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Cornelius Briggs (1705 - 1764)

Cornelius Briggs
Born in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusettsmap [uncertain]
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Husband of — married 27 Dec 1729 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 58 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Cornelius was born 16 Nov 1705 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts to John Briggs and Ruth (Barrows) Briggs.

Cornelius Briggs and Thankful (Burgess) Briggs were married on December 27, 1729, in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. They had the following children:

  1. John Briggs 1730–1736
  2. Ruth Briggs 1732–1732
  3. Nathaniel Briggs 1733–1776 ​​
  4. Ruth Briggs 1735–1735
  5. John Briggs 1736–1780
  6. Susanna Briggs 1737–1750
  7. Elisha Briggs 1738–1745
  8. Zepheniah Briggs 1742–Deceased

Cornelius passed 16 July 1764 in Marion, Plymouth, Massachusetts and was buried at Little Neck Cemetery, Marion, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Probate

The will of Cornelius Briggs of Rochester, yeoman, was dated 5 August 1763 and proved on 11 July 1764 in Plymouth. He mentions his wife Thankful, and his children, Nathaniel Briggs (executor) (he is bequeathed the indentured Indian boy named Thomas Faunce), John Briggs, Zephaniah Briggs, Marcy, wife of Noah Sprague, Jr., and his nephew, Cornelius Briggs, son of his brother John Briggs. [1]

Sources

  1. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-J37D : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1763-1771 vol 19-20 > image 82-84 of 641; State Archives, Boston.




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