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Ancestors of Margaret May Harvey

528. John*~ Briggs, born Abt. 1595 in England; died Bef. 1687 in Taunton, Bristol County, Plymouth Colony, New England. He married 529. Ann~ Thayer 11 Nov 1633 in England.

529. Ann~ Thayer, died Unknown.

Notes for John*~ Briggs:
There were three or more separate Briggs families that came to America and they seem to be often confused with each other.

Clement Briggs from London to Weymouth, MA.
John Briggs, husband of Sarah Cornell, from England to ?.
John Briggs from England to Taunton, MA.
John Briggs from England to Connecticut.
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ID: I0388
Name: John BRIGGS 1
Sex: M
Birth: ABT. 1595 in England
Death: BEF. 1687 in Tauton, Ma
Marriage 1 Ann THAYER
Married: 11 NOV 1633 in England
Children
Richard BRIGGS b: ABT. 1640 in England
William BRIGGS b: ABT. 1649 in England
Hugh BRIGGS b: in England
Sources:
Title: New England Historical and Genealogical Register
Note: ABBR New England Historical and Genealogical Register
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Book
Text: Oct 71 & Jan 73
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RICHARD, WILLIAM AND HUGH, SONS OF JOHN BRIGGS OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS
by Edna Anne Hannibal, Palo Alto, CA, and
Claude W. Barlow Ph.D., F.A.S.G., of Worcester, MA
article in 'The Register' of the NEHGS
vol 125 p 200, 1971
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Posted By: B. Edward
Subject: Re: Nathaniel (1698-1773)&J. GUILD, Taunton
Post Date: July 21, 2000 at 12:53:23
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Forum: Briggs Family Genealogy Forum
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According to the April 1971 NEGHR article "Richard, William, and Hugh, Sons of John Briggs of Taunton, MA" (by Edna Anne Hannibal and Claude W. Barlow, Ph.D, F.A.S.G), pg 87: William BRIGGS (William2, John1) born in Taunton 25 Jan 1667/68, & died there 20 Feb 1731, aged 63 years (g.s. Oakland Cemetery reads "in 64th year").
He married first, in Taunton, 13 [or 17?] Oct 1693, Elizabeth LINCOLN, daughter of Samuel Lincoln, who was born in Taunton, 24 April 1669, & died there about 1695.
He married secondly, in Milton, Mass. 16 Jun 1696, Mehitable BLAKE, daughter of William2 (William1) and Anne BLAKE, who was born in Milton, 2 Apr 1673, & died in Taunton 7 Oct 1732, in her 62nd year (g.s. Oakland Cemetery.)
I show Mehitable as the eleventh and youngest child of William and Anne [or Anna LYON] BLAKE. William BLAKE was born 6 Sep 1620, in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England, (a son of William BLAKE and Agnes THORNE) and died 3 Sep 1703, in Milton, MA.

I am very interested in comparing the marriage and death information for Seth's children. Would you post what you have?
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A John Briggs was a godfather to Gabriel Thayer, b. 22 April 1644, in Thornbury, England.
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NEHGS 'Register'
April, 1948
vol 102, page 143
Memoirs
Re: Jenny Sherman Briggs

She claimed descent from William1 Briggs who emigrated early from England to Taunton, Mass., and married in 1666, Sarah Macomber; through William2 who married first, Constant Lincoln, and second Mehitable Blake;...
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More About John*~ Briggs:
Immigrant Ancestor: Unknown, England, to MA
Migration: Unknown, England, to MA
Military: 08 Apr 1682, 1st Military Co of Taunton [Jonathan?]

Notes for Ann~ Thayer:
Possibly of the Thayers of Thornbury, England, several of whom intermarried with the Briggs family.

More About John*~ Briggs and Ann~ Thayer:
Marriage: 11 Nov 1633, England

Children of John*~ Briggs and Ann~ Thayer are:

Richard Briggs, born Abt. 1640 in of Taunton, MA; died 13 Dec 1692 in Taunton, MA; married Rebecca Haskins 15 Aug 1662 in Taunton, MA; died Unknown.

More About Richard Briggs and Rebecca Haskins:
Marriage: 15 Aug 1662, Taunton, MA

ii.

Joanna Briggs, born Abt. 1642 in England; died 1685; married Peter Tallman 24 Jul 1665; died Unknown.

