![]() He died in Portsmouth between 19 April 1690 (date of his will and 16 November 1690 (date of probate). He served at various times as juryman, Assistant Commissioner and Deputy to the General Assembly. John Briggs was a prominent citizen and active in civic and political affairs. He lived there only a short time, moving back to Portsmouth about the time of his daughter Susannah's marriage to William Palmer in 1663 and spent the remainder of his life there. In 1662 John Briggs purchased a share (140 acres) in Dartmouth, MA, and soon after, married there, Constant (Mitchell) Fobes, Widow. It is quite certain that she is a sister to Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth, whose wife Rebecca, called John Briggs 'brother.' The parentage of Sarah Cornell is not known, though she too was probably born in co. John moved first to Newport, then to Portsmouth where he established a family home, living there until the death of his first wife, Sarah Cornell, in 1661. ![]() Upon the advice of Roger Williams, John Briggs with some others fled from Massachusetts and purchased Aquidneck Island from the Indians. The leaders of the Massachusetts Colony were so opposed to this teaching that it became unsafe for Mrs. He was a follower of Anne Hutchinson, who advocated a personal relationshiop with God in guiding one's own conduct, instead of reliance on the Church and State for guidance. John came to New England in 1635 on the Blessing, living for a short time in Boston before coming to Rhode Island. 1609, Clerkenwell Prsh, London, Essex, England, d. Historical Society, 1965)īriggs John, Sr., b. They came "hoping to find refuge and freedom of conscience in the new land but they found little tolerance for religious deviants until they moved to the Island of Newport where they "bought a large tract on the west side… These Cornell-Briggs families have a long history of birthright Quakers." Jane Betsy Welling, They Were Here Too (Greenwich, NY: Washington Co. John and Rebecca's father William, son of William, son of William Watts Briggs of Cork, England… Both Cornells and Briggs were "separatist freethinkers before they reached these shores". ![]() His older sister, Rebecca, 1600-72, married Thomas Cornell and with him came to New England in 1638. Is., came to New England, 1635, with his wife Sarah Cornell, lived at Newport, then Portsmouth, R. "John Briggs, 1609, England -April 19, 1690, Portsmouth, R. This island plus other lands were called Rhode Island. This sect became so much in disfavor in Boston, that John and the others purchased Aquidneck Island from the Indians. 1635- Emigrated to America on the ship "Blessing", age 20.ġ640, April 16- Deeded 7 1/2 acres of land at Sandwich, MA.
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