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Hobart's Landing and the Briggs ship-yard was late the residence and farm of Nathan Rogers. It is now owned by his heirs. Adjoining this farm toward the sea is a high elevation of land called the "BELL HOUSE NECK " from the fact of there having been a bell hung there over two centuries ago, which was rung to warn the early settlers of the approach of hostile Indians. The Neck was not far from Little's Bridge, it was an ancient Indian burying place, and was later known as CusII- ING'S NECK. BROOKIIALL FIELD was on the the North side and SCHEWSAN'S NECK was on the Northeast. The first landholder excepting William Vassall, of record at Bell House Neck appears, to have been Samuel Fuller one of the "Mayflower " company. He owned twenty acres of land "on the East of Bell House Neck," and adjoining the farm of Mr. Vassall. In 1643 Peter Collamore succeeded to the Fuller land and erected a house. This farm was known as the Collamore Place for two centuries. In 1634-5 Elder Thomas King came into Scituate with Mr. Wil-
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liam Vassall and built a house a few rods south of Mr. Vassall's on the top of the hill at Bell House Neck. Resolved White, who came to Plymouth in the "Mayflower," in 1620, had by order of the Colony Court, in 1640, a grant of " 100 acres of upland and marsh on 'Bell House Neck' adjoining Mr. Vassall's farm on the south-east." The same year he mar. Judith, eldest dau. of William Vassall and in 1646, Mr. Vassall gave him other lands adjoining his. Later Jeremiah Burroughs came into possession of the White farm and after him Lieut. Isaac Buck, a blacksmith, who in 1660 built a house near Scituate Harbor. William Vassall, also referred to in the chapter on "North River, Continued," received probably the first grant of land at Bell House Neck. Deane says, "He denominated his planta- tion "WEST NEWLAND,' his house, erected 1635, 'BELLE HOUSE,' the whole neck of land, 'BELLE HOUSE NECK,' and a beautiful field of planting land on the North side of the Neck, 'Brook hall field.'" The bell to warn the settlers of the approach of Indians was very likely at Mr. Vassall's house, and he with- out doubt first gave the above name to this neck. Captain John Vassall, son of William, succeeded to part of the plantation in 1634, and sold his part in 1661 to John Cushing. In 1743 John Cushing, 3rd, resided here. The latter year he built a house southeast of Walnut Tree Hill .* A large farm on the bank of North River adjoining the Briggs ship yard was owned by the noted Capt. George Little, master of the "Boston frigate." Captain Little also took the ship " Barsu " after a severe engagement about the year 1812. Capt. Little's son, Amos R. Little, went out with his cousin, Luther Little, of Marshfield, to shoot wild pigeons in 1815. Luther Little was partially deranged, and while on Belle House Neck he shot his cousin in a fit of insanity, and then himself. The sudden deaths of these two young men cast a gloom over Scituate and Marsh- field for some time.
The Briggs family built ships at Hobart's Landing probably as early as 1750. James Briggs was the first of that name recorded as having built here. He was b. in 1719 and was a lineal descendant of Walter and a direct ancestor of the author. A genealogy of the Briggs family is inserted here; the names of the direct line from the ancestor Walter are printed in small capitals, prefixed by Roman numerals, excepting the names of the shipbuilders, which are printed in italics.
* See chapter, Miscellaneous Yards, Scituate.
HOMARCHANT
BRIGGS' SHIP-YARD AND HOBART'S LANDING. (Showing the original workhouse on the left. )
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WALTER BRIGGS, "YEOMAN."
GENEALOGY.
