s.NVcraof noxi kouBmj-I B H°W3 and ness and hither. e en(i of tfeefr ,e "' hearts ■ M* - ™- of thfk comi{ig t** m\£ , J?» K «nfined to u- Matfachufctts daily Intelligencer S. ptemfaei 2. 1(180.— Hev. ■ | teacher oi I he church at i llr -Tell into n heclic ill- wnrfc Hi his inirmtry . an.! his lust sermon, under t lie insurable growth ofthis malady upon him the arrival of many gentlemen and some hundred* of passengers to iY«o Jingtaiid. He then preached on these words of our Saviour. What bed, iind visited by the chief perso of the new colony, who much I: moaned their lo> . n! so useful a perso but emforted him « it h the conscioi nrss of hi* faithfulness to the Loi Jesui in bit formfr efticient <.t\lc< ■nd the honor which the Loan hi granted him to begin u work of church reformation in. -/''trnt'o. He replied. 1 have been but an unprofitable ser- vant, and all my own doings I Count but low. My desire is to win Cuius i. and be found in him. not having my own righteousness. And he Mveral (tines declared that, though the Lnuil -called him awity, he was persunded Gun would raise up othns to i on the work that was begun, and there yet would he many churches of the Lonn .)iai - in this tvildi i So, in the midst of many prayers, he fell Lulnp, in the 43rd year .•' age, and his funeral vr» attended ...III II possible solemnity Tl ■ solemn funeral wm Ins. ,,„ .imple one. Pin not being permitted "to S hortation lunenl." Hut on n . Day. P.ivt.m SaMI I Skl.l- he .. 11 renew at length tit life and work of hiiltte Boor urn HioGixsos. o^ s oe ° F CITY TR ^s , «7? iry 17,1925. 1 rs. Leo I eilziner 47 ..■ashing ton Sq. , New York City. Dear Lad an.: ) pardon any give to you mine twenty researches he feave t Your letter of Janui ry 26th came duly to hand. Please seeming delay in answering. ,Vhat information I an. able- tc r question is taken from a record compiled by a cousin of — years ago (he has since died) a copy of his His rec ira says Peter Dolliver and Abagail ; Childred by Abigail: William Dolliver Born Peter Dolliver " Joseph Dolliver " John Dolliver " Abagail Dolliver " aunders were married Hanuary 25, 1722, June 17, 1724 Lay 3, 1927 June 26, 1732, died and was buried Nov. 13, 1722 April 19,1741, I fino not mentioned again. July la, 1743. I note in your inclosed data that Ubert Friend mas your father, was a comrade of his in Company 8th Inft. I was born in 1843, were about the same age. All the members of his family I was Beneology has matter. ainted with. aver interested me much but sin was full of the I inclose your receipt as contributory memhe C-iln^an- Hcuse Association. Very truly yours , I (ooiwatit Jjte/w-fr. o c //^V777/'/- //'// v/ rv.J ■ //////////.;/'// DESCENDANTS OF THE Reverend Francis Higginson First "Teacher" in the Massachusetts Bay Colony of Salem, Massachusetts and author of " New-Englands Plantation" (1630) BY THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON PRIVATELY PRINTED 1910 SRLF & C :<£$>' CONTENTS Introduction v Rev. John Higginson ..... xiii Descendants of Francis Higginson i Note ........ 52 Old Record . . . . . . -53 Index 57 For a long time doubt existed and still exists as to which of the early Higginson clergymen is represented by the frontispiece here given. There are three of these portraits which I am inclined to be- lieve to be of Francis and not of his son, John. 1. One of these, in the Boston State House, is pronounced by experts to be the original, though having an unexplained date upon it which has always cast doubt over the identity of this portrait. 2. There is another at the Essex Institute in Salem which was given to it by my father in 1835 and was regarded in his day, as it is even now by many, as a portrait of the Rev. John, the son of Francis. 3. There is yet another at Worcester, in the possession of the American Antiquarian Society which is obviously a copy of that in Boston, yet is believed in Worcester to represent Francis Higginson, the first immigrant. The best authority on the whole subject should be the Rev. Dr. Wil- liam Bentley, of Salem, Mass., the most esteemed of all antiquarians in his day. He, it was, who gave this third copy to the American An- tiquarian Society and who in his "Description of Salem" (Massachu- setts Historical Society's Collections for 1799, p. 275) says: — "There is an half-length painting of Francis Higginson in the council chamber, at Boston, in the old state-house". Farther tradition as to the details relating to these three portraits may be found in my "Life of Francis Higginson", pp. 131-133. T. W. H. INTRODUCTION. On Saturday, the 25th of April, 1629, two ships set sail from Gravesend for the two months' voyage to America. One of these was the " Talbot," and the other the " Lyon's Whelpe," and on the former of the two was Francis Higginson, first religious " teacher" in Salem, and first of the name to set foot on New England soil. Following is the " agreement " or " true note of the allowance that the New England Company gave by common consent and order of their court and counsell granted unto Mr. Francis Higginson, minister, for his maintenance in New Eng- land, April 8, 1629." " 1. Imprimis, that 30 I. in money shall be forthwith paid him by the Companyes treasurer towards the chardges of fitting himself with apparell and other necessaryes for his voyage. " 2. Item, that 10 I. more shall be payed over by the said treasurer towards the providing of books for present use. • " 3. Item, that he shall have 30 I. yearely paid him for three yeares to beginne from the tyme of his first arrivall in New England ; and so to be accounted and paid him at the end of every yeare. " 4. Item, that during the said tyme the Company shall provide for him and his family necessaryes of diett, housing and firewood ; and shall be att charges of trans- porting him into N ew England : And at the end of the said 3 yeares, if he shall not like to continue there any V yi INTRODUCTION. longer, to be at the charge of transporting him backe for England. " 5. Item, that in convenient tyme an house shall be built, and certayne lands allotted thereunto ; which during his stay in the country and continuance in the ministry, shall bee for his use ; and after his death or removall the same to be for succeeding ministers. " 6. Item, at the expiration of the said 3 yeares an 100 acres of land shall be assigned to him and his heires for- ever. " 7. Item, that in case hee shall depart this life in that country, the said Company shall take care for his widdow during her widdowhood and aboade in that country and plantation ; and the like for his children whilst they re- maine upon the said plantation. " 8. Item, that the milke of 2 kyne shall bee appointed towards the chardges of diete for him and his familye as aforesaid, and halfe the increase of calves during the said 3 years : But the said 2 kyne, and the other halfe of the increase to returne to the Company at the end of the said 3 years. " 9. Item, that he shall have liberty of carrying over bedding, linnen, brasse, iron, pewter, of his owne, for his necessary use during the said tyme. " 10. Item, that if he continue 7 years upon the said plantation, that then 100 acres of land more shall be al- lotted him for him and his for ever. He was also promised a " man seruant to take care and look to his things, and to catch him fish and foule and provide other things needfull and also two maid seruants to look to his family." Francis Higginson was baptized August 6, 1586, at Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England. He was the son of the Rev. John Higginson, who was a graduate of Jesus Col- INTRODUCTION. vii lege, Cambridge, B. A. 1564-5, and M. A. 1568, and was afterwards vicar of the parish of Claybrooke from 1571 to 1624. There is a tradition in the Marlow (England) branch of the family that he lived and performed his du- ties as a clergyman until the age of one hundred and four, when he was suddenly drowned by the rising of a brook as he was returning from church. However this may be, we know that he was vicar for fifty-three years. Of the still earlier progenitors of the family, little is on record. We know that one Joane Higginson, who may have been the paternal grandmother of Francis Higgin- son, dying a widow in the sixteenth century, bequeathed £1 a year to the poor of Berkeswell, County Warwick, England. Francis Higginson was, like his father, a student of Jesus College, Cambridge, taking his B. A. degree in 1609- 10, and perhaps that of M. A. in 1613. It is said that he became curate and assistant to his father at Claybrooke. We are not told how long he held this position, but it is clear that he became more and more dissatisfied with the Established Church as it then was, until finally he became " a conscientious non-conformist." In the beginning of the year 1629, a large number of rich merchants obtained a charter from King Charles I, by which they were incorporated under the title of " The Governor and Company of the Massachusetts-Bay in New England," and their purpose was to send over ships with " godly and honest men " to begin a plantation there. Accordingly Francis Higginson was one of those asked to set sail with his family for the New World, and he ar- rived in Salem Harbor on June 29, 1629. With him came Samuel Skelton, another minister, who was to divide with him the duties of the church in Salem. Vlll INTRODUCTION. In Francis Higginson's Journal we find the following : " This day [June 29, 1629] by God's blessing ... we passed the curious and difficult entrance into the large and spacious harbour of Naimkecke [Salem] ... It is wonderful to behould so many islands replenished with thicke wood and high trees, and many fay re greene pas- tures." " We rested that night with glad and thankful hearts," he also writes, " that God had put an end to our long and tedious journey through the greatest sea in the world." "The govemour [Endicott] came aboard to our ship," he adds, " and bade us kindly welcome, and invited me and my wiffe to come on shoare, and take our lodging in his house, which we did accordingly." " Our passage was both pleasureable and profitable," the Journal goes on; "a pious and christian-like passage," he also calls it. " We received instruction and delight," he continues, " in behoulding the wonders of the Lord in the deepe waters, and sometimes seeing the sea round us appearing with a terrible countenance, and as it were full of high hills and deepe vallyes ; and sometimes it ap- peared as a most plain and even meadow. And ever and anon we saw divers kynds of fishes sporting in the great waters, great grampuses and huge whales going bj 7- com- panies and puffing up water-streames. Those that love their owne chimney corner, and dare not go farre beyond their owne townes end shall neever have the honour to see these wonderfull workes of Almighty God." " Through God's blessing," Francis Higginson remarks, " our passage was short and speedy, for ... we per- formed the same in 6 weeks and 3 dayes." In addition to the length of the voyage, " the wind," says the Journal, " caused our ship to daunce, and divers of our passengers and my wiffe specially were sea sicke." Also two of his eight children became ill " of the small- INTRODUCTION. IX pocks and purples together," and one of them, Mary, died during the voyage. In spite of these seeming vicissitudes, the voyagers arrived safely at their objective point, Salem, then com- posed of some half dozen houses. Two hundred of the new planters settled there, and the rest at Massachusetts Bay, where they began to build a town which they called Charlestown. Francis Higginson lived little more than a year after his arrival in Salem. He was active in all interests con- nected with the people, and was prominent where any important decisions or reforms were to be acted upon during the periods of terrible privation which weakened the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The main work of preaching fell on his associate, Samuel Skelton ; but we hear of one very remarkable sermon preached by Hig- ginson a few weeks before his death, which Governor Win- throp and a large company of settlers came to hear. The people first worshipped in a temporary building of one story. Near the site of this there is, to-day, a narrow lane called Higginson Place. In August, 1630, Francis Higginson died, of " hectic fever," according to one chronicler ; of consumption, ac- cording to another. He left a widow and eight children, for whom the colony provided until Mrs. Higginson 's death in 1640. The eldest son, John, was the most prom- inent in after life. The other children died comparatively young, with the exception of Francis, who returned to England and became a clergyman in Westmoreland. From childhood John Higginson took a prominent part in the affairs of the colony, at thirteen becoming a member of his father's church. Later, he became pastor of the church at Guilford, Connecticut. In 1659 he was setting out for London, to reside there with his family, when the vessel X INTRODUCTION. was driven by bad weather into Salem harbor, and he was persuaded to remain there and take charge of his father's church, founded thirty years before. He was ordained in August, 1660, doing continuous duty there until his death and winning for himself the title of " the Nestor of the New England clergy." John Higginson died at the age of ninet}^-two, much revered and beloved by all the colony. His funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Cotton Mather, and published in 1709 under the title of "The Happy Dismissal of a Holy Believer, a Funeral Sermon on the death of the Rev. John Higginson, with Memoirs of his life." Shortly before his death John Higginson wrote so curious and interesting a document for his children's further instruc- tion that a part of it is here given. 1705 May 1 st MY LAST WORDS TO MY CHILDREN " 2 Sam 11 23 : 1 : Now these be y e Last Words of David, 1 Chron : 28 : 9 — and thou Solomon my Son, Know thou y e God of y r fathers & serve him w th a p r fect heart and Willing mind for y e Lord searcheth all hearts & under- standeth all y e imaginations of y e thoughts, if seek him he will be found of y e , but if thou forsake him he will Cast y e of forever Gen : 18 : 19 For I Know him y* he will Comand his Children & his househould after him and they shall keep y e way of y e Lord to Doe Justice and Judgement y* y e Lord may bring upon Abr m that w ch he hath Spoken of him "I Came Over to N England in y e Year 1629 w th my honoured father & was Acknowleg'd to be a member of y e Church of Salem & upon Examination by y e pastor was Rece'ed to full Communion & admitted to y e Lords Sup- INTBODUCTION. XI per & gave thanks to God for his Wonderfull mercy to me all my Life Especially for his giveing me a Grounded hope of my Salvation by J : X according to y e Blessed Gospel " First : make Concience of Secret Prayer for Yo r selfes : Mat 6:6: but thou w hen thou Prayest Enter into thy Closet and when thou hast shut y e Door pray to y e father w ch is in Secret and thy father that Seeth in Secret shall Reward the openly 2 Tim . 