W: (r. rF "^1 cA^9CS71.685»l 1&20 t ^ r^ "* LE_ ^ ^ 1 / THE BRIGGS FAMILY. X Rev. Ephraim and Rebekah Waterman Briggs had twelve children : Ephraim, born March 3, 1769. " William, February 19, 1771. " Rebecca, February 19, 1773. " Isaac, May 26, 1775. " Thomas, June 12, 1777. Robert Waterman, September 25, 1779, died 1786. Richard, March 2, 1782. Martha, April 12, 1784. Polly, February 17, 1786, died May, 1787. Sarah, January 25, 1788. Charles, January 17, 1791. John Kingsbury, December 9, 1794. OURSELVES. "Character is the joint product of nature and nur- '^""^^•" — yames A. Garfield. Ml TO A VALUED CORRESPONDENT, Sir THOMAS GRAHAM BRIGG8. Baronet, BRIGGS-DAYRELL, IN THE ISLAND OF BARBADOS, THIS VOLUME IS KESPECTFULLY DEDICA'l'ED. )\ IJST'I Contents. Abbreviations. ---i_---x Errata, ----___--- ix Index, ---------341 - - - - - - - Prefjice, -- -xi Armorial Bearings, - - - - - 2 Austerlield, York., Parish Registers, - - - - 17 American Colonial Records, - - - - - 35 Attlel)orougli, Mass., Records, - - - - - 35 Appleton's Cyclopaedia, ------ 117 American Loyalists, ------ 122 Appendix, -------- 232 Coinniunieation from Hon. Samuel Sterne. Newport, R. I. Briggs' resident in Rliode Island, 187f). Will of Walter Brigus, of Scituate, Mass., 1()76. B riggs of Norfolk, Pedigree of - - - - - '4 Briggs of York, - - ----- 17 Barbados, Records of, - - - - - - 28 Barbados, Parish Records, ----- 29 Bristol Co., Mass., AVills, - - - - - - 36 Bristol Co., Mass., Real Estate Transfers, - - - 37 Berkeley, Mass., Record;^, - - - - - - 29 Bridiiewater, Mass., Records, ----- 44 - - - - - - Bristol. R. I., Records, 69 Block IsL, R. I., Records, (see New Shoreham,) - - - - - - Block IsL, R. I., History of, 93 Brooklyn, N. Y., History of, ----- 96 - Briggs, Jolni, of Newport, R. I., Descendants of, - 139 C rests, (Fairbairn,) ------ 3 Coles' Escheats, (British Mnseuni,) - - - - 23 Corpus Christi College, Admissions, - - - - 24 Commoners, History of, (Burke,) - - - - - 25 - - - - Connecticut, Public Records of, 84 - - - - - Charlestown, N. H., History of, 98 - . - . Cushing Family, Genealogy of, lOl Cj^clopf^dia, Appleton's, - - - - - - 117 D eaths, York, Eng., ------ 22 Dartmouth, Mass., Records, - - - - - 45 Duxbnry, Mass., Records, ----- 45 Descendants of Walter Briggs of Scituate. .A[;i--.. - - 58 Dawson Family Records, ... - - loO Deeds, Wills, etc., ------- 123 { 45 E astliam, Mr /s., Records, ----- - - - - - East Greenw /h, R. I., Records, 70 East Chestr /N. Y., Records, 82 Extracts frodi Genealooies, ------ 100 Emigrants for America^ 1000-1700, - . - . 117 - - - Essex Institute, (vSalem, Mass.,) Collections, 121 F- reetown, Mass., Records, ----- 45 Friend's Meetings, Records of, - - • - - 89 - - Fall River, Mass., History of, (Peck & Earl,) 90 - - - - Fall River, Mass., History of, (Fowler,) 90 - - - - Framingham. Mass., History of, 90 Family Records, - - - - - - - 158 CONTRIBUTED BY Briggs, Albert D., Springfield, Mass., - - - - 167 Almon, Holyoke^ Mass., ----- 195 . - - . Asa 8., Ashaway, R. I., 197 Arnold, Olaremont, N. H., .... 