Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records
(Hartford District),
Charles W. Mainwaring,
Hartford, 1902,
Vol 1, p 275
BIGGS, William, Middletown. Invt. £139-01-06. Taken 19 August, 1681, by Richard HALL, John HALL Jr., & Samuel HUBBARD. The children: William, age 15 years, Mary 14, Thomas 9, Elizabeth 8, Sarah 6, John 4 years old. Adms. to Mary the Relict. Invt. exhibited 1st September, 1681. Test: William LEETE, Governor.
Court Record, Page 25 (Vol V) -- 6 March, 1690-1: This Court appoynt Richar HALL & Mr. SOUTHMAYD to Bind out Wm. BRIGGS, his youngest sonn, to some good place where he may be carefully provided for & Instructed.
Page 57 -- 12 April, 1693: Complaint having been made that there was no Adms. of the Estate, this Court now appoint William SMITH & William TAYLOR Adms., they to report so that Dist. may be made.