Susannah (Spencer) Briggs (1681 - bef. 1726)

Born 1 Dec 1681 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Briggs I — married about 23 Sep 1700 in Bristol, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died before 1726 before age 44 in Newport, Washington, Rhode Island

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Disambiguation

Susannah Spencer-622 (1680) m. John Olin is the dau. of Michael and Isobel Spencer.

Susannah Spencer-1633 (1681) m. Richard Briggs is the dau of John Spencer and Susannah _____________.

Biography

Susannah Spencer Birth 1 December 1681 East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island^[1][2] She married Richard Briggs 23 Sep 1700 at East Greenwich, Rhode Island.^[3][4]

As Richard has married a second time and had a child with second wife Experience in Jan 1726/27, it may be presumed that Susannah has passed away not later than early 1726. However, no death record has been found.

Children of Richard and Susannah^[5][6]

• Richard b. October 17, 1701
• Francis b. October 27, 1703
• Audrey b. August 10, 1705
• Susannah b. March 31, 1707
• John b. February 8, 1708/09
• Sarah b. February 27, 1710/11
• Caleb b. February 16, 1712/13
• Ann b. November 25, 1715

Research Notes

Both Robert C Anderson and Donald Jacobus state that the mother of Susannah is Susannah __________ (Unknown). Her mother is not documented to be Susannah Griffin. See the mother profile for details and links to the citations.

Sources

1. ↑ The American Genealogist, 27:168
2. ↑ Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6S5P-DD?cc=2146229 : 9 November 2020), > image 1 of 1; various city archives, Rhode Island.
3. ↑ Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. I:11 Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912.
4. ↑ Torrey, New England Marriages to 1700, I:204, citing: Austin's Dict. 25, 188; Briggs (1880) 71; Briggs-DeGroff 21
5. ↑ Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, Vol I:101
6. ↑ Will of Richard Briggs, Briggs Collection of Cemetery Records, Wills, Record Books of Genealogy and Scrapbooks of Vital Records and Historical Events; Author: Briggs, Anthony Tarbox; Probate Place: Providence, Rhode Island. At Ancestry this appears to be erroneously indexed as Rhode Island Probate Court Records. It cites East Greenwich, Rhode Island, Records Book 1, pg 136 for the original will. Proved 28 Apr 1733. This lists Experience _____________ as the second wife of Richard Briggs.

See also:

• Flora S Clark, George E. McCracken, Michael Spencer and His Descendants Part I: Generations 1 through 4 (Indianapolis IN: Spencer Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc, 1987), p 33 of 146. Note: inactive link a/o 6 Nov 2021.