William Briggs, of Lyme

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not a child of Clement Briggs

brief biography and family

member of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company

GoogleBooks, The Brockway Family: Some Records of Wolston Brockway and His Descendants ...pg 140 starts a brief history of the Briggs family and descendants

William Briggs, and wife, Mary, dwelt in Boston, as early as 1642; afterward, perhaps, at Hingham, Mass, for a few years; then again in 1657, at Boston; and later in Lyme, Conn., whee he bought land of his son-in-law, Wolston Brockway, 24 Oct. 1680, which land he sold to his son, John Briggs, 15 Feb 1680-81, with the frame of a house thereon, "which I purchesed of John Lareby."

Children of William and Mary (?) Briggs:

1. William2 Briggs/Biggs; birth date not found, died Middletown, CT before 19 August 1681. Married Mary Yelling.
2. Hanna Briggs, b at Boston, Mass, 28 Aug 1642 and the printed record seems to show that she was buried on the same day, which must be an error; baptized 2 Aug. 1646 by the Rev. Mr. Hobart, perhaps at Hingham, Mass; married at Boston, 10 SEpt. 1657, with John Harris, and with him settle at Lynne, Conn, where he is supposed to have died. She married 2d about 1663, with Wolston Brockway.
3. ? Peter Briggs, birth record not found; baptized by the Rev. Mr. Hobart, perhaps at Hingham, Mass, 2 Aug 1646.
4. John Briggs, birth record not found; baptized 20 Dec 1646, perhaps at Hingham, Mass, see the diary of the Rev. Mr. Hobart, quoted in Savaged Genealogy Dictionary, Vol III P. 606. He and wife Mary Dwelt in Boston, Mass, From 1668 to 1678; Lyme, Conn., in 1681; and had probably returned to Boston before 1685.
5. ? Mary Briggs, the witness at Lyme in 1680/1 when William Briggs sold property to his son John.

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Name suffix seen as of Wakefield, York, and Lyme, CT (Provo)

links

• FamilySearch AFN 8LFG-24
• FamilySearch AFN C1N1-JD
• FamilySearch AFN VDTJ-H3

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Exact birth date is not known (however in 1666 he was recorded as being 61 years old).

• Parents names, marriage & death data for William Briggs are unknown or cannot be verified. (For details, see Discussion item attached). This is also not the son of Clement, that came to america in 1620's and the record states as being young. That is an entire different family outside of this one. Do not confuse the two lines.
  • This is offered on FS as proof that this William is not the son of Clement:
    

New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 3 page 1326

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3Q6N-F31 : accessed 2016-10-24), entry for William /Briggs/.

their children include

• Hannah Briggs b in Boston 1642
• John Briggs b in Boston 1643
• William Briggs b Charlestown, MA 1664/5

References

1. Harris, Gale Ion. William¹ and Mary Briggs of Boston and The Connecticut Valley, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 92-3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) < AmericanAncestors >