Elizabeth Bridgham
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Aug 1727 - Boston, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 3 Dec 1790 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
Burial: in West Barnstable Cemetery
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *John Russell (30 Jun 1730 - 24 Dec 1765)
Marriage: 1754 - Barnstable, Massachusetts 2
Status:
Children:
1. Jonathan Russell (1756-1759)
2. Abigail Russell (1757- )
3. John Russell (1759-1761) 1
4. Jonathan Russell (1762- )
5. Otis Russell (1763-1797)
6. Mercy Russell (1765-1766) 1
Notes
General:
stone:
In memory of
The widow
Elizabeth Russell
she was born Aug't 4th 1727
and died
Dec'r 3d 1790
To die is landing on some silent shore
Where billows never beat nor tempest roar
Ere we feel the fatal stroke 'tis o'er
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Father: Joseph Bridgham , Dr. b: 16 APR 1701 in Boston, MA
Mother: Abigail Willard b: 19 JAN 1702/03 in Boston, MA
Benjamin F Bridgman
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1827
Baptism:
Death: 3 Oct 1841 - Lost At Sea 4
Burial: in Truro Congregational cemetery
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jesse Snow (1780-1842)
Mother: Joanna Cole (1785-1867) 5
Notes
General:
Benjamin F Bridgman was among the 57 men and boys from Truro, in 7 vessels, lost in the October Gale of 1841. He was an adopted son of Jesse Snow.
3
N W Bridgman
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1835 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Abigail Smith (21 Dec 1839 - )
Marriage: 10 Nov 1859 - Truro, Massachusetts 6
Status:
Theodore Bridgman
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Oct 1803 - Belchertown, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 30 Mar 1871 - Paxton, Illinois
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Polly Higgins (20 Apr 1805 - 29 Dec 1880) 7
Marriage: 3 Mar 1831 - Orleans, Massachusetts 8
Status:
Notes
General:
Father: Theodore Bridgman b: 5 JUN 1775 in Belchertown, MAMarriage Notes (Polly Higgins)
Mother: Lucretia Warner b: 27 JUN 1774
Genealogy of the Bridgman Family: "He was a farmer, moved west in 1845."
Children
Dwight Winslow Bridgman b: 6 FEB 1837 in Belchertown, MA
James Bridgman b: 25 OCT 1843 in Belchertown, MA
Lizzie M Brien
Sex: F
AKA: Lizzie M Brine
Individual Information
Birth: <1860> - Massachusetts 9
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Census 9, , Perkins, Maine in Perkins, Maine
Spouses and Children
1. *Eugene A Kaler (Est 1860 - )
Marriage: 1884 - Maine
Status:
Notes
General:
1880 Perkins census: Lizzie was a servant in the household of Celina Underwood.
Marcia Helena Brierly
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1955 - Hyannis (Barnstable), Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 14 Feb 2007 - West Harwich, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Notes
General:
Harwich Oracle obit:
Marcia H. Brierly
Animal enthusiastic, truck driver
WEST HARWICH — Marcia Helena Brierly, 51, died Feb. 14 after a long illness.
Ms. Brierly was born in Hyannis, the daughter of the late Geraldine (Ellis) Stapleton and Daniel Brierly.
She loved animals. When she was younger, she raised miniature horses and was a member of the Cape Cod Rough Riders. She also bred and raised dogs.
Ms. Brierly was passionate about cars and trucks, often nicknaming them as you would a good friend. There weren’t many vehicles that she could not drive. She collected old cars, detailing and polishing them.
A memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to the Animal Rescue League of Boston, Route 6A, East Brewster, MA 02631.
Briggs
Sex: M
AKA: Biggs
Riggs
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism:
Death: Bef Dec 1755
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary (Est 1720 - )
Marriage: Bef 1743
Status:
Children:
1. William Briggs (Est 1740- )
2. Elizabeth Briggs (Cir 1743-1836)
3. David Biggs (Est 1750-Bef 1781)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Mary)
William, David and Elizabeth Biggs, children of Mary Biggs, were baptized together, 2 months after their widowed mother.
