1William Richard Cutter, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: a Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of . . ., Vol. 1, p. 510 (1915).
"(II) John (2), eldest child of John (1) Briggs, was born in 1642, in Portsmouth, and resided in Warwick and Kingstown, dying in the latter town in 1697. He was clerk of a military company there on May 20, 1671, took the oath of allegiance on the same date, was made a freeman in 1673, and was constable in 1687. He was one of the six purchasers of a tract of land in Narragansett in 1672. He home was probably on the border of Warwick and Kingstown, as he is sometimes called of the former town. He married Frances, daughter of Edward Fisher, or Portsmouth; she died in the same year as himself. Children: John, born February 25, 1668; James, mentioned below; Frances, February 26, 1673, died 1693; Richard February 1, 1675; Robert, November 13, 1678; Mary, September 27, 1681; Ann, September 2, 1683; Sarah, April 12, 1685.".