Joseph Briscoe

Personpeople/joseph-briscoe-1627.md

012.7 KBsize
0266lines
0310filed with
Their page in People →

As written

name
Joseph Briscoe
aka
[Joseph Brisco]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Drowned at Boston on 1 Jan 1657/8; Rev. John Wilson wrote a printed elegy on him built on the anagram "Job cries hopes". He married Abigail Compton at Boston in 1651/2, and their son Joseph was born in 1658, months after he drowned. Probably the son of William Briscoe baptized at Watford, Hertfordshire, in 1627.
born
date
bp. 19 Aug 1627
place
Watford, Hertfordshire, England
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[article-nehgr-2024-william-briscoe]
note
"Joseph, Sonne of William and Jane Briscoe—19" (St Mary, Watford, register, as printed in NEHGR 178:11).
died
date
1 Jan 1657/8
place
Boston, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-boston, other-wilson-1657-verses-joseph-brisco]
note
Drowned (RC 9:61). Wilson's elegy dates his death "Jan. 1. 1657."
residences
date
1639
place
Boston, Massachusetts
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[article-nehgr-2024-william-briscoe]
note
Baptized at Watford in 1627; his father brought the family to Boston in 1639.
father
id
william-briscoe-1591
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[article-nehgr-2024-william-briscoe]
mother
id
jane-briscoe-d1637
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[article-nehgr-2024-william-briscoe]
note
His baptism names his parents as William and Jane Briscoe (Watford register, as printed in NEHGR 178:11).
spouses
id
abigail-compton-fl1652
married
date
30 Jan 1651/2
place
Boston, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-boston, article-nehgr-2024-william-briscoe]
note
Before the magistrate William Hibbins. Boston's record reads "Joseph Brisco was married to Abigail Compton dau. of John Compton 30th — 11th mo. by William Hibbins" (RC 9).
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-boston, article-nehgr-2024-william-briscoe]

His only known child, Joseph, was born on 21 Aug 1658, more than seven months after he drowned (NEHGR 178:6, 26).

Rev. John Wilson, pastor of Boston's First Church and his father's first cousin, wrote a broadside elegy for him, "A Copy of Verses ... On the sudden Death of Mr. Joseph Brisco," printed at Cambridge by Samuel Green and built on the anagram "Job cries hopes" (NEHGR 178:6). It names the cause of death: "Not by a Fiery Chariot as Elisha was, / But by the Water, which was the outward cause." Written in Joseph's voice, it goes on: "What if I was so soon in Waters drown'd, / And when I cry'd to men, no help I found" (broadside, Library of Congress).

  1. ---
  2. name: Joseph Briscoe
  3. aka: [Joseph Brisco]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Drowned at Boston on 1 Jan 1657/8; Rev. John Wilson wrote a printed elegy on him built on the
  8. anagram "Job cries hopes". He married Abigail Compton at Boston in 1651/2, and their son Joseph
  9. was born in 1658, months after he drowned. Probably the son of William Briscoe baptized at
  10. Watford, Hertfordshire, in 1627.
  11. born:
  12. date: bp. 19 Aug 1627
  13. place: Watford, Hertfordshire, England
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [article-nehgr-2024-william-briscoe]
  17. note: "\"Joseph, Sonne of William and Jane Briscoe—19\" (St Mary, Watford, register, as printed in NEHGR 178:11)."
  18. died:
  19. date: 1 Jan 1657/8
  20. place: Boston, Massachusetts
  21. basis: documented
  22. confidence: proven
  23. sources: [vital-records-boston, other-wilson-1657-verses-joseph-brisco]
  24. note: Drowned (RC 9:61). Wilson's elegy dates his death "Jan. 1. 1657."
  25. residences:
  26. - date: "1639"
  27. place: Boston, Massachusetts
  28. basis: inferred
  29. confidence: probable
  30. sources: [article-nehgr-2024-william-briscoe]
  31. note: "Baptized at Watford in 1627; his father brought the family to Boston in 1639."
  32. father:
  33. id: william-briscoe-1591
  34. basis: compiled
  35. confidence: probable
  36. sources: [article-nehgr-2024-william-briscoe]
  37. mother:
  38. id: jane-briscoe-d1637
  39. basis: documented
  40. confidence: probable
  41. sources: [article-nehgr-2024-william-briscoe]
  42. note: His baptism names his parents as William and Jane Briscoe (Watford register, as printed in NEHGR 178:11).
  43. spouses:
  44. - id: abigail-compton-fl1652
  45. married:
  46. date: 30 Jan 1651/2
  47. place: Boston, Massachusetts
  48. basis: documented
  49. confidence: proven
  50. sources: [vital-records-boston, article-nehgr-2024-william-briscoe]
  51. note: Before the magistrate William Hibbins. Boston's record reads "Joseph Brisco was married to Abigail Compton dau. of John Compton 30th — 11th mo. by William Hibbins" (RC 9).
  52. basis: documented
  53. confidence: proven
  54. sources: [vital-records-boston, article-nehgr-2024-william-briscoe]
  55. ---
  57. His only known child, Joseph, was born on 21 Aug 1658, more than seven months after he
  58. drowned (NEHGR 178:6, 26).
  60. Rev. John Wilson, pastor of Boston's First Church and his father's first cousin, wrote a
  61. broadside elegy for him, "A Copy of Verses ... On the sudden Death of Mr. Joseph Brisco,"
  62. printed at Cambridge by Samuel Green and built on the anagram "Job cries hopes" (NEHGR
  63. 178:6). It names the cause of death: "Not by a Fiery Chariot as Elisha was, / But by the
  64. Water, which was the outward cause." Written in Joseph's voice, it goes on: "What if I was
  65. so soon in Waters drown'd, / And when I cry'd to men, no help I found" (broadside, Library of
  66. Congress).
BeginEnd