1:3 I thank God whome I serve w th my forefathers w th a pure Con- cience y* w th out Ceasing I have Remembrance of the in my Prayers night & day viz* (morning & Evening) " Secondly Keep up family Religion family Prayer & Reading y e Scripture & family Cattachizing in M r Cottons Cattachism Teaching all y e family y* are Capeable to Read Asking w* they Remember of y e Chap* Read & y e Sermon y* they have heard, there should also be a Writeing and Repeating Sermons as a help unto y e End." After quoting many more verses from the Bible for the instruction and guidance of his children, John Higginson ends this curious old document as follows : — " 6 That you be of Some private Christian meeting Once a mouth "7 I am Off Opinion y* y e Singing of Psalms in fami- lies is too much neglected " 8 : That Amongst Other good Books I desire you to Read often my Little Book of makeing peace w th God it Contains y e Substance of all Saveing Truth, and So y e Grace of Our Lord Jesus X Be w th you all Amen Yo r Dying father J H "« 1 Died December 9, 1708. REV. JOHN HIGGINSON, Vicar of Claybeooke. Rev. John Higginson was bred at Jesus College, Cam- bridge, B. A., 1564-5 ; M. A., 1568. 1 He was instituted to the perpetual vicarage of Claybrooke, Leicestershire, Eng- land, Jan. 23,1571-2. (Institution Books at Public Record Office, London. Chester MSS.). Hewas buried Feb. 10, 1624. (Par. Reg. of Claybrooke). Will of Rev. John Higginson, Vicar of Claybrooke. In the name of God Amen the fourth daie of December Anno Dni 1623 I John Higginson of Claibrooke pva in the Countie of Leicester clarke being sicke in bodie but whole in mynde & of p'fect memory praysed be god for it doe make & ordaine this my last will & testamente in mann r and forme following (That is to saie) firste & prin- cipallie I gyv& & bequeath my soule into the hands of al- mightie god and my bodie to the earth from whence it came assuring my selfe of my salvacon onely & alone by the precious death & bloudshedinge of our lord and saviour Jesus christe Item I will that M r John Picksley citizen & clothier of the citie of Coventry doe convey & assure vnto Elizabeth Higginson my loueing wyffe and to that one of nry two sonnes William Higginson & Nathan- iell Higginson as shall b§ most dutyf[ull] vnto their mother and best deserve the same and to their heires for ever All that cottage or tenement w th the app r tenncs scit- J Life of Francis Higginson, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Putnam's Historical Magazine, Feb., 1899; Old Record in appendix. (xiii) XIV REV. JOHN HTGGINSON. uate & being in Claibrooke aforesaid w ch I haue lately re- edyfyed and builded together w th all the comodities, pro- fitts, advantages, emoluments & hereditaments whatsoever vnto the aforesaid cottage or tenement belonging or in anie wise apprtenyning or therew th vsed or occupied Item I give & bequeath vnto John Higginson my sonne flue pounds and the bedstead standing in the parlor to bee paid vnto him w tb in one whole yeare next after my decease Item I will that William Higginson remaine & haue his keepinge w th his mother soe longe as hee will doe her ser- vice & shewe himself dutyf ull vnto her and I will that at her decease hee haue halfe the goods Item I giue & be- queath vnto Nicholas Higginson my sonne three shillinges & fower pence to bee paid vnto him as aforesaid Item I giue & bequeath vnto Nathaniell Higginson my sonne twentie pounds to bee paid vnto him as aforesaid Item I giue & bequeath vnto Nicholas Higginson my grandchilde tenn pounds to be paid vnto him as aforesaid & in the meane tyme to haue his keepinge Item I giue & bequeath vnto Priscella Higginson my granndchilde fiue pounds to be paid vnto her as aforesaid The rest of my goods & chattell vnbequeathed my debts being paid and my funer- all expences discharged I giue & bequeath vnto Elizabeth Higginson my loueing wyffe whome I make my sole exec- utrix of this my last will & testament In witness where- of I haue here vnto putt my hand & seale in the presence of [No signatures.] Probatu 2 Aprilis 1624 per relict &c cui &c de bene &c Jurat &c In m ex tum (Leicestershire Wills, Bundle for 1624, No. 1). REV. JOHN HIGGINSON. XV Aprilis 1624 Secundo die mensis Aprilis .... p r d Probatu fuit tes tum . . . . Johls Higginson nuper .... Vicarij de Claybrooke de . . . . funct' Juramento relict .... &c de bene &c Ob : Franciscus Higginson de burgo Leic et Thomas Coleman de Stretton pva (Act Book of the Court of the Commissary of the Bish- op of Lincoln in the Archdeaconry of Leicester and of the Court of the Archdeacon of Leicester). Following are the Higginsons recorded on the parish registers of Claybrooke. 1 Baptisms. Apr. 25, 1575, John of John and Elizabeth Apr. 24, 1576, Duwritie " " " Sept. 22, 1578, Presella '< " Dec. 14, 1580, John " " " " Oct. 27, 1585, John " « " " Aug. 6, 1586, Frauncis " " May 15, 1589, William " " May 18, 1591, Catren " " Feb. 4, 1593, Marty n " " " " Feb. 4, 1593, Mare " « Mar. 24, 1594, Nicholes " " " " Dec. 25, 1601, George " " Mar. 19, 1608, Nicholes «« " May 13, 1610, Grace « " Dec. 8, 1611, Elizabeth " " May 23, 1613, Judith " " Nov. 27, 1597, Nicholes of Edmond and Presella 1 N. E. Gen. Reg. Vol. XLVI, p. 118; see Old Record, Appendix. For Higginsons in England see Putnam's Hist. Mag. 1898, 1899. xvi rev. john higginson. Marriages. Dec. 26, 1598, William Gilbard and Dawritie Higginson. Jan. 5, 1607, Edwarde Androse and Elyzabeth Higgin- son. Apr. 22, 1619, Thomas Coleman and Katherine Higgin- son, witness Nathaniell Higginson. Oct. 28, 1629, William Higginson and Frances Palmer. Burials. Apr. 26, 1577, Blaunche Higginson. Sept. 18, 1577, Thomas Higginson. Apr. 11, 1581, Nicoles Higginson. May 26, 1585, John Higginson. Apr. 21, 1603, George Higginson. Jan. 30, 1612, Elizabeth Higginson. July 13, 1613, Elizabeth Higginson. Oct. 17, 1613, Judith Higginson. Feb. 19, 1624, John Higginson, Vicar of Claybrooke. DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. FIRST GENERATION. JjC 1 Rev. Francis 1 Higginson, son of Rev. John Hig- ginson, Vicar of Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England, was baptized Aug. 6, 1586, at Claybrooke ; died Aug. 6, 1630, at Salem, Mass. ; married Ann , J who died probably Feb. — , 1639-40, at New Haven, Conn. Francis Higginson was educated at Jesus College, Cam- bridge, taking his degrees, B. A., 1609 and M. A., 1613. 2 He was ordained deacon at Cawood Castle Sept. 25, 1614, by Toby Mathew, Archbishop of York when he was called curate of Scredingham. He was or- dained priest at Bishopthorpe Dec. 8, 1614, by the same archbishop. (Archiepiscopal Registry of York ; Institutions Sandes, 1572-1619, fo. 431, 433). Scredingham, now called Scrayingham, is in the East Riding of Yorkshire, eleven miles from York. He was collated (instituted) Apr. 20, 1615, by the Archbishop of York, the patron, to the rectory of Barton-in-fabis in the county of Nottingham 'The parish register of St. Peter's, Nottingham, contains the fol- lowing marriage record: "Franciscus Higginson duxit uxore Ana Herbert Octavo die Januarij 1615." (Phillamore's Nottingham Mar- riages.) 2 Life of Francis Higginson by T. W. Higginson. Arthur Gray in his History of Jesus College (1902), says: "Francis Higginson, ad- mitted at Jesus in 1608, but B. A. of St. John's in 1609." A per- sonal letter from Arthur Gray says : " Of Francis Higginson the only record is in the Bursar's Accounts for the year 1608-9, when the Bursar accounts for 3/4 his fee for admission to the College as a pensioner." (1) 2 DESCENDANTS OP FRANCIS HIGGINSON. and deanery of Bingham, which he resigned Apr. 4, 1616. (Archiepiscopal Registry of York ; Institutions Sandes 1572-1619, fo. 437, 447; N. E. Gen. Reg. Vol. LII, p. 348). Barton-in-fabis is six miles southwest of Nottingham, near the border of Leicestershire. It is stated that Francis Higginson was for a time set- tled at Claybrooke as curate and assistant to his father. It appears certain that he was connected with the parish of St. Nicholas, Leicester, between 1617 and 1629, styling himself " minister" and afterwards " lecturer." (N. E. Gen. Reg. Vol. LII, p. 348). Under date of May 17, 1627, in an account given in the State Papers of the do- ings of the Puritans in and about Leicester, his name is prominently mentioned. (State Papers (Domestic Series) of Chas. I, Vol. LXXXII1, no. 13). Nichols, in his History of Leicestershire, records the fact that, " Mr. Francis Higginson, a Reverend Divine and sometime Preacher of God's word att the parish of St. Nicholas in this Borough of Leicester, gave divers bookes for and towardes the better furnishing of this Library [the town library of Leicester] ; videlicet : " Oecolampadius in omnes Prophetas et Job. Strigelius in omnes Psalmos. Sarcerius in Epistolas Dominicales. Sarcerius in Evangelia Dominicalia." (Nichols' Leicestershire, Vol. 1, p. 506). Upon invitation of the Massachusetts Bay Company to go to New England, Francis Higginson sailed from Grave- send, in the Talbot, Apr. 25, 1629, and on June 29 landed at Salem. Here was founded the first^church in the Massa- chusetts Bay Colony, when, on July 20, 1629, " the people made choice of Mr. Skelton for their Pastor and Mr. Hig- ginson for their Teacher. And accordingly it was desired FIRST GENERATION. 3 of Mr. Higginson to draw up a confession of faith and covenant in scripture language." This covenant was signed the " 6 of 6th Month, 1629," and one year from that date, Aug. 6, 1630, Francis Higginson died. (Mor- ton's N. E. Mem. p. 115 ; White's N. E. Cong. pp. 2, 13 ; Mather's Magnalia, Bk. I, chap. 4). Ann, 1 the widow of Francis Higginson, was an inhabi- tant of Charlestown in 1631 and was living there in 1637. She probably removed to New Haven with Theophilus Eaton and his company in 1638, as she was not at Charles- town in June of that year. (Wyman's Charlestown ; Charlestown Land Records). Settlement of Mrs. Higginson's Estate. 25 th of Feb : 1639. Mv 5 Higgingson, late planter of Quillipieck, dyeing w*h- out makeing her will, & leaveing behinde her eight chil- dren, an inventory of her estate being taken, the court disposed of her estate and children as followeth w*h the consent and approbation of M r John Higginson her eldest sonne. The said John Higginson, the charges of his educatio considered, is onely to have his fathers books, together w*h the value of 51 in bedding for his porco. Francis Higginson the second sonne and Tymothy the third sonne, their educatio allso considered, are to have each of them twenty pounds for their portions. 1 There was a tradition that Ann, wife of Francis Higginson, was a sister of Gov. Theophilus Eaton, but Hannah, sister of Gov. Eaton, was unmarried when named in her father's will in 1616 (New Haven Hist. Soc. Coll. Vols, iv, p. 186; vii, p. 5). She married Dec. 5, 1622, Joseph Denman, in the parish of St. Mary Woolchurch Haw, London, where on Dec. 3, 1622, Theophilus Eaton married his first wife, Grace Hiller. (Par. Reg. St. Mary Woolchurch). The mention in letters of Col. John Higginson, dated 1692 and 1700, of "Tho: Hayler" and "Cozn Hayler" suggests a relationship between the Hillers of the parish of St. Mary Woolchurch and Rev. Francis Higginson. (Hig- ginson Family Letters, MSS.; Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll. 3d S., vol. vii, p. 219). 4 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. Theophilus Higginson though well educated, yett in re- gard of his helpfulness to his mother and her estate, is to have forty pounds for his portio. Samuell Higginson is allso to have 40£ for his portio, and to be w*h Mr. Eaton as his servant for the full tearme of 2 yeares from the first of March next ensueing. Theophilus and Samuell are to have the lott w*h all the accommodatio belonging therevnto, equally to be devided betwixt the, for fifty pounds of their portio s . Anne Higginson her daughter, is to have forty pounds for her portio, and her mothers olde clothes, together w l h the remainder of the estate when the debts and other por- tions are payd. Charles Higginson is to have 40Z to his portio, and to be w*h Thomas Fugill as his apprentice vnto the full end and tearme of nine yeares from the first of March next ensue- ing the date hereof. And the said Tho : Fugill is to finde him what is convenient for him as a servant, and to keepe him att schoole one yeare, or else to advantage him as much in his educatio as a years learning comes to, and he is to have the benefitt of the vse of his portio till the said tearme be expired,and att the end thereof to pay itt to the said Charles Higginson, if he live till the said nine years be expired, butt if he dye before, then the said Thomas Fugill is to pay the said portio to the rest of his brothers thatt are alive att the end of the said nine yeares. Neophitus Higginson being w*h Mr. Hoffe in the Bay of Mattacusetts, is to remaine w*h him and to be brought vp by him till he attayne the full age of 21 yeares, and in the meane time, Mr. Hough is to haue 4:01 of the estate, w c h he is to pay to the said Neofatus att the end of the said tearme as his portio. When the farme att Sawgus is sould, itt is to be equally devided among the brothers. (New Haven Colony Records, Vol. 1, p. 29.) FIRST GENERATION. 