Tenth Generation


932. John BRIGGS was born in 1609 in Darrington, Yorkshire, England. He died in November 1690 at the age of 81 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI. He came to America in 1635, first to Boston. He was driven from Boston with Ann Hutchison's party and settled in Newport where he was admitted as a freeman October 1, 1638. Sarah CORNELL and John BRIGGS were married before 1642 in Newport or Portsmouth, RI.222

933. Sarah CORNELL was born on 30 March 1623 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. She was born about 1623 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. She died on 6 September 1703 at the age of 80 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI. Sarah died on 6 September 1703 at the age of 80 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.

Children were:

i.

John BRIGGS was born in 1642 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.

ii.

Job BRIGGS was born in 1648 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.

iii.

William BRIGGS was born in 1650. He died in August 1716 at the age of 66. He is the person for whom Briggs' Beach is named. He lived in the Coombs place at the west end of Shaw Road.

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iv.

Enoch BRIGGS.

v.

Susanna BRIGGS was born on 21 September 1651 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.