William Riggs & Mary Hilton of Gloucester?
Briggs
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1807
Baptism:
Death: Bef 1890
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah H Hopkins (1809 - 18 Dec 1890)
Marriage:
Status:
Abner Briggs
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Aug 1739 - Rochester, Massachusetts 10
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Jedediah Briggs (1708- )
Mother: Jedidah Ellis (Est 1715-1796)
Barnabas Briggs
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 28 Aug 1745 - Rochester, Massachusetts 12
Death: After May 1812
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Jedediah Briggs (1708- )
Mother: Jedidah Ellis (Est 1715-1796)
Spouses and Children
1. *Abigail Rider (6 Dec 1749 - 4 May 1783) 13
Marriage: 8 Oct 1775 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Seth Briggs (1778- )
2. Mercy Briggs (1780-1849) 14
2. Phebe Miller (Est 1760 - Apr 1821)
Marriage: 16 Oct 1783 - Nantucket, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Sally Briggs (1784- )
2. Katy Briggs (1786-1827)
3. Barnabas Briggs (1788- )
4. Mahala Briggs (1791- )
3. Elizabeth Bunker (18 Nov 1738 - Bef Oct 1775)
Marriage: 9 Nov 1769 - Nantucket, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Phebe Briggs (1771- )
Barnabas Briggs
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Aug 1788 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 14
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Barnabas Briggs (1745-After 1812) 11
Mother: Phebe Miller (Est 1760-1821)
Barnabas Briggs
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1750
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Abigail Crowell (6 May 1756 - 10 Aug 1756) 15
Marriage: 1 Dec 1777 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Status:
Notes
General:
of Chatham, 1777
Captain Benjamin Briggs
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Jan 1696 - Scituate, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Anna Haugh (10 May 1710 - )
Marriage: 26 Nov 1747 - Hingham, Massachusetts 16
Status:
Notes
General:
Benjamin was in the French and Indian War in 1756. He resided north of Stockbridge Mill Pond, in the old Briggs house
son of Lieut. James Briggs (1645-18 Aug 1703) & Rebecca Tilden (Feb 1654-1 Apr 1740) 17
Bennett Briggs
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 14 Oct 1667 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony 18
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel Briggs (Cir 1640- )
Mother: Elizabeth Ellis (1645- )
Catherine C Briggs
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1815 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Edward B Sprague (Est 1810 - )
Marriage: 26 Dec 1836 - Eastham, Massachusetts 19
Status:
Clement Briggs
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Jan 1642 - Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Clement Briggs (Abt 1600-1648)
Mother: Elizabeth (1618-Bef 1691)
Clement Briggs
Sex: M
AKA: Samuel Briggs
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1600 - Southwark, Surrey
Baptism:
Death: 23 Dec 1648 - Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth, , Southwark, Surrey in Southwark, Surrey
• Alt Death, , Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Spouses and Children
1. *Joan Allen (Abt 1602 - 1638)
Marriage: 1630 - Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay
Status:
Children:
1. Thomas Briggs (1633-1696)
2. Jonathan Briggs (1635-Bef 1690) 20
3. Joan Briggs (1637-1685) 21
2. Elizabeth (1618 - Bef 11 Aug 1691)
Marriage: 1640 - Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Status:
Children:
1. David Briggs (1640-Abt 1684)
2. Clement Briggs (1642- )
3. Remember Briggs (1644-1696)
4. John Briggs (Cir 1647- )
Notes
General:
Clement Briggs came to Plymouth Colony in 1621 on the Fortune. By 1630 he was living in Weymouth.Marriage Notes (Joan Allen)
Documented events in his life were:
1. Lands Recorded - Granted; 1623; Plymouth Colony, MA 2 3. Page 6 of the colony records: The fales of their grounds which came in the Fortune according as their lots were cast 1623. This ship came Novr 1621; these lye to the sea, eastward: Clemente Brigges - 1
"1 Acre beyond the first brooke to the wood westward." [Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, 1:5]
2. Division of Cattle; 1 Jun 1627; Plymouth Colony, MA 4. Number 10 in the fourth lot for the division of cattle. This group received "one of the 4 heyfers Came in the Jacob Called Raghorne."