More About Peter Tallman and Joanna Briggs:
Marriage: 24 Jul 1665

	264	iii.		William* Briggs, Sr, born 02 Apr 1646 in England or Taunton, Plymouth Colony, New England; died 03 Jan 1727/28 in Taunton, Bristol County, Plymouth Colony, New England; married (1) Elizabeth; married (2) Sarah Macomber 06 Nov 1666 in Marshfield or Taunton, Plymouth Colony, New England; married (3) Abigail Mason 02 Jul 1670.
		iv.		Hugh Briggs, born Bet. 1648 - 1657 in of Taunton, MA; died Bet. 1692 - 1695 in Taunton, MA; married Martha Euerson 01 Mar 1682/83; born in of Plymouth; died Unknown.

More About Hugh Briggs:
Military: 08 Apr 1682, 1st Military Co of Taunton

More About Hugh Briggs and Martha Euerson:
Marriage: 01 Mar 1682/83

530. William Macomber, Sr*, born Abt. 1610 in of Devonshire, England ³³; died Abt. 1670 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, MA. He was the son of 1060. John~ Macomber and 1061. Edith Locke. He married 531. Ursula*^ Allen.

531. Ursula*^ Allen, born Abt. 1618 in England; died Aft. 1675 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, MA. She was the daughter of 1062. Thomas Aleyn and 1063. Mary Faircloth.

Notes for William Macomber, Sr*:
Macomber Genealogy
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William Macomber of Marshfield AND HIS DESCENDANTS

"Will'm Maycumber, of Dorchester, cooper, is lycensed to dwell within this gov'ment, at Plymouth or elsewhere, upon the testymony of his good behavior hee hath brought with him." Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. I. p. 82.

This is the first mention of William Macomber in America. The testimony of good behavior is likely to have been obtained from the person with whom he served his apprenticeship in learning the trade of a cooper. The date of the above record is April 2 1638.

Under date of Sept. 3, 1638, are found the following records:

"Will'm Maycumber, a cooper, is graunted an island lying on the north side Powder Poynt, & containing about three or four acres of land, provided that the committees of Duxborrow doe consent thereunto, and that he doe not stop the townes cattle from the fresh water thereupon," and "Liberty is graunted to Will'm Maycumber, cooper, to fetch tymber to make hoopes of for vessels for the colonies use at Clarks Island and Sagaquash." Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. I. p. 95.

Aug. 3, 1640, "Will'm Maycumber is granted the wood fitt for coopery growing upon Wood Island, to be used by him so long as he followeth his trade, and forbidding all others to cutt there except for the loading of boats and vessells to carry away the hay." Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. I. p. 159.

He settled in Marshfield, Mass. In 1644 he was fined for speaking against the Indians. He was a surveyor in Marshfield in 1653.

A sworn statement, made March 1, 1655, gives his age as 45 years. He was, therefore, born in 1610. Tradition says that he was brother to John Macomber of Taunton. In favor of this is the following:

"Aug. 20, 1644, William Maycumber of Duxborrow(???) sent forth to bring in John Macomber for non-appearance for making allarum at Taunton." See Proprietors' Records at Taunton.

A bond of administration on the estate of the late William Macomber of Marshfield was given, June 6, 1670, by Ursilla Macomber, widow, of Marshfield, Thomas Macomber of Taunton, cooper, and Matthew Macomber of Marshfield.

In December, 1675, Mathew Macomber of Taunton, son of William deceased, being twenty-five years of age or thereabouts, made his will, giving all his real estate to his loving brother, John Macomber, twenty shillings to his honored mother, ten shillings to his brother, Thomas Macomber, and ten shillings apiece to all his sisters unnamed. John Macomber, Jr., was witness. Thomas Macomber made oath to the inventory of Matthew Macomber's estate in 1676. See Probate Records at Plymouth, Mass.

The farm occupied by William Macomber is still in the possession of the Macomber family, being owned by his descendant of the ninth generation, Herbert Israel Macomber. The original house was a garrison house for protection against the Indians, the ends being brick and the rest of wood. It was burned about the time of the Revolutionary War. It stood very near to the house now occupied by the widow of Israel Hatch Macomber, which is the nearest house to the Railway Station at Marshfield Hills. The land extended down to the Bay and included the small island above mentioned.

It is probable that the early generations of Marshfield Macombers were buried not far from the house where they lived, and near to a tomb built by William Macomber (1748-1815). This is south from the house above mentioned a short walk and on the opposite side of the road.

