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Sir Henry Briggs 1608 – 1686 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1608

Birth Location: Warley Wood, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 6 Jul 1686

Death Location: Henrico County, Virginia, British Colonial America

Father: Robert Newton

Mother: Carrol Wood

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Sir Henry Briggs was born in 1608 in Warley Wood, Yorkshire, England, the child of Robert Isaac Newton and Carrol Ann Wood. Sir Henry Briggs passed away in 1686 in Henrico County, Virginia, British Colonial America.

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Biography

  • Sir Henry Briggs was born in 1608 in Warley Wood, Yorkshire, England, the child of Robert Isaac Newton and Carrol Ann Wood.
  • Sir Henry Briggs passed away in 1686 in Henrico County, Virginia, British Colonial America.

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Sir Briggs's Ancestors

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Sir Briggs
1608 – 1686
Birth Place: Warley Wood, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Robert Isaac Newton
1575 – 1641
Woolsthorpe-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England
Carrol (Ann) Wood
1578 – 1649
Manchester, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard) Newton
1543 – 1588
Woodthorpe, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England
Alice (Isabell) Kellum
1552 – 1574
Axminster, Devon, England
Hugh (Francis Mathews) Wood
1553 – 1627
Manchester, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth Wood
1557 – 1615
Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
John Newton
1505 – 1577
Lady Nixe
1520 – 1565
Gylberte Kellum
1510 – 1600
Elizabeth Browne
1530 – 1552
Sir Sowerby
1514 – 1588
Margaret Ambler
1520 – 1599
Sir Huddesfield
1436 – 1499
Jenet Bosome
1420 – 1461
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Newton
1480 – 1545
Sir Nix
1479 – 1572
Catherine Newton
1483 – 1544
John Browne
1500 – 1539
Margaret Perkins
1512 – 1593
Richard Wood
1480 – 1553
Christabell Ambler
1485 – 1598
William Huddesfield
1410 – 1499
Alice Gold*
1419 – 1499
John Bosom
1390 – 1440
Joan Fortescue
1405 – 1422

Sir Briggs's Timeline

2 Records

1608
1608
Birth of Sir Henry Briggs in Warley Wood, Yorkshire, England
Warley Wood, Yorkshire, England
1686
6 Jul 1686
Age 78
Death of Sir Henry Briggs in Henrico County, Virginia, British Colonial America
Henrico County, Virginia, British Colonial America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1608
    Event Place: Warley Wood, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Jul 1686
    Event Place: Henrico County, Virginia, British Colonial America

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