Family:William Briggs and Elizabeth Cook (1)
Parents: John Briggs and Sarah Cornell
William Briggs
b. 1650
d. May 1716 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Parents: John Cook and Mary Borden
Elizabeth Cooke
b. 1653
d. Aug 1716 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
m. 1680
Facts and Events
Marriage[1][2] 1680
Children
BirthDeath
1.
Susanna Briggs
9 Apr 1681 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
2 Apr 1744 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
2.
John Briggs
13 Nov 1685 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
21 Jan 1712 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
3.
William Briggs
11 Jan 1688 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Nov 1763 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
4.
Elizabeth Briggs
27 Dec 1689 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Mar 1763 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
5.
Thomas Briggs
5 Sep 1693 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
23 Mar 1716 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
6.
Deborah Briggs
6 Sep 1693 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Nov 1773 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
7.
Job Briggs
3 Aug 1696 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
4 Mar 1727 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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They lived on the Briggs place, now the Coombs place on Shaw Road, and a part of this place is now Briggs beach.

They are buried in the cemetery on this place, district no. ten. From his stone the following: “Here lyeth the body of William Briggs Sr. who dyed May 1716 in the 66th year of his age. Here lyeth the body of Elizabeth, wife of William Briggs who dyed in August 1716 in ye 63rd year of her age.”

References
  1. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (1963)
    1:205.

    BRIGGS, William (1650-1716) & Elizabeth [COOKE]/Elizabeth (COOKE) BORDEN? (1653-1716+); by 1681; Portsmouth, RI/Little Compton, RI {Austin's Dict. 26, 283; Briggs (1880) 72, 115, 141; Briggs of NY 7:14; Thomas Cook Gen. (ms) 1, 14, 115; Reg. 49:44; Briggs

  2. ↑ Little Compton Intentions and Marriages, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
    9.

    BRIGGS, William, and Elizabeth ____, ____, 1680.

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