5 Children : # 2 John, b. Aug. 6, 1616. Francis, b. , 1617; buried May 20, 1673, "in his 55 year", at Kirby Steven, Westmorland. He was for a while the schoolmaster at Cambridge and then, being helped by some Rotterdam merchants, went to Leyden where he studied and also to other places in Europe. (Mather I, 330). According to the old record he remained in London for some time and then was settled at Kirby Steven. He was presented the rectory of Kirby Steven by Philip, Lord Whar- ton, Sept. 22, 1654. (Bodleian Library at Oxford). " Mr. Francis Higginson, Vicar of Kirkby Stephen, buried 20 May, 1673. The last sermon he preaohed was the 11 th of May, 1673 : and his text was 68 psalm & the 20 th virse." (Parish register of Kirby Steven). Timothy, b. ; administration on his estate granted to his widow Sarah, Sept. 2, 1653, when he was called late master of the Culpepper, in the service of the Commonwealth, who died at sea. 3 Theophilus, b. . Samuel, b. ; administration on his estate granted to his widow Sarah, Jan. 17, 1664-5, when it was stated that he was late of Stepney, Middlesex, and that he died at sea. When his mother's estate was settled in 1640, he was in the service of Mr. Eaton, where he was to remain two years. He took the oath of fidelity at New Haven, July 1, 1644. The old record states that he was captain of a man of war in Crom- well's time, afterward captain of an East India vessel, and died at the age of 44. In 1652, he was ap- pointed master of the ship Nightingale ; in 1655 was commander of the Mary at Portsmouth ; 1657 to 1659 commander of the State's ship Selby. (State Papers, Domestic Series, Vols, cvn, p. 129; cxiv, p. 12; cxlix, p. 155). < 4 Ann, b. . Mart, b. , 1625 ; d. May 19, 1629, during the pas- sage. Charles, b. , 1629 ; administration on his estate , granted to his widow Mary, Jan. 10, 1677-8, when it was stated that he was late of Stepney and that he 6 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. died at sea. The old record states that he was a mariner in the Jamaica trade and died at the age of 49. When his mother's estate was settled in 1640, he was apprenticed to Thomas Fugill for nine years. He is mentioned in New Haven Colony records in 1648 as "mariner of the ship Susan", and again, July 3, 1649, by the wife of Theophilus Higginson when she called him " brother". Neophytus, b. ; d. " at the age of 20". In the set- tlement of his mother's estate is said to be with Mr. Hough in Massachusetts Bay where he was to remain till of age. Second Generation. Xf 2 Rev. John 2 Higginson (Francis 1 ), born Aug. 6, 1616, in Leicestershire, Eng.; died Dec. 9, 1708, in his 93d year, at Salem, Mass. ; married 1st, at Guil- ford, 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. He married, 2d, Mar}' Blakeman, daughter of Rev. Adam and Jane Blakeman, of Stratford, Conn., who died Mar. 9, 1708-9, aged 72, at Salem. She married 1st, May 6, 1651, Joshua Atwater, son of Joshua and Susan (Nazzin) Atwater, baptized June 2, 1611, at Len- ham, Eng. ; died May 16, 1676, at Boston. John Higginson 1 was admitted freeman May 25, 1636, and the same year went to Saybrook, Conn., as chaplain at the fort, where he remained " about four years." In 1641 be taught school at Hartford, Conn., and later be- came assistant to Rev. Henry Whitfield at Guilford, Conn. Upon Mr. Whitfield's resignation in 1653, be was settled as pastor of the church, where he remained until 1659, 'Preface of Our Dying Saviour's Legacy of Peace, by Rev. John Higginson ; Rev. John Higginson of Salem, by Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin in Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc, 2d S. xvi, p. 478; Higginson Let- ters, Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 3d S. vol. vii, p. 196; Essex Inst. Hist. Coll., vol. xliii, p. 182; Sewall's Diary; Mather's Magnalia; White's N. E. Cong, and Early Records of the First Church of Salem. SECOND GENERATION. 7 when, with his family, he embarked for England. On ac- count of bad weather, the vessel entered Salem harbor. While there he was invited to remain and become pastor of the church founded by his father. He was installed in August, 1660, and continued in the pastorate till his death. Children, born at Guilford and Salem : 5 John, b. , 1646. 6 Nathaniel, b. Oct. 11, 1652. 7 Sarah, b. . %■ 8 Anna, aged " about 50 " in 1696 ; aged "46" in 1698. Thomas, aged "38," in 1698; living at Salem, 1687 and 1689; at Guilford, 1690-1692; sailed in a privateer for Arabia, probably before 1696. He was left a legacy in his father's will, " if alive." Francis, b. 9 th 4 th mo. 1660 ; administration on his estate was granted to his uncle, Nathaniel Whitfield, A.pr. 10, 1685, when he was called late of St. Olave, Hart street, London, bachelor. He is said to have gone to his uncle Francis,' vicar of Kirby Steven, who educated him at a university. He was admitted to St. John's College, Cambridge, July 1, 1678; " born in New England, son of John Higginson, clerk, a native of Leicestershire ; school Sedbergh (Mr. Wharton) for 2 years; admitted sizar for his tutor and surety Mr. Burton." (Admissions to the Col- lege of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge , — R. F. Scott, 1903). Henry, b. 18 th 10 mo., 1661 ; d. , 1685, at Barbadoes. He was a merchant, and went to Barbadoes as a factor about 1684. 3 Theophilus 2 Higginson {Francis 1 ), born in England ; died before 1654, perhaps in England ; married Elizabeth . In the settlement of his mother's estate, Theophilus is said to have been well educated. He was an inhabitant of Charlestown, 1641. His name appears on a rate list at New Haven, 1643, and he took the oath of fidelity July 8 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. 1, 1644. On Feb. 2, 1646-7, he sold two parcels of land, ten acres, and Dec. 7, 1647, sold his house and home-lot together with four parcels of lands, fifty-seven acres. May 2, 1648, he appeared at court to obtain money owing him. July 3, 1649, Mrs. Higginson was a witness in court, when " her brother Charles Higginson " and " Mr. Hig- ginson" were mentioned. (New Haven Colony Records). The will of Mark Pierce of London, formerly of New Haven, dated Feb. 10, 1654, mentions " ten pounds in money in the hands of Elizabeth Higginson, widow, which I lent to her deceased husband, Theophilus Higginson, in New England, and ought to have been paid presently at our arrival in England." (Water's Gleanings, Vol. n, p. 1081). Children, born at New Haven : Theophilus, bapt. Dec. 10, 1648. Samuel, b. Aug. 26, 1650 ; " a physician." (Old record. See appendix) . 4 Ann 2 Higginson (Francis 1 ), born , in Eng- land ; married Thomas Chatfield of New Haven, Conn., who died before 1687, at Easthampton, L. I. He came to Guilford, Conn., in 1639, with Rev. Henry Whitfield's compan}'. Children (Chatfield) : Anna, b. , 1649. Thomas, b. , 1652 ; d. Mar. 20, 1712, leaving children. John, b. ; m. Mary . Third Generation 5 Col. John 3 Higginson (John, 2 Francis 1 '), born -, 1646, at Guilford, Conn. ; died Mar. 23, 1719, at Salem, Mass. ; married Oct. 9, 1672 (recorded at Salem), THIRD GENERATION. 9 Sarah Savage, daughter of Capt. Thomas and Mary (Symraes) Savage, born June 25, 1653, at Boston ; buried June 26, 1713, at Salem. John Higginson was one of the great merchants of Salem, and held many public offices. In 1678, he was chosen to keep the town books, and was frequently select- man. He was deputy from Salem, 1685, 1689, and 1691, and a member of the Council from 1700 until his death . He was also county treasurer and justice of the Court of Common Pleas. He was commissioned ensign in 1675 and promoted until, in 1701, he ranked as colonel. Children, born at Salem : 9 Mary, b. Sept. 27, 1673. 10 John, b. Aug. 20, 1675. Thomas, b. Dec. 23, 1677 ; d. Sept. 18, 1678. 11 Nathaniel, b. Apr. 1, 1680. Sarah, b. June 1, 1682 ; d. Aug. 5, 1699, at Salem ; in. June 22, 1699, Nathaniel Hathorne, son of Col. John and Ruth (Gardner) Hathorne, b. Nov. 25, 1678, at Salem; d. , 1712, at Gosport, Eng. 12 Elizabeth, b. Oct. 13, 1684. Margaret, b. Nov. 10, 1686 ; d. June 18, 1688. 6 Nathaniel 3 Higginson (John 2 , Francis 1 }, born Oct. 11, 1652, at Guilford, Conn. ; died Oct. 31, 1708, in the parish of St. Pancras, Soper Lane, London, England, and was buried in Bow Church, Cheapside ; married, May 31, 1692, Elizabeth Richards, daughter of John Richards, who was appointed manager of the factory at Ballasow in Bengal, but died on the passage from England. She was living, 1711. Nathaniel Higginson 1 was graduated A. M., H. C, 1670 ; went to England, 1674, where for about seven years he was steward for Lord Wharton and tutor of his children, 1 Madras in the Olden Time, J. T. Wheeler; South Atlantic Quar- terly, July, 1902; The Genealogist, N. S., Vol. xix, p. 23. 10 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. and was in 1681 employed at the mint under Wharton. In 1683, he went, in the service of the East India Com- pany, to Fort George, Madras, where he became a member of the Council, mayor, and, in 1692, governor. In 1698, he resigned the office, and two years later returned to London, where he engaged in mercantile business. In 1706, he headed a petition to the Crown to remove Joseph Dudley from the office of Governor of Massachusetts. Children : Elizabeth, b. Dec. 3, 1693 ; d. , 1700, at London. Richards, b. May 18, 1695 ; d. , 1726, at Madras. He was educated in Holland, returned to London in 1711; and later went to Madras, where he became a member of the Council. Nathaniel, b. May 30, 1696 ; d. , 1701. Sarah, b. Dec. 2, 1697; m. , 1718, Stephen Ayns- worth, perhaps son of George and Ann (Shearwood) Aynsworth, who were married at Madras, Jan. 5, 1692-3. John, b. Aug. 23, 1699 ; d. , 1700, on the passage to England. Deborah, b. , 1700; m. July 28, 1724, at Madras, William Jennings. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 31, 1702. (Par. Reg. Charterhouse Chapel). Elizabeth, b. Oct. 3, 1704. (Par. Reg. Charterhouse Chapel). Francis, bapt. Feb. 28, 1705-6. (Par. Reg. St. . Sepul- chre's) ; d. , 1709. 7 Sarah 3 Higginson (John 2 , Francis 1 ), born , at Guilford, Conn. ; died May 8, 1676, at Boston, Mass. ; married Richard Wharton of Boston, born , 1636 ; died May 14, 1689, at London, Eng. He married 1st, about 1659, Bethia Tyng, daughter of Capt. William and Elizabeth (Coytmore) Tyng, born May 17, 1641. He married 3d, , 1677, Martha Winthrop, daughter of John Winthrop, Jr., and Elizabeth (Reade). THIRD GENERATION. 11 Richard Wharton 1 was a member of the Council of Sir Edmund Andros, but became opposed to him and went to England to effect his removal. Children (Wharton), born at Boston : Sarah, b. Aug. 7, 1671 ; m. May 4, 1698, at Boston, John Cotta, son of John and Mary (Moore) Cotta, b. Nov. 23, 1671, at Boston ; d. June 9, 1728, at Boston. Bethia, b. Sept. 18, 1672 ; living 1705, unm. Francis, b. Oct. 6, 1673. Catherine, b. Oct. 6, 1674. # 8 Anna 3 Higginson (John 2 , Francis'), aged forty- six in 1698 ; died , 1738-9, at Rehoboth, Mass. ; mar- ried Oct. 4, 1682, at , William Dolliver, son of Sam- uel and Mary (Elwell) Dolliver, born Aug. 16, 1656, at Gloucester, Mass. In 1692 Anna Dolliver 2 was accused of witchcraft and imprisoned. In 1696 she and her children were living with her father, when he refers to her as " crazed in her understanding." In 1705 she was living in the family of Edward and Sarah Bishop of Rehoboth, formerly of Salem Village. The children probably continued to live with their grandfather, who mentioned them in his will. Children (Dolliver): • Sarah, b. . Peter, d. Apr. 1, 1752. Paul, d. , 1749 ; m. Feb. 11, 1713, at Gloucester, Mary Wallis, dau. of Josiah and Sarah Wallis ; d. ,1736. 1 Chamberlain's History of Chelsea, Mass.; Winthrop Papers; Trumbull Papers; Pejepscot Papers. 1 Essex Inst. Coll., vol. xliii, p. 182; Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 3d S. vol. vii, p. 197; Putnam's Historical Mag., vol. vii, p. 157; Salem Town Records, vol. vi, pp. 51, 82. a&y^e &*£&+£.[ ■ »" >^«- /S^T" 9*£&iJZL-\ P<*~~>~ ^— -^ <^ ^ ^^ ^^ /2^ *~ p c-£ A* &^l i^U^ . £~^C«_s> ft. ■. (Jv^t-iU. <~i£^ 5^.^, ^ 12 descendants of francis higginson. Fourth Generation. 9 Mary 4 Higginson (John, 5 John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Sept. 27, 1673, at Salem, Mass. ; died ; married 1st, June 4, 1695, at Salem, Thomas Gardner, son of Thomas and Mary (Porter) Gardner, born Oct. 28, 1671,at Salem; died , 1696, at Salem. She married 2d, June 25, 1699, at Salem, Dr. Edward Weld, son of Daniel and Bethiah (Mitchelson) Weld, born June 7, 1666, at Rox- bury, Mass.; died Oct. 3, 1702, at Salem. She married 3d, May 3, 1708, at Salem, James Lindall, son of Timothy and Mary (Veren) Lindall, born Feb. 1, 1675-6, at Salem ; died May 10, 1753, at Salem. James Lindall married 1st, Dec. 15, 1702, Elizabeth Corwin, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Sheafe) Corwin, born May 5, 1678, at Salem; died May 19, 1706, at Salem. Children, born at Salem : Of second marriage (Weld) : Daniel, b. Apr. 13, 1700; d. Mar. — , 1701. Of third marriage (Lindall) : James, b. May 21, 1710 ; d. Aug. 19, 1754, at Salem. Veren, b. May 14, 1711 ; d. Apr. 29, 1712. Sarah, b. June 17, 1712; living, 1756, at Boston: m. (int.) Mar. 24, 1735, at Salem, Lawrence Lutwyche, b. in Co. Radnor, So. Wales ; d. , 1740, at Boston. Abigail, b. June 16, 1713; d. Jan. 1, 1765, at Danvers, Mass. ; m. May 15, 1730, at Salem, Rev. William Jennison, son of Samuel and Mary (Stearns) Jenni- son), b. Feb. 6, 1706-7, at Watertown, Mass. ; d. Apr. 1, 1750, at Watertown. Pastor of the East Church, Salem. Rachel, b. Aug. 9, 1714 ; d. Sept. 6, 1714. Timothy, b. Apr. 14, 1716; d. , 1765, at Salem ; m. 1st, Oct. 14, 1752, at Salem, Elizabeth Gerrish,dau. of John and Elizabeth (Higginson) Gerrish, b. May 15, 1720, at Salem ; d. 1756. (No. 12.) FOURTH GENERATION. 13 10 John 4 Higginson (John*, John 2 , Francis 1 }, born Aug. 20, 1675, at Salem, Mass.; died Apr. 26, 1718, at Salem ; married 1st, Sept. 11, 1695, at Salem, Hannah Gardner, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Brown) Gardner, born Apr. 4, 1676, at Salem ; died June 24, 1713, at Salem. He married 2d, Nov. 11, 1714, at Salem, Mar- garet Sewall, daughter of Stephen and Margaret (Mitchell) Sewall, born May 7, 1687, at Salem ; died Mar. — , 1736, at Salem. John Higginson was a merchant. He held the office of registrar of probate, 1698-1702 ; was selectman 1704, and lieutenant in 1697. In the settlement of his estate he is called captain. Children, born at Salem : 13 Elizabeth, b. June 28, 1696. 14 John, b. Jan. 10, 1697-8. Samuel, b. Feb. 5, 1699-1700; d. Sept. 23, 1702. Sarah, b. Feb. 13, 1702-3 ; d. June 14, 1746, at Salem ; m. Dec. 1, 1732, at Salem, Dr. John Cabot, son of John and Anne (Orne) Cabot, b. Oct. 26, 1704, at Salem ; d. June 3, 1749, at Salem. He in. 2d, June 5, 1747, Hannah Clarke. A. M., H. C, 1724. Francis, b. Nov. 29, 1705 j d. Nov. 29, 1705 Henry, b. Sept. 23, 1707 ; d. Dec. 1, 1708. Children of second marriage : 15 Stephen, b. July 31, 1716. Nathaniel, bapt. June 1, 1718; d. , 1719. 11 Nathaniel 4 Higginson (John*, John 2 , Francis 1 } born April 1, 1680, at Salem ; died , 1720, at Salem ; married Apr. 23, 1702, at Salem, Hannah Gerrish, daugh- ter of Benjamin and Hannah (Ruck) Gerrish, born Jan. 24, 1678, at Salem ; died before 1756. She married 2d, Sept. 25, 1724, at Salem, Edmund Batter, son of Edmund and Mary (Gookin) Batter, born Jan. 8, 1673, at Salem ; died Nov. 2, 1756, at Salem. 14 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. Children, born at Salem : Nathaniel, b. Mar. 30, 1704 ; d. Oct. 6, 1706. Francis, b. Dec. 22, 1705; d. Aug. 15, 1707. 16 Mary, b. Oct. 14, 1708. 17 Hannah, b. Nov. 8, 1712. 18 Elizabeth, b. Sept. 30, 1714. 12 Elizabeth 4 Higginson (John*, John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Oct. 13, 1684, at Salem, Mass. : died , 1734, at Salem ; married Oct. 22, 1705, at Salem, John Gerrish, son of Rev. Joseph and Anna (Waldron) Gerrish, died , 1732, at Salem. Children (Gerrish), born at Salem : Elizabeth, b. July 17, 1710; d. Aug. 2, 1710. Anna, b. Aug. 13, 1712; m. Dec. 20, 1739, at Salem, Rev. Samuel Fiske, son of Rev. Moses and Sarah (Sy mines) Fiske, b. Apr. 6, 1689, at Braintree, Mass. ; d. Apr. 7, 1770, at Salem. He was pastor of the First Church of Salem, 1718 to 1735. A. M., H, C, 1708. Sarah, b. Aug. 4, 1714; m. Nov. 11, 1736, at Salem, Capt. Charles King, son of Samuel and Mehitable (Marston) King, bapt. June 23, 1712, at Salem; bur. May 16, 1774, at Salem. Elizabeth, b. May 15, 1720 ; d. , 1756 ; m. Oct. 14, 1753, at Salem, Timothy Lindall, son of James and Mary (Higginson) Lindall, b. Apr. 14, 1716, at Salem; d. , 1765, at Salem. (No. 9). Joseph, b. Aug. 28, 1721 ; d. before 1756. Mary, b. Aug. 3, 1723; d. before 1732. Fifth Generation. 