Family:John Briggs and Hannah Rocket (1)

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Marriage[1][2] Bef 1711 Based on birth of eldest known child
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  1. The births of all their children aren't known precisely, and birth order not known. Mercy is oldest confirmed child, b. about 1711-1712, but neither, either, or both of Thankful and Hannah could have been born before this.
  2. The Norton births that are recorded give the mother's name as Hannah Rocket, and wife Hannah is mentioned in the will. NEHGR, Hannibal, Eda Anne and Claude W. Barlow, "Richard, William, and Hugh, Sons of John Briggs of Taunton, Massachusetts", Vol. 125, p. 200, identifies her as d/o Joseph Rockett and Mary Wilmarth, b. 14 Dec 1683. Source:Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896, p. 732, says that this couple had a daughter Mary on 14 Dec 1683, and the father was buried July 1683. No death record of Hannah is known, so no age at death is known. It is possible that the name of the mother was used by accident in the birth record, but given that no explanation or evidence of the misrecording has been presented or found, it is not known how this parentage of Hannah was arrived at.