It appears that William Macomber of Marshfield, born in 1610, died about 1670, that he had wife named Ursilla and children above named. From varied sources have been gathered the names of several daughters and their marriages. That they belonged to William Macomber's family is an almost necessary inference.

2. JOHN m. Hannah Bobbit.
3. WILLIAM m. Mary (???).
4. THOMAS m. Sarah Crocker.
MATTHEW b. 3 Feb. 1648; d. 1670. Unm.
EDITH m. in Marshfield, Nov. 1664, John Lincoln of
Hingham.
SARAH m. in Marshfield, 6 Nov. 1666, Wm. Briggs; d.
Mch. 1680.
HANNAH m. Oct. 1672, Joseph Randall of Scituate.
URSILA m. in Marshfield, 9 Dec. 1673, Nicholas White, Jr.
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Macomber Genealogy
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MACOMBER

The tradition is current in almost all the branches of the Macomber family that their first American ancestors were of Scotch origin. Hence some, after the family had been a century and a half or more in America, changed the spelling of the name to McComber, McCumber, McOmber and McUmber. There is evidence, however, that the ancestors knew how to spell their name when they came to this country, and they spelled it Macomber, as many signatures witness.

How was the name pronounced? The records of Plymouth Colony for fifty years have the name "Maycumber," and so it has been pronounced to this day by the descendants of John Macomber of Taunton. Many of the descendants of William Macomber of Marshfield, pronounce the name Mac'-om-ber. This may have been suggested by the supposed Scotch origin, Mac, son of Comber, Kumber, or Umber...

...The evidence is convincing that William and John Macomber came from Devonshire, England, or vicinity, along with the other settlers of Plymouth and Bristol Counties, Mass. The emigrants brought with them the very names of the towns from which they came, Plymouth, Taunton, Tiverton, Dartmouth, Falmouth, Barnstable, Truro, Weymouth, Plympton, Bridgewater, Dorchester, all found in the southwestern part of England. Historians tell us that there were no Scotch nor Irish among those first settlers. The parish registers of Devonshire would probably tell much about the Macomber family. From the few books accessible I have gleaned the following interesting items.

Sept. 14, 1611, Thomas Macumber of St. Martin, Exeter, and Thomasine Staplehill of St. Stephen in the said city. See Marriage Licenses of the Diocese of Exeter, p. 24.

John Force of the city of Exeter, gent, bachelor, about 24, and Anne Macomber, of same, spinster, about 22, her parents dead--at Harpford or Ailesboro, said County Devon, 24 Dec. 1667.--See London Marriage Licenses.

Harpford and Aylesboro are small villages, near the fine church of Ottery St. Mary, about eight or nine miles easterly from Exeter.

John Adams of Staverton licensed, Nov. 27, 1615, to marry Thomasine Macombe.--Marriage licenses of Exeter, Eng. p. 47.

Nov. 6, 1676, George Stoning of the city of Exeter, grocer, bachr, about 28, and Elizabeth Macumber of the same, spr, about 25, at own disp. alleged by Edward Willoughly of St. Sepulchre's, Cornhill, London, Druggist, at St. Peter's, St. Davis, or St. Paul, in the city of Exeter.--See Allegations for Marriage Licenses issued by the Vicar General of the Archbishop of Canterbury, published by the Harleian Society, p. 101.

The Calendar of Devonshire Wills shows that Thomas Macomber of Exeter made his will in 1697.

It has been learned through a genealogist in Devonshire that the inventory of Thomas Macomber of Exeter was recorded in 1621. He left a widow Jane. "He was a grocer in a large way of business, leaving property in Ireland."--"I found a family of Meacomb and Macomber in the vicinity of Ashburton and Totnes. The dates range from 1590 to 1630 and the names are Walter, Christopher, Gregory, Margaret and Edmund."

These items point to Devonshire, England, as the home of the ancestors of the Macomber family in America. The spelling of the name was there as well as here, Macomber and Macumber.

It is noticeable that Thomasine Macombe, widow probably of Thomas Macumber, married John Adams. Combe in old English means a valley and is a very frequent termination of surnames and names of places in Devonshire. There may have been a Maycombe, just as there was a May Hill and a Mayfield. Indeed a place called Maycomb is found in Wexford, Ireland. A place called Maycombe, Macombe, may have given origin to the surname Maycombe, Macombe, Maycomber, Macomber, Macumber. The Macombers may have originated in some place called May Valley.

