Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Mary Doughty (8763) & Ens. Cornelius Briggs (16085)
23264. Joseph Briggs. Born on 29 Apr 1679 in Scituate, MA.52 Joseph was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate, on 20 Apr 1679.335 Joseph died in Scituate, MA 26 Jan 1747/8. Occupation: shipwright, yoeman, farmer.

Joseph first married Mary Garrett, second Judith Litchfield, and third Sarah (Ewell) Morey, widow of Edmund Morey.

Joseph was known as Joseph Briggs, Jr., to distinguish him from his cousin Joseph, son of Lt. James. Joseph Jr. lived in the Walter Briggs homestead at Conihassett, which he purchased from his cousin, John Briggs, Jr., when the latter removed to Boston.42
2 Feb 1709/10 Joseph first married Mary Garrett (14786) , daughter of Joseph Garrett (5325) (10 Mar 1648/9-19 Jul 1714) & Ruth Buck (7830) (ca 1653-aft 26 Dec 1717), in Scituate, MA.110 Born on 18 Apr 1683 in Scituate, MA.52 Mary died in Scituate, MA, on 8 Feb 1714; she was 30.52
Their children include:
32020i.
Mary Briggs (9 Oct 1711-1795)
32021ii.
Hannah Briggs (8 Feb 1714-bef 1749)
On 20 Feb 1717 when Joseph was 37, he second married Judith Litchfield, daughter of Josiah Litchfield (3 or 4 Apr 1647-bef 29 Jan 1707/8) & Sarah Baker (ca 1650-1718), in First Parish Church of Scituate.52 Born on 25 Apr 1687 in Scituate, MA.52 Judith died in Scituate, MA bef 1730.511
Their children include:
43147i.
Judith Briggs (20 May 1725-1793)
On 14 Jan 1730 when Joseph was 50, he third married Sarah Ewell (33532) , daughter of Gershom Ewell (15890) (14 Nov 1650-ca 1717) & Mary [Ewell], in First Parish Church of Scituate.110 Born 2 Feb 1687/8 in Scituate, MA.52

Sarah first married Edmund Morey, second Joseph Briggs as his third wife.
23265. Cornelius Briggs. Born on 10 Dec 1680 in Scituate, MA.52 Cornelius died 1760/1764.42

In 1732 Cornelius was living in Pembroke, then a part of Duxbury. His children may have been born in Swansea.42
On 24 Oct 1706 when Cornelius was 25, he married Ruth Barker (20913) , daughter of Lieut. Francis Barker (9477) (ca 1646-1720) & Mary Lincoln (7685) (10 Feb 1647/8-), in Scituate, MA.52 Born on 21 Jan 1683 in Duxbury, MA.52,290 Ruth died in Pembroke, MA in 1732.395

Ruth was of Duxbury when she married Cornelius.52

After Ruth’s marriage to Cornelius, her father gave her a house in what is now North Pembroke, in which her son Joshua afterwards lived.42
Their children include:
40512i.
Cornelius Briggs
40513ii.
Mary Briggs (ca 1712-9 Jul 1802)
40514iii.
Ruth Briggs (ca 1714-8 Nov 1768)
40515iv.
Lucy Briggs
40516v.
Joshua Briggs (ca 1717-20 Apr 1802)
40517vi.
Hannah Briggs (Aug 1720-12 Apr 1783)
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