3. Removal; Bef 6 Feb 1630/31; Massachusetts Bay Colony, MA 5. Mentioned in the letter from William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Bay Colony, to John Winthrop, the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony: "Now ther are diverce goone from hence, to dwell and inhabite with you, as Clement Brigges.."
4. Fine; 6 Oct 1634; Massachusetts Bay Colony, MA 6. Clement Briggs fined 10s for entertaining an Indian without leave. [Rec. of the Governor and Company of Mass. Bay Colony, 1:83]
5. Lands Recorded; 8 Oct 1637; Plymouth Colony, MA 7. Clement Briggs exchanged four acres of land in Plymouth for four acres of land on "Joanes" River. The deed was recorded by Gov. Bradford.
"Know all men by these prnte that I Clement Briggs of Wessaguscus for and in consideracon of the sume of fiue shillings inmoney to me paid by John Browne of Plymouth the eight day ofOctober 1637 do couenant and graunt that the said John Browne shall haue and ejoy for him and his heirs foreuer foure acres of land of the vpper end of that lot of land that appertaineth vnto me the said Clement Briggs and that the said John Browne doth also agree that the sd Clement Briggs shall haue for him & his heirs for euer the quantitie of foure acres of land out of the land of the said John Browne lying at the end and adjoyneing to the residue of the land of the aforsd Clement Briggs at Jonanes Riuer witnesse my hand the day & yeare aforesd. The mark of Clement ~~ Briggs. Richard Cornish witnes." [Rec. of the Colony of New Plymouth, 1:22]
6. Provided Bond; 6 Mar 1637/38; Massachusetts Bay Colony, MA 8. On 6 Mar, 1637/8, clement Briggs was bonded for £10 for his wife to appear in the next court for Arthur Warren being in her company. [Rec. of the Governor and Company of Mass. Bay Colony, 1:219, 233, & 244] There is no evidence that this was in any way a moral charge against Joan Briggs.
7. Deposition; 29 Aug 1638; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA 9 10. The Deposition of Clement Briggs of Weymouth felmonger, taken at New Plymouth the xxix day of August in the fourteenth yeare of ye now reigne of our sovaryne Lord Charles by the grace of God of England &c. 1638, before Thom Prence of New Plymouth gent ovr, and Willm Bradford for the same Gent, assistant of the govnt &c.
"This Deponent Deposeth and sayth that about two and twenty yeares since, this depont then dwelling wth one Mr Samuel Lathame in Barmundsey street Southwarke, a felmonger, and one Thomas Harlow then also dwelling wth Mr. Robte Heeks in the same street a fellmonger, the said Harlow and this depont had often conferrence together how many pelt eich of their masters pulled a week. And this depont deposeth and sayth that the said Robte Heeks did pull three hundred pelts a week, and divers tymes six or seven hundred & more a week in the killinge seasons, wch was the most part of the yeare (except the tyme of lent) for the space of three or foure yeares. And that the said Bobte Heeks sould his sheeps pelts at that tyme for fourty shillings a hundred to Mr Arnold Allard, Whereas this Deponts Mr Samuel Laythame sould his pelts for fifty shilling p C to ye same man, at ye same time, and Mr Heeks pelts were much better ware.
CLEMENT BRIGGS his mark."
8. Occupation; 29 Aug 1638; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA 9. Describes himself as a fellmonger [tanner] in a deposition.
