Rebecca Briscoe

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Rebecca Briscoe
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[Rebecca Brisco, Rebeckah Briscoe]
sex
female
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Wife of Joseph Briscoe, baker, of Boston, whom he had married by 1679, and probably the mother of Rebecca (Briscoe) Foster, the eldest of their children born there from 1679 to 1700. Her maiden name is not known. She sold a house with her husband in 1680/1 and was still living in 1724, when he sold land with her consent.

Wife of Joseph Briscoe (b. 1658), baker, of Boston. Her maiden name is not known. Joseph "married by 1679, Rebecca (___)" (NEHGR 178:32, citing Savage); their children, born at Boston from 1679 to 1700, are entered as children of "Joseph & Rebecca Brisco" (Boston RC 9), beginning with Rebecca, 16 Sept 1679, who married Samuel Foster.

On 19 Feb 1680/81 Joseph and "Rebecca, his wife" sold a house and shop on the east side of present-day Washington Street to James Lindall (Suffolk Deeds 12:19-20). She was living on 6 May 1724, when Joseph sold the land he had been given in 1683 in settlement of his grandmother Compton's estate, with its dwelling house, "with the consent of Rebeckah his wife" (Suffolk Deeds 37:248-249; NEHGR 178:32-33).

Open questions

  • Her maiden name, and her death. NEHGR 178 notes that the same children's births are entered as children of "John and Rebecca Brisco" in the John Pipon Bible at the Old Colony Historical Society, Taunton (Taunton VR 1:61).
  1. ---
  2. name: Rebecca Briscoe
  3. aka: [Rebecca Brisco, Rebeckah Briscoe]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Wife of Joseph Briscoe, baker, of Boston, whom he had married by 1679, and probably the mother of
  8. Rebecca (Briscoe) Foster, the eldest of their children born there from 1679 to 1700. Her maiden
  9. name is not known. She sold a house with her husband in 1680/1 and was still living in 1724, when
  10. he sold land with her consent.
  11. ---
  13. Wife of Joseph Briscoe (b. 1658), baker, of Boston. Her maiden name is not known. Joseph
  14. "married by 1679, Rebecca (___)" (NEHGR 178:32, citing Savage); their children, born at
  15. Boston from 1679 to 1700, are entered as children of "Joseph & Rebecca Brisco" (Boston RC
  16. 9), beginning with Rebecca, 16 Sept 1679, who married Samuel Foster.
  18. On 19 Feb 1680/81 Joseph and "Rebecca, his wife" sold a house and shop on the east side of
  19. present-day Washington Street to James Lindall (Suffolk Deeds 12:19-20). She was living on
  20. 6 May 1724, when Joseph sold the land he had been given in 1683 in settlement of his
  21. grandmother Compton's estate, with its dwelling house, "with the consent of Rebeckah his
  22. wife" (Suffolk Deeds 37:248-249; NEHGR
  23. 178:32-33).
  25. ## Open questions
  27. - Her maiden name, and her death. NEHGR 178 notes that the same children's births are
  28. entered as children of "John and Rebecca Brisco" in the John Pipon Bible at the Old
  29. Colony Historical Society, Taunton (Taunton VR 1:61).
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