13 Elizabeth 3 Higginson (John*, John*, John 2 , Fran- cis 1 ^), born June 28, 1696, at Salem, Mass.; died Mar. 20, 1722-3, at Salem ; married Oct. 20, 1715, at Salem, Rev. Benjamin Prescott, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Hoar) Prescott, born Sept. 16, 1687, at Concord, Mass. ; died May 27, 1777, at Salem. He married 2d, July 15, 1732, FIFTH GENERATION. 15 Mercy Gibbs, daughter of Rev. Henry and Mercy (Green- ough) Gibbs, born Dec. 23, 1696, at Watertown, Mass.; died Dec. 18, 1744, at Salem. He married 3d, Oct. 6, 1748, Mary Pepperrell, daughter of Col. William and Margery (Bray) Pepperrell, and widow of Hon. John Frost of Newcastle, N. H., and of Rev. Benjamin Colman, D. D., of Boston. She was born Sept. 5, 1685, at Kittery, Me. ; died Apr. 18, 1766, at Salem. Rev. Benjamin Prescott was graduated A. M. at Har- vard College, 1709 : minister of the Second Parish of Salem, 1713 to 1756. Children (Prescott), born at Salem : Benjamin, b. Jan. 29, 1716-7; d. Aug. 18, 1778, at Salem ; m. Aug. 12, 1741, at Concord, Kebecca Minot, dau. of Col. James and Martha (Lane) Minot, b. May 15, 1720, at Concord; d. Oct. 8, 1761, at Salem. A. M., H. C, 1736. John, b. Aug. 2, 1718 ; d. AVig. 3, 1718. Hannah, b. Dec. 6, 1719; d. Sept. 18, 1769, at Salem; m. Dec. 29, 1737, at Salem, Capt. Daniel Epes, son of Col. Daniel and Hannah (Hicks) Epes, b. Nov. 8, 1710, at Boston, Mass. ; d. , 1780, at Salem. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 15, 1721 ; d. Mar. 22, 1759, at New- castle; m. Nov. 24, 1750, at Salem, William Frost, son of Hon. John and Mary (Pepperrell) Frost, b. Aug. 20, 1705, at Kittery; d. Sept. 17, 1778, at Sarah, b. Jan." 29, 1722-3; d. May 12, 1723. 14 John 5 Higginson (John*, John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 }, born Jan. 10, 1697-8, at Salem, Mass. ; died July 15, 1744, at Salem ; married 1st, Dec. 4, 1719, at Cambridge, Mass., Ruth Bordman, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Truse- dale) Bordman, born Nov. 19, 1698, at Cambridge; died June 14, 1727, at Salem. He married 2d, Apr. 28, 1732, at Salem, Esther Cabot, daughter of John and Anne (Orne) Cabot, born June 11, 1706, at Salem ; died before 1746. 16 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. John Higginson was graduated A. B. at Harvard Col- lege, 1717; A. M., 1720; registrar of deeds, 1724; cap- tain of a military company, and justice of the peace. Children, born at Salem : 19 John, b. Oct. 11, 1720. 20 Elizabeth, b. Mar. 30, 1722. Ruth, b. Sept. 25, 1723 ; d. July 9, 1727. Andrew, b. June 5, 1727 ; living 1758; went as a factor to the West Indies, and was lost on the homeward passage. A. B., H. C, 1745. Children of second marriage : Francis, b. Feb. 3, 1732-3 ; d. , 1760, at Salem ; m. July 15, 1758, at Salem, Esther Gardner, dau. of Samuel and Esther (Orne) Gardner, bapt. Jan. 13, 1739, at Salem ; d. May — , 1796, at Salem. She m. 2d, Oct. 6, 1761, Capt. Daniel Mackey, son of William and Margaret (Epes) Mackey, who died Aug. 3, 1796, at Andover, Mass. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 13, 1734 ; d. before 1758. Susanna 1 , bapt. May 8, 1737 ; living at Salem, 1767. 15 Stephen 5 Higginson (John 4 , John*, John 2 , Fran- cis 1 ^), born July 31, 1716, at Salem, Mass.; died Oct. 12, 1761, at Newbury, Mass.; married Apr. 22, 1743, Eliza- beth Cabot, daughter of John and Anne (Orne) Cabot, born June 12, 1715, at Salem ; buried Apr. 26, 1797, aged 81 years, 10 months, at Beverly, Mass. She removed to Beverly, 1784. Stephen Higginson was one of the most influential mer- chants of Salem. He held the principal offices in the town, was justice of the Court of Common Pleas and rep- resentative. He was actively interested in the establish- ment of the Social Library, which in 1810 was purchased by the proprietors of the Salem Athenaeum. 1 A Susanna Higginson died at Boston, Feb. — , 1793. FIFTH GENERATION. 17 Children, born at Salem : 21 Stephen, b. Nov. 28, 1743. 22 Sarah, b. Jan. 14, 1744-5. John, b. Apr. 30, 1746 ; d. Aug. — , 1750. (Salem Town Records). Henry, b. Dec. 14, 1747 ; d. Sept. 28, 1790, at Boston, unm, In 1777, he was master of a vessel and on a voyage to Halifax, probably taken prisoner. He was representative from Salem, 1780 (Pynchon's Diary). Oct. 15, 1781, he was commissioned by ad- vice of the Council commander of the brigantine "Venus" (priveteer). (Mass. Eev. Rolls). Deborah, b. July 24, 1750; d. Sept. — , 1753. 23 Deborah, b. Jan. 6, 1754. 24 Elizabeth, bapt. May 2, 1756. John, b. . He is named in a list of prisoners sent from the port of Halifax by order of Sir George Col- lier June 28, 1777, to be exchanged for British pris- oners ; said Higginson, a master, reported as having been taken in a trading vessel (Mass. Rev. Rolls.. Under date of July 7, 1777, William Pynchon in his diary notes the return to Salem of " Capt. Hig- ginson " and his brother " Harry " at the same hour, Oct. 13, 1781, the diary records, "J. Higginson and wife came to Salem at night," and again, Aug. 11, 1782, " Prisoners from England. Jno. Higginson et al. come home, and say that all the American priso- ners are released and sent home at the instance of the new ministry." As John Higginson was not named with the other heirs in the settlement of his mother's estate or of his brother Henry's, in 1798 it is to be supposed that he was dead at that time 16 Mary 3 Higginson (Nathaniel*, John 3 , John 2 Fra?icis''), born Oct. 14, 1708, at Salem, Mass.; died Oct. 3, 1747, at Salem ; married Sept. 20, 1729, at Salem, Capt. Nathaniel Andrew, son of Joseph and Abigail (Grafton) Andrew, born Aug. 10, 1705, at Salem ; died Feb. 4, 1762, at Salem. He married 2nd, May 20, 1748, at Salem, Ab- igail Ward, daughter of Benjamin and Deborah (Gilling- ham) Ward, baptized May 25, 1701, who married 1st, Jan. 81, 1723, George Peal. 18 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. Children (Andrew), born at Salem : Nathaniel, b. June 11, 1731 ; d. Mar. 20, 1731-2. Mary, b. Apr. 5, 1733 ; m. Apr. 25, 1753, at Salem, Wil- liam King, son of Capt. Samuel and Elizabeth (Bar- ton) King, bapt. May 4, 1729, at Salem. He m. 2nd, July 20, 1760, at Salem, Anstis (Crowninshield), widow of Christopher Babbidge. Joseph, b. Feb. 7, 1734-5 ; d. Feb. 24, 1734-5. Abigail, b. Feb. 7, 1734-5 ; d. Feb. 16, 1734-5. Hannah, b. May — , 1736 ; d. Nov. 8, 1736. Jonathan, b. Feb. 6, 1737-8 ; d. May 16, 1781, at Satem ; m. June 12, 1760, at Salem, Mary Gardner, dau. of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Gardner) Gardner, b. Mar. 19, 1739, at Salem; d. Jan. 16, 1820, at Salem. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 23, 1745 ; d. Sept. 12, 1754. John, b. Sept. 27, 1747 ; d. , 1791, at Windham, Me. ; m. Oct. 19, 1769, at Salem, Elizabeth Watson, dau. of Abraham and Elizabeth (Pickering) Watson, b. Feb. 11, 1748, at Salem ; d. Feb. 22, 1830, at Wind- ham. Grandparents of John Albion Andrew, Gov- ernor of Mass., 1861-1866. 17 Hannah 5 Higginson (Nathaniel 4 , John\ John 2 , Francis 1 }, born Nov. 8, 1712, at Salem, Mass.; died ; married Sept. 26, 1734, at Salem, John Ward, son of Miles and Sarah (Massey) Ward, born July 7, 1707, at Salem ; died . He married 2nd, Sept. 14, 1758, Mar- tha Batter, daughter of Edmund and Martha (Pickman) Batter, born Sept. 21, 1712, at Salem; d. Oct. 12, 1788, at Salem. He probably kept the Anchor Tavern of Lynn on the "old road," 1753. Children (Ward), born at Salem : Hannah, b. Dec. 21, 1735 ; d. Apr. 4, 1808, at Salem; m. Nov. 9, 1758, at Salem, Capt. Samuel Webb, son of Jonathan and Priscilla (Bray) Webb, b. Feb. 18, 1732, at Salem ; d. , 1780, at Salem. He m. 1st, Oct. 14, 1755, at Salem, Deborah Prince. Mary, b. Aug. 9, 1737; d. May 27, 1740. SIXTH GENERATION. 19 John, b. Jan. 10, 1738 ; d. Dec. 1, 1789, at Salem ; m. 1st, June 4, 1761, Bethiah Archer, dau. of Jonathan and Abigail (Allen) Archer, bapt. Mar. 8, 1740-1, at Salem. He m. 2nd, Oct. 24, 1784, Molly (Lufkin) widow of John Emmerton. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 29, 1739-40 ; d. 1759. Andrew, b. Oct. 6, 1742; d. Jan. — , 1816, at Salem; m. May 21, 1773, Sarah Henfield, dau. of Edmund and Lydia (Hardy) Hentield, b. May 14, 1750, at Salem ; d. Dec. 16, 1817, at Salem. 18 Elizabeth 5 Higginson {Nathaniel*, John', John 2 , Francis 1 *), born Sept. 30, 1714, at Salem, Mass.; married Jan. 9, 1734-5, at Salem, Obadiah Morss, son of Nathan- iel and Sarah (Draper) Morss, born Feb. 29, 1711, at Bos- ton. It is said they removed to New Haven, Conn. Children (Morss): Hannah, b. Mar. 25, 1737, at Boston. Nathaniel, bapt. Nov. 8, 1741, at Salem. Sixth Generation. 19 Lieut. Col. John 6 Higginson (John*, John*, John', John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Oct. 11, 1720, at Salem, Mass.; died Sept. 23, 1774, at Salem; married 1st, Sept. 19, 1743, at Salem, Hannah Marsh, daughter of Rev. Jo- seph and Anne (Fiske) Marsh, bom Oct. 23, 1723, at Braintree, Mass.; died Feb. 9, 1747, at Salem. He mar- ried 2nd, Oct. 4, 1747, at Salem, Elizabeth Papilion, daugh- ter of Capt. Peter and Catherine Papilion. 1 She married 1st, Jan. 28, 1730, at Boston, John Wolcott, son of Josiah and Mary (Freke) Wolcott, born Sept. 12, 1702 ; died May — , 1747, at Salem. John Higginson married 3rd, Dec. 29, 1755, at Boston, Mehitable Robie, daughter of Thomas and Mehitable (Sewall) Robie, baptized Dec. 29, 1723, at Salem ; died Jan. 20, 1818, at Salem. 1 In the settlement of Catherine Papilion's estate, mention is made of " her relations, Storey and Alsop." (Suffolk Probate, 6425). 20 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. John Higginson was registrar of deeds for Essex coun- ty thirty years and held numerous town offices. Children, born at Salem : Mehitable, b. Apr. 6, 1759 ; d. Dec. 15, 1759. John, b. Sept. 1, 1760 ; d. Dec. 22, 1762. Andrew, b. Aug. 5, 1762 ; d. Sept. 9, 1763. Mehitable, b. Mar. 26, 1764; d. July 19, 1846. She was for many years a school teacher in Salem. 20 Elizabeth 6 Higginson (John*, John\ John*, John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Mar. 30, 1722, at Salem, Mass.; died Oct. 25, 1781, at Salem ; married Mar. 30, 1744, at Salem, Joseph Cabot, son of John and Anne (Orne) Cabot, baptized July 24, 1720, at Salem; died Dec. 8, 1767, at Salem. Children (Cabot), born at Salem : John, b. Jan. 14, 1744-5 ; d. Aug. 28, 1821, at Boston ; m. May 9, 1779, at Beverly, Hannah Dodge, dau. of George and Lydia (Herrick) Dodge, b. Feb. 7, 1758, at Salem ; d. Feb. 7, 1830. A. B., H. C. 1763 ; A. M. 1766 ; rep. 1692. Joseph, b. Jan. 19, 1745-6; d. Feb. 5, 1774, at Salem ; m. Aug. 4, 1768, at Salem, Rebecca Orne, dau. of Tim- othy and Rebecca (Taylor) Orne, b. July 17, 1748 ; d. Nov. 17, 1818, at Salem. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 16, 1746-7 ; d. Apr. 16, 1747. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 24, 1747-8; buried June 22, 1786, at Beverly ; m. June 9, 1769, at Salem, Joseph Lee, son of Thomas and Lois (Orne) Lee, b. May 22, 1744, at Salem ; d. Feb. 6, 1831, at Salem. He m. 2nd, May 12, 1793, at Beverly, Deborah Higginson, dau. of Stephen and Elizabeth (Cabot) Higginson. (No. 23). Andrew, b. Aug. 2, 1749 ; d. Jan. 1, 1749-50. Andrew, b. Dec. 16, 1750; buried May 17, 1791, at Bev- erly ; m. Apr. 25, 1773, at Beverly, Lydia Dodge, dau. of George and Lydia (Herrick) Dodge, b. Apr. 13, 1756, at Beverly ; d. July 11, 1807, at Beverly. SIXTH GENERATION. 21 George, b. Jan. 16, 1751. (No. 24). Nathaniel, b. May 2, 1753 ; d. at sea. Stephen, b. Nov. 26, 1754. (No. 23). Francis, b. June 14, 1757; d. , 1832, at Natchez, Miss. ; m. June 28, 1780, at Salem, Nancy Clarke, dan. of John and Sarah (Pickering) Clarke, b. July — , 1761, at Salem ; d. Sept. 9, 1788, at Salem. Aide to Gen. Lincoln during Shays' Rebellion. Samuel, b. Nov. 9, 1759, d. Apr. 20, 1819, at Boston; m. Nov. 27, 1781, at Boston, Sarah Barrett, dau. of Hon. Samuel and Mary (Clark) Barrett, b. Mar. 13, 1763 ; d. Feb. 17, 1809, at Boston. Major of the Militia. 21 Hon. Stephen 6 Higginson (Stephen,* John,* John, 3 John, 2 Francis'), born Nov. 28, 1743, at Salem, Mass.; died Nov. 22, 1828, at Boston, Mass. 1 ; married 1st, Oct. 20, 1763, at Portsmouth, N. H., Susan Cleveland, daughter of Rev. Aaron and Susan (Porter) Cleveland, born Mar. 1, 1741, at Medford, Mass. ; died June 18, 1788, at Bos- ton. He married 2nd, June 18, 1789, at Boston, Eliza- beth Perkins, daughter of James and Joanna (Mascarene) Perkins, born 1747 ; died July 19, 1791, at Boston. He married 3rd, Sept. 27, 1792, at Boston, Sarah Perkins, sis- ter of Elizabeth, born 1752 ; died Apr. 19, 1826, at Boston. Children, born at Salem and Boston : 25 John, b. Jan. 15, 1765. 26 Sarah, b. June 11, 1766. Nathaniel Cabot, b. Feb. 12, 1768 ; d. July — , 1794, while at Roseau, Dominica; m. Oct. 13, 1792, at Philadelphia, Penn., Sarah Rhea, dau. of John and Mary Rhea, bapt. Apr. 21, 1769, at Philadelphia ; d. 1844, probably at Springfield, Mass. She m. 2nd, Feb. 1, 1815, at Philadelphia, Thomas Astley, who died, 1839, at Philadelphia. Child : Mary Ann, d. Aug. 23, 1824. Mr. Higginson was admitted to the Penn. Bar Dec. 11, 1790. "Life and Times of Stephen Higginson, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. 22 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. 27 Stephen, b. Nov. 20, 1770. 28 Barbara Cooper, b. Jan. 15, 1774. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 5, 1776 ; d. Sept. 7, 1842, at Newbury port, Mass. ; m. 1st, Dec. 18, 1809, at Boston, Hon Dudley Atkins Tyng (No. 26). She ra. 2nd, Jan. 6 1831, at Newburyport, Rev. James Morss, D. D. son of Jonathan and Judith (Brown) Morss, b. Oct 26, 1779, at Newburyport ; d. Apr. 26, 1842, at New buryport. He m. 1st, Oct. 19, 1804, Martha Board man, dau. of Jacob Boardman, who d. Apr. 22, 1829 Degrees of Rev. James Morss, A. B.,H. U. 1800 A. M. 1803 ; S. T. D., Coll. N. J. 1826. 29 George, b. July 19, 1779. 30 Henry, b. Feb. 5, 1781. 31 Susan Cleveland, b. Apr. 20, 1783. Child of second marriage : 32 James Perkins, bapt. Aug. 24, 1791. 22 Sarah 6 Higginson (Stephen* John* John* John,* Francis 1 '), born Jan. 14, 1744-5, at Salem, Mass. ; died May 5, 1772, at Newburyport, Mass. ; married Jan. 3, 1767, at Salem, Hon. John Lowell, son of Rev. John and Sarah (Champney) Lowell, born June 17, 1743, at Newbury- port ; died May 9, 1802, at Roxbury, Mass. He married 2nd, May 31, 1774, at Salem, Susanna Cabot, daughter of Francis and Mary (Fitch) Cabot, born Jan. 13, 1754, at Salem ; died Mar. 30, 1777, at Salem. He married 3rd, Dec. 25, 1778, at Dunstable, Mass,, Rebecca Russell, daughter of Hon. James and Katherine (Graves) Russell, and widow of James Tyng, born Feb. 27, 1747, at Charles- town, Mass. ; died Sept. 14, 1816, at Boston. 