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Rev. John Higginson

1616–1708confirmedGeneration 0 — subject

Rev. John Higginson (6 August 1616 – 9 December 1708) was born to Ann (Herbert) Higginson and Rev. Francis Higginson. He married Sarah (Whitfield) Higginson. His child was Col. John Higginson. He died in 1708.

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  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. Wikipedia, "Francis Higginson": infobox spouse = Anne Herbert; children = John Higginson (Puritan), Francis Higginson; "The son of a minister ... About 1615, he became minister at Claybrooke"; led the 1629 Higginson Fleet to Salem; died at 43 leaving a widow and eight children. Independent 2nd source for Francis x Anne Herbert as parents of Rev. John.

    Wikipedia, "Francis Higginson": infobox spouse = Anne Herbert; children = John Higginson (Puritan), Francis Higginson; "The son of a minister ... About 1615, he became minister at Claybrooke"; led the 1629 Higginson Fleet to Salem; died at 43 leaving a widow and eight children. Independent 2nd source for Francis x Anne Herbert as parents of Rev. John.

  3. 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) p. 1: "1 Rev. Francis1 Higginson, son of Rev. John Higginson, Vicar of Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England, was baptized Aug. 6, 1586, at Claybrooke; died Aug. 6, 1630, at Salem, Mass.; married Ann ---, who died probably Feb. --, 1639-40, at New Haven, Conn." Footnote: St. Peter's Nottingham register "Franciscus Higginson duxit uxore Ana Herbert Octavo die Januarij 1615." Then p. 6: "2 Rev. John2 Higginson (Francis1), born Aug. 6, 1616, in Leicestershire, Eng.; died Dec. 9, 1708 ... at Salem, Mass.; married 1st, at Guilford, Conn., Sarah Whitfield". Matches john-higginson-rev-bsb: b. 6 Aug 1616 Leicestershire; m. Sarah Whitfield; d. Salem 1708.

  4. 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."