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Rebecca Briggs 1600 – 1673 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 October 1600

Birth Location: City of London, Greater London, England

Death Date: 8 February 1673

Death Location: Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA

Father: Henrie Briggs

Mother: Mary Hinckes

Spouse(s): Thomas Cornell

Children(s): William Cornell, Mary Cornell, George Cornell, Johana Cornell, Sarah Cornell, Ann Cornell, Richard Cornell, William Cornell, William Cornell, Thomas Cornell, Rebecca Cornell, Kelame Cornell, Ann Cornell, Joshua Cornell, William Cornell, John Cornell, Elizabeth Cornell, Joshua Cornell, Kent Cornell, Samuel Cornell, Mary Cornell

In 1600, Rebecca Briggs entered the world in City of London, Greater London, England, born to Henrie Briggs and Mary Hinckes. Rebecca Briggs married Thomas Cornell, and had children including William Cornell, Mary Cornell, George Cornell, Johana Cornell, Sarah Cornell, Ann Cornell, Richard Cornell, William Cornell, William Cornell, Thomas Cornell, Rebecca Cornell, Kelame Cornell, Ann Cornell, Joshua Cornell, William Cornell, John Cornell, Elizabeth Cornell, Joshua Cornell, Kent Cornell, Samuel Cornell, Mary Cornell. Rebecca Briggs passed away in 1673 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1600, Rebecca Briggs entered the world in City of London, Greater London, England, born to Henrie Briggs and Mary Hinckes.
  • Rebecca Briggs married Thomas Cornell, and had children including William Cornell, Mary Cornell, George Cornell, Johana Cornell, Sarah Cornell, Ann Cornell, Richard Cornell, William Cornell, William Cornell, Thomas Cornell, Rebecca Cornell, Kelame Cornell, Ann Cornell, Joshua Cornell, William Cornell, John Cornell, Elizabeth Cornell, Joshua Cornell, Kent Cornell, Samuel Cornell, Mary Cornell.
  • Rebecca Briggs passed away in 1673 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henrie Briggs
1574 – 1625
Birth Location: Clerkenwell, Essex, , England
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Mary Hinckes
1581 – 1597
Birth Location: London, Greater London, England
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Spouses(s)

Thomas Cornell
1593 – 1655
Birth Location: Essex, England
TC

Children(s)

William Cornell
1609 – 1610
Birth Location: –
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Mary Cornell
1617 –
Birth Location: –
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George Cornell
1620 –
Birth Location: –
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Johana Cornell
1622 –
Birth Location: England
JC
Sarah Cornell
1623 – 1703
Birth Location: Walden, Essex, England
SC
Ann Cornell
1624 – 1664
Birth Location: Saffron Walden, Essex, England
AC
Richard Cornell
1624 – 1694
Birth Location: Saffron Walden, Essex, England
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William Cornell
1625 – 1628
Birth Location: Saffron Walden, Essex, England
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William Cornell
1625 – 1628
Birth Location: Saffron Walden,essex,england
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Thomas Cornell
1627 – 1673
Birth Location: Saffron Walden, Essex, England
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Rebecca Cornell
1629 – 1713
Birth Location: Saffron Walden, Essex, England
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Kelame Cornell
1630 – 1632
Birth Location: Saffron, Walden, England
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Ann Cornell
1631 – 1625
Birth Location: Essex, England
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Joshua Cornell
1631 – 1631
Birth Location: Saffron Walden, Essex, England
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William Cornell
1632 – 1715
Birth Location: Saffron Walden, Essex, , England
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John Cornell
1634 – 1704
Birth Location: Saffron Walden, Essex, England
JC
Elizabeth Cornell
1636 – 1708
Birth Location: Walden, Saffron, Essex, England
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Joshua Cornell
1643 – 1631
Birth Location: Portsmouth,newport County,rhode Island,USA
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Kent Cornell
1643 –
Birth Location: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
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Samuel Cornell
1644 – 1715
Birth Location: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
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Mary Cornell
1644 – 1664
Birth Location: Saffron Walden,essex,england
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Rebecca Briggs's Ancestors