1 A. B., H. C. 1760; A. M. 1763; LL. D. 1792; Fellow 1784-1802. Children (Lowell), born at Newburyport : Ann Cabot, b. Mar. 30, 1768 ; d. Dec. 18, 1810, at Bos- ton. 'Hon. James Russell Lowell was grandson of the third marriage. SIXTH GENERATION. 23 John, b. Oct. 6, 17G9' ; d. Mar. 13, 1840, at Roxbury ; m. June 8, 1793, at Boston, Rebecca Amory, dau. of John and Katherine (Green) Amory, b. Jan. 8, 1771, at Boston ; d. May 12, 1842, at Boston. A. B., H. U. 1786; A. M. 1789; LL. D. 1814; Fellow 1810- 1822; Overseer 1823-1827. Sarah Champney, b. Jan. 1, 1771 ; d. July 31, 1851, at Cambridge. 23 Deborah Higginson (Stephen,* John, 4 John,* John 2 , Francis 1 '), born Jan. 6, 1754, at Salem, Mass. ; died Dec. 4, 1820, at Boston, Mass. ; married 1st, Mar. 29, 1777, at Salem, Stephen Cabot, son of Joseph and Eliza- beth (Higginson) Cabot, born Nov. 26, 1754, at Salem ; died , J.779, at Salem, (No. 20). She married 2nd, May 12, 1793, at Beverly, Joseph Lee, son of Thomas and Lois (Orne) Lee, born May 22, 1744, at Salem ; died Feb. 6, 1831, at Boston. He married 1st, June 9, 1769, at Salem, Elizabeth Cabot, sister of Stephen Cabot. (No. 20). Child (Cabot), born at Salem : Mary, b. Feb. 4, 1778 ; d. Aug. 2, 1802. 24 Elizabeth 6 Higginson (Stephen,* John, 4 John,* John, 2 Francis 1 ), baptized May 2, 1756, at Salem, Mass. ; died July 14, 1826, at Boston, Mass. ; married Feb. 22, 1774, at Salem, Hon. George Cabot 2 , son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Higginson) Cabot, born Jan. 16, 1751, at Salem ; died Apr. 18, 1823, at Boston. A. M. (hon.), H. C. 1779. Children (Cabot), born at Beverly : George, bapt. Feb. 19, 1775 ; bur. Mar. 13, 1788. Charles, bapt. Sept. 14, 1777; d. Jan. — , 1811, at Havana, unm. A. B., H. U. 1796 ; A. M. 1805. Elizabeth, bapt. Feb. 7, 1779 ; bur. Apr. 25, 1780. 'Great-grandfather of Abbott Lawrence Lowell, President of Har- vard University. 2 Life of George Cabot by Henry Cabot Lodge. 24 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. Henry, bapt. Mar. 19, 1780 ; bur. July 20, 1783. Elizabeth, bapt. July 28, 1782 ; bur. Oct. 7, 1783. Henry, b. July 31, 1783 ; d. Aug. 18, 1864, at Nahant, Mass. ; m. Mar. 23, 1814, Anna Sophia Blake, dau. of John Welland and Abigail (Jones) Blake, b. July 2, 1796 ; d. Mar. 22, 1845, at Boston. 1 Edward, bapt. Sept. 29, 1784; d. Dec. 17, 1803, at Bos- ton. Elizabeth, bapt. Oct. 2, 1785 ; d. Aug. 17, 1839, at ; m. Sept. 2, 1827, at Boston, Rev. John Thornton Kirkland, son of Rev. Samuel and Jerusha (Bing- ham) Kirkland, b. Aug. 17, 1770, at Herkimer, N. Y. ; d. Apr. 26, 1840, at Boston. A. M., H. U. 1789; President of H. U. 1810-1828. Seventh Generation. 25 John 7 Higginson (Stephen? Stephen* John,* John, 3 John, 2 Francis'), born Jan. 15, 1765, at Salem, Mass. ; administration of his estate was granted to his brother Henry, May 10, 1820, when he was called late of Boston, merchant, married between Sept. 3, 1796 and May 27, 1797, at Paris, France, Josephine 2 , daughter of Eti- 'Grandparents of Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge. 2 The following is an account, translated from the French, de- scribing the life of Josephine de la Porte in her grandmother's home. Mme. de Breget was the sister of that Mme. de Monthule, daughter of the Farmer-General Haudry de Sucy, who occupied the chateau of Sainte- Assise near the chateau of Seine- Port which the Duke of Orleans, father of Philippe-Egalite, occupied during the summer. •'When I saw this Aurora and Diana, she was merely rather a forlorn mortal who had preserved of her divine attributes only a charming voice and fine knowledge of the world. " Mme. de Brege"t, on the contrary, was very stately and majestic, yet very simple and quite womanly. They lived together on the Champs Elisees, in a charming house whose garden adjoined that of the Hotel de Beaujon and where they had strolled about freely. Mme. de Bre"get had no family around her except her two young grandchildren, aged respectively eighteen and twenty years of age. One of them was Alphonse de la Porte, a fine and charming young fellow of good ideas and attractive ways, whom illness carried away in his prime, a few years later. The other, his younger sister (Jo- sephine de la Porte) was pretty enough and pleasant enough, and wished for a husband, but was not married because her grand- mother's fortune was not sufficient to secure that, as in many cases SEVENTH GENERATION. 25 enne-Francois comte de la Porte, chevalier, seigneur d' Eydoche, Bocsosel, et Marlieu, regimental colonel in the old Marine, chevalier of the royal and military order of St. Louis. Her mother was Mille. Herbert, daughter of a French noble, N de Breget, officer of the guard of Monsieur, the brother of Louis XVI. He married 2nd, Elizabeth . John Higginson was appointed ensign Nov. 30, 1786, and was a recruiting officer during Shays' Rebellion. (Pynchon's Diary). In 1792 he went to Paris, as appears in a letter dated Sept. 3, 1796, from his father, Stephen Higginson, to Timothy Pickering, then Secretary of State, in which he offers his son John, as a candidate for the office of U. S. Consul. The letter says : " He has been settled in Paris four years, is master of the language, has an extensive acquaintance among those in administration of the French government and has much influence with them. This information I have from Americans who have been there and have derived much benefit from his agency with the executive committees, &c. He has acquired there a good property and has now many important claims upon the French government for me and others, which he will remain to pursue. ... I should be glad to have him ap- pointed if there be a vacancy, as I suppose, and no fitter person appears to take it." happens. The poor girl ended by being bestowed, with her full con- sent, upon a kind of rich American savage, Higginson, who dropped her after a while before or after some great folly that she had com. mitted and with scandal for she was very foolish, which at last ex- pelled her from good society. " Mme. de Breget fulfilled with pleasure those duties as grand- mother which called upon her for balls and entertainments. These gatherings were charming. On the days when they did not dance, the guests played games in a large hall and the young people gath- ered in a smaller one. This brought glory to me because the fertility of my genius caused me to be elected the leader of the group. Me"zy had some merit and they owed to him ' the Discovery of the Lost Rabbit, 1 but he was quite subordinate to me." (Souvenirs du Baron de Frenilly, Pair de France (1768-1828), publies avec introduction et notes par Arthur Chuquet, Membre de l'lnstitut, Paris, 1909, p. 208). 26 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. In a second letter, May 27, 1797, Stephen Higginson writes " but I have late information from France of his [John] being there married and under such circumstances as render his abode there very probable, which may and perhaps ought to be an objection to his being in any office under this government. Though I shall still have perfect confidence in him, persuaded that I know fully his prin- ciples and feelings, it is not to be expected that others without the same evidence can have the same convictions.*' (Pickering MSS. Vols. V, p. 225 ; XXI, p. 183). In 1810, John Higginson accompanied his sister, Susan Cleveland Channing and her husband on their voyage to Rio Janeiro and from there sailed for the Cape of Good Hope. (Life of William Henry Channing, pp. 31, 39). He is said to have died at Richmond, Va. Children of Josephine : Jeanette, b. ; d. y. Simplice, b. ; m. the Bavon Rouille, and in 1828 re- sided at Lyons, France, having three children. Children of Elizabeth : 33 Elizabeth, b. Jan. 12, 1809. Susan, b. Jan. 12, 1809 ; d. Feb. 22, 1883, aged 74, at Portland, Me. ; m. Nov. 8, 1832, at Newburyport, Mass., Rev. James Frederic Otis, son of Samuel Al- lyne and Elizabeth (Coffin) Otis, who died Feb. 1, 1867 aged 58, at Boston. Both were buried at New- huryport. 26 Sarah? Higginson {Stephen 6 , Stephen*, John*, John 3 , John 2 , Franeis'*), bom June 11, 1766, at Salem, Mass. ; died Nov. 2, 1808, at Boston, Mass. ; married Oct. 19, 1792, at Boston, Hon. Dudley Atkins Tyng (he assumed the name Tyng, 1783), son of Dudley and Sarah (Kent) Atkins, born Sept. 3, 1760, at Newburyport, Mass. ; died* Auo-. 1, 1829, at Newburyport. He married 2d, Dec. 18 SEVENTH GENERATION. £i 1809 at Boston, Elizabeth Higginson, sister of Sarah Higginson, born Aug. 5, 1776 ; d. Sept. 7, 1842. (No. 21). A. B., H. XL, 1781 ; A. M., 1704 ; A. M., Dart, 1794 ; LL. D, H. U., 1823 ; overseer, 1815-1821. Children (Tyng), born at Tyngsborough, Newburyport, and Boston : Sarah Winslow, b. Mar. 18, 1794; d. Jan. 2, 1880, at New York City; m. 1st, June 28, 1814, at , Charles Head, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Fra- zier) Head, b. , 1790, at Boston ; d. July 20, 1822, at Newburyport. She m. 2d, Dec. 20, 1827, at , Joseph Marquand, son of Joseph and Re- becca (Coffin) Marquand, b. Dec. 25, 1793, at New- buryport ; d. July — , 1854. Susan Cleveland, b. Oct. 23, 1795 ; d. July 8, 1882, at Pittsfield, Mass. ; m. July 13, 1837, at Newbury- port, Hon. Edward Augustus Newton, son of Henry and Ann (Stuart) Newton, b. May 1, 1785, at Hali- fax, N. S. ; d. Aug. 18, 1862, at Pittsfield. Dudley Atkins (adopted name of Atkins), b. June 12, 1798 ; d. Apr. 6, 1845, at Brooklyn, N. Y. ; m. Aug. 30, 1825, at Wilkesbarre, Penn., Ann Maria Bow- man, dau. of Ebenezer and Esther (Watson) Bow- man, b. Aug. 24, 1801, at Wilkesbarre ; d. Feb. 22, 1881, at Washington, D. C. A. B, H. U., 1816 ; A. B., Bowdoin, 1817; A. M, H. U., 1820; M. D., Uni. Pa., 1820. Stephen Higginson, b. Mar. 1, 1800 ; d. Sept. 3, 1885, at Irvington-on-Hndson, N. Y. ; m. 1st, Aug. 5, 1821, at Bristol, R. L, Ann De Wolf Griswold, dau. of Pvt. Rev. Alexander Viets and Elizabeth (Mitchelson) Griswold, b. Oct. 5, 1805, at Bristol ; d. May 16, 1832, at Philadelphia, Penn. He in. 2d, July 18, 1833, at Philadelphia, Susan Wilson Mitchell, dau. of Thomas and Maria (Cowell) Mitchell, b. Aug. 29, 1811, at Philadelphia; d. Jan. 8, 1895, at Irvington- on-Hudson. A. B., H. U., 1817 ; A. M., 1820 ; S. T. D., 1851. Rector of St. Paul's, Phila., 1829 ; St. George's, N. Y., 1845. Charles, b. Aug. 24, 1801 ; d. June 29, 1879, at Provi- dence, R. I. ; m. 1st, , 1825, Anna S. Arnold, dau. of Salmon and Selina Arnold, b. Oct. 7, 1804, 28 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. at Providence ; d. , 1830. He married 2d, Nov. 11, 1833, Anna Amelia McAlpine, dau. of John H. and Elizabeth (Jarvis) McAlpine, b. Oct. 6, 1816 ; d. Sept. 5, 1885, at Chaseville, Fla. George, b. , 1803; d. Apr. 2, 1823. A. B., H. U., 1822. Mary Cabot, b. May 4, 1804 ; d. July 25, 1849, at Mar- shall, Mich. ; m. Oct. 25, 1829, at Newburyport, Hon. Kobert Cross, son of William and Ruth (Stacy) Cross, b. July 3, 1799, at Newburyport; d. Nov. 9, 1859, at Lawrence, Mass. James Higginson, b. May 12, 1807 ; d. Apr. 16, 1879, at Brooklyn, N. Y. ; m. Jan. 1, 1830, at Boston, Matilda Augusta Temple Degan, dau. of Charles Furlong and Elizabeth Vassall (Russell) Degan, born July 12, 1808, at Leghorn, Italy ; d. May 30, 1883, at Exeter, N. H. 27 Stephen 7 Higginson (Stephen 6 , Stephen*, John*, John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 }, born Nov. 20, 1770, at Salem, Mass. ; died Feb. 20, 1834, at Cambridge, Mass.; married 1st, Aug. 7, 1794, at Boston, Mass., Martha Salisbury, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Sewall) Salisbury, bora Mar. 14, 1771, at Boston ; died Sept. 29, 1803, at Boston. He married 2d, Feb. 14, 1805, at Boston, Louisa Storrow, daughter of Capt. Thomas and Anne (Appleton) Storrow, born Mar. 18, 1786, at St. Andrews, N. B. ; died Nov. 15, 1864, at Brattleboro, Vt. Steward H. U., 1818- 1827. Children, born at Boston, Bolton, and Cambridge, Mass. : Elizabeth Sewall, b. June 3, 1795 ; d. Mar. — , 1796. Elizabeth Sewall, b. May 26, 1798 ; d. Dec. — , 1840, at Alexandria, Va. ; m. Aug. 16, 3831, Rev. Reuel Keith, D. D., son of Reuel and Abigail (Allen) Keith, born June 26, 1792, at Pittsford, Vt. ; d. Sept. 3, 1842, at Sheldon, Vt., Prof, at the Prot. Epis. Seminary in Virginia. Susan Cleveland, b. Mar. 1, 1800 ; d. Sept. — , 1801. Martha Salisbury, b. June 6, 1801 ; d. Dec. 14, 1889, SEVENTH GENERATION. 29 at Cambridge ; m. May 3, 1833, at Cambridge, Rev. Ichabod Nichols, D. D., sou of Ichabod and Lydia (Kopes) Nichols, born July 5, 1784, at Portsmouth, N. H. ; d. Jan. 2, 1859, at Cambridge. He m. 1st, May 15, 1810, Dorothy Gilman, dau. of Gov. John Taylor and Deborah (Folsom) Gilman, of Exeter, N. H., who d. , 1831. A. B., H. IT., 1802 ; A. M., 1805; tutor, 1805-1809 ; S. T. D., Bowd., 1821 ; H. U., 1831. Ordained at the First Church (Uni.), Portland, Me., 1809 ; pastor about 50 years. Stephen, b. Aug. 4, 1803 ; d. July 13, 1804. Children of second marriage : 34 Francis John, b. May 6. 1806. 35 Stephen, b. Jan. 4, 1808. Ann Storrow, b. Dec. 13, 1809 ; d. Nov. 17, 1892, at Boston. Edward Cabot, b. Apr. 21, 1812 ; d. Mar. — , 1814. Waldo, b. May 1, 1814; d. May 4, 1894, at Boston; m. Dec. 29, 1845, at Boston, Mary Davies Sohier, dau. of William Davies and Elizabeth Amory (Dexter) Sohier, b. Apr. 2, 1817, at Boston ; d. Dec. 9, 1885, at Boston. A. B., H. U., 1833; A. M., 1856; over- seer, 1869-1873. Susan Louisa, b. Mar. 19, 1816 ; d. Aug. 27, 1875, at Portland, Me. Samuel Thacher, b. Mar. 31, 1818 ; d. Mar. — , 1842 ; lost at sea. Mart Lee, b. Apr. 1, 1820; d. Oct. 11, 1826. Edward Cabot, b. Dec. 20, 1821; d. Apr. 24, 1824. 36 Thomas Wentworth, b. Dec. 22, 1823. 28 Barbara Cooper? Higginson (Stephen*, Ste- phen 5 , John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Jan. 15, 1774, at Salem, Mass.; died Nov. 29, 1843, at Boston, Mass.; mar- ried Mar. 19, 1795, at Boston, Samuel Gardner Perkins, son of James and Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins, born May 24, 1767, at Boston ; died May 24, 1847, at Brookline, Mass.' ! Owls Nest, by Edith Perkins Cunningham. 30 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. Children (Perkins), born at Boston : Barbara Higginson, b. Dec. 31, 1795; d. Oct. 10, 1822, at Boston ; m. Mar. 21, 1815, at Boston, Wal- ter Channing, M. D., son of William and Lncy (El- lery) Channing, b. Apr. 15, 1786, at Newport, R. I.; d. July 27, 1876, at Brookline. Susan Cleveland, b. Feb. 24, 1798; d. Apr. 8, 1825, at Boston ; m. Apr. 20, 1824, at Boston, George Searle, son of George and Mary Russell (Atkins) Searle, b. Dec. 3, 1788, at Newburyport, Mass. ; d. Jan. 2, 1858, at Brookline. Elizabeth Peck, b. Oct. 4, 1798 ; living, 1846. Nancy Maynard, b. July 17, 1801 ; d. Feb. 23, 1887, at Plymouth, Mass. Stephen Higginson, b. Dec. 17, 1804 ; d. Aug. 11, 1877, at ; m. 1st, Nov. 22, 1831, at Boston, Sarah Sever Sullivan, dau. of Hon. Richard and Sarab (Russell) Sullivan, b. Mar. 30, 1808, at Paris, France ; d. Mar. 14, 1839, at Boston ; m. 2d, Nov. 10, 1847, at Boston, Elizabeth S. Welles, dau. of Benjamin and Mehitabel Stoddard (Sumner) Welles, b. Aug. 13, 1816, at Boston ; d. Feb. 9, 1849, at Brookline ; m. 3d, , 1854, Ellen Blackler. James Handasyd, b. July 31, 1810; d, Dec. 14, 1849, at Cincinnati, Ohio ; m. Dec. 17, 1834, at Cincinnati, Sarah Hart Elliott, dau. of Andrew- and Catherine (Hill) Elliott, b. July 5, 1814, at Guilford, Conn.; d. Feb. 4, 1885, at Cincinnati. 