9. Lands Recorded - Sold; 29 Aug 1638; Plymouth Colony, MA 11. Recorded by Gov. Bradford: "Memorand the XXIXth day of August 1638 'That Clement Briggs acknowledge that for a good & valuble consideracon he hath sould unto Mr. Robte Heeks one acre of land in the upper fall neere the second Brooke & all his right title & interrest into the same to haue * to hold the acre of land unto the said Robte Heeks his heirs and assignes for euer to therr onely pper use and behoofe foreuer.'" [ [Rec. of the Colony of New Plymouth, 1:34]
10. Court Appearance; 4 Dec 1638; Massachusetts Bay Colony, MA 12. Clement Briggs was found not guilty of estortion and the case discharged. [Rec. of the Governor and Company of Mass. Bay Colony, 1:247]
11. Lands Recorded - Granted; 6 Oct 1640; Plymouth Colony, MA 13. Clement Briggs was granted land on the south side of "Joanes Riuer." [Rec. of the Colony of New Plymouth, 1:123]. On 6 Oct the bounds of Clement Briggs' land were set. [Rec. of the Colony of New Plymouth, 1:133]
12. Lands Recorded; 15 Oct 1640; Plymouth Colony, MA 14. On 5/15 Oct, 1640, John Howland, Francis Cooke, Joshua Pratt and Thomas Cushman were appointed to examine and adjust the bounds between the lands of Thomas Pence and Clement Briggs, at Jones River.
13. Debt Owed To; 1 Jun 1646; Plymouth Colony, MA 15. Clement Briggs made it known to the Court that Mr. "Isaack Allerton" was indebted to him for the sum of £7 [Rec. of the Colony of New Plymouth, 2:101]
14. Will; 1648; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA 16 17. CLEMENT BRIGE of Waymouth.
1648. To son Thomas, my home Lott at Plemouth, 20 acres, and my Bigest Iron Pott. To son Jonathan, 3 acres of Land Joining John Rees Lands, That is not Brak vp, and to Enter to it when hee is of the aige of 18; When 21 to haue 4th pt of all my land in Waymouth; after the decese of my Wiff one 4th more. If Shee die Before Jonathan Be 21, then it be for the Bringing vp of my Children. To son Clement, my housing and the other halfe of my Land in Waymouth. To Sons Thom, David, John & Remond my other Land at Plemouth Equally amongst them. After Clement do Enter to the forsd Land hee shall giue his Brother Remond, 20s, John 10s; Jonathan shall giue 10s to his bro. David & to his bro Thom 10s., in one yeare after hee do Enter to half my land. Wife Executrix; degon Rogers and Robert Tucker overseers.
The mark of
Clemt Briggs
Witness
John Rogers
Robert Tucker Testifyed 24 (8) 1650, before Mr. Bellingham
vppon Oath. William Aspinwall
Full text from Clement Briggs & His Descendants:
"The last will and Testiment of Clement Briggs of Waymouth in New England first I give my soule to God (that) gave it.
"it: I give to my son Thmas my home lott at plemouth 20 acres by esteema and my bigest iron pott.
"It: I give to my son Jonathan 3 acres of my land joning to John ____2s lands that is not break up and to eneter to it when hee is of the aige of 18 years and when he is of the aige of 21 years to have as much ( ) 3 acres one 4th pt of all my land in Waymouth and after decess of my wiff it is my will he shall have one 4th pt mor if shee dye not before hee bee of the age of 21 years But if shee should dye before Jonathan be 21 years ouild then it is my will it shuld be for the bringing up of my children.
"It: I give to my son Clemet my housing and the other half of my land in Weymouth and hee to enter to it when hee is of the aige of 21 years -- if his mother -- be decesed before, but if not then he shuold not have it tell after her decese -- But if my wiff should die before Clemant be --- 21 year ouild it is my will the land should be for the bring up of my children.
"it: I ---- give to my sons Thomas dauid John -- Remem2 my other Land at Plemouth (or in Plimouth Col) jointly and equaly amonst them.
