On 6 May 1683 Mehitable second married
Ens. Cornelius Briggs (16085) , son of
Walter Briggs (5993) (-ca 1684) &
Mary (-aft 1684), in Barnstable, MA.
170 Born in 1647 in Scituate, MA.52 Cornelius died in Scituate, MA on 20 Oct 1694.52 Occupation: boatman.42
Cornelius “was an Ensign in Philip's war, with his two brothers who were his superior officers. "53 He also served in the war against the French and Indians in 1693 as Captain of a company in an ‘Expedition to the Eastward.’42
Capt. Cornelius Briggs was a large landholder in Swanzey and vicinity.42
After his second marriage, Cornelius continued to live for a time in the Russell house in Scituate, where his son James was born, and later removed to Barnstable, where the rest of his children were probably born. He sold the Russell house in 1688 to David Jacob. He was admitted a freeman in Barnstable in 1689. Before 1693 he removed back to Scituate.42
Cornelius died in his 47th year.52