Person:John Briggs (1)

   According to The Owl, Winter 1973/1974, page 4185, published by the Wing Family of America,

   "Left with one or more infant children dependent upon him for support, it became incumbent upon Stephen to find himself another housekeeper. This he did, by marrying Sarah Briggs, the orphaned daughter of John Briggs, on the 11th month of the same year his wife Oseah died."

   "John Briggs came over from England in 1635 when he was twenty years of age. He was named among the first sixty settlers of Sandwich in 1637. On the 14th of the 4th month 1640, in an assignment of meadow lands, John Briggs was given 7 1/2 acres. He died in 1641, in his 26th year, and his widow Catherine is said to have died during the same year. John and Catherine had two children, viz: Samuel and Sarah, the latter of whom was born the same year of her parents' death.

   The records show that the estate of John Briggs was probated at Plymouth on the 5th day of the 10th month, 1641, and an inventory of his property, showing 55 pounds, 2 shillings, was "exhibited on oath of his widow Catherine, who was apt administratrix. And the said Catherine Briggs doth promise & give unto her two children, two cows, viz.: the younger white cow to her son Samuel, and the brown heifer to her d. Sarah, to be kept for them, and increase of stock to be theirs from this time forward."

   The name of Briggs was perpetuated in Sandwich by Samuel, son of John. An old record before us says that "Gideon Hoxie lived on the old lot at Spring Hill, near the brook, which he bought of John Briggs. This John Briggs was probably the grandson of Samuel.

   In 1660, Samuel Briggs was awarded four pounds of powder upon a division of the town's supply. And in January 1682, Samuel Briggs and William Swift, Jr., were appointed supervisors of highways."

   And from another source off the internet:
   ~John Briggs was first mentioned by Governor Bradford in his
   Plymouth Colony Records when he was deeded, on 16 April 1640,
   seven and one half acres of land at Sandwich with the original
   proprietors of the township. On 1 June 1641 at the General
   Court of Plymouth his widow was granted the adminstration of
   his estate, Savage considered him to be the john briggs of
   Lynn who probably came on the"Blessing" in 1635, ae. 20 yr.
   however, the John Briggs who settled in Newport, R.I., in 1639
   may have been the passenger on the "Blessing."
   +The names of the children of John-1 Briggs are recorded in the
   inventory taken of his estate by Edward Dillinghame and Thomas
   Tupper. "And the saId Katherne Briggs Doth prmise and give
   unto her two children two cowes via' the younger white cowe to
   her sonne Samuel and the browne heiffthencreases and stock to
   be theirs from this tyme forward----". The inventory of
   stock and household goods included, "three melch cowes, 1
   heiffer, 1 bullock and two bull calves.
   +Children of John1 and Katherne () Briggs born in Sandwich:
   >Samuel
   >Sarah2 "bridges," md. Sandwich, 7 Nov. 1654, as his secord
   wife, Stephen2, s. of John1 and Deborah (Bachelder) Wing. The
   dates of her and death are unknown.
   +(John Briggs of Sandwich, Mass. & his Descendants, by Edna Ann
   Hannabal, published by author, 1962)

   Copy of Inventory in family file.
   Plymouth Colony "Wills and Inventories.
   Page 2of3
   [fo1. 39] Kathernc Briggs Administratrix of John Briggs deceased Lres of Administacon were granted by the genrall Court held the (*) day of (*) 1641[ to Katherne the wyfe of John Briggs late of Sandwich Deceased and here followeth a true Inventory of allthe goods and cattells of the said John Briggs exhibited (at the Court of Assistants held at Plym the fift day of October in the xviith yeare of his Maties now raigne of England &c Annoq Dni 164I) upon the oath of the said Katherne Briggs
   l s d
   Inprimis three melch Cowes 18.00.00
   It i heiffer and one bullock 06.00.00
   It two bull calves 02.00.00
   It i sowe & i store pig 01.10.00
   It three hens and some chickens 00.05.00
   It two acrecs of corne planted & the fruits in the garden Helen 03.00.00
   It i feather bed iiii feather pillowes ii feather bou1sters
   foure blanketts two old coverletts four curtaines
   & i bedstead 05.00.00
   It i great chest i little chest i chaire i forme i cradle and
   two stooles 03.00.00
   It i great Kettle i little kettle i bras pott i iron pot i
   warming pan I scimmer I posnet I morter I frying
   Pann 02.12.00
   It foure pewter platters two chamger potts i quart
   i porringer 00.10.00
   It I tub 3 pailes 3 treys 6 dishes 2 little Coolers 00.14.00 It i stuffe suite 00.14.00
   It I Cloake I hatt I paire of stockings I pairee of shooes
   Some other old cloathes 02.00.00
   It I old sheete and some other linnen 00.13.04
   It i muskett & bandtliers & sword 00.10.00
   It four axes four Iron wedges 3 hoes & 2 froes 00.11.06
   It 13 plaines &. 3 plaining irons 00.06.00
   It 84 smale tooles 00.14.00
   It o1d Iron 00.12.00
   It ii hand sawes three burnt sawes 00.08.04
   It in Navles 00.01.00
   It i bras frying pan 00.30.00
   It worke Donn about a. Chest 00.08.00 It in Corne 01.10.00
   It i plowe 01.00.00
   It the Cart and Horse geares 01.10.00
   It in skins 01.00.00
   It I old saddle & bridle 00.04.00

   (Total) 55.02.00

   Taken and apprised by Edward Dillinghame and Thoas Tupper.
   Debts oweing by him and Debts Due unto him Did equal eich other.
   And th said Katherne Briggs Doth promise and give unto her two children two cowes vizt the yeonger white Cowe to her sonne Samuell and the browne heiffer to her Daughter Sarah to be kept for them and thencrease and stock to be theirs from this tyme forward the charges of keeping them to be payd out of the stock and if either of them dye before they be marryed or have them in their owne hands that then the Survyvor to have all, and fi they both Dye before they be marryed or shall come to possesse them and the stock that shall come of them all to returne to the said Katherne again.

Marriage 1 CATHERINE (UNKNOWN)

Children

  1. Has Children SARAH BRIGGS b: 1641 in Sandwich, Massachusetts
  2. Has No Children Samuel Briggs

1.   The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File (TM). (July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996).