"It is my will in one year thereafter Clemt do enter to the forsed land hee shall give his brother Remem 20s -- and John 10s and it is my will that Jonathan shall give 10s to his bro. dauid and to his bro Thmas, 10s in one year after he do enter to half my land and it is my will that my wiff shall be my Exequtrix it is also my will that degon Rogers and Rober Tucker should be my overseers in trust.
The mark of Clem_t X Briggs
Witness: John Rogers
Robert Tucker
Testified 24 (8) 1650 before m Bellingham
uppon oath William Aspinwall
[Suffolk Co. Probate Records, Old Series, 3:151 or New Series, 1:456]
15. Probate; 23 Dec 1648; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA 17 18. Clement Briggs - 12: 23: 1648. Copie of ye Estate of Clement Briggs. Lands in Weymouth & Plymouth, &c. Sume totall £65. 07. Elizabeth Briggs Relict of Cleoment, deposed, 28 July 1659.
a major source:
Hanibal, Edna Anne, Clement Briggs of Plymouth Colony & His Descendants, (1966).
16. Lands Recorded - Purchased; 26 Dec 1651; Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA 19. Along with 58 other men, Clement Briggs purchased land in Marshfield, 26 Dec 1651. [Rec. of the Colony of New Plymouth, 3:177] 22
The Great Migration Begins Sketches PRESERVED PURITANMarriage Notes (Elizabeth)
CLEMENT BRIGGS
ORIGIN: Southwark, Surrey
MIGRATION: 1621 in Fortune
FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth REMOVES: Weymouth by 1630
OCCUPATION:
Fellmonger.
EDUCATION: Made his mark to his deed of 8 October 1637 and deposition of 29 August 1638. Inventory included books valued at 6s.
ESTATE: In the 1623 Plymouth land division, "Clemente Brigges" was granted one acre "beyond the first brook to the wood westward" as a passenger on the Fortune [PCR 12:5]. In the 1627 Plymouth cattle division, "Clemont Briggs" was included in the company of
John Howland [PCR 12:10]. On 8 October 1637 "Clement Briggs of Wessaguscus" sold to "John Browne of Plymouth ... four acres of land of the upper end of that lot of land that appertaineth unto me the said Clement Briggs and that the said John Browne doth also agree that the said Clement Briggs shall have for him & his heirs forever the like quantity of four acres of land out of the land of the said John Browne lying at the lower end and adjoining to the residue of the land of the aforesaid Clement Briggs at Joanes River" [PCR
12:22]. On 29 August 1639 Clement Briggs sold to "Mr. Rob[er]te Heeks one acre of land in the upper fall near the Second Brook" [PCR 12:34]. In a compilation of Weymouth landholding, probably prepared about 1643, Clement Briggs held two parcels of land: "ten acres in the easter neck first granted to him" and "two acres upon the neck at the ferry" [Weymouth Hist 1:190]. In his undated will, probated 24 October 1650, "Clemant Brigs of Waymouth" bequeathed to "my son Thomas my home lot at Plimouth 20 acres ... and my biggest iron pot"; to "my son Jonathan 3 acres of my land joining to John Rees land that is not broke up and to enter it when he is of the age of 18 years and when he is of the age of 21 years to have so much as will make the portion 3 acres one fourth part of all my lands in Waymouth and after the decease of my wife it is my will he shall have one fourth part more"; to "my son Clemat my housing and the other half of my land in Waymouth and to enter it when he is of the age of 21 years"; to "my sons Thom[as], David, John, Rememb[er] my other land at Plimouth or in Plimouth jointly and equally amongst them; "one year after Clem[en]t do enter to the foresaid land he shall give his brother Rememb[er] 20s. and John 10s. and ... Jonathan shall give 10s. to his brother David and to brother
Thom[as] 10s. in one year after he do enter to half my land"; wife to be executor and John Rogers and Robert Tucker overseers [SPR Case #101]. (This will was not recorded until the nineteenth century, at which time the copyist misread Remember as Edmund [SPR NS 1:456].)
