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Dorothy (Sheafe) Whitfield
née Sheafe
Dorothy (Sheafe) Whitfield (née Sheafe) is part of the Whitfield family recorded on Mayflower.family. She married Rev. Henry Whitfield. Her child was Sarah (Whitfield) Higginson.
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- 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).
Higginson Descendants (1910) p. 6: Rev. John2 Higginson "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." (Same page that locks her as mother of Col. John.)
- 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).
Higginson Descendants (1910) p. 6: Rev. John2 Higginson "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." (Same page that locks her as mother of Col. John.)