Others insist that the name is of Scotch origin and that some migration carried the name into Devonshire. I am informed that Harry Alfred Long's Personal and Family Names, published by John Menzie & Co., Edinburgh, 1883, derives the names McComb, McCombe, McCoombe, McComber, and McCumber from the Gaelic "Omish" (Thomas) and that other forms of the same name are McOmish, McTavish and McTanse. A Memoir of the Families of McCombie and Thoms, originally McIntosh and McThomas, by William McCombie Smith, Edinburgh, 1890, says that McThomie, McHomie, McOmie, McOmish, McOmy, McComie, McCombie and Thoms, McThomas and McIntosh, all are names used to designate members of the same clan. Antiquarians seem to agree that the McIntosh clan are a branch of the clan Chattan and that the McCombie family are a branch of the clan McIntosh, taking its rise in the latter half of the fourteenth century. It is claimed that the founder of the clan McIntosh was Shaw McDuff, second son of the fifth Earl of Fife, who distinguished himself in quelling a rebellion among the Moray tribes against Malcolm IV., about the years 1161-63.

In 1904 Dove, Lockhart and Smart, lawyers of Edinburgh, wrote to Charles Sumner Macomber, lawyer of Ida Grove, Iowa, as follows:

Judging from your name we should say you were undoubtedly a Scot by origin. The name "Macomber," in its various forms, "McCoombe," "McCumber," "Macomber," "McOmish," "McCombie" is well known here. As you are no doubt aware it is claimed (and the claim we believe is generally admitted) that the Macombers are a branch of the clan McIntosh--also sometimes called the Shaws. The branch was founded by Shaw McDuff, second son of the fifth Earl of Fife. As you are also no doubt aware the clan McIntosh was one of the clans which took part in the memorable duel on the North Inch of Perth. Vide Scott's "Fair Maid of Perth," where they are designated the "Clan Chattan." You will also see in Scott's "Waverly" that a scion of the clan, "Evan Dhu Maccombish," is one of the leading personages.
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New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV
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(The Macomber Line).

(I) William Macomber was born in Dorchester, England, 1610. His brother, John Macomber, settled at Taunton, Massachusetts, was a carpenter by trade, with a son John, and perhaps others. William was a cooper. He settled in 1638 at Plymouth. and in company with Henry Madeley, of Dorchester, a carpenter, he received permission to dwell at Plymouth, April 2d that year. He removed to Duxbury, where he was on the list of men able to bear arms, 1643, and subsequently removed to Marshfield. He died 1670, and the inventory of his property is dated May 27, same year. His wife Priscilla survived him. Their children: Edith, married, November, 1664, John Lincoln; William, resided at Dartmouth; Sarah, married, November 6, 1666, William Briggs; Mathew, born February 3, 1649, died at Taunton, aged about twenty-five years, will dated December 9, 1675, bequeathing to mother and brothers John, Thomas and William; Thomas, mentioned below; John; Hannah, married, October, 1672, Joseph Randall, of Scituate.

(II) Thomas, son of William Macomber, was born in Marshfield, about 1650. He married there, January 2, 1676, Sarah, daughter of Francis and Mary (Gaunt) Crocker. They settled at Marshfield and had children born there: Sarah, November 26, 1681; Thomas, mentioned below.

(III) Deacon Thomas (2) Macomber, son of Thomas (1) Macomber, was born at Marshfield, July 2, 1684, died October 5, 1771. He married, June 14, 1709, Joanna Tinkham, of Middleboro, Massachusetts, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Burroughs) Tinkham, granddaughter of Ephraim and Mary (Brown) Tinkham; she died April 29, 1766. Elizabeth Burroughs was a daughter of Jeremiah Burroughs, and Mary Brown was daughter of Peter and Martha (Ford) Brown; Peter Brown came over in the "Mayflower." Children of Deacon Thomas and Joanna Macomber: Thomas, mentioned below; Elizabeth, born February 22, 1715; Onesimus, June 1, 1720; Joanna, April 20, 1722.

(IV) Thomas (3), eldest child of Deacon Thomas (2) and Joanna (Tinkham) Macomber, was born April 28, 1710, in Marshfield, where he resided, and died January 8, 1749. He married, May 9, 1745, Mercy, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Curtis) Tilden, of Marshfield. They had sons: William, mentioned below; Thomas, born August 2, 1748.