Self
Rebecca Briggs
1600 – 1673
Birth Place: City of London, Greater London, England
Parents
Henrie Briggs
1574 – 1625
Clerkenwell, Essex, , England
Mary Hinckes
1581 – 1597
London, Greater London, England
Grandparents
Thomas Briggs
1554 – 1613
Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
Alice
John Hinckes
1560 – 1581
Elizabeth Mytar
1560 – 1581
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Briggs
1530 –
Elizabeth Mounteyn
1558 – 1610
William Hinckes
1534 – 1559
Anne Vaughan
1538 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward Brigge
1510 –
Cecily Moore
1520 – 1549

Rebecca Briggs's Descendants

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Rebecca Briggs (25 October 1600 – 8 February 1673) m. Thomas Cornell (24 March 1593 – 7 February 1655)
  1. 1. William Cornell (1609 – 1610)
  2. 2. Mary Cornell (1617 – )
  3. 3. George Cornell (1620 – )
  4. 4. Johana Cornell (1622 – )
  5. 5. Sarah Cornell (30 Mar 1623 – 6 Sep 1703)
  6. 6. Ann Cornell (1624 – 1664)
  7. 7. Richard Cornell (8 Jul 1624 – 11 Aug 1694) m. Elizabeth Jessup (1634 – About 1694)
    1. 1. Benjamin Cornell (1655 – )
    2. 2. Richard Cornell (27 Mar 1656 – 1725)
    3. 3. Sarah Cornell (20 Jun 1657 – )
    4. 4. Thomas Cornell (01 Dec 1659 – 13 Mar 1665)
    5. 5. Samuel Cornell (1660 – 7 Nov 1694)
    6. 6. Elizabeth Cornell (16 Jun 1661 – 1714)
    7. 7. Joshua Cornell (03 Nov 1664 – 07 Nov 1693)
    8. 8. William Cornell (1 Feb 1667 – 30 Jul 1743)
    9. 9. Jacob Cornell (31 August 1669 – 1 December 1758) m. Hester Paine (1680 – 10 May 1760) m. Hester Cornwell
      1. 1. Jacob Cornwell (10 Jun 1700 – 31 Aug 1769)
      2. 2. Mary Cornell (30 Sep 1704 – )
      3. 3. Elias Cornell (19 Nov 1706 – )
      4. 4. Richard Cornell (3 Sep 1708 – 13 Sep 1794)
      5. 5. Samuel Cornell (4 May 1710 – )
      6. 6. Sarah Cornell (11 Aug 1711 – )
      7. 7. Elisha Cornell (14 Jul 1713 – 14 Jul 1713)
      8. 8. Esther Cornell (3 Apr 1716 – )
      9. 9. Hannah Cornell (14 Jun 1719 – 1798)
      10. 10. Daniel Cornwell (1 Oct 1702 – 31 Aug 1769)
  8. 8. William Cornell (April 1625 – January 1628)
  9. 9. William Cornell (4 April 1625 – 07 Jan 1628/1629)
  10. 10. Thomas Cornell (21 October 1627 – 23 May 1673)
  11. 11. Rebecca Cornell (31 Jan 1629 – 5 Feb 1713) m. George Woolsey (15 May 1616 – 17 Aug 1698)
    1. 1. Sarah Woolsey (03 Aug 1650 – 08 Aug 1727) m. William Halett (Oct 1648 – 18 Aug 1729)
      1. 1. Rebecca Halett m. James Jackson (1671 – Oct 1735)
        1. 1. Joseph (General) Jackson (09 Feb 1710 – 05 Oct 1769) m. Annie (Mary) Rogers (1710 – 1760)
  12. 12. Kelame Cornell (1630 – 19 Oct 1632)
  13. 13. Ann Cornell (1 Mar 1631 – 2 Aug 1625)
  14. 14. Joshua Cornell (9 Dec 1631 – 8 Feb 1631)
  15. 15. William Cornell (9 Dec 1632 – 1715)
  16. 16. John Cornell (6 Jun 1634 – 1704)
  17. 17. Elizabeth Cornell (15 January 1636 – 12 January 1708) m. Christopher Almy (1632 – 30 January 1713)
    1. 1. William (Lynn) Almy (1601 – 23 Apr 1677)
    2. 2. Katharine (West) Almy (1636 – 25 Mar 1688)
    3. 3. Rebecca Almy (1654 – 1659)
    4. 4. Job Almy (1654 – 1660)
    5. 5. Christopher Almy (1654 – 1660)
    6. 6. Sarah Almy (1662 – 1708)
    7. 7. Elizabeth Almy (29 Sep 1663 – 1712) m. Lewis Morris (1655 – 1694) m. John (Captain) Leonard (1670 – 1727)
      1. 1. William Morris (1665 – 1747)
      2. 2. Thomas Morris (1679 – 1763)
      3. 3. Lewis Morris (1680 – 1710)
      4. 4. Lewis Morris (1680 – 1748)
      5. 5. Lewis Morris (1680 – 1710)
      6. 6. Elizabeth (Catherine) Morris (1680 – 1726)
      7. 7. David Morris (1682 – 1733)
      8. 8. Richard Morris (1682 – 1741)
      9. 9. Thomas Morris (1685 – 1687)
      10. 10. Ann Leonard (1690 – )
      11. 11. William Morris (1690 – May 1777)
      12. 12. Richard Morris (1690 – 1763)
      13. 13. Ann Morris (1690 – )
      14. 14. Samuel Morris (1690 – )
      15. 15. Sarah Morris (1690 – 1770)
      16. 16. John Morris (12 Jun 1695 – 2 Mar 1769) m. Jacomyntie White (3 Apr 1697 – 28 Apr 1794)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Morris (29 Oct 1721 – )
        2. 2. Mary Morris (23 Jul 1722 – 1797)
        3. 3. John Morris (29 Sep 1724 – 22 May 1789)
        4. 4. Lewis Morris (17 Jul 1726 – Jan 1798)
        5. 5. Mary Morris (23 Apr 1730 – 1 Jun 1806)
        6. 6. Frances Morris (15 Feb 1733 – 27 Feb 1807) m. Elazarus Brower (23 Jun 1731 – 31 Mar 1820)
        7. 7. Frances Morris (15 Feb 1733 – 27 Feb 1807)
        8. 8. Robert Morris (8 Mar 1736 – 16 Nov 1829)
        9. 9. Richard Morris (14 May 1739 – 1816)
        10. 10. John Morris (1740 – 1811)
        11. 11. Conyers Morris (1741 – )
        12. 12. Thomas Morris (15 Feb 1742 – )
      17. 17. Rebecca Morris (1697 – 1749)
      18. 18. Sarah Leonard (1710 – )
      19. 19. Samuel Leonard
      20. 20. Ann Leonard
      21. 21. Christopher Leonard
      22. 22. Henry Leonard
      23. 23. John Leonard
    8. 8. William Almy (1665 – 1747)
    9. 9. Ann Almy (1667 – 1708)
    10. 10. Audrey Almay (1669 – )
    11. 11. Christopher Almy (1669 – 1757)
    12. 12. Rebecca Almy (26 Jan 1671 – 1708)
    13. 13. John Almy (1 Apr 1673 – May 1673)
    14. 14. Job Almy (10 Oct 1675 – 2 Dec 1743)
  18. 18. Joshua Cornell (1643 – 08 Feb 1631)
  19. 19. Kent Cornell (1643 – )
  20. 20. Samuel Cornell (1644 – 1715)
  21. 21. Mary Cornell (1644/1645 – 1664)

