continuing from my last post, am going to trace (and hopefully figure out the connection), the witness to my 5x great grandparents' wedding in Banbridge, Down, Northern Ireland in 1788.
WHO IS THOMAS BRIGGS to my ancestors? Usually a witness to a marriage was a family member, so am starting with this assumption.
Next I will find out who he married, his descendents, and see if me or my siblings have any DNA connections (my father died years ago, before I could get him to test, but my siblings and I have)
I found a few baptismal dates (and Ballydown is the area where some of my ancestors are KNOWN to be from). Note there are other Briggs from the area, a shared ancestral space with my known ancestors.
31/05/1765 James Thomas Briggs Mary Kinnear Ballydown
24/05/1768 Jane Thomas Briggs Mary Kinnier Ballydown
03/08/70 Alex’r Thomas Briggs Mary Kinnier Ballygown
16/06/1776 Isabella Thomas Briggs Mary Kinier Ballydown
07/12/77 And’w Thos Brigs Mary Kinnier Ballydown
13/12/1778 Jane Thomas Briggs Mary Kinnier Ballyd--
24/06/1781 William Thomas Briggs Mary Kinnier Ballydown
25/03/1767 Agnes Thomas Lacky Martha Briggs Ballydown
17/11/1776 Thomas Thomas Lackey Martha Briggs Ballydown
I found the aforementioned records here: Bainbridge Presbyterian Baptisms, County Down Ireland 1756-94 (igp-web.com)
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