The inventory of the estate of Clement Briggs, taken on 23 February 1648[/9?] and presented to court on 28 July 1659, totalled ?65 7s., of which ?36 was real estate: "one dwelling house and old barn," ?4; "17 acres of planting land adjoining to the said house," ?18; "one share of upland upon the eastward neck," ?5; "3 acres near James Smith's house," ?2; "one acre of salt marsh upon the westward neck near the ferry," ?4; "about an acre of marsh more on the eastward neck," ?2; and "land in Plimouth and Plimoth Pattent," ?1 [SPR 3:151-52, Case #101]. On 7 June 1659 Plymouth court granted to "Thomas Briggs, son of Clement Briggs, deceased," one hundred fifty acres of land and twenty acres of meadow "in the way to Deadum from Taunton" [PCR 3:164]. On 8 June 1664 "Phineas Pratte and the Elder Bates, in the behalf of the children of Clement Briggs," not having "had their proportions of land with others of this jurisdiction formerly called purchasers or old comers," asking for consideration, Plymouth court granted "unto the said Phineas Pratt and unto two of the said Clement Briggs his sons, viz:, David Briggs and Remember Briggs, three hundred and fifty acres" of land in Plymouth Colony near the Massachusetts Bay line "near unto Waymouth," assigning two-thirds of the grant to Pratt and the other third to the sons of Clement Briggs [PCR 4:68]. On 19 March 1671 twelve acres of marsh land were laid out to "the children of Clement Briggs," by order of court 29 October 1668, adjoining "their Great Lot" [PCLR 3:214; PCR 5:5]. In her will of 13 November 1683, probated 11 August 1691, "Elizabeth Briggs of Weymouth" bequeathed to "my son David" (?10, brass kettle, brass pot, and great Bible), to "my grandchild Clement
Briggs" (?15, if he renounces further claims on estate), to "my son Remember Briggs" (remainder of estate, he to be executor); in a codicil of 11 November 1685 Elizabeth Briggs noted that her son David had died since the making of her will, and reassigned David's bequest of ?10 to her grandson Clement Briggs, and the rest of David's legacy to Remember Briggs [SPR Case #1873]. BIRTH: By about 1600 (the deposition of 1638 implies that in 1616 Briggs had already been a servant of Mr. Samuel Latham for a few years).
DEATH:
Weymouth by 23 February 1648[/9?] (date of inventory).
MARRIAGE: (1) By 1 March 1630/1 Joan Allen (1 March 1630/1: "Mr. Tho: Stoughton, constable of Dorchester, is fined ?5 for taking upon him to marry Clement Briggs & Joane Allen ..." [MBCR 1:83]); she died by 1640. (On 6 March 1637/8 at a Quarter Court at Cambridge Clement Briggs gave a bond of ?10 for the appearance of his wife at the next court; at the same court Arthur Warren was presented "for keeping company with Clement Briggs's wife, [which] was found to be true" [MBCR 1:219]. At a Quarter Court on 5 June 1638 Clement Brigg's wife was "enjoined not to come into the company of Arthur Warren" [MBCR 1:233].)
(2) By 1640 Elizabeth _____; she died between 11 November 1685 (date of codicil) and 11 August 1691 (probate of will), probably at Weymouth.
Note:
CHILDREN (all born Weymouth): With first wife
i THOMAS, b. 14 June 1633 [NEHGR 8:348]; m. Ann _____ [BrPR 2:65].
ii JONATHAN, b. 14 June 1635 [NEHGR 8:348]; m. by about 1664 Experience _____ [TAG 33:83-86].
