![]() ![]() To son William he left the house William then dwelt in with all the orchard and land belonging to it, and twenty acres lying between the lands of Israel Shaw. To son Job was left all the livestock, all the money in or out of the house, and a twenty four acre lot lying on the west side of Colebrook, as well as half of two four acre lots on the west side of Colebook line. They were to bestow it upon whichever of their male heirs they wished, and for lack of male heirs, on female heirs, and whoever received the land was to pay ten pounds apiece to the daughters of the last deceased heir. He directed that a line be run from the end of the wall that runs to the marsh., and he left to his son William land on the north side of that line and to son Job land on the south side, all of which was bounded on the sea. William Briggs' will dated 3 April 1716 and proved 2 July 1716, William Briggs of Little Compton in the County of Bristoll in New England, yeoman, left the dwelling house he lived in to his son Job, along with all the household stuff therein and all the farm. Birth: 1650 Portsmouth Newport County Rhode Island, USA Death: Little Compton Newport County Rhode Island, USA Name William Briggs147, M Birth Date 1650 Birth Place Portsmouth, Newport, RI Death Date Age: 66 Death Place Little Compton, Newport, RI Burial Place Briggs Cemetery, Little Compton, Newport, RI Father John Briggs, M (1609-1690) Mother Sarah Cornell, F (-1661) _ William Briggs Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, NY: 1887 pp. "The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island" P67: "son of John and probably Susanna Briggs" With the Will & asks what the law allows. Witns: Edward Pelham, JonathanÄavenport, Jr. My servant lad Jerema Springer (under 21). Susanah Dennis, Deborah Head & Elizabeth Woodman. Massachusetts Town, Probate and Vital Records CD-ROM "Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records" "BRIGGS Elizabeth (-), his wife, 1653, died Aug. "BRIGGS William, 1650, died May -, 1716 Death, Little Compton" (this marraige record appears to have been entered after the fact) "BRIGGS William, and Elizabeth -, -, 1680 v28, p164 Marriage, Little Compton" Originally "Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850" New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), "Vital Record of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850" MARRIAGE: ABT 1678, Little Compton, Newport, RI BIRTH: ABT 1650, Little Compton, Newport, RI ![]()
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