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John Briggs 1615–1641 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1615

Birth Location: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1 June 1641

Death Location: Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Henry College)

Mother: Mary Hinckes

Spouse(s): Katherine Coots

Children(s): Sarah Briggs, Samuel Briggs, Thomas Briggs

John Briggs was born in 1615 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Clement Briggs Noted Mathemetician Geom Prof Oxford St John S College And Mary S Hinckes. John Briggs married Katherine F Coots, and had children including Samuel Briggs, Sarah Briggs, Thomas Briggs. John Briggs passed away in 1641 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • John Briggs was born in 1615 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Clement Briggs Noted Mathemetician Geom Prof Oxford St John S College And Mary S Hinckes.
  • John Briggs married Katherine F Coots, and had children including Samuel Briggs, Sarah Briggs, Thomas Briggs.
  • John Briggs passed away in 1641 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.

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John Briggs's Ancestors

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John Briggs
1615–1641
Birth Place: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Henry Clement Briggs (noted mathemetician) (Geom. Prof. Oxford St. John's College)
1574–1625
St James, Clerkenwell, Essex, England
Mary (S.) Hinckes
1581–1625
St James, Clerkenwell, Islington, London, London, England
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John Briggs's Descendants

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John Briggs (1615–1 June 1641) m. Katherine (F) Coots (1619–1 June 1641)
  1. 1. Sarah Briggs 1641–1689 m. Stephen Wing 1621–1710
    1. 1. Ebenezer Wing 1671–1737 m. Elizabeth Backhouse 1672–1757
      1. 1. Rebecca Wing 1702–1756 m. Judah Allen 1696–1771
        1. 1. John (Wing) Allen 1729–1790 m. Sylvia (Booth) Keen 1730–1828
        2. 2. Joseph Allen 1722–1728
        3. 3. Ebenezer Allen 1731–1828 m. Mary Bradley 1734–1763
        4. 4. Francis Allen 1736–
        5. 5. Joshua Allen 1741–1728
        6. 6. Joseph Allen 1739–1828
        7. 7. Mary Allen 1734–
      2. 2. Stephen Wing 1700–1765
      3. 3. Samuel Wing 1703–1793
      4. 4. Joseph Wing 1705–1738
      5. 5. Joshua Wing 1706–1790
      6. 6. Sarah Wing 1708–1790
      7. 7. John Wing 1709–1720
    2. 2. Stephen Wing 1656–1676
    3. 3. Sarah Wing 1658–1720
    4. 4. Abigail Wing 1664–1700
    5. 5. Elisha ((Briggs)) Wing 1668–1731
    6. 6. John Wing 1661–1728
    7. 7. Matthen Wing 1674–1724
    8. 8. Ephrian ((Briggs)) Wing 1663–1749
    9. 9. Benjamin ((Briggs)) Wing 1678–
    10. 10. Joseph ((Briggs)) Wing 1676–1715
    11. 11. Mercy ((Briggs)) Wing 1665–1710
  2. 2. Samuel Briggs 1641–1715
  3. 3. Thomas Briggs 1633–1696

John Briggs's Timeline

2 Records

1615
1615
Birth of John Briggs in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
1641
1 June 1641
Age 26
Death of John Briggs in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1615
    Event Place: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1635
    Event Place: Boston, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Boston, Massachusetts; Year: 1635; Page Number: 177

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Sandwich, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Craftperson Files

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 June 1641
    Event Place: Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

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