Thomas Brygge 1546 - 1637

Born: Once source says 1546, but another shows between 1523 and 1552.

Died: Between 1577 and 1637.

Spouse: Elizabeth Mounteyn

Children: Thomas Briggs

Father’s name: Edward Brigge

Mother’s name: Cecily Moore

Siblings: Oliver Briggs

Samuel Briggs

Henry Briggs

Augustine Briggs

Genealogy of the Briggs family is contained in Colonial Families by the American Historical Society of New York (1929), on file at the New England Historical & Genealogical Society of Boston. It shows that they are descended from William Brygge of Salle, Norfolk County, England, in 1334. The name was first Pontibus, which is Latin for Bridge, and spelled as Brygge in Saxon.

Here’s a breakdown of the Briggs Family Tree going back from Thomas Brygge:

Edward Brigge and Cecily Moore

Thomas Briggs (* note below) (d. after 1494) and Margaret Bealpre

John Brygge (b. before 1454) and Margaret Rookwood

John Atte Brigge (b. before 1383)

William Atte Brigge (b. before 1334)

For more information, check out:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~briggsfamilygenealogy/briggs01.html

* Note: I found this reference while surfing the internet and wonder if it might be the same person, “In 1480, the widowed Margaret Paston leased the manors of Salle Kirkhall and Briston for 7 years to Thomas Brigge of Salle.” From the Manorial System and Its Legacy by Oxford University Press.

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