W ALTER Briggs, the common ancestor of the shipbuilders in the Briggs family, was in Scituate as early as 1643. He purchased, in 1651, a farm of Timothy Hatherly, on the north side of Farm Neck. The Cove within the Glades was named, as early as 1650, after Walter Briggs, and still bears the name of BRIGGS HARBOR. It is on the extreme northeast point of Scituate. The Indian name for this harbor was MISII- QUASHTUCK. Vessels of small burthen were years ago built here and fishing and coasting craft used to winter in this cove. In the South Shore Herald, of April 8, 1884, there appears an account of the wreck of the sch. " Australia," Capt. Thompson, during a severe gale on the easterly banks of Briggs Harbor. The vessel made the harbor passing over White Head Bar safely, but her cable parted, and she was driven ashore. She was from Rockport, Me., bound to Boston with a cargo of 750 barrels of lime which caught fire soon after she struck. In the Plymouth Colony Records, Volume 8, under date of August, 1643, among
" The names of all the males that are able to bear armes from 16 years old to 60 years within the sevrall Towneshipps "
appears the name of "Walter Briggs, Scituate." In the same volume, and on page 183, appears the name of Walter Briggs of Scituate as having taken the "oath of Fidel- itic. Januar. 15, 1644." On June 6, 1649, Walter Briggs was chosen one of the "Servayors of the Hiewayes" of Scitu- ate, and June 5, 1651, he was on the "Grand Enquest." In the census or list of Freemen, taken 1658, appears the name of " Walter Briggs Scitteatte." The Colony Treasurer's account states that he paid "June 13. 1660 To Walter Briggs for a woulfe 15 shilling." In 1665, June 7, Walter Briggs was appointed a constable of the town of Duxbury. He owned lands in the town of Swanzey in 1677-79, being one of the purchasers of Showamett. In the Suffolk County Records, Book 9, page 212, an instrument of writing, dated June 22, 1675, is recorded, whereby Samuel Winslow, of Boston, mer- chant, acknowledges having received from his father-in-law, WALTER BRIGGS, "of Scitteate in the Collony of New Plimouth YEOMAN," the sum of £200, which the said Walter Briggs had obliged himself to pay to said Winslow, when he should have purchased a house and ground of about that value, and secured the same by a proper deed to his wife, Hannah, (daughter of
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the said Walter) for her life, and at her death to be disposed of for the benefit of her children by the said Samuel Winslow : And in the said instrument he further agrees that his wife Hannah shall stand and be seized on the terms and conditions, above set forth, of a certain piece of property described as follows : "All that his now dwelling house situate in said Bos- ton being butted and bounded Southwest by the street that leads from the Second Meetinghouse toward Century Haven, Northwesterly by the land of Esdras Read, Northeasterly by the land of Richard Bennett and Southeasterly by the land of John Williams." On July 22, 1676, "the Court allowed Walter Briggs £5, 18s. 07d. in land for services in King Phillip's war." Walter Briggs held large landed estates in Scituate. Deane says "he was long a useful man in the plan- tation." By his will and the following deed, it will be seen he owned slaves.
"KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, Margret Cock the wife of Edw. Cock of Boston in New England Marriner witnesseth that the said Margret Cock for and in consideration of the sum of fourteen pounds tenn shillings payed by Walter Briggs of Scituate in New England aforesaid unto me the said Margret Cock the receipt whereof is acknowledged by these presents ; have for myselfe and husband, by vertne of a letter of attorney and power thereby given to me by my said husband ; given granted, bargained and sould unto the said Briggs all our right tytle intrest claime or demand that we the said Margret Cock or Edw. Cock have in or to a negro girle called by the name of Maria : And to the only pp. use and behoof of him the said Walter Brigg his heires, executors admrs. & assignes : During her natural I fe. And the said Margt. Cock on the behalf of her husband and by virtue of that power and authority granted unto her by her said husband and for him herself and their heires executors, admrs. & assignes doe covenant promise and grant to and with the sd Walter Briggs his heires, exectutors admrs and assignes that he the said Briggs his heires, exors admrs and assignes may and shall from this time and at all times during the naturall life of the said negro imploy, improve and in every respect comand and improve the said negro girl as his and their propar estate without the lest mollestaion hinderance contradicion or denyall of any pson or psons whatsoever claimeing or haveing or pretending to have any right title intrest claime or demand in or to the said negro girle And that the said Cock for herselfe and husband doe covenant and promise to and with the said Walter Briggs his heires and assignes that they the said Margt Cock and Edw. Cock her hus- band at ye very time and instante immediately before the sealeing, signeing, and deliv- ery of these presents weare the true and lawfull owners of the said negro girle And alsoe doe covenant and promise to defend the said Walter Briggs his heires and assignes against any pson or psons lawfully or unlawfully claimeing or pretending to have any right, tytle or intrest in the said negro girle. In witness whereof the said Margt. Cock on the behalfe of her husband and herselfe in confirmation of this bill of saile have set to her hand and seale this six and twentyeth day of March one thousand six hundred seaventy & three.
