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| 1. | Sarah CORNELL was born on 30 Mar 1623 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England; died on 6 Sep 1703 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA. Sarah married John BRIGGS, Sr in 1641 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. John (son of Henrie Clement BRIGGS and Mary Ellen HINCKES) was born in 1609 in Darrington, Yorkshire, England; died on 16 Nov 1690 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA; was buried in Old Commons Burial Ground. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 2. | William BRIGGS William married Elizabeth COOK in 1680 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Elizabeth was born in 1653 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; died in Aug 1716 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | William John BRIGGS William married Margaret Turner CUTLER on 13 Nov 1710 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Margaret (daughter of Edmund CUTLER and Isabell TURNER) was born on 11 Jan 1689 in Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1744 in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 4. | Benjamin BRIGGS Benjamin married Rebecca WELSH on 2 Jul 1751 in Wrightstown Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA. Rebecca was born in 1728 in Anson, North Carolina, USA; died in 1790 in Tell, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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