Sarah was born in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony. She was the daughter of William Macomber and Priscilla Thomas. Sarah was married to William Briggs on November 6, 1666 in Taunton, Plymouth Colony.
William and Sarah had the following children: William Briggs, Thomas Briggs, Elizabeth Babbitt, Hannah Briggs, Mary Forest, Matthew Briggs, Amos Briggs, and John Briggs. She died on March 20, 1679/80 in Taunton, Plymouth Colony.

Sarah Briggs is the...

+great-great-great-grandmother of:
-Ebenezer N. Briggs, Vermont State Senator and Representative
-Elijah Babbitt, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
-Abraham Briggs, Massachusetts State Representative (1865)
-William J. Briggs, Massachusetts State Representative (1886-1887)

+great-great-great-great-grandmother of:
-Isaac Babbitt, a goldsmith who, in 1839, invented a low-friction, tin-based metal alloy, "Babbitt metal", used in engine bearings
-Jacob Babbitt, a Rhode Island State Representative who died from his wounds suffered at the Battle of Fredericksburg
-Ansel Briggs, the first Governor of Iowa

+great-great-great-great-great-grandmother of:
-Orion P. Howe, Medal of Honor recipient
-Helen Davidson, the First Lady of Wisconsin
-George H. Babbitt, Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts (1874-1876)
-Samuel Crane, Major League Baseball player and manager
-Joseph E. Warner, Massachusetts State Attorney General (1928-1935) and Massachusetts State Representative - and its Speaker from 1919 to 1920
-Lucius Lorenzo Ball, William Charles Ball, Edmund Burke Ball , Frank Clayton Ball, and George Alexander Ball, founders of the Ball Corporation who were instrumental in the creation of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
-Frederick D. Ely, U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
-Wallace R. Farrington, Territorial Governor of Hawai'i (1921-1929)

+great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother of:
-Francis S. Babbitt, Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts and a Massachusetts State Representative
-Herbert M. Waterman, Maine State Representative (1925-1926)
-Joseph R. Farrington, U.S. Congressional Delegate from Hawai'i (1943-1954)

+great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother of:
-John Goodwin Tower, U.S. Senator from Texas
-Bing Russell, actor
-John G. Babbitt, Arizona State Senator

+great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother of:
-Bobby Darin, musician, singer-songwriter, and actor
-Kurt Russell, actor
-Bruce Babbitt, U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Governor of Arizona

+great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother of:
-Matt Franco, Major League Baseball player
-Laura Ingraham, conservative television and radio talk show host

+great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother of:
-January Jones, actress