signed sealed & this bill of saile and negro girle above written de-
livered to the said Walter Briggs
the marke of Margrett (N) Cock [seal]
by the said Margt Cocke in the presence of us the marke of Richard (A) Bennett Joshua Holdsworth."
The name Cock is now usually spelled Cox.
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WILL OF WALTER BRIGGS.
BOND.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I Margret Cocke on the behalfe of my husband Edw. Cock as also for myselfe our heirs, execturs admrs and assignes have firmely bound ourselves our heirs, exeeturs admrs & assignes unto Walter Briggs of Scituate in New England his heires exectors admrs & assigns in the sum of twenty-nine pounds of currant money of New England given under my hand and seal this six and twentyeth day of March 1673.
The condition of this obligation is such that if the ahove written Walter Briggs shall enjoye a negro girle called Maria according to the true meaning of a deed of saile beare- ing date with these presents then this bond is to be of noe force or otherwise to be in full power and vertne in law. Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of us the marke of Richard (9) Bennett Joshua Holdsworth
the marke of Margrett (Mc) Cock [sea]]
Walter Briggs probably married twice, his first wife's name being Mary ; his second, Frances. He died about 1684. The following is a copy of his will taken from the Plymouth Colony Records, Court Orders, Vol. 6. page 9, Part 2.
WILL OF WALTER BRIGGS.
In ye Name of God, Amen, ye 16th. day of January in ye year of our Lord God, one thousand six hundred seventy six. I, Walter Briggs, in ye jurisdiction of New Ply- mouth, in New England, in America, yeoman, being aged, but of sound & perfect memory, praise be given unto God, for ye same, and calling unto remembrance ye uncertain estate of this transitory life, & that all flesh must yield unto death when it shall please God to call, & being desirons to settle things in order do make, constitute, ordain and declare this my last will or Testament in manner and form following, revoking & annulling by these presents, all & every Testament or Testaments, Will & Wills heretofore by me made & declared either by words or writing, & this to be taken only for my last Will & Testament & no other. And first & principally, I commend my soul unto Almighty God, My creator, assuredly believing I shall receive full pardon & free remission of all my sins, & be saved by ye preclons blood & merritts of my blessed Savior & Redeemer, Christ Jesus, and my body to ye earth from whence it was taken to be buried in such decent & Christian manner as to my Executor hereafter named shall be thought meet & convenient, And as touching such worldly estate as ye Lord in mercy hath lent me, my will & meaning is ye same & shall be employed & bestowed as hereafter in this my will is expressed.
I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Frances Briggs six pounds per annum during her life, to be paid by my executor hereafter named, in corne or cattle, or any other pay. I give and bequeath unto my said wife two cowes, & my will is that my executor keep them for her both in ye winter and summer, without any trouble to her. I give and bequeath unto my said wife, one of ve two beds we lay on, & ye furniture belonging to it, to be at her dispose when she die. I bequeath unto my wife, during her life ye lower rooms of ye west end of my dwelling honse, & liberty of a third part of ye cellar & room in ye chamber over ye cellar, to put anything as she may have occasion for & liberty to make use of, pots, kettles & other vessels commonly made use of in ye house, that she may use them as she hath occasion, but not to dispose of them. And I will her liberty of keeping two swine, & I will her liberty to make use of ye two gardens & she to have two-thirds, & my executor to have one-third of what she raiseth otf them. I will that my exeentor allow my said wife a gentle horse or mare, to ride to meeting, or any other occasion she may have & that Jenny, ve Neger catch it for her. Also I will my said wife, MARIAH ye little neger girl, to be with her so long as my wife lives, provided she continue at Connihasset.
