Col. John Higginson

Family

Sources

1. Higginson Desc. (1910) p. 1: "Rev. Francis1 Higginson, son of Rev. John Higginson, Vicar of Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England, was baptized Aug. 6, 1586, at Claybrooke". Wikipedia "Francis Higginson": "The son of a minister" (Claybrooke, Leicester).

   T. W. Higginson, "Descendants of the Reverend Francis Higginson" (1910), pp. 6-9: "2 Rev. John2 Higginson (Francis1), born Aug. 6, 1616, in Leicestershire, Eng.; died Dec. 9, 1708, in his 93d year, at Salem, Mass.; married 1st, at Guilford, Conn., Sarah Whitfield, daughter of Rev. Henry and Dorothy (Sheafe) Whitfield, baptized Nov. 1, 1620, at Ockley, county Surrey, Eng.; died July 8, 1675, aged 55, at Salem. ... Children, born at Guilford and Salem: 5 John, b. ---, 1646." Then "5 Col. John3 Higginson (John2, Francis1), born ---, 1646, at Guilford, Conn.; died Mar. 23, 1719, at Salem, Mass.; married Oct. 9, 1672 ... Sarah Savage ... Children ... 10 John, b. Aug. 20, 1675."

2. Lawrence Park, "Major Thomas Savage of Boston and his Descendants" (1914): "He married secondly, in Boston, 15 Sept. 1652, Increase Nowell officiating, Mary Symmes, who was born at Dunstable, co. Bedford, England, 9 Apr. 1628, daughter of Rev. Zechariah of Charlestown, Mass., who came to Boston in 1634 in the same ship with the Hutchinsons." Matches mary-symmes-savage-bsb (b. Dunstable 9 Apr 1628; m. Maj. Thomas Savage 1652).

   Lawrence Park, "Major Thomas Savage of Boston and his Descendants" (1914; NEHGR), under children of Maj. Thomas Savage by second wife Mary Symmes: "viii. Sarah, b. 25 June 1653; bapt. at the First Church on the following day; bur. at Salem, Mass., 26 June 1713; m. at Salem, 9 Oct. 1672, Col. John Higginson, b. at Guildford, Conn., 1646; d. at Salem 23 Mar. 1719/20, son of Rev. John and Sarah (Whitfield) of Salem." Explicit son-of claim for Col. John; independent of Higginson Desc.

3. Salem VR Vol. I Births, GARDNER: "Hanna, d. Samuell, jr. and Elizabeth, Apr. 4, 1676."; siblings "George, s. Samuell, jr. and Elizabeth, 28: 11 m: 1674", "George, 2d s. Samuell, jr. and Eliza[beth], Sept. 9, 1679", "John, s. Samuell, jr. and Eliza[beth], Apr. 14, 1681".

   Salem VR Vol. I Births: "HIGGENSON ... John, s. John, jr. and Sara (Savage), 20: 6 m: 1675."; "HIGGINSON, John, s. John, Esq. and Sarah, Aug. 20, 1675."; siblings Mary (27:7m:1673), Nath[anie]ll (Apr. 1, 1680), Sarah (June 1, 1682), Elizabeth (Oct. 13, 1684), Margeret (Nov. 10, 1686) "d. John, Esq. and Sarah".

4. Salem VR Vol. I Births, GARDNER: "Hanna, d. Samuell, jr. and Elizabeth, Apr. 4, 1676."; siblings "George, s. Samuell, jr. and Elizabeth, 28: 11 m: 1674", "George, 2d s. Samuell, jr. and Eliza[beth], Sept. 9, 1679", "John, s. Samuell, jr. and Eliza[beth], Apr. 14, 1681".

   Salem VR Vol. I Births: "HIGGENSON ... John, s. John, jr. and Sara (Savage), 20: 6 m: 1675."; "HIGGINSON, John, s. John, Esq. and Sarah, Aug. 20, 1675."; siblings Mary (27:7m:1673), Nath[anie]ll (Apr. 1, 1680), Sarah (June 1, 1682), Elizabeth (Oct. 13, 1684), Margeret (Nov. 10, 1686) "d. John, Esq. and Sarah".