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Hannah Briggs 1642–1687 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Aug 1642

Birth Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 6 Feb 1687

Death Location: Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America

Father: William Briggs

Mother: Mary Woodruff

Spouse(s): Wolston Brockway

Children(s): Elizabeth Brockway

The story of Hannah Briggs began in 1642 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah Briggs married Wolston Brockway, and had children including Elizabeth Brockway. Hannah Briggs passed away in 1687 in Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Hannah Briggs began in 1642 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Hannah Briggs married Wolston Brockway, and had children including Elizabeth Brockway.
  • Hannah Briggs passed away in 1687 in Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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Hannah Briggs's Ancestors

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Hannah Briggs
1642–1687
Birth Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
William Briggs
1616–1687
Spofforth, Yorkshire, England
Mary Woodruff
1620–1687
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Henrie (Briggs Professor of Geometry at) Oxford
1574–1625
St. James, Clerkenwell, Essex, England
Mary Hinckes
1581–1625
St. James, Clerkenwell Parish, London, England
William Woodruff
1585–1641
Little Chesterford, Essex, England
Margaret (Jeane) Law
1592–1645
Durham, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Briggs
1554–1593
Elizabeth Mounteyn
1554–1618
John Hinckes
1540–1581
Elizabeth Mytar
1560–1581
Thomas Woodruff
1560–1630
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward Briggs
1526–1611
Cecily Moore
1526–1615
Thomas Mounteyn
1533–1590
Elizabeth Baker
1534–1586
William Hinckes
1520–1559
Ann Vaughan
1520–1559
John Mytar
1542–1616

Hannah Briggs's Descendants

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Hannah Briggs (28 Aug 1642–6 Feb 1687) m. Wolston Brockway (01 Jan 1638–14 Sep 1717)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Brockway 1676–1729 m. William Harris 1675–1710
    1. 1. Tabitha Harris 1702–1782 m. Jabez Rowley 1702–1782
      1. 1. Phinehas (Rowley Litchfield) County 1729–1779 m. Abigail Kelsey 1735–1821
        1. 1. Diana Rowley 1757–1842 m. Amos Weller 1752–1836

Hannah Briggs's Timeline

2 Records

1642
28 Aug 1642
Birth of Hannah Briggs in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
1687
6 Feb 1687
Age 45
Death of Hannah Briggs in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Aug 1642
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Feb 1687
    Event Place: Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Genealogy of a Branch of the Descendants of Wolston Brockway, who Settled in Lyme, Conn , About 166

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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