Mary (Unknown) Briggs (abt. 1622 - aft. 1670)

Born about 1622 in London, , Essex, England

Wife of William Briggs Sr. — married before 1642 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 15 Dec 1670 after about age 48 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Jack Wise [send private message] and Holly Pinkley [send private message]

Disputed Origins

A misunderstanding of an old-form reference to a father-in-law -- in this case meaning stepfather, rather than father-in-law in the modern sense -- led to an assumption registered in the original form of this profile: that Mary's maiden surname was Oldham. Her name at birth is in fact not known.^[1] Therefore the parents originally shown, John Oldham and Unknown (Unknown) Oldham, have been detached.

Biography

Mary, wife of William Briggs, was born in England, likely about 1622 based on her minimum age at the time of the birth of the couple's first known child (about 1640); her maiden surname is not known. Following their move to Lyme, Connecticut, she is thought to have passed away in the weeks between 15 December 1670 -- when she co-signed a deed with her husband, by mark -- and 4 January 1671, when another deed was executed without her mark.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ NEHGS, "William Bridges", The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, pp. 231-234; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/i/12107/231/23894590 (subscription)(see Sources)
2. ↑ "William1 and Mary Briggs of Boston", NEHGR 151:87-101; see Sources

• Marriage (NEHGS): "BRIGGS, William & Mary ____ (-1695+); by 1642; Boston/Lyme, CT {Briggs (1880) 111, 121, 122; Brockway 5; Sv. 1:252; R. W. Cooke Chart; Reg. 8:350; Bassett (1926) 124; McIntire Anc. 148; TAG 33:98}" -- New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21174/205/426878322 (subscription)

• "William1 and Mary Briggs of Boston and the Connecticut Valley with Notes on their Sons-in-Law John Harris and Wolston Brockway", by Gale Ion Harris, NEGHR Vol. 151 (1997), pp. 87-101; The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11639/87/0 (subscription)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anne_and_the_Little_James

See also:

• "William Bridges", pp. 231-234, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/i/12107/231/23894590 (subscription)

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile UNKNOWN-107111 created through the import of Welder Family Tree.ged on Sep 10, 2011 by Deborah Anne Welder.