ASSOCIATIONS: On 29 August 1638 "Clement Briggs of Weymouth fellmonger" deposed that "about two and twenty years since this deponent then dwelling with one Mr. Samuel Lathame in Barmundsey Street in Southwarke, a fellmonger, and one Thomas Harlow then also dwelling with Mr. Rob[er]te Heeks in the same street, a fellmonger, the said Harlow and this deponent had often conference together how many pelts each of their masters pulled a week." Briggs goes on to tell in detail how many pelts had been handled a week "for the space of three or four years," possibly implying that he had in 1616 been servant to Samuel Latham since about 1612. The deposition was apparently taken at the request of ROBERT HICKS, who may have been involved in a lawsuit in England [PCR 12:34-35].
COMMENTS: In a letter of 6 February 1631/2 from the governor and assistants of Plymouth to the governor and assistants of Massachusetts, Clement Briggs is included in a list of men who had "gone from hence, to dwell and inhabit with you" [WP 3:65]. Savage thought that Briggs first went to Dorchester and then Weymouth, based probably on the fact that Thomas Stoughton, who married Clement Briggs and Joan Allen, was a resident of Dorchester. However, at this time Weymouth (still Wessaguscus) was for administrative purposes considered a part of Dorchester, and it is more likely that Briggs went directly from Plymouth to Weymouth.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1966 Edna Anne Hannibal, with the assistance of Claude W. Barlow, published a solid genealogy of the descendants of Clement Briggs, as part of a series on Briggs families of New England [Clement Briggs of Plymouth Colony and His Descendants, 1621-1965 (n.p., 1966)]. This volume presents evidence supporting the interesting hypothesis that the widow of Clement Briggs was the "widow Briggs" residing in the early 1650s at Southampton [p. 4]
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Note:
Among the names of the Gorges settlers we find those of Maverick, Thompson, Graves, Jeffreys, Bursley, Norton, Glover, Woolsey, Richard Cornish and Clement Briggs. Maverick, who had gone back to England, came out again with his wife Anilas in 1624, and built a house at Winnisimmet, now Chelsea, which he fortified with a Pillizado and flankers and guns, which was a terror to the Indians and later become a trading station. The others remained in Wessagusset. 23
1. Lands Recorded - Granted; 8 Jun 1664; Plymouth Colony, MA 26. 1664, June 8. "In reference vnto the Request of Phineas Pratte; and the Elder Bates in the behalfe of the Children of Clement Briggs; That whereas they the said Phineas Pratt and Clement Briggs haue not had theire proportions of land with others of this Jurisdiction formerly Called Purchassers or old Comers; That they might haue some Consideration of land in that respect in a prcell or tract of land lying neare vnto the line betwixt the massachusetts Jurisdiction and vs neare vnto Waymouth; The Court Doth graunt vnto the said Phineas Pratt and vnto two of the said Clement Briggs his sonnes viz: vnto the said Phineas Pratt two prtes of there of the said three hundred and fifty acrees; and the remainder therof vnto the two sonnes of the siaid Clement Briggs aforenamed and this to bee layed foth for them by John Jacob of hingham and John Whitmarsh of Waymouth and incase any Indian or Indians shall heerafter lay claime vnto the said lands That the said Phineas Prat and the Elder Bates stand bound to the Court to answare the Charge of the Purchase therof and all other nessesary Charges about the said land;"
Children with second wife
iii DAVID, b. 23 August 1640 [NEHGR 8:348]; d. between 13 November 1683 (date of mother's will) and 11 November 1685 (codicil to that will), apparently without issue.
iv CLEMENT, b. 1 January 1642[/3] [NEHGR 8:348]; m. by 1669 Hannah Packard [SPR 7:1-2].
v REMEMBER, b. say 1645; m. by 1686 Mary _____ (eldest child of "Remember and Mary" b. Weymouth 4 November 1686).
vi JOHN, b. say 1647; named in his father's will; no further record. (He is not named in the will of Elizabeth Briggs, which might be evidence that he was not her son, but he was almost certainly dead before she wrote her will; if he had been a son of Clement Briggs by his first wife, he should have appeared in the Weymouth vital records for the 1630s and early 1640s. There is no evidence that he is any one of the men by the name of John Briggs later appearing in New England.)
