General Notes: Rebecca, daughter of "William Briggs and Rebecca his late wife," thou gh s he could have been but 13 years old at the time, signed the deed conv eyi ng land in New Dartmouth alias Sheepscot to Samuel Bolles and Mary h is wif e.
She was but thirteen years of age in 1712, when she relinguished her c la im through her deceased mother to the land at Sheepscot. (Vide Page 116 6)[William and Mary Briggs of Boston and the Connecticut Valley, Gale I on Ha rris, NEHGR, Volume 151, January 1997]
Birth
Rebecca Briggs, daughter of William & Rebecca Briggs, was born 30 June 1699 in Boston, Massachusetts[1]
Marriage
Benjamin Hollowell married Rebecca Briggs on 29 May 1722 in Boston, Massachusetts. The officiant was Mr. Joseph Sewall. Their marriage intentions were also published, for "Benja." and "Rebeckah".[2]
Benjamin was born of Boston, Ma and died on an unknown date.
Baptism
2 Jul 1699 Old South Church, Boston
Sources
↑ Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883.
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1646/i/30233/246/723611597
↑ Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006), Originally published as: Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Containing the Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751 (Vol. 28), Boston, Municipal Printing office, 1898. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (vol. 30), Boston, Municipal Printing Office, 1903.
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB174/i/7456/107/248380957
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