Mary (Watson) Briggs (abt. 1712 - bef. 1744)

Born about 1712 in Bensalem, Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania

Wife of John Briggs — married 13 Jun 1734 in Middletown, Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died before 1744 before about age 32 in Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania

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Biography

Mary was a Friend (Quaker)

Research Notes

There is no mention of Mary in the estate records of her husband, John Briggs. She most likely was deceased before 1744. John's father, William Briggs, Sr. became guardian of their children and petitioned for compensation for their maintenance after John's death.

Mary is also named in the 1718 will of Otter Otterson (relationship not known):

OTTERSON, OTTER. Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Tailor. February 4, 1718. March 4, 1718. D. 108. Elizabeth (daughter of Clause Johnson), Mary daughter of William Watson; Jeremiah Langhorn of Middleton. Executor: Jeremiah Langhorn. Witnesses: Stoffel Van Land and David Wilson.

Sources

• Linn, John B. and Egle, William H., "Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810, Volume 1", (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1968, 1987), p. 220

• "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994", digital image, FamilySearch (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2010), [Original source: Bucks County (Pennsylvania), Register of Wills, "Orphans' Court records 1683-1776, Vol. A1-A2", p. 151],<https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99B-2Z6D>

• "Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1700-1821", Ancestry.com (Online: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2011), <http://www.ancestry.com>

• "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994", Ancestry.com (Online: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014), <http://www.ancestry.com>