Richard Briggs (1634 - 1678)

Born 1634 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 30 Mar 1678 at about age 44 in Isle of Wight, English Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Richard Briggs was born in 1634 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England. He passed away in 1678. ^[1]

Name: Richard /Bridger [aka Briggs]^[2][3]

Marriage: 1661 in Surry, Surry, Virginia Colony

Wife: Margaret Flood b: 1635 in England

Children:

1. Mary BRIGGS b: 1654 in Sussex, Colony of Virginia

Death: 30 Mar 1678 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia Colony. ^{[4] [5]}

Will

Abstract for the will of Richard Briggs, from Isle of Wight County:^[6]

• "D. March 30, 1678. R. June 9, 1679."
• Sons: Alexander, John, Robert, Francis, James, and Edmund.
• "I dispossess my wife Margaret of any interest or possession of my land..."
• Also listed is "James Largie, his wife and children" but relationship to Richard Briggs or witness James Largie not stated.

Abstract has details of land, disposition of children, overseers & witnesses.^[6]

Research Notes

A Margaret Briggs is in the same resource that had the abstract of Richard Briggs' will (above), in which wife Margaret is mentioned.^[6] The abstract included for Margaret:

"Briggs, Margaret: Of Upper Parish, widow. Leg.- grand-daughter Ruth Browne, to be paid my son-in-law William Browne her father; son Josias Wood; daughter Margaret Wood. Friend Joseph Ford Ex. D. November 16, 1682. R. December 9 1682. Wit. William Browne, Robert Caufield.

"Appraisal of estate by John Shelton, Richard Piland, Thomas Wood, Richard Wooten. Signed Joseph Ford

"D. 14th day of 10th mo. 1682. R. May 1, 1683"^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: S12 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. "Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812". London, England: London Metropolitan Archives. Images produced by permission of the City of London Corporation Libraries; Repository: #R1 Repository: R1 http://www.Ancestry.com
2. ↑ Source: #S92 Object: @M347@
3. ↑ Source: #S69 Ancestry Family Trees
4. ↑ Source: S92 Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. I; Repository: #R1 - Repository: #R1 Repository: R1 http://www.Ancestry.com
5. ↑ Temple / Reid Tree on RootsWeb: Richard Briggs
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Chapman, Blanche Adams. "Virginia, Isle of Wight County Records, 1634-1951," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9SG-8NVY?cc=2034267&wc=SJ7K-VZ4%3A344503801%2C344559401 : 4 November 2014), Probate records > Wills and administrations bk I 1647-1719 > page 27, image 33 of 164; Isle of Wight County Courthouse, Isle of Wight.
7. ↑ Chapman, Blanche Adams. "Virginia, Isle of Wight County Records, 1634-1951," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9SG-8NLT?i=38&wc=SJ7K-VZ4%3A344503801%2C344559401&cc=2034267 : 4 November 2014), Probate records > Wills and administrations bk I 1647-1719 > page 33, image 39 of 164; Isle of Wight County Courthouse, Isle of Wight.

• Source: S12 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. "Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812". London, England: London Metropolitan Archives. Images produced by permission of the City of London Corporation Libraries; Repository: #R1 Repository: R1 http://www.Ancestry.com

• Source: S69 Ancestry Family Trees: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1

• Source: S92 Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. I; Repository: #R1 - Repository: #R1 Repository: R1 http://www.Ancestry.com

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Bridger-163 was created through the import of Laura's Family Tree_2012-04-21.ged on May 4, 2012 by Laura Mittler. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Laura and others.