I give and beqneath unto my son John Briggs as or for a homestead my dwelling house, with all barns, out housing, yards & gardens belonging to it with my orchard, barn field & ye fields of ye northerly end of ye barn field, & from ye northwest corner of my son James Briggs, his field near ye bars, at ye going out with a straight line towards ye southwest to southwest sontherly to Mr. John Saffins land, this I settle upon my son John Briggs, his heirs and assigns forever, he & they allowing my wife to erjoy that
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out of ye premises which is before willed her during her life. I give & bequeath unto my son, James Briggs, as or for a homestead ye house he dwells in, with ye whole field in which his house stands & from ye southwest corner of ye sheep pen on a straight line towards the southwest to a maple tree by ye fence, unto ye fence of ye barn field, & by ye fence around his barn until it comes to ye bars going into James his field, near ye northwest corner of ye Sheep pen, & in case this falls short in quantity of that settled on my son John, then my mind and will is that ye full quantity of ye lands be made up of ye lands adjoining ye field on ye Easterly side of the fields, the whole length of his fields in equal breadth from end to end, & this I settle upon my son James Briggs, his heirs and assigns forever ; And my mind and will is that during ye life of my wife that my son John Briggs, take ye profit & benefit of two thirds of all ye rest of my lands undivided & my son James Briggs one third of ye profit thereof. But after my wife's decease, my mind & will is that all my lands in Scituate not divided as before shall be equally divided betwixt my son John & my son James always being provided, & so it is to be understood, & no otherwise in case my son James pay a legacie of forty pounds unto his sister Hannah Winslow in one year after my wife's decease which legacy of forty pounds I do by these presents give and bequeath unto my daughter, Hannah Winslow. But in case he shall refuse or neglect to pay ye same as aforesaid, then my will is that my son John Briggs pay ye said negacie of forty pounds unto my daughter Hannah Winslow, & then my mind & will is that iny son John shall have two thirds of all ye lands undivided as afore- said unto him & his heirs & assigns forever, & my son James one third thereof to him his heirs & assigns forever. I do give and bequeath unto my son Cornelius Briggs one whole freeman's share of land that already appertains unto a share or shall ever here- after appertain, in Swansy & on ye easterly side of Taunton River, & on ye East-ward of Cushino [Ohosino] or elsewhere, & this I bequeath to my son Cornelius, his heirs & assigns forever. Also I give & bequeath unto my son Cornelius, thirty pounds to be paid him within one year, after my decease, by my executor hereafter named. All ye rest of my goods & chattels movables & immovables not mentioned nor disposed of, I give to my eldest son John Briggs, whom I make & appoint to be sole executor of this my last will & testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal ye day and year first above written. Memorandum. I give & bequeath to my executor ten pounds in money to defray my funeral expenses this before sealing.
(Signed.) WALTER BRIGGS. (Seal.)
Signed, sealed & delivered by Walter Briggs to be his Will & Testament in ye presence of us- William Hatch, James Cudworth.
William Hatch testified upon oath before ye Court that he did see Walter Briggs, sign, seal & declare this above written to be his last Will & Testament. Done before ye Court held at Plymonth this 4th. June, 1684. Nathaniel Morton, Secretary."
Frances, wife of Walter, probably did not long survive him, and "ye little neger girle, Maria," fell into the hands of his son John, who died before the birth of his son, John 2nd, April 28, 1687. Deborah, widow of John, and administratrix of his estate, disposed of Maria as follows :
" To all Christian people to whom this psent writeing shall come I Deborah Briggs of Scittuate in ye County of New Plimouth in New England &c. and administratrix to my late husband's estate : send Greeting : Whereas ye within named Maria a negro girl is servant to me for terme of life by virtue of my being administratrix to my sayd late husbands esteate & as doth appear by this within written bill of sale. Now know ye I ye sayd Deborah Briggs for divers good causes & considerations me especially move- ing have given granted assigned & set over & by these psents do fully & absolutely give grant assign & set over unto Cornelius Briggs of Barnstable in ye Court of Barnstable in New England all such right, title, duty, term of servitude to come claime intrest service and demands whatsoever which I ye said Deborah Briggs have
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"MARIA, YE NEGRO SERVANT."
of, in or to, ye sayd within named Maria ye negro my sayd servant [together with a little boy (named William) borne ot ye said Maria's body since ye within written] or which I might or ought to have of & in them by force and vertue of ye within written bill of sale. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seale this twenty fourth day of January one thousand six hundred eighty & eight or eighty nine.
