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Copy of Elijah's will, Bristol County, Probate Records 1833-1834 Vol 73-74
In her will on 25 Feb 1840, she gave Charles, her son, the sum of fifty dollars.
DEATH-BURIAL: John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Genealogical Publ. Co. Baltimore, 1968 (first ed. was 1887). Had 5 children by first husband.
DEATH-BURIAL: John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Genealogical Publ. Co. Baltimore, 1968 (first ed. was 1887). Had 5 children by first husband.
SOURCE: [HYPERLINK http://www.bone-zone.com/Documents/WhoWasRebCp17.gif ] St. James, Clerkenwell, Essex, England Parish records enties
Burials:
5 December 1595 - Elizabeth Briggs, widow
22 February 1572/73 George Briggs
23 May 1600 - Thomas, son of Richard Briggs
3 September 1593 - Margaret, daighter of Will'm Brigges
27 August 1593 - Will'm Briggs householder
16 May 1620 - Henry Birggs' son, William
3 December 1620 - Joyce, daughter of Henry Briggs
14 August 1625 - Henry BriggsBaptisms
25 October 1600 - Rebecca daughter of Henry Briggs
8 April 1618 - John and Joyce children of Henry BriggsWeddings
27 February 1616/17 - Henry Briggs and Hellen Taylor
21 November 1621 - Henry Briggs and Joan Wilkinson
Elizabeth Spencer is also listed as Henry's wife. It is difficult to determine which is the mother of the children.
Notwithstanding John Briggs came to have a prominent place in his community, his testimony against his nephew Thomas (2)Cornell, husband of his sister Rebecca, eliminates him from extended attention. He lived in Portsmouth, Rhode Island and had six children, - John, Thomas, William, Susanna, Job and Enoch. Some of them lived in Portsmouth, Tiverton, Little Compton, Rhode Island and Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
In John Osborne Austin's The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Albany, 1887,we have this note: "1673 February 20 he testified calling himself sixty-four years or thereabouts in the trial of Thomas Cornell. He had a dream and saw a woman at his bedside "whereat he was much affrighted and cryed out, in the name of God, what art thou!" The apparition answered `I am your sister Cornell' and twice said `see how I was burnt with fire!'
To mention sentencing any man to be hanged on dream evidence would cause any lawyer of any subsequent period in U.S.A. to express amazing horror and unbelief of its happening. We therefore dismiss John Briggs.
John Briggs. Born in 1609 in Darrington, England. John was baptized in St James, Clerkenwell, London on 8 Apr 1618. John died in 1690 in Portsmouth, RI.
John came to New England in 1635 on the Blessing, living for a short time in Boston before coming to Rhode Island. He was a follower of Anne Hutchinson, who advocated a personal relationshiop with God in guiding one's own conduct, instead of reliance on the Church and State for guidance. The leaders of the Massachusetts Colony were so opposed to this teaching that it became unsafe for Mrs. Hutchinson's followers to remain there. Upon the advice of Roger Williams, John Briggs with some others fled from Massachusetts and purchased Aquidneck Island from the Indians.
John moved first to Newport, then to Portsmouth where he established a family home, living there until the death of his first wife, Sarah Cornell, in 1661. The parentage of Sarah Cornell is not known, though she too was probably born in co. Essex, England. It is quite certain that she is a sister to Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth, whose wife Rebecca, called John Briggs 'brother.'
In 1662 John Briggs purchased a share (140 acres) in Dartmouth,
MA, and soon after, married there, Constant (Mitchell) Fobes, Widow. He lived there only a short time, moving back to Portsmouth about the time of his daughter Susannah's marriage to William Palmer in 1663 and spent the remainder of his life there.John Briggs was a prominent citizen and active in civic and political affairs. He served at various times as juryman, Assistant Commissioner and Deputy to the General Assembly.
He died in Portsmouth between 19 April 1690 (date of his will and 16 November 1690 (date of probate). His second wife may have died before he left Dartmouth, as she was not mentioned after that, nor in his will. All his children were by his first wife, Sarah. John was in Newport 1638, or Portsmouth 1650, freeman 1655.
