John's Genealogy
John Briggs & Sarah Cornell




Husband John Briggs

       Born: 1609                    at: England 1 2
 Christened:                         at: 
       Died: 1690                    at: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 2 3
     Buried:                         at: 


     Father: Henry Briggs (      -      )
     Mother: 


    Married:                           Place: 

Events
1. Residence 4, 1635, Boston, Massachusetts
2. Residence 5, 1638, Newport, Rhode Island
3. Will 2, October 3, 1690
"Executor son Enoch Briggs. To son Enoch Briggs all and every part of land and personal estate goods, chattels, debts, and money he paying all legacies. To eldest son John Briggs, son Thomas, son William and daughter Susanna Northway one shilling each. These children long since received their portions."



Wife Sarah Cornell

       Born: Abt 1623                at: Essex, England 6
 Christened:                         at: 
       Died:                         at: 
     Buried:                         at: 


     Father: Thomas Cornell (1595-1656)
     Mother: Rebecca Briggs (1600-1673) 6



Events
1. Baptism 7, March 30, 1623, Saffron-Walden, Essex, England


Children
1 M Enoch Briggs

       Born: After 1642 2 at: 
 Christened:                         at: 
       Died: 1734                    at: Rhode Island 1
     Buried:                         at: 
Spouse: Hannah Cook (Abt 1660-1736) Marr: March 2, 1699-2000, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 8

2 M John Briggs

       Born: 1642 1 at: 
 Christened:                         at: 
       Died: July 2, 1713 1 at: 
     Buried:                         at: 
Spouse: Hannah Fisher ( -After 1727) 2

3 M Thomas Briggs

       Born:                         at: 
 Christened:                         at: 
       Died: June 12, 1720 1 2 at: 
     Buried:                         at: 


4 M William Briggs

       Born: 1650 1 2 at: 
 Christened:                         at: 
       Died: May 12, 1716            at: Little Compton Rhode Island 1 3
     Buried:                         at: 
Spouse: Elizabeth Cook (1653-1716) Marr: 1680 8

5 F Susannah Briggs

       Born: 1641 1 at: 
 Christened:                         at: 
       Died: November 7, 1704 1 at: 
     Buried:                         at: 


1 John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island Families Comprising three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690, (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1995), From the library of John D. Warren.

2 Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, Little Compton Families, (Baltimore, Clearfield Company, 1967 Reprint 2000), The Library of John D. Warren.

3 Genealogies of Rhode Island Families. From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.

4 Meredith B. Colket Jr., Fouders of Early American Families - Emigrants From Europe 1607-1657, (Cleveland, Ohio, The General Court of the Order of Founders & Patriots of America, 1975). Page 45.

5 Frank R. Holmes, Directory of The Ancestral Heads of New England Families, (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1923, 1999), library of John D. Warren. Page 31.

6 Cornell Family History.

7 G. Andrews Moriarity, Additions and Corrections to Austins Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island The American Genealogist.

8 Thomas Cook Of Rhode Island.


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