(Signed.) DEBORAH BRIGGS. [Seal.]
Signd, sealed & delivered in ye psence of us wittnesses John Anthony Collamer. Samuell Clay."
Capt. Cornelius Briggs, who was son of Walter, died 1693-94. His brother, James, settled his estate and his interesting will dated April 21, 1693, provided that his "negro servant woman named 'Mauria' shall 13 years after date be set free and at liberty to be at her own disposing." She was sold under these conditions as appears by the follow- ing deed :
"KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, Lieut. James Briggs, executor to the last will and testament of my brother Capt. Cornelius Briggs late deceased have bar- gained and sold unto Stephen Otis of Scituate a negro woman called Morigh, to serve the said Otis or his heirs or assigns from the date of these presents until eleven years shall be fully ended and completed which eleven years begins the 22 day of April next insuing the date of these presents at the end of which term of time the negro woman is to be free and at her own disposel as doth appear more at large by my brother's last will and testament; and I do covenant to and with the said Otis that at the time of the above bargained presents that I have full power to sell the said negro woman for the term of the years above mentioned. I said Briggs do acknowledge that I have received in hand of the said Otis eleven pounds silver money for the said negro woman. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6th. day of February 1694. Witness. Job Otis
JAMES BRIGGS. [Seal]
CORNELIUS II., son of Walter Briggs I, mar. March 20, 1677, Mary, widow of Samuel Russell who was killed in the Rehoboth battle in King Phillip's War, 1676. Mary was dan. of James Doughty, whose family removed to Connecticut, and gr. dan. of Humphrey Turner. Cornelius was an ensign in King Phillip's War. They had children : 1. Joseph, b. April 29, 1679, mar. in 1709, Mary Garratt, and left dau's. : Mary, b. 1711 ; Hannah, who became the wife of Dea. Joseph Clapp in 1732 ; and Judith, who became the wife of William Collier in 1748. 2. Cornelius, b. Dec. 10, 1680, mar. Ruth Barker and probably removed to Swanzey. III. JAMES, b. 1683.
Capt. John, son of Walter I., mar. and had several children, * but this branch of the family, Deane says, removed or became extinct. The family of Lieut. James, son of Walter I., can also
* See Deane's Hist. of Scituate.
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be found in Deane's History. As these families are not of the ship-building branch, their genealogy is not inserted here.
Joseph Briggs, who mar. Deborah Holbrook, in 1703, was ancestor to the Scituate Harbor shipbuilders named Briggs and their genealogy can be found under the chapter devoted to the Harbor, and in Deane's History.
Hannah, dau. of Walter I., mar. Samuel Winslow of Cares- well, and was sister-in-law of Miles Standish, JJr. Probably upon the death of Cornelius one or more of his children passed into the care of his sister Hannah Winslow of Boston.
JAMES III., son of Cornelius II., mar., May 7, 1713, Eliza- beth, dau. of Joseph Garrett, and gr. dau. of Lieut. Isaac Buck. By her he had 1. dau. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 20, 1715, d. April 29, 1723. . Elizabeth, wife of James, d. about the time her dau. was born, and he mar. 2ndly, Oct. 4, 1716, Hannah Stowell (or Stoele) who d. May 16, 1792. By her he had children : 2. John, b. Jan. 1, 1718, d. Feb. 28, 1807, (John mar., in 1751, Abigail Neal, and had children : John, Abigail, Anna, Joshua, Sabera, Rebecca, Elisha, a soldier in the Rev- olution, who d. Sept. 21, 1843, Lydia and Deborah, born be- tween 1751 and 1767).
