Mary Briggs

Mary Flood (daughter of John Flood and Margaret ?) was born 1635, and died 1678. She married (1) Richard Blunt on 1655. She married (2) Charles Ford on 1657. She married (3) John Washington on 1658. She married (4) Henry Briggs on Bet. 1661 - 1662.

Children of Mary Flood and John Washington are:

1. Richard Washington, b. 1659, d. 1724.

Children of Mary Flood and Henry Briggs are:

1. +Samuel Briggs, b. 1673, d. 1737.
2. +Henry Briggs, b. 1662, d. October 25, 1739, Surry Co., VA81.
3. +Charles Briggs, b. 1664, d. Bef. May 20, 1730, Surry Co., VA.
4. George Briggs, b. 1676, d. 1699, Surry Co., VA.
5. Mary Briggs

biography

Mary was the daughter of Col. John Flood and his first wife, Margaret (the widow of William Finche). Col. Flood had come to Virginia in 1610 as a young boy, about age 10. His property, known as "Sunken Marsh", was located on the south side of the James River in Surry County, VA. Col. Flood married for a second time to Fortune Jordan

John Washington's land was west of "Sunken Marsh" where Clermont, Surry County, VA, is located today and ran south of there.

Mary Flood was born about 1635 and sent to England to be educated. She returned to Virginia where she married Richard Blunt of Isle of Wight County, VA and had a son, Thomas, who was born about 1656.

After Richard Blunt's death, Mary soon married Charles Ford in 1657 - but he died shortly after they married.

John Washington was Mary Flood's third husband. It's possible that John had met her when she was in school in England. John and Mary had a contract of marriage stating that he would see that her son, Thomas Blunt, would receive his rightful inheritance from his father (Richard Blunt).

John Washington and Mary Flood Blunt Ford Washington had one son, Richard, who was born about 1660.

John died about the same time - perhaps drowned at sea.

Mary married for a fourth time to Henry Briggs and had several children, including a daughter Marie.
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Mary was the daughter of Col. John Flood and his first wife, Margaret (the widow of William Finche). Col. Flood had come to Virginia in 1610 as a young boy, about age 10. His property, known as "Sunken Marsh", was located on the south side of the James River in Surry County, VA. Col. Flood married for a second time to Fortune Jordan John Washington's land was west of "Sunken Marsh" where Clermont, Surry County, VA, is located today and ran south of there. Mary Flood was born about 1635 and sent to England to be educated. She returned to Virginia where she married Richard Blunt of Isle of Wight County, VA and had a son, Thomas, who was born about 1656. After Richard Blunt's death, Mary soon married Charles Ford in 1657 - but he died shortly after they married. John Washington was Mary Flood's third husband. It's possible that John had met her when she was in school in England. John and Mary had a contract of marriage stating that he would see that her son, Thomas Blunt, would receive his rightful inheritance from his father (Richard Blunt).

John Washington and Mary Flood Blunt Ford Washington had one son, Richard, who was born about 1660.

John died about the same time - perhaps drowned at sea.

Mary married for a fourth time to Henry Briggs and had several children, including a daughter Marie. http://history.loftinnc.com/Washington_John_1631.htm

Birth name also reported as Fludd

Links

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John Washington (1631 - 1661) "The Immigrant"

Born: 14 Mar 1631,Northampton,ENGLAND

Died: 1661, Virginia (Possibly died at Sea)

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	  John Washington was born 14 Mar 1631 in Northampton, ENGLAND.  He was the son of Richard Washington (b. 1600) and Frances Browne. 

John's father died and was buried on 08 January 1641/42 and his widowed mother married for a second time on 17 Jan 1642/43 to Ralph Hall. John would have been about eleven at the time. The will of Ralph Hall, dated 30 July 1658 names Frances and left several legacies to "Mrs. Amy Washington, my wife's daughter". John, however, was not mentioned.

John arrived in Surry County, Virginia, from Barbadoes, as a merchant.

On 15 Nov 1658, at the age of 27, John married Mary Flood . John Flood and Thomas Flood were witnesses to the contract of marriage between John and Mary. This was John's first marriage but not Mary's.

Mary was the daughter of Col. John Flood and his first wife, Margaret (widow of William Finche).

Mary Flood was born about 1635 and sent to England to be educated. She returned to Virginia where she married Richard Blunt from Isle of Wight County, VA. They had a son, Thomas, who was born about 1656.

After Richard Blunt's death, Mary soon married Charles Ford (in 1657) - but he died shortly after they married.

John Washington was Mary Flood's third husband. John and Mary had a contract of marriage stating that he would see that her son, Thomas Blunt, would receive his rightful inheritance from his father (Richard Blunt).

John Washington and Mary Flood Blunt Ford Washington had one son, Richard Washington, who was born about 1660. John died about the same time.

Mary married for a fourth time to Henry Briggs and had several children, including a daughter Marie.

Children of John Washington and Mary Flood Blunt Ford Washington Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse Richard Washington 05 Sep 1660 19 May 1725 Elizabeth Jordan

4 Different Marriages of Mary Flood Blunt Ford Washington (Briggs) Name Marriage Date Death Date Age at Death (1) Richard Blunt Abt. 1655 1656 39 (2) Charles Ford 09 Apr 1657 1657 (3) John Washington 15 Nov 1658 1660 30 (4) Henry Briggs Abt. 1661 1686 51

SOURCES:

	 	 Mary Flood @ Ancestry.Com http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=hom42&id=I22575&t...

Mary Flood of Surry County, Virginia http://genforum.genealogy.com/washington/messages/1541.html
THE WASHINGTON FAMILY http://www.sulgravemanor.org.uk/history/washington_family.htm
The Ancestry of George Washington Sons of Liberty Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution http://www.revolutionarywararchives.org/washancestry.html

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References

1. “Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia 1607-1625 and Their Families”, Annie Lash Jester (ed.). p.176. (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1956). Page 176. FamilySearch
2. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I3509... Father: John FLUDD Gentleman b: ABT 18 MAR 1592 in Canterbury, Kent, England Mother: Margaret (FINCH) b: ABT 1600
3. “Some Old Surry Families.” The William and Mary Quarterly 16, no. 4 (1908): 221–35. https://doi.org/10.2307/1922659.