Person:John Briggs (21)

John¹ Briggs of Taunton was treated by Douglas Anderson, Follow of the American Society of Genealogist in 1983 in The American Genealogist (see sources below). Please read this first before consulting any older source maternal and editing this page.

Richard^A Briggs b c1565 buried Thornbury, Gloucester 30 Apr 1620 married there 19 Oct 1590 Agnes Wingod left a will... children:...

2) John¹ Briggs bp Thornbury 1 May 1595 named in his father's will married there 11 Nov 1633 Agnes Thayer bp 15 Mar 1607 dau of Richard Thayer of Thornbury sister of Richard¹ Thayer and Thomas¹ Thayer who came to New England in 1640. John and Agnes lived in Thornbury in 1644. He was in Taunton by 1657 and was alive in 1665 when his wife's nephew Shadrach Thayer of Braintree filed a complaint [Shurtleff 7:126]. He died by 1675.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Edna Anne Hannibal, of Palo Alto, Calif. and Claude W. Barlow, Ph.D., F.A.S.G., of Worcester, Mass., "Richard, William, and Hugh, Sons of John Briggs of Taunton, Massachusetts", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
   125:77-80, 1971.

   "The dates of birth and death of John¹ Briggs are unknown. He was certainly deceased in 1686 and probably in 1675. No mention of his wife, the mother of Iris three sons, has yet been found."

2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, FASG, "The English Origins of John Briggs of Taunton, Mass" , in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
   59:175+, 1983.

   link See also Thayer Origins NEHGR 60:282-91; Richard^A Briggs b c1565 buried Thornbury, Gloucester 30 Apr 1620 married there 19 Oct 1590 Agnes Wingod left a will...
   children:...
   
   2) John¹ Briggs bp Thornbury 1 May 1595 named in his father's will married there 11 Nov 1633 Agnes Thayer bp 15 Mar 1607 dau of Richard Thayer of Thornbury sister of Richard¹ Thayer and Thomas¹ Thayer who came to New England in 1640. John and Agnes lived in Thornbury in 1644. He was in Taunton by 1657 and was alive in 1665 when his wife's nephew Shadrach Thayer of Braintree filed a complaint [Shurtleff 7:126]. He died by 1675. Children bp in Thornbury
   
   1. John bp 27 Sept 1634, Thornbury
   2. Katherine bp 6 Jan 1636/7; nfr
   3. Richard bp 17 Mar 1638/9; d Taunton bef. 13 Dec 1692;
   4. poss. Joanna [mentioned in prenuptial agreement as being of Taunton]
   5. William b. ca 1645; d 3 Jan 1728 aged 83;
   6. Hugh [year of birth unknow] mar. 1 Mar 1682/3; d bet. 22 Aug 1692 and 1698;

3.   Mrs. John E. Barclay, , F.A.S.G., Notes on the Briggs Family of Taunton, Mass, in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
   33:76-83.

   link

4.   Emery, Samuel Hopkins. History of Taunton, Massachusetts, from its settlement to the present time. (Washington [District of Columbia]: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1969)
   93.
5.   Genealogyweb.com.

   The following is now known to be incorrect see TAG above:
   
   The "Briggs" family name originated in Yorkshire , located in Border Country of Scotland and England
   The "Briggs" family traces their ancestral roots back to Boernician origin
   Components of the Briggs Family Name Coat of Arms
   The Shield is: Silver with three red shields, each charged with an silver and blue, bell patterned stripe.
   The Crest is: Emerging from the knight's helmet is a pelican on the stump of a tree.
   The motto is: "Fortiter et Fideliter"
   The BRIGGS family traces their ancestral roots back to Boernician origin, and first appeared in ancient medieval records in Yorkshire
   
   Briggs Family References in the Harleian Manuscripts
   Briefly, the Harlein Manuscripts are the records of the "Visitations" (the investigation of heralds) of English and Welsh families. The manuscripts were complied from about 1530 to the close of the 17th century. Over 30,000 families registered their lineage which are now housed in the British Museum in London. Your Family name was one of the names that were registered.The Briggs family name was recorded in the following counties, which can be used as a starting point for further investigation into these records held in the British Museum.
   Main County Branched to Branched to
   GLOUCESTERSHIRE
   SHROPSHIRE NORFOLK
   WESTMORLAND
   YORKSHIRE

6.   Holman, Winifred Lovering. Briggs family records. (Concord, N.H.: The Rumford Press, 1931).
7.   Briggs, Mary Balch. We and our kinsfolk: Ephraim and Rebekah Waterman Briggs, their descendants and ancesters, with a few collateral branches. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972).
8.   The Proprietors' Records list of Taunton
   1661.

   shows him with 6 acres, granted to him by William Parker, John Bryant and Timothy Holloway.

9.   Correspondence of 10 Aug 2004, in Lewis, Brian.