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William Briggs (1645 - 1728)

William Briggs
Born in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 6 Nov 1666 in Tauton, Bristol County, Massachusettsmap
Husband of — married 7 Apr 1680 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 82 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Profile last modified | Created 31 Mar 2011
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Biography

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William Briggs was born in Gloucestershire, England.

William, son of John Sr. & Agnes Tayer Briggs, born or baptized in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England 2 Apr 1645.

William married Sarah Macumber of Marshfield on 6 Nov 1666 in Taunton, daughter of William Macumber and Ursula Mathew. She died in Taunton 20 Mar 1680 after the birth of her son John.

He probably married secondly in Dedham 2 July 1680 Abigail Mason.

In June 1673, he and his wife were called to the court at Plymouth and fined 12 pounds for killing a horse of Thomas Linkoline.

William died 3 Jan 1728 in his 83rd year and is buried at Oakland Cemetery.[1] [2]

Children

Born in Taunton, Massachusetts:
  1. William b 25 Jan 1667/8
  2. Thomas, twin, b 9 Sep 1669
  3. Sarah, twin, b 10 Sep 1669
  4. Elizabeth b 14 Mar 1671 (often confused with Elizabeth3 (Jonathan2, Clement1) who m. Elkanah Bobet)
  5. Hannah b 4 Nov 1672; perhaps m Samuel Waldron or Samuel Woodward
  6. Mary b 14 Aug 1674;; perhaps m 24 Jul 1712 John Forrest
  7. John b 19 Mar 1680

Research Notes

NOTE: This William is NOT the son of Clement & Elizabeth (Fields) Briggs

Thornburg, South Gloucestershire, England - place not found probably Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England

Sources

  1. Edna Anne Hannibal, Claude W. Barlow, "Richard, William and Hugh, son of John Briggs of Taunton, Massachusetts," in NEHGR, 127(Apr 1971):82
  2. Vital Records from The NEHGS Register, Sons of John Briggs v125 p82. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) LINK
  • Taunton Vital Record book death : 3 Jan 1728 at age 83
  • NEHGS, Massachusetts Town Marriage Records; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
  • NEHGS, Massachusetts Town Death Records; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.
  • Lois Crabtree Johnson, Descendants of John Crabtree, immigrant to Boston, Mass., filed in the Daly Library. [http:www.dalyclan.org/page4/sscrab/sscrab-o/p12.htm Excerpts]
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 April 2021), memorial page for William Briggs Sr. (2 Apr 1645–3 Jan 1728), Find A Grave: Memorial #29330578, citing Oakland Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Elton Ellis (contributor 47443490) .




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Briggs-6874 and Briggs-671 appear to represent the same person because: These two profiles are duplicates. Please merge.
posted by Karen (Rollet) Lorenz
Hi Jacquelyn

Appreciate the work you are doing in growing this branch of the tree.

This profile came up on the suggestion list that is issued every week, William's profile came up because of the short birth location T this was removed by my colleague. I visited the profile as part of the work I do to build and improve profiles.

A couple of points you appear to have duplicated profiles connected to this profile. 2 wives married within days with same name. Children possibly duplicated as well as a number of half siblings with same name.

Please could you review these profiles and others on the suggestion list generated from this profile

http://wikitree.sdms.si/function/WTWeb/Suggestions.htm?UserID=21239087

Best wishes Janet

Data Doctor

posted by Janet (Langridge) Wild
Briggs-683 and Briggs-671 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, wife, parents, death date
Briggs-2228 and Briggs-683 appear to represent the same person because: After merging his wife, I found that he is a duplicate as well as Mary
posted by Sherry Wells
Briggs-1452 and Briggs-683 appear to represent the same person because: Looks like the same person.
posted by Terry Kraft

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