John Briggs
1609 - 1690 (81 years)
Person ID: I1962
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Name John Briggs Born 1609 Darrington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom 
Gender Male Died Nov 1690 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Siblings None -
Parents
Father William Briggs, b. 1583, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom , d. Aft 1609, England, United Kingdom (Age > 27 years) Mother Sarah Gore, b. 1587, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom , d. Aft 1609, England, United Kingdom (Age > 23 years) Married Bef 1609 -
Family
Wife Sarah Cornell, b. 30 Mar 1623, Saffron Walden, Essex, England, United Kingdom , d. 6 Sep 1703, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States (Age 80 years) Married Abt 1641 Rhode Island, United States Children 1. John Briggs, b. 1642, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States , d. 1713, North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States (Age 71 years)2. Thomas Briggs, b. 1644, d. 12 Jan 1719, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States (Age 75 years)3. Enoch Briggs, b. Abt 1645, Rhode Island, United States , d. 1734 (Age 89 years)4. Susannah Briggs, b. 1646, Rhode Island, United States , d. Yes, date unknown5. Job Briggs, b. 1648, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States , d. 1733, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States (Age 85 years)+ 6. William Briggs, b. 1650, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States , d. 12 May 1716, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States (Age 66 years) -
Other Personal Events
Anecdote - On the adivce of Roger Williams, John with others purchased the Aquideck Islands and gave all of his personal estate to his son Enoch. This later was called RI. Both families belonged to a religious sect other than the predominent Puritans andthey were a follower of Anne Hutchinson who moved to RI and later Long Island, NY where she was killed by Indians. and at the time the Puritans were persecuting all followers of other religious faiths. This sect became so in disfavor because oftheir beliefs, that they had to leave Boston.
Roger Williams advised these families of other religions to move to RI. John Briggs and 28 others purchased Aquidneck Island from the Indians where he was one of the orginal founders of Portsmouth, RI and is frequently mentioned in its earlyhistory. There were 3 or 5 very early Briggs Families in New England and one of them Clement has been studied extensively in a 3 volume family history.
Perarl Leona Buck's "Briggs of Rhode Island and New York", written in 1920's is in the Buffalo Public Library. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge's "The Briggs Genealogy With Allied White Lines. Sam Briggs 1878 "Archives of the Briggs Family. LillaBriggs Sampson 1877 "John Briggs of Newport & Portsmouth, Rhode Island and His Descendants" pp57-60 in Little Compton Families by Benjamin Franklin Wilbour published by the Little compton Historical Society in 1867. History of Little Family ofMarshfield, Mass. by Charles Colket in 1910.
John was a signer (by mark) of the compact of settlement of Aquidneck, Portsmuth Town Records. He was mad Freemand March, 1639. In March 1642 his vote was suspended until he had given satifaction for his "offences". The ban was removed September1642. The "offences" were not known. But he was thoroghly purged, as he took a conspicuos part in the town government. He was Juryman, Constable, Town Councilor, Surveyor, Special Commissioner, and Deputy to the General Assembly of the Colony. Thelatter post held coutinuously for many years. The Town was often indebted to him for moneys he had advaced them. he was charged with seeing that the inhabitants were armed and that they kept their arms in good condition. When the Colony orderedthe Town to purchase powder and shot, John bought if from Roger Williams. He lived on the "highway that leadeth to the windmill". At his huse, Town meetings were often held. In 1678/9 John gave his son John half a share of his estate, and gave hisson Thomas a quarter. Vol. 19 #587 of Family Tree Maker
Family Search ID K8M9-LBB Family Search ID LZGK-V7M Immigration 1635 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States - from England to America
Witness Role: Spouse Sarah CORNELL
_UID 74013F7A869F42B7AF5970469E1847858CCB - On the adivce of Roger Williams, John with others purchased the Aquideck Islands and gave all of his personal estate to his son Enoch. This later was called RI. Both families belonged to a religious sect other than the predominent Puritans andthey were a follower of Anne Hutchinson who moved to RI and later Long Island, NY where she was killed by Indians. and at the time the Puritans were persecuting all followers of other religious faiths. This sect became so in disfavor because oftheir beliefs, that they had to leave Boston.
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Event Map
Born - 1609 - Darrington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom 
Immigration - 1635 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States 
Married - Abt 1641 - Rhode Island, United States 
Died - Nov 1690 - Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States = Link to Google Earth