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Elizabeth Briggs (Cooke)

Also Known As: "Cook"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
Death: August 1716 (62)
Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Capt. Thomas Cooke, alias Butcher and Mary Cooke
Wife of William Cornell Briggs
Mother of Susanna Dennis; William Briggs; Elizabeth Woodman; Deborah Head; Job Briggs, I and 2 others
Sister of Capt. Thomas Cooke; John Cooke, alias Butcher and George Cooke

Managed by: Tracy Lynn Fitzgerald
Last Updated:

About Elizabeth Briggs

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L1CS-RS2/elizabeth-cooke-1653...

Elizabeth Cooke
1653–3 August 1716

When Elizabeth Cooke was born in 1653, in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, her father, John Cooke Alias, Butcher, was 23 and her mother, Mary Borden, was 21. She married William Briggs in 1678, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 3 August 1716, in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, at the age of 63, and was buried in Briggs Lot, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

 Spouse

William Briggs
Male
1650–1716

Male

Elizabeth Cooke
Female
1653–1716

Female

Marriage
1678
Portsmouth, Rhode Island, British Colonial America

Children (7)

Susannah Briggs
Female
1681–1744

Female

John Briggs
Male
1685–1711

Male

William Briggs
Male
1688–1763

Male

Elizabeth Briggs
Female
1689–1763

Female

Thomas Briggs
Male
1693–1716

Male

Deborah Briggs
Female
1693–1773

Female

Job Briggs
Male
1696–1727

Male

Parents

John Cooke Alias, Butcher
Male
1630–1691

Male

Mary Borden
Female
1632–1690

Female

Siblings (12)

John Cooke Jr.
Male
1652–1737

Male

Elizabeth Cooke
Female
1653–1716

Female

Mary Cook
Female
1656–1716

Female

Sarah Cooke
Female
1658–1735

Female

Hannah Cook
Female
1658–Deceased

Female

Hannah Cooke
Female
1658–1736

Female

Martha Cooke
Female
1664–1704

Female

Joseph Cooke, II
Male
1664–1746

Male

Deborah Cook
Female
1665–1708

Female

Thomas Cooke
Male
1666–1726

Male

Amy Ann Cooke
Female
1669–1729

Female

Samuel Cooke
Male
1671–1705

Male


Link to grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44611666

"Vital Record of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850"

http://www.newenglandancestors.org/

New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002),

Originally "Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850"

James N. Arnold

Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., Providence, RI., 1891

"BRIGGS William, and Elizabeth -----, ---, 1680; v28, p164; Marriage, Little Compton"

(this marraige record appears to have been entered after the fact)

"BRIGGS William, 1650, died May --, 1716; Death, Little Compton"

"BRIGGS Elizabeth (---), his wife, 1653, died Aug. --, 1716; Death, Little Compton"

"Thomas Cooke of Rhode Island"

Jane Fletcher Fiske

Boxford, MA, 1987; p39

"ELIZABETH, b. ca. 1653; m. William Briggs."

"The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island"

John Osborne Austin

Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, NY: 1887; pp. 23-24; pp. 282-285

"New England Marriages Prior To 1700"

Clarence A. Torrey,

(as found on NEHGS CD-ROM, Boston, 2001)

"BRIGGS, William (1650-1716) & Elizabeth [COOKE]/Elizabeth (COOKE)

BORDEN? (1653-1716+); by 1681; Portsmouth, RI/Little Compton, RI"

http://jrm.phys.ksu.edu/Genealogy/Needham/d0000/I3372.html


	Elizabeth Cook147, F Birth Date 	1653 Birth Place 	Portsmouth, Newport, RI Death Date 	1716 Age: 63 Death Place 	Little Compton, Newport, RI Burial Place 	Briggs Cemetery, Little Compton, Newport, RI Father 	John Cook , M (1630-1691) Mother 	Mary Borden , F (1633-1690)

Birth: 1653 Portsmouth Newport County Rhode Island, USA Death: Aug., 1716 Little Compton Newport County Rhode Island, USA

Elizabeth Cook Briggs was the daughter of John Cook and Mary Borden Cook.

Family links:

Parents:
 John Cook (1632 - 1691)
 Mary Borden Cook (1633 - 1690)

Spouse:

 William Briggs (1650 - 1716)

Children:

 John Briggs (1685 - 1711)*
 Thomas Briggs (1693 - 1716)*
 Deborah Briggs Carr (1693 - 1773)*
 Job Briggs (1696 - 1727)*

Siblings:

 Mary Cook Manchester (1653 - 1716)*
 Elizabeth Cook Briggs (1653 - 1716)
 Hannah Cook Wilcox (1660 - ____)*
 Thomas Cook (1664 - 1726)*

Birth: 1653 Portsmouth Newport County Rhode Island, USA Death: Aug., 1716 Little Compton Newport County Rhode Island, USA

Elizabeth Cook Briggs was the daughter of John Cook and Mary Borden Cook.

Family links:

Parents:
 John Cook (1632 - 1691)
 Mary Borden Cook (1633 - 1690)

Spouse:

 William Briggs (1650 - 1716)

Children:

 John Briggs (1685 - 1711)*
 Thomas Briggs (1693 - 1716)*
 Deborah Briggs Carr (1693 - 1773)*
 Job Briggs (1696 - 1727)*

Siblings:

 Mary Cook Manchester (1653 - 1716)*
 Elizabeth Cook Briggs (1653 - 1716)
 Hannah Cook Wilcox (1660 - ____)*
 Thomas Cook (1664 - 1726)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription: Here lyeth the body of Elizabeth, wife of William Briggs who dyed in August 1716 in ye 63rd year of her age.

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Elizabeth Briggs's Timeline

1653
December 6, 1653
Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
1681
April 9, 1681
Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
1685
November 13, 1685
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
1688
January 11, 1688
Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
1689
December 27, 1689
Little Compton, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America
1693
September 6, 1693
Little Compton, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America
1693
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
1696
August 3, 1696
Little Compton, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America
1716
August 1716
Age 62
Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, British Colonial America