Constant (Lincoln) Briggs (1665 - bef. 1707)

Born 16 May 1665 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of William Briggs — married 13 Jul 1687 in Taunton, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died before 1707 before age 41 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Constant (Constance) was the daughter of Thomas Lincoln and Mary Austin, born 16 May 1665.^[1][2][3]

She married William Briggs, son of Richard Briggs, on July 13, 1687.^[4][5][3]

In a 1706 land record, William refers to Constant as "my former wife", suggesting she had died by then.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Births, Taunton, Massachusetts, Vital Records.
2. ↑ Lincoln Family Magazine, page 82.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893) Vol III, p.21
4. ↑ Marriages, Taunton, Massachusetts, Vital Records.
5. ↑ The Lincoln Family and Branches of Wareham, Mass. Compiled by James Minor Lincoln, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1899, Pg. 24
6. ↑ Excerpted here ($).