Rebecca Briggs's Timeline

3 Records

1600
25 October 1600
Birth of Rebecca Briggs in City of London, Greater London, England
City of London, Greater London, England
1600
25 Oct 1600
Rebecca Briggs was baptized in St. James, Clerkenwell, Lndn, England
St. James, Clerkenwell, Lndn, England
1673
8 February 1673
Age 73
Death of Rebecca Briggs in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 October 1600
    Event Place: City of London, Greater London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    [2] Family Data Collection - Births
    [3] Millennium File
    [4] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 363.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JW4
    [5] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 2085.013; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
    [6] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 24039.001; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 8
    [7] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 6082.018; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
    [8] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 209.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BC2
    [9] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 618.013; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 1
    [10] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [11] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [12] Web: Rhode Island, Find A Grave Index, 1663-2013

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 25 Oct 1600
    Event Place: St. James, Clerkenwell, Lndn, England
    Record Source:
    [1] London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, London Metropolitan Archives, St James, Clerkenwell, Composite register: baptisms Nov 1551 - Jan 1654, marriages and burials Nov 1551 - Oct 1577, P76/JS1/001
    [2] Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 February 1673
    Event Place: Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    [2] Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899
    [3] Family Data Collection - Deaths
    [4] Millennium File
    [5] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [6] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [7] Web: Rhode Island, Find A Grave Index, 1663-2013

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Web: Rhode Island, Find A Grave Index, 1663-2013
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