Deborah is the great-great grand daughter of Mayflower Passenger Richard Warren.
From Pane-Joyce Genealogical Project:
40402. Deborah Church. Born in Jan 1697 in Little Compton, RI. Deborah died aft 16 Aug 1759.[1]
William and Deborah lived in the east part of Little Compton near the Dartmouth line. [2]
On 13 or 25 Sep 1713 Deborah married William Briggs (17887) , son of William Briggs (6527) (1650-12 May 1716) & Elizabeth Cook (6721) (1653-Aug 1716), in Little Compton, RI. They were married by Benjamin Church, Justice. Born on 11 Jan 1688 in Little Compton, RI. William died in Nov 1763 in Little Compton, RI. Occupation: yeoman.
Will of William Briggs of Little Compton, yeoman, dated 16 Aug 1759, proved 6 Apr 1763, mentions wife Deborah Briggs, sons Enoch Briggs, Nathaniel Briggs, and Job Briggs; daughters Elizabeth Pabody, Mary Record, Sarah Crandal, Susannah Crandal, Judith Woodworth, and Priscilla Briggs; three granddaughters Betty Briggs, Phebe Briggs, and Deborah Briggs all under 18 daughters of son Job Briggs; unnamed grandchildren children of daughter Elizabeth Pabody. Witnesses Richard Brownell, James Taylor, and William Hall. [3]
Children
William and Deborah (Church) Briggs had the following (12) children:[4]
Elizabeth, born 10 October 1714; married Joseph Pabodie
↑ Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, compiler, Little Compton Families, Little Compton Historical Soc., 1967, with corrections and additions 1974, two volumes.
↑ Nellie M. C. Beaman, “Abstracts of various RI towns,” Rhode Island Genealogical Register, various volumes 2-8, (1980-1985).
↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Eighteen, Part 2, The Descendants of Richard Warren Through His Children Mary, Anna, and Elizabeth, 2011 Edition, Published 2016, Page 230
Birth Citations, Surname: Church, 'Deborah, Jan. ___ , 1697', Arnold, James N., 'Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Birth, Marriages and Deaths, Volume 4, Newport County, Part IV, Little Compton, Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., Providence, R.I, 1893, pg. 101. https://archive.org/stream/cu31924098819976#page/n508/mode/1up
Marriage Citation, Surname: Church, 'Deborah, and William Briggs, Jr., Sept. 13, 1713', Arnold, James N., 'Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Birth, Marriages and Deaths, Volume 4, Newport County, Part IV, Little Compton, Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., Providence, R.I, 1893, pg. 18. https://archive.org/stream/cu31924098819976#page/n425/mode/1up
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Deborah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Deborah: