NameSusan Mary Briggs, 964
FatherRev John Briggs , 965
Spouses
Birth DateSep 24, 1782
Birth PlaceBury St Edmunds Suffolk
Death DateMar 30, 1856 Age: 73
Death PlaceOn Board Fr S, S.NIL. On Route Malta, Marseilles.
Burial DateApr 1856
Burial PlaceMarseilles, Bouches Du Rhone.Fr.
FatherThomas Symonds Capt.RN. , 962 (-1793)
MotherElizabeth Mallett , 102
Marr Date1851
Family ID401
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Naval Officer,Ship Designer/Architect
Notes for Sir William (Spouse 1)
 Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS. Surveyor of the Navy.2 He was born on 24 September 1782.3 He was the son of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Elizabeth Mallet.1 Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS went to sea on 27 September 1794. Promoted lieutenant, 14 October 1801 he gained no further promotion until his captaincy on 5 December 1827. He became a retired rear-admiral in 1854.2 He married firstly Elizabeth Saunders Luscombe, daughter of Matthew Luscombe FRS, on 22 April 1808 at East Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon.4 Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS married secondly Elizabeth Mary De Carteret, daughter of Rear Admiral Philip De Carteret and Mary Rachel Silvester, on 10 March 1818 at Southampton. 1841 Census found him living at Trinity Manor Jersey Elizabeth having died in Sept of 1851 she being Lady Trinity, The marriage of Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS and Susan Mary Briggs was registered in the quarter ending December 1851 in the Williton, Somerset Registration District.5 Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS died on 30 March 1856 at the age of 73 on board the French steamer Nil whilst on his way from Malta to Marseilles, where he is buried.2
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