Birth: Clement Briggs was born in England by 1600.
Death: He died in Weymouth by February 25, 1648/9.
Ship: Fortune, 1621
Life in England: Clement Briggs worked for Samuel
Lathame, a fellmonger (dealer in hides) who lived on Bermondsey Street
in Southwark, Surrey. In a deposition taken in August 1638, he stated
that in 1616 he was a servant to Mr. Lathame, and implied he had been
there in Southwark for three or four years.
Life in New England: Clement Briggs came to Plymouth as a
single man in November 1621. He moved to Weymouth by 1630. As one of
the “old comers” (early inhabitants) of Plymouth Colony, Clement Briggs
received several lots of land, which were inherited by his sons.
Family: Clement Briggs married (1) Joan Allen by March 1,
1630/1, and had two sons. He married (2) Elizabeth _____ by 1640 and had
four sons. She died between November 11, 1685, and August 11, 1691.
Children of Clement and Joan Briggs:
- Thomas was born on June 14, 1633. He married Ann _____and had four
children. He died at the “North Purchase” in 1696
- Jonathan was born on June 14, 1635. He married Experience _____ by
about 1664 and had thirteen children. He died by November 18, 1690.
Children of Clement and Elizabeth Briggs:
- David was born August 23, 1640. He married Mary Barber on October
26, 1676. He died in Southampton, Long Island, New York between November
13, 1683, and November 11, 1685, apparently without children.
- Clement was born January 1, 1643/4. He married Hannah Packard by
1669 and had one son. He died by November 19, 1669.
- Remember was born by about 1645. He married Mary _____ by 1686 and
had four children. He died in Taunton by February 3, 1696/7.
- John was born by about 1647. He was named in his father’s will of
1683, but there is no further reference.