Will of John Briggs of Portsmouth, dated 19 Apr 1690, proved 17 Nov 1690, mentions wife Content Briggs; sons Enoch Briggs, John Briggs eldest, Thomas Briggs, William Briggs, and Job Briggs; and daughters Susannah Northway and ____ Momony.
ca 1639 John first married Sarah Cornell, daughter of Richard Cornell & Mary [Cornell], in Portsmouth, RI. Born on 30 Mar 1623 in Saffron Walden, England. ; she was 80.
They had the following children:
i. Susannah (ca1641-1704)
ii. John (1642-1713)
iii.Thomas (1644-1720)
iv. Job (1648-1733)
v.William (1650-1716)
vi. Enoch (-1734)In 1662 John second married Constant Mitchell. Constant died aft 1690.
Notwithstanding John Briggs came to have a prominent place in his community, his testimony against his nephew Thomas (2)Cornell, husband of his sister Rebecca, eliminates him from extended attention. He lived in Portsmouth, Rhode Island and had six children, - John, Thomas, William, Susanna, Job and Enoch. Some of them lived in Portsmouth, Tiverton, Little Compton, Rhode Island and Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
In John Osborne Austin's The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Albany, 1887,we have this note: "1673 February 20 he testified calling himself sixty-four years or thereabouts in the trial of Thomas Cornell. He had a dream and saw a woman at his bedside "whereat he was much affrighted and cryed out, in the name of God, what art thou!" The apparition answered `I am your sister Cornell' and twice said `see how I was burnt with fire!'
To mention sentencing any man to be hanged on dream evidence would cause any lawyer of any subsequent period in U.S.A. to express amazing horror and unbelief of its happening. We therefore dismiss John Briggs.
John Briggs. Born in 1609 in Darrington, England. John was baptized in St James, Clerkenwell, London on 8 Apr 1618. John died in 1690 in Portsmouth, RI.
John came to New England in 1635 on the Blessing, living for a short time in Boston before coming to Rhode Island. He was a follower of Anne Hutchinson, who advocated a personal relationshiop with God in guiding one's own conduct, instead of reliance on the Church and State for guidance. The leaders of the Massachusetts Colony were so opposed to this teaching that it became unsafe for Mrs. Hutchinson's followers to remain there. Upon the advice of Roger Williams, John Briggs with some others fled from Massachusetts and purchased Aquidneck Island from the Indians.
John moved first to Newport, then to Portsmouth where he established a family home, living there until the death of his first wife, Sarah Cornell, in 1661. The parentage of Sarah Cornell is not known, though she too was probably born in co. Essex, England. It is quite certain that she is a sister to Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth, whose wife Rebecca, called John Briggs 'brother.'
In 1662 John Briggs purchased a share (140 acres) in Dartmouth,
MA, and soon after, married there, Constant (Mitchell) Fobes, Widow. He lived there only a short time, moving back to Portsmouth about the time of his daughter Susannah's marriage to William Palmer in 1663 and spent the remainder of his life there.John Briggs was a prominent citizen and active in civic and political affairs. He served at various times as juryman, Assistant Commissioner and Deputy to the General Assembly.
He died in Portsmouth between 19 April 1690 (date of his will and 16 November 1690 (date of probate). His second wife may have died before he left Dartmouth, as she was not mentioned after that, nor in his will. All his children were by his first wife, Sarah. John was in Newport 1638, or Portsmouth 1650, freeman 1655.
Will of John Briggs of Portsmouth, dated 19 Apr 1690, proved 17 Nov 1690, mentions wife Content Briggs; sons Enoch Briggs, John Briggs eldest, Thomas Briggs, William Briggs, and Job Briggs; and daughters Susannah Northway and ____ Momony.
ca 1639 John first married Sarah Cornell, daughter of Richard Cornell & Mary [Cornell], in Portsmouth, RI. Born on 30 Mar 1623 in Saffron Walden, England. ; she was 80.
They had the following children:
i. Susannah (ca1641-1704)
ii. John (1642-1713)
iii.Thomas (1644-1720)
iv. Job (1648-1733)
v.William (1650-1716)
vi. Enoch (-1734)In 1662 John second married Constant Mitchell. Constant died aft 1690.
Died at the home of her sister, Rebecca Woolsey
RESEARCHER: Bruce HARRISON 674 Van Loo Road, Canon City, CO, 81212 on PRF #24 indicates Richard was born in 1752 and operated his father's sawmill.
Died young from the kick of a horse.
