BRIGGS, Joan

Abt 1635 - 1685  (~ 50 years)

• Name	BRIGGS, Joan  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	Abt 1635	Taunton, Bristol County, Ma (Probably)
  Gender	Female
  Buried	1685  [4]
  Died	24 Jul 1685	Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island   [3, 5]
  Person ID	I14572	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	BRIGGS, Clement,   b. 1587, Weymouth, England ,   d. 23 Dec 1648, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	ALLEN, Joan,   b. 1602, Weymouth, Dorest, England ,   d. 1638, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 36 years)
  Married	1630	Dorchester, Norfolk County, Massachusetts   [3]
  Family ID	F4469	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	TALLMAN, Peter,   b. Bef 20/20 Feb 1622/1623, Hamburg, Germany ,   d. 1 Apr 1708, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island  (Age > 85 years)
  Married	24 Jul 1665	Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island   [1, 4]
  Children	1. TALLMAN, Jonathan,   b. Abt 1666, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island ,   d. Jul 1762, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 96 years)   2. TALLMAN, Mercy Ruth,   b. Abt 1667, Portmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island ,   d. 1710  (Age ~ 43 years)   3. TALLMAN, James Dr.,   b. 1668, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island ,   d. 1724, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island  (Age 56 years)   4. TALLMAN, Ann,   b. Abt 1670, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island ,   d. 1732, Rhode Island  (Age ~ 62 years)   5. TALLMAN, John,   b. Abt 1672, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island ,   d. 1709, Flushing, Long Island, New York  (Age ~ 37 years)   6. TALLMAN, Nathaniel,   b. Abt 1680, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island ,   d. 1724, Bristol, Rhode Island  (Age ~ 44 years)   7. TALLMAN, Benjamin,   b. 28/28 Jan 1683/1684, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island ,   d. 20 May 1759, Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island  (Age 75 years)   8. TALLMAN, Mary,   b. Abt 1685, Portmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island (Probably) ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F4465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From the book, "The Tallman Genealogical Record", by Virgil Burdette Tallman: "The following letter to Miss Helen Swisher, Columbus, OH, dated 1934, seems to dispose of all inquiries about Joan Briggs: Dear Miss Swisher: Replying to your letter of the 9th instant, I would say that the ancestry of Joan Briggs is not known. As you are perhaps aware the Taunton town records were destroyed about 100 years ago by fire. A son of Clement Briggs of Weymouth was settled in Taunton but Joan could not have been his daughter as she was too old and Clement does not mention any daughter Joan in his will. It is my belief, however, that she was related to this family. In a later number of the Register you will find a note of mine on the family of Ann Hill, (first wife of Peter Tallman) with data from the Essex Co., Va. records. Yours faithfully, G. Andrews Moriarity 1934 Since Taunton was a branch of the Plymouth colony and since a Briggs came over in the "Fortune" in 1621, we can feel there is a possibility that Joan was connected with the Puritans of the Plymouth colony, but there is no proof. Joan Briggs' birth date is not known. July 24, 1665 an ante nuptial agreement was made between Peter Tallman and Joan Briggs. He agreed to give her land he had bought from Richard Morris, Daniel Wilcox and William Wilbur and also a house, all to be hers and her heirs born of this marriage. He gave her beside a bed and half the household goods, but if she die without issue the estate given her was to revert to Peter Tallman's eldest son, viz. Peter Jr., and if the latter die without issue then to Peter Tallman Sr.'s eldest daughter viz Mary and her heirs. To Joan, absolutely as a "free gift of donation" he gave 3 good cows and a good breeding mare. Joan Briggs died 1685." --------------------------------------- From Ancestry.com, "Desecendants of Tunis Wells and Other Surnames", by Dave Wells : "Her father is John Briggs Sr. according to some sources. Joan's birth date is not known. July 24, 1665 an ante nuptial agreement was made between Peter T. and Joan B. He agreed to give her land he had bought from Richard Morris, Daniel Wilcox and William Wilbur and also a house, all to be hers and her heirs born of this marriage. He gave her beside a bed and half the household goods, but if she die without issue the estate given her was to revert to Peter Tallman's eldest son, viz. Peter Jr., and if the latter die without issue then to Peter Tallman Sr's eldest daughter viz. Mary and her heirs. To Joan, absolutely as a "free gift of donation" he gave 3 good cows and a good breeding mare. Joan Briggs died 1685. Her son Benjamin was born in January of that year, so it is possible that she died in childbirth. Since Taunton was a branch of the Plymouth colony and since a Briggs came over in the "Fortune" in 1621, we can feel there is a possibility that Joan was connected with the Puritans of the Plymouth colony, but there is no proof. " ============================== End of Notes ==============================

  
  

• Sources

  [S458] Talman/Tallman Families, 101. [S461] Ancestral File of Allen Donald Tallman (2). Date of Import: Aug 17, 2002 [S463] Descendants of Jeremiah Tallman (3).GED. Date of Import: Dec 24, 2003 [S464] Cindy's Genealogy File - 838418.GED. Date of Import: Mar 15, 2004 [S473] Descendants of Tunis Wells.