| Name |
John* BRIGGS590, 7G Grandfather |
| Birth |
abt 1679, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA590 |
| Death |
2 Mar 1728, Rochester, MA Age: 49 |
| Will |
28 Sep 1727, Rochester, MA Age: 48 |
| Will Memo |
named his wife, Ruth, eldest son, Cornelius, son "Silus," youngest son, John, daughters "Kesiah," Sarah, and Elizabeth, his brother Samuel Briggs and kinswoman, Ruth Barrow, unmarried and living with her grandmother Briggs. His son, Cornelius and brother-in-law, Samuel Barrow, of Middleborough were executors. Probate 15 Mar 1727. (Ply. Co. Prob. Rec., v5p384, no. 2880) |
| Father |
Samuel* BRIGGS (<1641->1714) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth* ELLIS (~1645-) |
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| Misc. Notes |
John and Ruth Briggs (in her name), grantors, to George Barrow, grantee, two parcels of land, one parcel in Plymouth by the name of Newfield and one parcel in Plympton beside Southern Brook, 19 July 1723, wit. Arthur Hathaway, Sarah Briggs and Ruth Barrow. (Rec. 23 June 1736, Ply. Co., L.R., vol. 30, p. 168)
Samuel Barrow, Ruth Briggs, children of Ruth Barrow (wife of Robert Barrow) and the children of her eldest son, John (Barrow), dec'd., George, Mehitable and Samuel Barrow, grantors, to Robert Barrow of Mansfield, grantee, house, barn, house lot and corn grist mill, 3 Dec 1725. (Rec. 2 Feb 1730, Ply. Co. L.R., vol. 26, p. 55)
John Briggs received 20 acres next to house lots 3 and 4 from the share of Elizabeth Ellis, 25 May 1701. (Rec. Ply. Co. Rochester Prop. R., V. 1, p. 109)
John Briggs received 37 acres at Sippican Great Neck (part of his father's 200 acre share), 28 Jan 1727. (Rec. Ply. Co. Rochester Prop. R., v. 1 p. 179)
Samuel Briggs, grantor, to "dutiful son John," grantee, "1/2 upland meadows," 11 Feb 1714. (Rec. Ply. Co. L.R., v. 11, p. 94)
Between 1709 and 1727 John Briggs purchased 11 pieces of land in Rochester and sold 6 pieces of land.590, p 4 |
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| Misc. Notes |
| Her maiden name is recorded in the Plymouth V.R. as Ruth Barnes, but the will of her husband and the following L.R. prove her to have been Ruth Barrow. She was perhaps the Ruth Briggs who married as the 3rd wife, 15 Sept 1739, Samuel, son of Kenelm and Mercy (Worden) Winslow590, p4 |
| Marriage |
23 Dec 1701, Plymouth, MA |
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