(V) William (2), son of Thomas (3) and Mercy (Tilden) Macomber, was born January 1, 1746, in Marshfield, where he resided. He married, October 15, 1764, Ruth, daughter of Cornelius (2) and Sarah (Hewitt) White, of Marshfield (see White VI).

(VI) Ruth. only daughter of William (2) and Ruth (White) Macomber, was born March. 14, 1770, in Marshfield, where she was married, April 19, 1785, to Joseph Phillips.

(VII) Mercy, third daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Macomber) Phillips, was born January 21, 1791, in Marshfield, and was married, March 29, 1810, to John (3) Tilden, of that town (see Tilden VII).
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More About William Macomber, Sr*:
Immigrant Ancestor: Abt. 1638, England, Devon, to MA
Land Grant: 03 Sep 1638, 3-4 acres, an island at Powder Point
Legal: 1644, Fined for speaking against Native Americans.
Migration: Abt. 1638, Devonshire, England, to Massachusetts
Occupation: cooper
Political: 1653, Surveyor in Marshfield
Probate: 06 Jun 1670, bond of administration given on the estate of William Macomber
Property: Abt. 1776, The original house on the Macomber farm was burned during the Revolutionary War.
Residence 1: 02 Apr 1638, Dorchester, MA
Residence 2: Abt. 1643, Settled at Duxbury, MA, in the Plymouth Colony
Residence 3: Bef. 1644, To Marshfield, MA
Will: 27 May 1670, inventory: 102 pounds, 1s.

Notes for Ursula*^ Allen:
Daughter of Mathew Thomas, b. before 1591, of England [per LDS].???

or

Daughter of Thomas Aleyn and widow of Lawrence Mathewe [based on various information from 'The Register' of the NEHGS]. This is speculative pending confirmation.---RCM

More About Ursula*^ Allen:
Date born 2: Of Harlington, Bedfordshire
Forename Variant: Priscilla, Ursula, Ursila
Surname Variant 1: Mathew or Thomas or Mathew Thomas?
Surname Variant 2: Cooper?

Children of William Macomber and Ursula*^ Allen are:

		i.		John Macomber, died Unknown; married Hannah Bobbit; died Unknown.
		ii.		William Macomber, Jr, died Unknown; married Mary; died Unknown.
		iii.		Thomas Macomber, died Unknown; married Sarah Crocker; died Unknown.
		iv.		Edith Macomber, died Unknown; married John Lincoln Nov 1664 in Marshfield, MA; born in Of Hingham, MA; died Unknown.

More About John Lincoln and Edith Macomber:
Marriage: Nov 1664, Marshfield, MA

Hannah Macomber, died Unknown; married Joseph Randall Oct 1672; born in Of Scituate, MA; died Unknown.

More About Joseph Randall and Hannah Macomber:
Marriage: Oct 1672

265	vi.	Sarah Macomber, born Abt. 1643 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, MA; died 20 Mar 1679/80 in Taunton, Bristol County, Plymouth Colony, New England; married William* Briggs, Sr 06 Nov 1666 in Marshfield or Taunton, Plymouth Colony, New England.
	vii.	Matthew Macomber, born 03 Feb 1647/48; died 1670.
	viii.	Ursula Macomber, born Abt. 1655 in Marshfield, Barnstable, MA; died May 1752; married Nicholas White, Jr 09 Dec 1673 in Marshfield, MA; born 1647 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA; died 18 Jan 1727/28 in Taunton, MA.

More About Ursula Macomber:
Forename Variant: Ursila

Notes for Nicholas White, Jr:

MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS AT TAUNTON, MASS.

[From the Proprietors' Records. Communicated by Edgar H. Reed, Esq. of Taunton]
NEHGS 'Register'
January, 1863
vol 17, pages 34-35

Nicklos White, Jun., married to Ursila Macomber of Marshfield, 9 Dec, 1673. Nicklos, borne 3 Feb., 1675. Mathew, borne 25 Octo., 1676. Ephram, borne 8 Feb., 1678. Dorcas, borne 24 Dec., 1680. John, borne 10 Jan., 1685.
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More About Nicholas White, Jr:
Named: 09 Jul 1689, Taunton Quitclaim Deed
Proprietor: Taunton, MA

More About Nicholas White and Ursula Macomber:
Marriage: 09 Dec 1673, Marshfield, MA

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