiles.
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