William was the first of nine children, and the first of five sons, of William Briggs and Sarah Macomber. William was married to Elizabeth Lincoln on October 13, 1693 in Taunton, Massachusetts. William and Elizabeth had one child: Sarah Lane. After Elizabeth's death, William was married to Mehitable Blake on June 16, 1696 in Milton, Massachusetts. William and Mehitable had the following children: Agnes Briggs, Nathaniel Briggs, Mehitable Ware, Eliphalet Briggs, Seth Briggs, and Agnes Boldary.
William Briggs is the:
+great-great-great-great-grandfather of:
- Lucius Lorenzo Ball, William Charles Ball, Edmund Burke Ball , Frank Clayton Ball, and George Alexander Ball, founders of the Ball Corporation who were instrumental in the creation of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
- Frederick D. Ely, U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
+great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of:
-John Goodwin Tower, U.S. Senator from Texas
William Briggs is the:
+great-great-great-great-grandfather of:
- Lucius Lorenzo Ball, William Charles Ball, Edmund Burke Ball , Frank Clayton Ball, and George Alexander Ball, founders of the Ball Corporation who were instrumental in the creation of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
- Frederick D. Ely, U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
+great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of:
-John Goodwin Tower, U.S. Senator from Texas
William was the first of nine children, and the first of five sons, of William Briggs and Sarah Macomber. William was married to Elizabeth Lincoln on October 13, 1693 in Taunton, Massachusetts. William and Elizabeth had one child: Sarah Lane. After Elizabeth's death, William was married to Mehitable Blake on June 16, 1696 in Milton, Massachusetts. William and Mehitable had the following children: Agnes Briggs, Nathaniel Briggs, Mehitable Ware, Eliphalet Briggs, Seth Briggs, and Agnes Boldary.
William Briggs is the:
+great-great-great-great-grandfather of:
- Lucius Lorenzo Ball, William Charles Ball, Edmund Burke Ball , Frank Clayton Ball, and George Alexander Ball, founders of the Ball Corporation who were instrumental in the creation of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
- Frederick D. Ely, U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
+great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of:
-John Goodwin Tower, U.S. Senator from Texas
William Briggs is the:
+great-great-great-great-grandfather of:
- Lucius Lorenzo Ball, William Charles Ball, Edmund Burke Ball , Frank Clayton Ball, and George Alexander Ball, founders of the Ball Corporation who were instrumental in the creation of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
- Frederick D. Ely, U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
+great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of:
-John Goodwin Tower, U.S. Senator from Texas
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HEARE LEYS
THE body of WIL
LIAM BRIGGS the 2
died February the
20 1731 in the
64 year of his
age