III. James, Jr., the ship-builder, b. Feb. 27, 1719 (see his genealogy at the end of this generation). 4. Seth, the ship- builder, b. Aug. 28, 1721, d. in Pembroke, July 23, 1801. (Seth mar. in 1745, Abigail Church, and from them descended the ship-building family of Briggs in Pembroke and Milton. See continued chapter Brick-kiln Yard). 5. Job, b. Oct. 28, 1722, d. Nov. 9, 1722. 6. Elisha, b. Oct. 26, 1723. 7. Hannah, b. Nov. 27, 1724. (It was probably Hannah who mar. John Holmes of Scituate, in 1746). 8. Rachel, b. Dec. 23, 1726, (Rachel was probably a dau. of James, and mar. in 1745 Samuel Curtis).
b. Nov. 3, 1728, 9. Cornelius Briggs (mar. 1753, Je- rusha Church and had children : Mary, Cornelius, Samuel, Joseph and Charles born between 1753 and 1768). 10. William, b. July 23, 1731, the youngest child of James and Hannah d. Dec. 7, 1815. He was a shoemaker and yeoman, and mar. in 1754, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Copeland. She was b. May 6, 1736, and d. Aug., 1828.
LUCY OTIS. (Mrs. Thos. B. Briggs.)
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They had children : Rachel, Ruth, William, Elijah, the ship- builder, Lemuel, Elizabeth, John, Charles, Cornelius and Hulda, (who mar. Major Pratt) born between 1754 and 1780, and whose descendants are living in Scituate, Milton and Salem. Of the Salem branch Elijah took the shipyard of his cousin Enos in South Salem after his death. For a list of the vessels he built in Salem between 1816 and 1829 see Sketch of Salem, published by Osgood & Bachelder, 1879. Elijah was mar. at Salem, Aug. 6, 1789, to Hannah, dau. of James and Prudence (Proctor) Buffington. She was b. Jan. 30, 1767, and d. May 29, 1847. After his marriage Elijah purchased an estate in Scituate, where he resided about seven years when he removed to Salem, where he d. Ang. 24, 1838, leaving sons : James B. and William, and a dau. Elizabeth, wife of Richard Wheatland. For account of his vessels see Historical Collection Essex Insti- tute, Vol. 6, pp. 174, 175.
James III., Jr., the shipbuilder, son of James III ., mar., in 1745, Hannah Barker. James was in the French War and belonged to the New England troops, led by Col. John Wins- low, when they took Louisburg for the first time in 1744, which was one of the greatest achievements of the French War. James Briggs also had charge of a watch box on the 3rd Cliff, in 1775, during the Revolutionary war. It was he who built the famous ship "Columbia." A further account of him is given later in this chapter. He d. May 29, 1804. Hannah, his wife, d. May 16, 1792. They had children : 1. Han- nah, b. Dec. 31, 1746. 2. Sarah, b. Nov. 3, 1748 ; probably d. young. 3. Lucy, b. April 15, 1751 ; probably d. young. 4. James, b. March 14, 1753, mar. Deborah - - He d. Oct. 12, 1792, aged 40 years. She d. Aug. 10, 1782, aged 21 years. 5. Sarah and 6, Lucy, twins, b. July 7, 1755, neither of whom ever married. Lucy d. in March, 1832. VII. Thomas Barker, the shipbuilder, b. JJuly 13, 1757, was the youngest child of James III., Jr., and Hannah. He mar. Oct. 10, 1784, Lucy, dau. of James Otis, M.D., and sister of the Hon. Cushing Otis, M.D .* Thomas Barker Briggs d. Oct. 26, 1806; Lucy, his wife d. in Dec., 1832. They had children : 1. Thomas, b. June 20, 1785 ; d. Aug. 29, 1861, unmarried. II. Cushing Otis, the shipbuilder, b. Feb. 25, 1787. JII. Henry, the shipbuilder, b. Mar. 11, 1789. 4. Charles, b.
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