Joshua
Briggs
Born in Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Ebenezer Briggs
and Elizabeth (Gibbs) Briggs
Brother of
Joseph Briggs, Samuel Briggs, Lucy (Briggs) Swift, Peleg Briggs, Perez Briggs, Jedediah Briggs, Hallett Briggs, Elizabeth (Briggs) Swift, Mercy (Briggs) Bump and Ruth (Briggs) Washburn
Husband of
Hope (Benson) Briggs
— married
3 Sep 1767 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Hope (Briggs) Shaw
Died
at age 57
in Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Aug 2021
This page has been accessed 41 times.
Biography
Joshua was born in 1738. He is the son of Ebenezer Briggs and Betsey Gibbs.[1]
He married Hope Benson on 3 September 1767 in Middleborough.[2]
Probate
Joshua Briggs of Wareham, gentleman died intestate and on 23 January 1797, Joshua Briggs, yeoman was granted the administration of his estate.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LQ-7SC : Thu Oct 26 02:32:01 UTC 2023), Entry for Joshua Briggs and Ebenezer Briggs, 17 Sep 1738.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPM-4Q5 : Wed Oct 25 15:55:29 UTC 2023), Entry for Joshua Briggs and Hope Benson, 3 Sep 1767.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-V4PX : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1793-1804 vol 34-35 > image 62 of 545; State Archives, Boston.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110830134/joshua-briggs: accessed 20 December 2023), memorial page for Capt Joshua Briggs (17 Sep 1738–30 Mar 1796), Find a Grave Memorial ID 110830134, citing Centre Cemetery, Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by cw-sawyers (contributor 47339930).
- Hannibal, Edna Anne. John Briggs of Sandwich, Massachusetts and His Descendants (1962) Page 6.
Is Joshua your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
the profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joshua by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joshua by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Cynthia Herald
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H, FTDNA kit #337121 - Marion O'Donnell :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H1a1, FTDNA kit #217884
- William Thornton :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H1a1, FTDNA kit #159230
-
~1.56%
Raymond Watts :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QP5149019 [compare], Ancestry member wattsray
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #978396
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Joshua is 10 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 23 degrees from Carl Sagan, 21 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 28 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 22 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 19 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 24 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 12 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 16 degrees from Isaac Newton, 24 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 19 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 12 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.