201 - - Austin A., New York., - - 216 Benjamin, Brooklyn. N. Y., ... - 178 Charles N. Y.. - - 213 Edward, Brooklyn,* Charles A., New York, - - - - - 178 Charles E., St. Louis, Mo;, - - - - 216-225 - - - C A., Montreal, P. Q., • 215 Daniel H., Philadelphia, - - - - 224 Daniel S., New York, 211 - - - - David A., Wickford, R. I., 187 Ezra, Voluntown, Conn., 215 -----' - - Ephraim D., Cleveland, O., - - 228 Eliza, Anthony, R. L, - - - - 187 - - - - Erastus, Oxfonl, N. Y., 208 Erastus, Cleveland, O., 216 Frank W., Elyria, O., 103 Francis J., New York, 213 - - George P., Pittsfield, Mass., - - 216 George W. M., New York, ... - 212 - - - - Harrison B., Seymour, Iowa, > 224 . - - Henry, Greenpoint, N. Y., - 205 - - - - - James, Lime Rock, R. I., 195 James E.. New York, - • - - - 210 226 James G., Chicago, 111., J C, St. Joseph, Mo., - - - - 227 - - James G., Pawtucket, R. I., 185 John L, Santiago, Chile, - - - - 228 John W., Providence, R. L, - - - - 188 197 Joseph W., R. I., ... Providence, Job, Oscaloosa, Iowa, . - . - - 198 Joseph G., Claremont, N. H., - - - - 201 J N., New York, 206 - Lemuel W., Bristol, R. L, ... 186 - - - - 185 Lidora E., Pawtucket, R. I., Luther J., New York, 208 CONTENTS. VII - - Briggt, La Fayette, Brooklyn, N. Y., - - 208 Lvniaii W., New York, .... 222 Mary W., Salem, Mass., 173 ' - - - - Maiison H., Phenix, R. I., 194 ' - - - - Nathan M., Providence, R. I., 195 • - - - - Orville M., Westerly, R. I., 194 - - - - Oscar F., Brooklyn.' N. Y., 202 - - P S., Charlestown, Mass., -215 - - - Rebecca (Holmes,) Providence, R. I., 158 - - - - Ruth E., Oakland, R. I., 196 . *> Russell, Claremont, N. H., 200 - - Robert, Brooklyn, N. Y., - - 214 'Sarah (King,) Rockville, Conn., - - - - 195 - . riiomas-Graham (Sir,) Barbados, . 176 •rheodore-Banks, New York, - - - - 206 William, Lisbon, N. Y., - - - 221 - -William D., New York, - • - 183 - - - William G., Carolina Mills, R. I., 184 - - - - William S., Coeyman's, N. Y., 204 Faxon, I^aac Davis, Elyria, O., .... 216 Smith, Sdsie A., xNorth Pembroke, Mass., - - - - 223 Gener&\l Armory, (Burke) - - - - 2 Gloucester, Eng., Inquisitions, - - - - 23 Genealogist, The (Marshall) - - - - - 25 Genealogies, Extracts from ----- 100 Giles Memorial, - - - - - - - 102 - - - Hereford, Heraldic Visitation of, - 16 Harwich, Mass., Records, - - - - - - 47 Hingham, Mass., Records, ----- 48 Historical Extracts, - - - - - - 90 Hoyt Genealogy, ------ 102 Hunt Genealogy, - .--•--. 103 J\.eene, N. H., Records, ----- 81 - - - King Philip^s War, History of, (Church) 92 - - - - Leicester, Eng., Nichol's History of, 15 Lincoln, Eng., Inquisitions, - - - - - 23 Letters and Speeches of Cromwell, (Carlyle) - - 26 Landed Gentry, (Burke) - - - - - - 26 London, Eng., Directory of 1867, - - - - 28 - - - - - Little Compton, R. I., Records, 72 ' Lyme, Conn., Records, - - - - - - 82 Lefferts Genealogy, ------ 101 Land Transactions, (Taunton, Mass., Records.) - - 129 IVLarriage Licenses, York, Eng., - - - - - 18 Marriage Licenses, State of New York, - - - 116 Marriages, York, Eng, - - - - - - 21 VIII CONTENTS. Middleborough, Mass., Kecords, - Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica. (Howard) W orfolk Co., England, History of, - - - Norfolk, Eng., Inquisitions, - - . Norfolk, Eng., Archaeology, - - . Norton, Mass., Records, - . - . New Slioreham, (Block 1.) R. I., Records, New Hampshire, Historical