29 George 7 Higginson (Stephen 6 , Step/ten* John 4 John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 '), born July 19, 1779, at Boston, Mass. ; died Mar. 19, 1812, at Boston ; married Dec. 16, 1800, at Boston, Martha Hubbard Babcock, daughter of Adam and Martha (Hubbard) Babcock, born Apr. 7, 1781, at Boston ; died Sept. 28, 1863, at Boston. She married 2d, , 1813, James Perkins Higginson (No. 32), broth- er of George Higginson. Children, born at Boston and London, Eng. : Martha Babcock, b. Oct. 15, 1801 ; d. Mar. 4, 1833, at Boston ; m. Apr. 7, 1824, at Boston, Augustus As- SEVENTH GENERATION. 31 pinwall, son of William and Susanna (Gardner) As- pinwall, b. Dec. 14, 1787, at Brookline, Mass.; d. July 27, 1865, at Woodstock, Conn. ; res. Brookline. Susan Cleveland, b. Aug. 25, 1803, at London ; d. Oct. 27, 1862, at Boston, unm. 37 George, b. Sept. 18, 1804. John, bapt. Feb. 27, 1807 ; d. Jan. 2l, 1822, at Boston. James Babcock, b. Nov. 16, 1809 ; d. May 26, 1855, at Mirzapore, India. Sarah Rhea, b. 1810; d. May 6, 1818, at Boston. 30 Henry 7 Higginson (Stephen 6 , Stephen*, John*, John 1 , John 2 , Francis 1 '), born Feb. 5, 1781, at Boston, Mass.; died May 16, 1838, at Boston ; married Apr. 24, 1803, Ann Maynard dishing, daughter of Robert and Ann (Perkins) Gushing, born Apr. 8, 1782, at Boston, died Apr. 2, 1847, at Watertown, Mass. Children: Henry, b. Jan. 5, 1807, at Boston ; d. Aug. 17, 1824. 38 Samuel Perkins, b. Oct. 28, 1808, at London, Eng. 39 Stephen Cleveland, b. Mar. 18, 1811, at Boston. 40 John Cushing, b. July 4, 1813, at Manchester, Eng. 41 George Maynard, b. Apr. 24, 1815, at Boston. 31 Susan Cleveland 7 Higginson (Stephen 6 , Ste- phen*, John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Apr. 20, 1783, at Boston, Mass.; died Feb. 8, 1865, at Brattleboro, Vt.; married Nov. 30, 1806, at Boston, Francis Dana Channing, son of William and Lucy (Ellery) Channing, born Aug. 16, 1775, at Newport, R. I.; died Nov. 8, 1810, on a voy- age to Rio Janeiro. A. B., H. U. 1794 ; A. M. 1797. Children (Channing), born at Boston : Susan Cleveland, b. Oct. 13, 1807 ; d. May 14, 1877, at Brookline, Mass.; m. June 21, 1831, at Cambridge, Mass., Francis John Higginson. (No. 34). Lucy Ellery, b. Apr. 15, 1809 ; d. Feb. 25, 1877, at Brookline, unm. 32 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. William Henry, b. May 25, 1810 ; d. Dec. 23, 1884, at London, Eng. ; in. Dec. 7, 1836, at Eondout, N. Y., Julia Maria Allen, dau. of William and Maria Cor- nelia (Verplanck) Allen, b. Sept. 5, 1813, at Fish- kill, N. Y.; d. , 1889. A. B., H. U. 1829 ; Div. S. 1833. 32 James Perkins 7 Higginson (Stephen 6 , Ste- phen 5 , John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 *), baptized Aug. 24, 1791, at Boston, Mass.; died Jan. 10, 1878, at Boston ; married , 1813, Martha Hubbard (Babcock) widow of his brother George Higginson (No. 29), and daughter of Adam and Martha (Hubbard) Babcock, born Apr. 7, 1781, at Boston; died Sept. 28, 1863, at Boston. Children, born at Boston and Brookline, Mass.: 42 Frances Saltonstall, b. May 28, 1814. Louisa Gore, b. Nov. 5, 1815 ; d. Dec. 17, 1876, at Bos- ton, unm. Mary Elizabeth, b. 1817 ; d. Oct. 11, 1821, aged 4 years. 43 Sarah Rhea, b. Dec. 22, 1819. Charles James, b. Dec. 7, 1821 ; m. Jan. 29, 1887, at Pomfret, Conn., Susan Gillespie Ralston, dau. of George and Levisa (Smith) Ralston, b. Sept. 12, 1832, at Philadelphia, Penn. She married 1st, Peb. 28, 1854, William Thomas Wilcox, who d. Nov. 18, 1863. John Augustus, b. June 21, 1824 ; d. Peb. 14, 1908, at Boston, unm. 44 Henry Frederick, b. Sept. 5, 1825. Eighth Generation. 33 Elizabeth 53 Higginson (John?, Stephen 6 , Ste- phen 5 , John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Jan. 12, 1809; died Oct. 11, 1893, at Melrose, Mass., (aged 86 years, 9 months, 1 day; Melrose Records), married Dec. 6, 1831, at Newburyport, Nicholas Johnson, son of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Davenport) Johnson, born Jan. 18, 1801, at Newburyport ; died Aug. 31, 1882, aged 81 years, 7 months, 13 days, at Melrose. Both were buried at Newburyport. EIGHTH GENERATION. 33 Children (Johnson), born at Newburyport and Roxbury : Susan Higginson, b. Oct. 6, 1832 ; d. July 26, 1800, aged 27 ; buried at Newburyport. Nicholas, b. 1835 ; d. Nov. 17, 1844, at Newburyport. Elizabeth Loring Woaet, b. June 6, 1837 ; m. Sept. 29, 1864, at Boston, William Nichols Todd, son of Francis Brown and Martha Willard (Nichols) Todd, b. Nov. 5, 1836, at Newburyport; d. July 26, 1802, at Melrose ; res. Dorchester (Boston). Emily, b. Jan. 5, 1847; m. Sept. 22, 1894, at Boston, Edgar French Burbank, son of Alonzo French and Abigail (Baker) Burbank, b. Oct. 30, 1855, at Charlestown, Mass.; res. Allston (Boston). 34 Dr. Francis John 8 Higginson (Stephen?, Ste- phen 6 , Stephen*, John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 }, born May 6, 1806, at Boston, Mass.; died Mar. 9, 1872, at Brookline, Mass.; married June 21, 1831, at Cambridge, Mass., Susan Cleveland Channing, daughter of Francis Dana and Susan Cleveland (Higginson) Channing, born Oct. 13, 1807, at Boston, died May 14, 1877 at Brookline. A. B., H. U. 1825 ; M. D. 1828. Children, born at Cambridge : 45 Mary Louisa, b. Apr. 16, 1832. Eliza Wainwright Channing, b. June 24, 1834 ; res. Brookline. A daughter, b. Oct. — , 1844 ; d. Nov. — , 1844. 35 Stephen 5 Higginson (Stephen?, Stephen 6 , Ste- phen 5 , John 1 , John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 '), born Jan. 4, 1808, at Boston, Mass.; died Aug. 11, 1870, at Cambridge, Mass.; married Oct. 19, 1831, at Boston, Agnes Gordon Cochran, daughter of William and Mary (Fletcher) Cochran, born Jan. 13, 1810, at Boston ; died Aug. 15, 1888, at Magno lia, Mass. Children : 46 Stephen, b. Aug. 21, 1832, at New York City. 34 DESCENDANTS OP FRANCIS HIGG1NS0N. Annie Storrow, b. May 25, 1834, at New York City res. Magnolia. William Cochran, b. Oct. 26, 1836, at New York City m. 1872, at Chicago, 111., Ella A. Little ; res. Boston 47 Agnes Gordon, b. Dec. 28, 1838, at Grand Rapids, Mich 48 Samuel Storrow, b. Mar. 22, 1841, at Cambridge. Francis John, b. July 21, 1843, at Jamaica Plain (Rox- bnry) ; m. Jan. 5, 1878, at Cold Spring, N. Y.; Grace Glenwood Haldane, dau. of John H. and Matilda (Hasbrouck) Haldane, b. Feb. 24, 1854, at Cold Spring. Graduated at Annapolis, 1861 ; Rear Admi- ral, 1899. (See note at end of genealogy.) Robert Minturn, b. Sept. 18, 1845, at Roxbury. Louis, b. Aug. 31, 1846, at Roxbury; m. Nov. 2, 1880, at New York City, Annie Louise Eastman, dau. of Charles J. F. and Helen Whitman (Farrer) East- man, and widow of Hamilton Davidson Lockwood. Arthur, b. Dec. 5, 1853, at Jamaica Plain (Roxbury); d. , 1871, at Barre, Mass. 49 Edward, b. Dec. 5, 1853, at Jamaica Plain (Roxbury). 36 Col. Thomas -Wentworth 8 Higginson (Ste- phen 7 , Stephen 6 , Stephen 5 , John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Dec. 22, 1823, at Cambridge, Mass.; married 1st, Sept. 22, 1847, at Boston, Mary Elizabeth Channing, daughter of Dr. Walter and Barbara Higginson (Perkins) Channing (No. 28), born July 4, 1820, at Boston; died Sept. 2, 1877, at Newport, R. I. He married 2nd, Feb. 6, 1879, at West Newton, Mass., Mary Potter Thacher, daughter of Peter and Margaret Louisa (Potter) Thacher, born Nov. 26, 1844, at Machias, Me. Residence Cambridge. A. B., H. U. 1841 ; A. M. 1869 ; Div. S. 1847 ; LL. D. 1898; LL. D., W. R. Uni. (O.) 1896. (See note at end of genealogy.) Children of second marriage, born at Cambridge : Louisa Wentworth, b. Jan. 26, 1880 ; d. Mar. 15, 1880. 50 Margaret Waldo, b. July 25, 1881. 37 George 8 Higginson ( George?, Stephen 6 , Stephen 5 , John*, John*, John 2 , Francis 1 '), born Sept. 18, 1804, at Bos- EIGHTH GENERATION. 35 ton, Mass.; died Apr. 27, 1889, at Boston ; married Nov. 1, 1832, at Boston, Mary Cabot Lee, daughter of Henry and Mary (Jackson) Lee, born Aug. 16, 1811, at Boston; died Aug. 26, 1849, at West Cambridge, Mass. Children, born at New York City and Boston : 51 George, b. Aug. 6, 1833. 52 Henry Lee, b. Nov. 18, 1834. 53 James Jackson, b. June 19, 183G. 54 Mary Lee, b. Sept. 5, 1838. 55 Francis Lee, b. Oct. 11, 1841. 38 Samuel Perkins s Higginson {Henrys Stephen? Stephen 5 , John 4 , John* John 2 , Francis 1 }, born Oct. 28, 1808, at London, Eng. ; died Apr. 28, 1893, at Chicago, 111. ; married Nov. 28, 1841, at Tipton, Iowa, Freelove Wiggins Smith, daughter of Moses Rogers and Mary R. (Reed) Smith, born Nov. 14, 1822, at New York City ; died Feb. 2, 1909, at Napa, Cal. Children, born at Tipton : 56 Lucy Maynard, b. Sept. 16, 1842. 57 Henry Cushing, b. Mar. 6, 1844. 58 George Francis, b. Dec. 7, 1847. 39 Stephen Cleveland 8 Higginson {Henry, Stephen 6 , Stephen 5 , John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 }, born Mar. 18, 1811, at Boston, Mass. ; died Mar. 8, 1863, at Chicago, 111. ; married Dec. 14, 1848, at St. Croix, W. I., Jane Rosalind Carden, daughter of James Carden, born Feb. 21, 1821, at Copenhagen, Denmark ; died June 27, 1896, at Newark, N. J. Children, born at Chicago : 59 Nancy Maynard, b. Oct. 21, 1849. Russell Carden, b. Apr. 3, 1852 ; d. May 14, 1909 ; m. June 8, 1881, at Portland, Or., Ella Rhoads, dau. of Charles Reeves and Mary A. Rhoads, born at Coun- cil Grove, Kan. ; res. Bellinghara, Wash. Stephen Cleveland, b. Aug. 14, 1855, at Atlanta, Ga. ; d. Oct. 3, 1857, at St. Croix. 36 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. 40 John Cushing 8 Higginson (Henry?, Stephen*, Stephen 5 , John 4 , John 5 , John 2 , Francis 1 '), born July 4, 181 3, at Manchester, Eng. ; died Feb. 4, 1874, at Newburgh, N. Y. ; married 1st, , at Newburgh, Charlotte Brown, daughter of John W. and Eliza Reeve Brown, born April 3, 1828, at Newburgh ; died Dec. 16, 1860, at Newburgh. He married 2nd, Nov. 18, 1863, at Newburgh, Anna E. Brown, sister of his first wife, born Sept. 2, 1832, at New- burgh ; died May, 1847, at Fishkill, N. Y. Children, born at Dubuque, Iowa : 60 Henry Cushing, b. Sept. 13, 1852. Edward Cleveland, b. June 5, 1854 ; d. Aug. 17, 1854 . Louis Maynard, b. Oct. 30, 1856 ; d. July 15, 1890, at San Antonio, Texas, unm. B. P., Yale, 1880. Alice Cleveland, b. Jan. 9, 1859 ; d. Oct. 14, 1860. 41 George Maynard 8 Higginson (Henrys Ste- phen 6 , Stephen 5 , John 4 , John 5 , John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Apr. 24, 1815, at Boston, Mass. ; died Oct. 9, 1897, at Elm- hurst, 111. ; married June 12, 1845, at Philadelphia, Penn., Anna Elizabeth Tyng, daughter of Rev. Dr. Stephen Hig- ginson and Ann DeWolf (Griswold) Tyng, born Dec. 9, 1822, in Prince George's Co., Md. ; died Apr. 17, 1881, at Elmhurst, 111. Children, born at Chicago : 61 Charles Maynard, b. July 11, 1846. Anne Griswold, b. Jan. 24, 1849; d. May 9, 1853. 62 Dudley Tyng, b. July 5, 1850. Julia Newberry, b. Sept. 29, 1853 ; d. Aug. 4, 1854. 63 Alexander Griswold, b. May 8, 1855. 42 Frances SaltonstalP Higginson (James Ps, Stephen 6 , Stephen 5 , John 4 , John 5 , John 2 , Francis 1 ), born May 28, 1814, at Boston, Mass. ; died Dec. 16, 1901, at Brookline, Mass.; married Sept. 2, 1839, at Boston, Charles Dudley Head, son of Charles and Sarah Winslow EIGHTH GENERATION. 37 (Tyng) Head, bom Mar. 19, 1815, at Boston; died Oct. 23, 1889, at Brookline. Children (Head), born at Brookline : Mary Pomeroy, b. Feb. 9, 1845; d. Feb. 12, 1851. Francis Dudley, b. July 3, 1848 ; d. Sept. 25, 1856. Elizabeth Frazier, b. Sept. 11, 1852 ; res. Brookline. James Higginson, b. Nov. 26, 1854 ; d. Aug. 19, 1875. 43 Sarah Rhea s Higginson (James Pj, Stephen 6 , Stephen 5 , John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Dec. 22, 1819, at Brookline, Mass. ; married Sept. 23, 1844, at Boston, Mass., William Ingersoll Bowditch, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Ingersoll) Bowditch, born Aug. 5, 1819, at Salem, Mass. ; died Jan. 24, 1909, at Brookline. A. B., H. IL, 1838 ; LL. B., 1841. Children (Bowditch), born at Brookline : James Higginson, b. May 27, 1846 ; res. Brookline. A. B.,H. U. 1869. Ernest William, b. Apr. 10, 1850 ; m. Nov. 12, 1889, at Charlestown, Mass., Margaret Lyon Swann, dau. of Thomas Lawrens and Elizabeth Bowers (Lyon) Swann, b. Nov. 12, 1864, at Charlestown ; res. Milton, Mass. Frederick Channing, b. June 24, 1854 ; m. Jan. 20, 1897, at Milton, Mass., Elizabeth Thompson Forster, dau. of Edward Jacob and Anita Damon (Lyon) Forster, b. Apr. 12, 1874, at Charlestown ; res. Brook- line. Susan Higginson, b. Oct. 11, 1858; m. Nov. 17, 1880, at Brookline, Harry Vinton Long, son of George Washington and Mary Elizabeth (Nash) Long, b. Feb. 25, 1857, at Roxbury, Mass. ; res. Brookline. Louisa Higginson, b. Apr. 25, 1860; m. Oct. 31, 1882, at Brookline, Dean Pierce, son of Jacob Willard and Mary Boardman (Dean) Pierce, b. July 16, 1857, at Newburyport, Mass.; res. Brookline. 44 Henry Frederick 5 Higginson (James Pj, Ste- phen 6 , Stephen 5 , John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 }, born Sept. 5, 38 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. 1825, at Boston, Mass. ; died Mar. 31, 1891, at Boston,* married Apr. 15, 1857, at Boston, Mary Jarves, daughter of Deming and Ann (Stetson) Jarves, born , 1833, at Boston ; died May 10, 1863, at Brookline, Mass. Child, born at Boston : 64 Frederick, b. Jan. 25, 1860. Ninth Generation. 45 Mary Louisa 9 Higginson {Francis J., s Stephen 7 , Stephen 6 , Stephen 5 , John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 *), born Apr. 13, 1832, at Cambridge, Mass. ; died May 14, 1903, at Brookline, Mass. ; married Nov. 12, 1856, at Brattle- boro, Vt., Francis Cabot, son of Frederick and Marianne (Cabot) Cabot, born June 16, 1825, at Newton, Mass. ; died Apr. 11, 1905, at Brookline. Children (Cabot), born at Boston, Brattleboro and Brook- line: Marian, b. Sept. 24, 1857 ; m. Feb. 15, 1886, at Brook- line, James Jackson Putnam, M. D., son of Charles Gideon and Elizabeth Cabot (Jackson) Putnam, born Oct. 3, 1846, at Boston; res. Boston. A. B., H. U., 1866 ; M. D. 1870. Francis Higginson, b. June 28, 1859 ; m. Apr. 5, 1893, at Staten Island, N. Y., Maud Bonner, dau. of George Thomas and Isabel Grace (Sewell) Bonner, b. Nov. 27, 1870, at New York City ; res. New York City. Louisa Storrow, b. Nov. 16, 1860 ; m. Oct. 24, 1883, at Brookline, John Richardson, son of John and Char- lotte (Blood) Richardson, b. Oct. 22, 1857, at New- ton, Mass. ; res. Brookline. Elizabeth Higginson, b. Feb. 1, 1863; d. Aug. 21, 1863. Susan Channing, b. May 6, 1864 ; m. Oct. 4, 1888, at Brookline, Arthur Lyman, son of Arthur Theodore and Ella (Lowell) Lyman, b. Aug. 31, 1861, atWal- tham, Mass. ; res. Waltham. Margaret Copley, b. June 15, 1866 ; m. May 20, 1897, at Brookline, Joseph Lee, son of Henry and Eliza- beth Perkins (Cabot) Lee, b. Mar. 8, 1862, at Brook- line ; res. Boston. NINTH GENERATION. 