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Cornelius Briggs
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1645
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Mehitable Allyn (28 Aug 1648 - )
Marriage: 6 May 1683 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony 25
Status:
David Briggs
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Aug 1640 - Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Baptism:
Death: Abt 1684 - Southampton, Long Island, New York
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Clement Briggs (Abt 1600-1648)
Mother: Elizabeth (1618-Bef 1691)
Notes
General:
Documented events in his life were:
1. VR - Birth; 23 Aug 1640; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA 22. David son of Clement Bregs born 23 (6) 1640
2. Lands Recorded - Granted; 8 Jun 1664; Plymouth Colony, MA 26. 1664, June 8. "In reference vnto the Request of Phineas Pratte; and the Elder Bates in the behalfe of the Children of Clement Briggs; That whereas they the said Phineas Pratt and Clement Briggs haue not had theire proportions of land with others of this Jurisdiction formerly Called Purchassers or old Comers; That they might haue some Consideration of land in that respect in a prcell or tract of land lying neare vnto the line betwixt the massachusetts Jurisdiction and vs neare vnto Waymouth; The Court Doth graunt vnto the said Phineas Pratt and vnto two of the said Clement Briggs his sonnes viz: vnto the said Phineas Pratt two prtes of there of the said three hundred and fifty acrees; and the remainder therof vnto the two sonnes of the siaid Clement Briggs aforenamed and this to bee layed foth for them by John Jacob of hingham and John Whitmarsh of Waymouth and incase any Indian or Indians shall heerafter lay claime vnto the said lands That the said Phineas Prat and the Elder Bates stand bound to the Court to answare the Charge of the Purchase therof and all other nessesary Charges about the said land;"
3. Lands Recorded - Granted; 3 Jun 1662; Taunton, Bristol Co., MA 27. On 3 June 1662 the Court ordered that land be purchased from the Indians, for the first born, in the northern part of Taunton. Listed among those to receive land were Jonathan & David Briggs. [Rec. of the Col. of New Plymouth, Court Orders, 4:19-20]
Marriage 1 Mary Barker
Married: 26 OCT 1676 in Southhampton, Long Island, NY
Children
David Briggs b: 2 OCT 1701 in Berkley, Bristol, MA
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Deborah Briggs
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Bef 20 Feb 1714 - Scituate, Massachusetts
Baptism: 20 Feb 1714 - Scituate, Massachusetts
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Briggs (1687-Abt 1722) 27
Mother: Deborah Cushing (1693- ) 27
Spouses and Children
Notes
General:
Deborah Briggs and Thomas Savage were grandparents of James Savage the noted genealogist.
Sources:
Cushing gen, p. 47
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4. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 118.
5. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:24. the children of David Cole and Bethiah his wife.
6. Barnstable Patriot (Barnstable, Mass [archives 1830-1930 online at Sturgis Library, Barnstable]), 3 Jan 1860, p5.
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compiled from The Mayflower Descendant, with an index of persons), 198 (MD14:174).
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20. Jane Devlin, "Dunham, Wilson, Trott, Kirk" (http://dunhamwilcox.net/), Clement Briggs.
21. Brian Corr, Gencircles - briancorr.
22. Winthrop Society (winthropsociety.org). .... Jane Devlin, "Dunham, Wilson, Trott, Kirk" (http://dunhamwilcox.net/), Clement Briggs.
23. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins. Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (1995. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Great Migration Study Project.)
24. Jane Devlin, "Dunham, Wilson, Trott, Kirk" (http://dunhamwilcox.net/), Clement Briggs. .... Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins. Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (1995. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Great Migration Study Project.)
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26. Jane Devlin, "Dunham, Wilson, Trott, Kirk" (http://dunhamwilcox.net/), Clemrnt Briggs.
27. Warren Cushing, Cushing family (Rootsweb :2294173).