Collections of, New Plymouth, Records of the Colony of, - Northfield, Mass., History of, - - . Norton, Mass., History of, - New York, Documentary History of, (8 vo,) Newtown, (L. I.) N.Y., History of, Newton Township, N. J., First Settlers in. New England Historic-Genealogical Register, New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, New York State Library, (Historical Dep't) Albany, N, New York, Documentary History of, (folio) Notes from Oration, (Rochester, Mass.) Notes from Divers Sources, - - . id Malton, Y^ork, Eng., Briggs of, - Otsego County, N.Y., History of, - Xatronymica Brittanica, (Lower) Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1879, (Burke) Pembroke, Mass., Records, . - . Plymouth, Mass., Records, Plymouth, Mass., Colony Records, (see New Plymouth) Providence, R. I. Records, Portsmouth, R. L, Records, - . '* Pierce's Papers," New Bedford, Mass., Library, Puritan Settlers of Connecticut, R<L/ehoboth, Mass., Records, Rochester, Mass., Records, Rhode Island Colonial Records Rhode Island, History of, (Arnold) - Rhode Island, Census of 1774. Rhode Island, Roll of Freemen admitted, Rhode Island, Old Newspapers of Rochester, Mass., Bi-centennial Celebration, kyandwich, Mass., Records, Swansey, Mass., Records, Scituate, jMass., Records. Spooner Memorial, . Spooner Genealogy, - - - - Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, Stamford, Conn., Registration, Sundry Notes, . - - . COXTEN^TS. IX - - - - - - 54 T aunton, ]\rass., Records, - Taunton, Mass., Records, Land Transactions, - - 129 - - - - - - 77 Tiverton, R. I., Records, Thomas Family, Genealogical Notes, - - - 100 Thurston Genealogy, .-..-- 102 V alentines in America, . - - 100 - - - - 15 VV estmoreland. Heraldic Visitation of, - - - " Wrentham, Mass., Records, ^^ Weymouth. Mas«., Records, - - - - ' 78^ Warwick. H. I., Records, ----- - West Chester, N.Y., Records, - - - - 82 - - - - - 91 Watertown, Mass., History of, - - - - - - 93 Warwick, R. I., History of, - - - - 97 West Chester Co., N.Y., History of, - - - Wadsworth, O., Memorial, - - - 98 Winslow Memorial, ------ 103 - - - - - - ' York, Briggs of, ^Z - _ - - Yorkshire (Collections, (Paver's) 17 York, Marriage Licenses, - - - - - - 18 York, Inquisitions, """"'" ?1 - - Yarmouth, Mass., Records, - - - - 57 Yates Co., N.Y., History of ----- 94 - - Yorkshire, (Eng.) Pedigrees, (Foster) - - 135 E E R A T A . '• " p. 5, paragTaph 13. By second wife he had, refers to Joliii (8) and not to George (13) as would api)ear. " " " '' p. 13. XoTE O, fiftJi Ime, iustillution shoidd read mstitutitju. '' " " " p. 204, paragraph 34. Coyiiians sliould read C'oeyniatis. c:r A bbreviations — — ar. —or arg. argent, (heraldic) grad.— graduated. az, azure, (heraldic) her. heraldic.— an. or—ann.— anno, year, hahitat.— place of abode. add. additional.— J. P. Justice of the Peace. a. aet.— ae. aetatis aged, Knt.—— Knight. abt.— about, m. married.— af'd. — aforesaid, merch.— merchant. agr. —agriculturist, mem.—member. admr.— administrator, math. mathematics. ag't. —against, Norf.—— Norfolk. betw.— between, or gold, (heraldic) bar't.— baronet, ob. inf. —ohlt iiifans. died young. bur. buried, oh. s. p. see d. s.j). b.—born. ord.— ordained.