39 Frederick Pickering, b. June 15, 1868; res. Boston A. B., H. U., 1890 ; A. M. 1893 ; LL. B., 1893. Stephen Perkins, b. Sept. 20, 1869; res. Middletown R. I. A. B., H. U., 1892. Philip Wentworth, b. June 14, 1871 ; d. July 21, 1871. Amy Wentworth, b. June 22, 1872 ; res. Boston. 46 Stephen? Higginson (Stephen*, Stephen?, Stephen*, Stephen*, John*, John*, John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Auo-. 21 1832, at New York City; died June 19, 1901, at Salem, Mass. ; married May 15, 1874, at Brooklyn, N. Y., Sarah J. (Hatfield) baroness van Heerdt, daughter of John and Eleanor (Nutt) Hatfield, born Jan. 15, 1840, in Chester County, Penn. She married 1st, Sept. 15, 1866, at Balti- more, Md., James Charles Frederic, baron van Heerdt, of the Hague, Holland. Residence, New York City. Child, born at New York City : Stephen, b. Mar. 1, 1877. A. B., H. U., 1900. 47 Agnes Gordon? Higginson (Stephen*, Stephen?, Stephen*, Stephen*, John*, John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 '), born Dec. 28, 1838, at Grand Rapids, Mich.; married Oct. 17, 1861, at Boston, Mass., George Fuller, son of Aaron and Fanny (Negus) Fuller, born Jan. 17, 1822, at Deerfield, Mass. ; died Mar. 21, 1884, at Brookline, Mass. Resi- dence, Cambridge, Mass. Children (Fuller), born at Deerfield : George Spencer, b. Feb. 25, 1863; m. Oct. 17, 1889, at Deerfield, Mary Williams Field, dau. of Alfred Rus- sell and Rebecca (Williams) Field, b. Jan. 27, 1861, at Greenfield, Mass. ; res. Deerfield. Robert Higginson, b. Sept. 18, 1864; m. June 13, 1895, at Boston, Elizabeth Adams Clagett, dau. of Henry Barnes and Elizabeth Dempsey (Fuller) Clagett, b. Aug. 29, 1858, at Alexandria, Va. ; res. Albany, N. Y. ; A. 15., H. U., 1888. 40 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. Henry Brown, b. Oct. 3, 1867 ; in. Oct. 25, 1893, at Boston, Lucia Fairchild, dau. of Charles and Eliza- beth (Nelson) Fairchild, b. Dec. 6, 1870, at Boston; res. New York City. Agnes Gordon, b. Jan. 27, 1873 ; in. June 19, 1900, at Deerfield, Augustus Vincent Tack, son of Theodore Edward and Mary Agnes (Cosgrove) Tack, b. Nov. 9, 1870, at Pittsburg, Penn. ; res. New York City. Arthur Negus, b. May 1, 1879. A. B., H. U., 1900. 48 Samuel Storrow 9 Higginson (Stephen*, Ste- phen 7 , Stephen 6 , Stephen*, John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 ), b. Mar. 22, 1841, at Cambridge, Mass. ; died Apr. 9, 1907, at Milwaukee, Wis. ; married 1st, Juanna , in South America. He married 2d, Oct. 6, 1886, at Boston, Mass., Nora Ternan, daughter of Michael and Mary (Kearny) Ternan, born July 28, 1855, at Woodfield, County Sligo, Ire. She resides in Boston. A. B., H. U., 1863 ; A. M., 1866. (See note at end of genealogy.) Child, born at Boston : Gordon Storrow, b. June 16, 1889 ; d. July 28, 1897, at New York City. 49 Edward 9 Higginson (Stephen*, Stephen 7 , Ste- phen 6 , Stephen*, John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 '), born Dec. 5, 1853, at Jamaica Plain (Roxbury), Mass. ; married Sept. 25, 1884, at Erie, Penn., Katherine Strong, daughter of Landaff and Katherine Cecile (Hamot) Strong, born July 5, 1856, at Erie. Residence, Fall River, Mass. A. B., H. U., 1874 ; LL. B., Cincinnati (O.), 1876. Children, born at Fall River : Anne Storrow, b. Apr. 26, 1887 ; d. July 24, 1892. Mary Hamot, b. May 7, 1889. 50 Margaret Waldo 9 Higginson (Thomas Went- worth*, Stephen 7 , Stephen 6 , Stephen 5 John*, John 3 , John 2 , NINTH GENERATION. 41 Francis 1 ), born July 25, 1881, at Cambridge, Mass.; mar- ried Sept. 2, 1905, at Dublin, N. H., James Dellinger Barney, M. D., son of Charles Champlin and Mary (Del- linger) Barney, born Jan. 10, 1878, at Everett, Mass. Residence, Boston. A. B., H. U., 1900 ; M.D., 1904. Children (Barney) : Wentworth Higginson, b. Aug. 13, 1906, at Cambridge. Margaret Dellinger, b. June 13, 1908, at Ipswich, Mass. 51 George 9 Higginson (George*, George?, Stephen 6 , Stephen*, John 4 ', John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Aug. 6, 1833, at New York City; married Dec. 17, 1862, at New York City, Elizabeth Hazard Barker, daughter of William H. and Jeanette B. (James) Barker, born May 23, 1836, at Albany, N. Y. ; died Jan. 6, 1901, at Stockbridge, Mass. Residence, Stockbridge. Children, born at Stockbridge : 65 George, b. Sept. 3, 1864. Augustus Barker, b. June 16, 1866 ; m. 1st, May 23, 1895, at Lenox, Mass., Mary Frances Girvan, dau. of John and Janet (McGee) Girvan, born May 8, 1868, at New York City ; died Jan. 29, 1905, at Santa Barbara, Cal. He married 2nd, May 29, 1907, at Piedmont, Cal., Ednah Sherman Girvan, dau. of William and Sarah S. (Sherman) Girvan, and cousin of the first wife. She was born June 28, 1879, at Martinez, Cal. ; res. Santa Barbara. Jeanette B., b. Sept. 1, 1869; d. Dec. 30, 1903, at Chicago, 111. 52 Major Henry Lee 9 Higginson (George*, George 1 ', Stephen 6 , Stephen 5 , John*, John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Nov. 18, 1834, at New York City ; married Dec. 5, 1863, at Cambridge, Mass., Ida Olympe Frederika Agas- siz, daughter of Prof. Jean Louis Rodolphe and Cecile (Braun) Agassiz, born Aug. 9, 1837, at Carlsruhe, Grand 42 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. Duchy of Baden. Residence, Boston. A.M. (hon.), H. U., 1882 ; LL. D., Yale, 1901 ; Fellow, H. U., 1893 . (See note at end of genealogy.) Children, born at Boston : Cecile Pauline, b. Jan. 5, 1870 ; d. Aug. 18, 1875. 66 Alexander Henry, b. Apr. 2, 1876. 53 James Jackson 9 Higginson (G-eorge s , George?, Stephen 6 , Stephen 5 , John*, John*, John 2 , Francis 1 }, born June 19, 1836, at New York City ; married Nov. 11, 1869, at Elizabeth, N. J., Margaret Bethune Gracie, daughter of Archibald and Elizabeth Davidson (Bethune) Gracie, born Sept. 1, 1846, at Elizabeth. Residence, New York City. A. B., H. XL, 1857. (See note at end of genealogy.) Children, born at New York City and Seabright, N. J. : 67 Margaret Gracie, b. Jan. 19, 1872. Elizabeth Bethune, b. June 5, 1875 ; m. Mar. 31, 1909, at New York City, Charles Jackson, son of Charles Cabot and Frances Elizabeth (Appleton) Jackson, born Mar. 10, 1877, at Boston. A. B., H. U., 1898. 68 Dorothy Lee, b. Aug. 7, 1878. James Jackson, b. Sept. 9, 1884. Thomas Lee, b. Sept. 4, 1887 ; d. Jan. 6, 1906, at Gene- seo, N. Y. 54 Mary Lee 9 Higginson (Greorge s , G-eorge 7 , Stephen 6 , Stephen 6 , John* John 3 , John 2 , Francis'}, born Sept. 5, 1838, at Boston, Mass.; married Oct. 14, 1868, at Boston, Samuel Parkman Blake, son of Samuel Parkman and Ann Boylston (Cunningham) Blake, born Nov. 10, 1835, at Boston ; died June 30, 1904, at Boston. Residence, Bos- ton. A. B., H. XL, 1855. Children (Blake) ; Marian Lee, b. July 11, 1869, at Brookline, Mass. NINTH GENERATION. 43 Robert Parkman, b. Oct. 26, 1870, at Boston ; m. June 27, 1908, at New Bedford, Mass., Mary Srnoot, dau. of William Sidney and Mary Bangs (Head) Smoot, b. Feb. 25, 1880, at Ilion, N. Y. ; res. Dover, Mass. Theresa Huntington, b. Jan. 12, 1874, at Boston ; d. July 31, 1900, at New Rochelle, N. Y. George Higginson, b. Apr. 23, 1876, at Milton, Mass.; d. Feb. 24, 1887, at Boston. 55 Francis Lee 9 Higginson (George*, George? , Stephen 6 , Stephen*, John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 *), born Oct. 11, 1841, at Boston, Mass. ; married 1st, Feb. 16, 1876, at Boston, Julia Borland, daughter of Dr. John Nelson and Madeline (Gibson) Borland, born Feb. 25, 1856, at Boston. He married 2nd, Apr. 11, 1898, Corina Anna Shattuck, daughter of Dr. George B. and Amalia (Schiitte) Shattuck, born Mar. 18, 1873, at Boston. Resi- dence, Boston. A. B., H. U., 1863 ; overseer, 1897-1909. (See note at end of genealogy.) Children, born at Boston : 69 Francis Lee, b. Nov. 29, 1877. 70 Mart Cabot, b. Dec. 3, 1878. Juliet Borland, b. Mar. 6, 1881. Barbara, b. Mar. 28, 1884. Children of second marriage : Corina, b. Sept. 19, 1899, at Beverly. Eleanor Lee, b. Nov. 22, 1900, at Boston. George, b. Dec. 21, 1904, at Boston. 56 Lucy Maynard 9 HiggiDson (Samuel P. 8 , Hen- ry 7 , Stephen 6 , Stephen-, John 4 , John*, John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Sept. 16, 1842, at Tipton, Iowa ; married May 2, 1870, at Chicago, 111., George Edward McPherson, M. D., son of Reynolds and Elizabeth Brown (Henderson) Mc- Pherson, born Oct. 11, 1829, at Shippenburg, Penn. ; died Feb. 20, 1903, at San Francisco, Cal. Residence, San Francisco. 44 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. Children (McPherson) : Robert Reynolds, b. May 2, 1871, at Chicago ; in. Apr. 8, 1909, at San Jose, Cal., Edna Margaret Mac- Sween, dau. of Ronald and Bessie Charlotte (Peters) MacSween, b. Jan. 24, 1884, at Tacoma, Wash. Charles Edward, b. Dec. 9, 1876, at San Francisco. 57 Henry Cushing 9 Higginson {Samuel P*,Henry?, Stephen 6 , Stephens, John*, Johns, John 2 , Francis 1 }, born Mar. 6, 1844, at Tipton, Iowa ; married May 4, 1869, at New York City, May Wood Van Blare um, daughter of Charles and Mary Ann (Dugan) Van Blare um, born Feb. 22, 1842, at New York City. Residence, Los Angeles, Cal. Children : Nora Freelove, b. Mar. 27, 1871, at Chicago, 111. ; d. July 1, 1902, at Los Angeles; rn. Thomas Gilbert. Osmond Francis, b. Apr. 2, 1873, at New York City. Russell Forrester, b. Jan. 11, 1875, at Cleveland, Ohio. 71 Audubon Batterson, b. Mar. 14, 1877, at Philadelphia, Penn. 72 Bertram Cabot, b. Apr. 9, 1879, at Davenport, Iowa. Lucy Maynard, b. May 3, 1881, at Rockford, 111. ; d. Apr. 12, 1908, at Los Angeles ; rn. Charles Burte. 73 Murray Forbes, b. Sept. 25, 1883, at Muscatine, Iowa. 58 George Francis 9 Higginson (Samuel P. 8 , Hen- ry 7 , Stephen 6 , Stephen 5 , John*, John's, John 2 , Francis 1 }, born Dec. 7, 1847, at Tipton, Iowa; married 1st, July 8,1874, at Wilton, Iowa, Mary Jane Marshall, adopted daughter of Lorenzo and Elizabeth Davis, of Wilton, born 1851, probably at Hillsdale, Mich.; died Mar. 30, 1878, at Chi- cago, 111. He married 2nd, Mar. 17, 1889, at Beloit, Wis., Margaret E. Williams, daughter of John E. and Elizabeth Williams, born Oct. 4, 1852, at Manchester, Wis.; died Feb. 2, 1909, at Napa, Cal. Residence, Chicago. NINTH GENERATION. 45 Children, born at Chicago : Wentworth Davis, b. July 6, 1874 ; married, and has children ; res. California. Edward Marshall, b. June 24, 1876; d. Sept. 15, 1885. Grace Eosalind, b. Nov. 29, 1877 ; d. Aug. 29, 1878. 59 Nancy Maynard? Higginson {Stephen C. s , Henry 7 , Stephen 6 , Stephen* ', John*, John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 '), born Oct. 21, 1849, at Chicago, 111. ; married June 9, 1868, at Chicago, John Van Nostrand Dorr, son of Hora- tio and Adeline Lavina (Van Nostrand) Dorr, born Dec. 15, 1845, at New York City; died Jan. 20, 1878, at New- ark, N. J. Residence, New York City. Children (Dorr), born at Newark and Orange, N. J. : Stephen Higginson, b. Mar. 13, 1869; m. Apr. 20, 1891, at Orange, Lilian Odiorne, dau. of Charles Frederick and Lucinda Virginia (Schenck) Odiorne; res. Nut- ley, N. J. Adeline Van Nostrand, b. Apr. 30, 1870; m. Oct. 2, 1897, at Orange, Joseph Delano Hitch, son of Henry Forster and Elizabeth (Delano) Hitch; res. Denver, Col. John Van Nostrand, b. Jan. 6, 1872 ; m. April, 1897, at Englewood, N. J., Sallie Harmon Doughty, dau. of William Stewart and Antoinette (Nott) Doughty; res. Denver. Goldthwaite Higginson, b. Oct. 21, 1876; m. Sept. 18, $L^-^*-<-^ SW«^ 1905, at Newbury, N. H., Virginia Elbert, dau. of George Chandler and Dorothea (La Montagne) El- bert. 60 Henry Gushing? Higginson (John C. s , Henry 7 , Stephen 6 , Stephen*, John*, John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 '), born Sept. 13, 1852, at Dubuque, Iowa; died Feb. 13, 1909, at Orange Lake, Newburgh, N. Y. ; married May 13, 186, Mary Barclay, daughter of Aleck and Elizabeth (Wal- dron) Barclay, born Jan. 30, 1863, at New Germantown, N. J. Residence, Newburgh. 46 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON". Child, born at Newburgh : Barclay Matnakd, b. Mar. 7, 1888. 61 Charles Maynard 9 Higginson (George M*, Henry 7 , Stephen**, Stephen*, John*, John*, John 2 , Francis 1 '), born July 11, 1846, at Chicago, 111. ; died May 6, 1899, at Riverside, 111.; married May 24, 1870, at Burlington, Iowa, Katherine Marie Nihen, born July 29, 1849, at St. Cntharine's, Canada. Residence, Riverside. Children, born at Chicago and Burlington : Anne Griswold Tyng, b. Apr. 15, 1871 ; m. Oct. 18, 1893, at Chicago, Vibe Kieruff Spicer, son of Wil- liam Francis and Emily (Kieruff) Spicer; res. Kenilworth, 111. George Maynard, b. Nov. 11, 1877 ; res. Biverside. Norton Finney, b. Aug. 5, 1879; res. Falestine, Tex. 62 Dudley Tyng 9 Higginson (George M. 8 , Henry, Stephen**, Stejihen 5 , John*, John*, John 2 , Francis 1 ), born July 5, 1850, at Chicago, 111. ; died Apr. 17, 1903, at Elmhurst, 111. ; married Mar. 7, 1880, at Plattsmouth, Neb., Ida Magdeline Vallery, daughter of Jacob and Mag- deline Vallery, born Sept. 9, 1863, at Plattsmouth. Resi- dence, Elmhurst. Children, bora at Plattsmouth and Elmhurst : Leo, b. Jan. 15, 1881; d. Apr. 23, 1881. 74 Francis Vallery, b. Dec. 15, 1882. Anna Elizabeth, b. Mar. 17, 1886 ; d. Nov. 7, 1903. Dudley Lucius, b. July 16, 1887 ; d. May 23, 1905. Harold Edward, b. June 24, 1889. Margaret, b. May 24, 1891 ; d. July 13, 1892. Theodore, b. Mar. 31, 1895. Winthrop, b. Mar. 31, 1895. Ida Margaret, b. Mar. 31, 1899. 63 Alexander Griswold 9 Higginson ( George M. 8 , Henry" 1 , Stephen 6 , Stephen*, John*, John*, John 2 , Francis 1 ), TENTH GENERATION. 47 born May 8, 1855, at Chicago, 111. ; died Jan. 23, 1891, at Chicago; married Oct. 30, 1878, at Omaha, Neb., Celma Balcombe, daughter of St. Andre Durand and Anna Eliz- abeth (Fox) Balcombe, b. May 12, 1855, at Winona, Wis. She married 2nd, Dec. 19, 1891, at Omaha, William Byard Meikle, son of Rev. William and Sara (Hogan) Meikle, born May 8, 1860, at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. Residence, Omaha. Children : 75 Eowena Tyng, b. July 17, 1879, at Chicago. 76 Fred Winston, b. Dec. 19, 1880, at Omaha. Julia Newberry, b. Jan. 27, 1884, at Cauton, 111. ; m. Oct. 26, 1909, at Chicago, Richard Hamlin Hollen, son of Andrew Herman and Christine (Gilberts) Hollen, b. Oct. 4, 1881, at Eau Claire, Wis. 64 Frederick 9 Higginson {Henry F. 8 , James P.i, Stephen*, Stephen*, John*, John*, John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Jan. 25, 1860, at Boston, Mass.; married June 12, 1883, at Boston, Mary Brazer Ellis, daughter of Henry Payson and Anne Warren (Brazer) Ellis, born June 10, 1862, at Dorchester (Boston), Mass. Residence, Brookline, Mass. Children, born at Brookline : Katherine, b. June 9, 1887. Frederick, b. Oct. 17, 1889. John Brazer, b. Oct. 4, 1893. Charles, b. Mar. 30, 1895. Tenth Generation. 