Elizabeth Briggs

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Elizabeth (Field) Briggs (1673 - bef. 1720)

Elizabeth Briggs formerly Field

Born 17 Nov 1673 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Daughter of John Field II and Elizabeth (Everden) Field

Sister of John Field III, Richard Field, Lydia (Field) Manley, Daniel Field, Ruth Field and Hannah (Field) Steere

Wife of Clement Briggs III — married 3 Nov 1697 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Mother of Hannah (Briggs) Selee, John Briggs and Lydia (Briggs) Drake

Died before 2 Jan 1720 before age 46 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Profile last modified 15 May 2023 | Created 25 Jun 2013

Biography

Elizabeth Field was born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts on November 17, 1673, daughter of John Field and Elizabeth Everden. [1] [2]

Elizabeth married Clement Briggs III of North Purchase on November 3, 1697. [3] [2] Her husband Clement was born before 1670. son of Clement Briggs and Hannah Packard. His father died in November, 1669. [4]

On June 6, 1720, Clement Briggs Jr. was appointed administrator of the estate of his father Clement who died intestate at Taunton, Massachusetts. The inventory of the estate of Clement Briggs was taken on February 3. 1720/1. On March 6, 1721, the court ordered a division of the real estate, moveable goods, etc, and later in October, 1722, a distribution of the remaining estate among his children. Those names in the division and distributions of the estate were: [5]

eldest son Clement Briggs - double share [5]
second son Zachariah Briggs [5]
third son John Briggs [5]
eldest daughter Elizabeth Briggs [5]
second daughter Hannah Briggs [5]
youngest daughter Lydia Briggs [5]
It's likely that Elizabeth died prior to June, 1720 and there is no mention of a widow in the probate papers of Clement Briggs Sr. [5]

On July 13, 1720, a guardian was appointed for the brothers and sister of Clement Briggs :

Zachariah Briggs, minor over age 14 years.
John Briggs, minor over the age of 14 years
Lydia Briggs, minor uner the age of 15 years [6]
John Selee was appointed administrator of the estate of Clement Brigg's Jr. in March 1724/5. On July 13, 1726, son Clement Jr.'s estate was ordered to be distributed among his survivng siblings:

brother Zachariah
eldest sister Elizabeth ?Auston
second sister sister Hannah ?Sillore
third sister Lydia Briggs [7]
On April 19, 1727 the court ordered the estate of John Brigg's, a minor, late of Easton be distributed among his siblings. [8]

only surviving brother brother Zachariah Briggs
eldest sister Elizabeth ?Auston
second sister Hannah ?Silee/Silby
youngest sister Lydia Briggs [8]
On January 13, 1745, John Asten, John Sille and Lydia Briggs, spinster, were appointed administrators of the estate of Zachariah Briggs of Easton, who died intestate. The court ordered a division of his estate among his sisters. [9]

On September 10, 1746, Thomas ?Grake/Drake and John ?Asten, husbands of two of the heirs of Zachariah Briggs, submitted their acceptance and approval of the distribution of Zachariah's estate. [9]

Children

Clement [5] : died unmarried at Norton, Massachusetts by March 1724/5 when an administrator was appointed for his estate. [7]
Elizabeth [5] ref name=ProbJr /> [8]; married John Austin (Asten/Austen) at Easton, Massachusetts on March 9, 1727. [10]
Hannah [5] ref name=ProbJr /> [8]; married John Sealey (Silee/Sillee) at Norton on January 12, 1723/4; died on February 16, 1760 at Easton. [11]
Zachariah born ___ [5] [6] [7] [8]; died unmarried before January 13, 1745 at Easton. [9]
John [5] [6] ; died, a minor on January 2, 1726/7 at Easton. [12]
Lydia [5] [6] [7] [8] married Thomas Drake at Easton on July 8, 1746 [13] ; still living in January , 1784. [9]

Research notes

Bridgewater Births

Field: Elizebeth (Feild) d. John, Nov. 17, 1673. [1]
Bridgewater Marriages:

Feild: Elizabeth and Clement Brigs, of N. Purchas. Nov. 3, 1697. [3]

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the year 1850: Volume I- Births, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1916
↑ 2.0 2.1 Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Field Genealogy: Being the Record of All the Field Family in America, Whose Ancestors Were in this Country Prior to 1700. Emigrant Ancestors Located in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Virginia. All Descendants of the Fields of England, Whose Ancestor, Hurbutus de la Field, was from Alsace-Lorraine, Volume 1, Hammond Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1901, p. 122
↑ 3.0 3.1 Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the year 1850: Volume II - Marriages and Deaths, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1916
↑ Chamberlain, George, History of Weymouth, Massachusetts, Volumews 3 & 4, Weymouth Historical Society, Wright and Potter Printing Co., Boston, Massachusetts, 1923, p. 129
↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 Case 3302: p.1-22: Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2724/i/48305/3302-co5/68102139
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Case 3417: p. 1-3: Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2724/i/48305/3417-co1/68103709
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Case 3303: . 1- 11: Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Case 3419: p. 1- 5: Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2724/i/48305/3419-co1/68103715
↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Case 3571: p. 1-15; Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2724/i/48305/3571-co1/1414401158
↑ Easton, MA: Marriages, 1720-1802 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016.) Original typescript: Marriages at Easton, Massachusetts from Earliest Entry Down to 1802. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB172/rd/1044293625
↑ Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, in: Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. Volume 12: p. 280 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/i/53443/280/1423667052
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHR4-CNY : 10 November 2020), John Briggs, 2 Jan 1727; citing Death, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009786.
↑ Easton, MA: Marriages, 1720-1802 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016.) Original typescript: Marriages at Easton, Massachusetts from Earliest Entry Down to 1802. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB172/rd/1044293779

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