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Rev John Higginson

Birth
Claybrooke Magna, Harborough District, Leicestershire, England
Death
9 Dec 1708 (aged 92)
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Simon Bradshaw Tomb
Memorial ID
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JOHN, 1st known child of Rev. Francis & Anne (Herbert) Higginson, was baptized at Claybrooke, Leicestershire, 31 August 1616. He married (1) by 1646 Sarah Whitfield, daughter of Rev. Henry and Dorothy (Sheafe) Whitfield. He married (2) after 1676 Mary (Blakeman) Atwater, daughter of Rev. Adam and Jane (_____) Blakeman and widow of Joshua Atwater.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.

See The NEHG Register, Fall 2018, V 172, pps 355-6, Addition and Correction: His two eldest sons were not twins and were baptized in Claybrooke in 1616 and 1617.
JOHN, 1st known child of Rev. Francis & Anne (Herbert) Higginson, was baptized at Claybrooke, Leicestershire, 31 August 1616. He married (1) by 1646 Sarah Whitfield, daughter of Rev. Henry and Dorothy (Sheafe) Whitfield. He married (2) after 1676 Mary (Blakeman) Atwater, daughter of Rev. Adam and Jane (_____) Blakeman and widow of Joshua Atwater.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.

See The NEHG Register, Fall 2018, V 172, pps 355-6, Addition and Correction: His two eldest sons were not twins and were baptized in Claybrooke in 1616 and 1617.


  • Created by: Linda Mac
  • Added: Jul 13, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54906489/john-higginson: accessed ), memorial page for Rev John Higginson (Aug 1616–9 Dec 1708), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54906489, citing Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703).