65 George 10 Higginson (George 9 , George 8 , George,? Stephen 6 , Stephen 5 , John*, John, John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Sept. 3, 1864, at Stockbridge, Mass. ; married 1st, May 20, 1891, at New York City, Edith Green Griswold, daughter of George and Lydia (Alley) Griswold, born Apr. 21, 1859, at New York City ; died July 30, 1906, at 48 DESCENDANTS OF FKANCIS HIGGINSON. Winnetka, 111. He married 2nd, Sept. 7, 1898, at Win- netka, Emily Wakem, daughter of James Ogilvie and Mary Jenifer (Nancarrow) Wakem, born May 22, 1864, at Coquimbo, Chile, S. A. Residence, Winnetka. A.B., H. U., 1887. Children ; Roger Gkiswold, b. Feb. 2, 1894, at Chicago, 111. j d. Dec. 30, 1903. Children of second marriage, born at Winnetka : George, b. July 16, 1899; d. Sept. 20, 1901. Theresa, b. Oct. 30, 1901. Emily, b. Jan. 21, 1903. 66 Alexander Henry 10 Higginson {Henry Lfi, George*, George" 7 , Stephen 6 , Stephen*, John*, John*, John 2 , Francis 1 *), born Apr. 2, 1876, at Boston, Mass. ; married 1st, Oct. 9, 1899, at Boston, Rosamond Tudor, daughter of Frederic and Louise (Simes) Tudor, born June 20, 1878, at Buzzard's Bay (Bourne), Mass. He married, 2nd, May 9, 1907, at Manchester, Mass., Angela Jeanne Calducci, daughter of Augusto and Josephine (Barbera) Calducci, born July 30, 1883, at Philadelphia, Penn. Residence, Lincoln, Mass. A. B., H. U., 1898. Child, born at Lincoln : Henry Lee, b. July 5, 1900. 67 Margaret Gracie 10 Higginson (James J.\ George^, George' 1 , Stephen 6 , Stephens, John*, John 3 , John 2 , Francis'), born Jan. 19, 1872, at New York City, married June 1, 1895, at New York City, Clarence Stoughton Fiske, son of Dr. John and Abby Morgan (Brooks) Fiske, born May 10, 1869, at Cambridge, Mass.; died Feb. 25, 1910, at Cambridge. TENTH GENERATION. 49 Children (Fiske), born at Cambridge and Petersham, Mass. : Margaret Gracie, b. Mar. 9, 1896. Barbara, b. Sept. 7, 1897. John, b. Sept. 17, 1900. Dorothy Brooks, b. Sept. 19, 1902. 68 Dorothy Lee 10 Higginson (James J. 9 , George 3 , George 1 , /Stephen 6 , Stephen 6 , John*, John 9 , John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Aug. 7, 1878, at Seabright, N. J. ; married Feb. 27, 1907, at New York City, Arthur Delano Weeks, son of Arthur Delano Weeks. Child (Weeks) born at New York City : Arthur Delano, b. Jan. 21, 1908. 69 Francis Lee 10 Higginson {Francis L?, George 3 *, George 7 , Stephen 6 , Stephen*, John*, John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Nov. 29, 1877, at Boston, Mass.; married June 7, 1905, at Boston, Hetty Appleton Sargent, daughter of Lucius Manlius and Marian Appleton (Coolidge) Sargent, born Oct. 28, 1877, at Boston. Residence London, Eng., A. B., H. U, 1900. Children, born at London : Francis Lee, b. June 5, 1906. Joan, b. Mar. 7, 1907. 70 Mary Cabot 10 Higginson (Francis L.*, George 3 , George 7 , Stephen 6 , Stephen 5 , John*, John 3 , John 2 , Francis'), born Dec. 3, 1878, at Boston, Mass. ; married Feb. 2, 1898, at Boston, Philip Shelton Sears, son of Frederick Richard and Albertina Homer (Shelton) Sears, born Nov. 12, 1867, at Boston. Residence, Boston. A. B., H. U., 1889; LL. B., 1892. 60 DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS HIGGINSON. Children (Sears), born at Boston : Philip Mason, b. Dec. 29, 1899. David, b. Dec. 23, 1901. 71 Audubon Batter son 10 Higginson {Henry 0.?,. Samuel P. 8 , Henry 7 , Stephen 6 , Stephen*, John*, John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 '), born March 14, 1877, at Philadelphia, Penn. ; married Mar. 24, 1901, at San Bernadino, Cal., Frances Grace Huxtable, daughter of John Huxtable, born Sept. 25, 1882, at Hamilton, Canada. Resideuce Needles, Cal. Children : John Lionel, b. Dec. 19, 1902, at Needles. Kenneth, b. July 24, 1908, at Los Angeles. 72 Bertram Cabot 10 Higginson (Henry C?, Sam- uel P. 8 , Henry 7 , Stephen 6 , Stephen*, John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 }, born Apr. 9, 1879, at Davenport, Iowa; mar- ried Feb. 19, 1902, at Los Alamitos, Cal., Jessie Mabel Gilbert, daughter of William Gilbert, born Jan. 5, 1884, at Los Angeles. Residence Victorville, Cal. Children : Charles Bertram, b. Dec. 6, 1902, at Los Alamitos. Eoy Francis, b. Sept. 21, 1908, at Los Angeles. 73 Murray Forbes 10 Higginson (Henry C., 9 Sam- uel P. s , Henry 7 , Stephen 6 , Stephen*, John*, John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 }, born Sept. 25, 1883, at Muscatine, Iowa; mar- ried July 26, 1907, at Los Angeles, Cal., Elizabeth Be- gole, daughter of Charles and Pereylin (Hodge) Begole, born Mar. 25, 1888, at Fayetteville, Ala. Residence Los Angeles. Child, born at Fresno, Cal. : Philip Carter, b. Apr. 24, 1908. TENTH GENERATION. 51 74 Francis Vallery 10 Higginson {Dudley T. 9 , George M. s , Henri/ 7 , Stephen 6 , Stephen 5 , John*, John 3 , John, 2 Francis 1 }, born Dec. 15, 1882, at Plattsmouth, Neb. ; mar- ried Mar. 5, 1907, at Chicago, 111., Edith Blanche Clark, daughter of John Smith and Nancy Louise (Wilder) Clark, born May 23, 1883, at Waukegan, 111. Residence Rock- ford, 111. Child, born at Rockford : Dudley Clark, b. Mar. 23, 1908. 75 Rowena Tyng 10 Higginson (Alexander G.?, George M. s , Henry 7 , Stephen 6 , Stephen 5 , John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 ), born July 17, 1879, at Chicago, 111.; married Apr. 20, 1904, at Omaha, Neb., Frank Worthington Lynch, M. D., son of Col. Frank and Rebecca (Nevins) Lynch , born Nov. 5, 1872, at Cleveland, Ohio. Residence Chicago. Child, born at Chicago : Frank Worthixgton, b. Feb. 12, 1905. 76 Fred Winston 10 Higginson (Alexander G-s, George M. s , Henry 7 , Stephen , Stephen 5 , John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , Francis 1 ), born Dec. 19, 1880, at Omaha, Neb. ; married Dec. 7, 1901, at Dubuque, Iowa, Harriet Elizabeth Hersey daughter of Alden and Adelaide (Hendrich) Hersey, born June 30, 1883, at De Soto, Wis. Residence Oskaloosa, Iowa. Children, born at Omaha and David City, Neb. : Ann Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1905. Harriet Hersey, b. Aug. 29, 1907. Fred Winston, b. Aug. 4, 1908. NOTE. This family, through successive generations, has been noted for its active interest in public affairs. The services of some of its later members are briefly mentioned below. Henry Lee Higginson (No. 52), banker, was Major and brevet Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Massachusetts Cav- alry in the Civil War. He founded the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and has been a generous friend of Harvard Uni- versity, the Union and Soldiers' Field being his gifts. James J. Higginson (No. 53) was Captain of the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry and brevet Major in the Civil War. Francis Lee Higginson (No. 55) was Captain in the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry in the Civil War. Samuel Storrow Higginson (No. 48) served as Chaplain in the 9th Regiment of the United States Colored Infan- try in the Civil War. Francis J. Higginson (under No. 35) served as Lieu- tenant in the United States Navy during the Civil War, and was made Rear Admiral in 1899. Thomas Wentworth Higginson (No. 36), author, was Captain in the 51st Massachusetts Volunteer Militia and then Colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, after- wards the 33d United States Colored Troops, in the Civil War. This was the first regiment of colored troops enlisted in the service of the United States. (52) APPENDIX. OLD FAMILY RECORD. [It may be well, for the sake of preservation, to print this oldest known record of the American branch of the Higginson family.] January 29 th 1740. A Genealogical Acco* of the Hi^ginsons, Copyed from my Broth- er's, the former part of which is taken mostly from Minutes of our Grandfather. Viz*. John Higginson, a minister, had five sons & four Daughters. Viz . 1 John, a Gentleman that kept high Compae. 2 Francis*. 3 Nathaniel; he was Owner of a Castle in Ireland, but lost it in y e Rebellion. 4 Nicholas, he was Father of Henry the Goldsmith of Liverpool. William. The four Daughters married to Andrews, Colman, Gilbert & Per- kins. *Francis, Educated at Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge, settled in the Ministry at Claybrook in Leicester, a Conformist, after- wards became a Non-Conformist, & thereby disabled (see Mather's Magnalia Christi, book 3d page 70 &c) he was Arti- cled against in the High Commission Court by the Laudian Faction, and persecuted tho' not prosecuted, and being invited by the Govr & Compa of the Massachusetts took his passage to New England, where he arrived y e 24 th June 1629, in August he gathered a Church in Salem, which Church was the first in the Colony, he lived about one year, & then dying left a Widow by whom he had Nine Children, seven sons & two Daughters. Viz*. 1 John.* 2 Theophilus, he was Father of Samuel the Physician, & died at 37. Francis, Liberally Educated, settled in the Ministry at Kerby Steven in Westmore Land, died a Batchelour at 55. (53) 54 APPENDIX. 4 Timothy, be follow'd the Sea, & died a Batchelour. 5 Samuel, Cap* of a Man-of-War in Olivers time, & afterwards Cap* of an East India ship, died at 44. 6 Charles, Cap* of a ship, used the Jamaica Trade, died at 49. 7 Neophetus, died about 20 years old. Mary, married to one Fitch, a Minister. Ann, married to one Chatfield. *John, born at Claybrook, August 6 th 1616, settled in the minis- try at Guilford in Connecticut with one M>" Whitefield whose Daughter he married, he continued in Guilford 'till y e Year 1659, & then removed to Salem, & lived there till ye 9 th of Decemb r 1708, he had five sons & two Daughters. Viz t . 1 *John jun>\ 2 Nathaniel, born at Guilford Octobr 11 th 1652, Educated at Col- ledge, in 1674 went to England, was with Lord Wharton about seven years, a Steward, & Tutor to Children, in 1681 was em- ployed in the Mint in the Tower, in 1683 went in the Compa- ny's Service to Fort S* George in the East Indies, was Secre- tary & a Member of Council, afterward Gov of the Factory at said Fort, in 1692 married to Eliza Richards by whom he had the following Children. Viz*. Elizabeth, born 3d Decemr. 1693; Richards, born ye 18 May 1695; Nathaniel, born 30 May 1696; Sarah, born 2d Decemr 1697; John, born 23d August 1699. in 1700 he returned to England with his Wife & four Children, namely, Eliza, Richards, Nathl, & Sarah, his son John lost on the passage, the next year his son Nathl died of ye small pox, and soon after they came to London Eliza died & Deborah born; he lived in England till 1708, & died there a a Parish call'd Pancras Soper Lane London, he Will'd his Es- tate l/3d to his Wife, & 2/3d to ye surviving Children equally, in 1718, Sarah married to Stephen Aynsworth, Richards & De- borah are gone back to the East Indies. 3 Thomas, went to England, served his time with a Goldsmith, return'd to N: England, went hence to Arabia, on ye Ace*. Curr*, & has not been heard of since. 4 Francis, went to his Uncle Francis at Kerby-St even, who bro him up at ye University, he died of ye small pox in London, at 24. 5 Henry, brought up to Merchdize, went to Barbados a Factor, & there died of the small pox. Sarah, married to Wharton. . Anna, married to Doliver. APPENDIX. 55 *John jUNf., brought up to Merchdize, settled at Salem, Lieu*. Colo, of the Regiment, & a Member of Council, died ye 23d March, 1719, had three Sons & four Daughters. Viz*. 1 *JOHN TEKTIUS. 2 Nathaniel, brought up to Merch dlze , died at Salem 1720, left only three Daughters. Viz*. Mary, married to Andrews; Han- nah, married to Ward; Elizabeth, married to Morss. 3 Thomas, died young. Maby, married to Lindall. Saeah, married to Hathorne. Elizabeth, married to Gerrish. Mabgaeet, died young. *John tebtius, born at Salem August 20, 1675, bred a Merchant, lived at Salem, & died ye 26 April, 1718, had six sons & two Daurs. Viz*, by two Wives, 1 st Gardner, 2d Sewall. 1 *John quaetus, born January 10, 1697. 2 Samuel, died about 3 years old. 3 Feancis, born & died ye same day. 4 Heney, died about one year old. 5 *Stephen, born July 31, 1716. 6 Nathaniel, born after his Father's Death, lived about one year. Elizabeth, (married Mr Prescot a Minister in Salem) since deed. Saeah, (married John Cabot a Physician in Salem) since deed. *John quaetus Educated at Harvard Colledge N E : he follow'd Merchandizing for several Years but being unfortunate, quit- ted that Business & employed ye remainder of his Life in pub- lick business, such as being County Register Justice of ye Peace, &c & died July 1744. He had two Wives, ye 1st a Boardman, ye other a Cabot, by whom he had four sons & three Daughters, Viz t . 1. John, born ll th Oct: 1720; 2, An- drew, educated at Colledge, & soon after he left it went as Factor of a Vessell & Cargo to ye West Indies & coming home its supposed the Vessell foundered, as they were never heard of after leaving Statia; 3. Francis; 4. Nathaniel. The Daugh- ters were, Elizabeth, married Jos: Cabot a Mercht in Salem; Ruth, died young; Susannah. *Stephen, the person who copied this. INDEX. Agassiz, Ce"cile (Braun), 41. Ida Olympe Frederika, 41. Jean Louis Rodolphe, 41. Allen, Julia Maria, 32. Maria Cornelia (Verplanck), 32. William, 32. Amory, John, 23. Katherine (Green), 23. Rebecca, 23. Andrew, Abigail, 18. Abigail (Grafton), 17. Abigail (Ward), 17. Elizabeth (Watson), 18. Hannah, 18. John, 18. John Albion, 18. Jonathan, 18. Joseph, 17. Joseph, 18. Mary, 18. Mary (Gardner), 18. Mary (Higginson), 17. Nathaniel, 17. Nathaniel, 18. Nathaniel, 18. Andros, Edmund, 11. Androse, Edwarde, xvi. Elyzabeth (Higginson), xvi. Archer, Abigail (Allen), 19. Bethiah, 19. Jonathan, 19. Arnold, Anna S., 27. Salmon, 27. Selina, 27. Aspinwall, Martha Babcock (Higginson), 30. Susanna (Gardner), 31. William, 31. Astley, Mary Ann, 21. Sarah (Rhea-Higginson), 21. Thomas, 21. Atkins, Ann Maria (Bowman), 27. Dudley, 26. Dudley, 27. Sarah (Kent), 26. (57) Atwater, Joshua, 6. Joshua, 6. Mary (Blakeman), 6. Susan (Nazzin), 6. Aynsworth, Ann (Shearwood), 10. George, 10. Sarah (Higginson), 10. Stephen, 10. Babbidge, Anstis (Crownin- shield), 18. Christopher, 18. Babcock, Adam, 30, 32. Martha Hubbard, 30. Martha (Hubbard), 30, 32. Balcombe, Anna Elizabeth (Fox), 47. Celma, 47. St. Andre Durand, 47. Barclay, Aleck, 45. Elizabeth (Waldron), 45. Mary, 45. Barker, Elizabeth Hazard, 41. Jeanette B. (James), 41. William H., 41. Barney, Charles Champlin, 41. James Dellinger, 41. Margaret Dellinger, 41. Margaret Waldo (Higginson), 40. Mary (Dellinger), 41. Wentworth Higginson, 41. Barrett, Mary (Clark), 21. Samuel, 21. Sarah, 21. Batter, Edmund, 13. Edmund, 13. Edmund, 18. Hannah G. (Higginson), 13. Martha, 18. Martha (Pickman), 18. Mary (Gookin), 13. Begole, Charles, 50. Elizabeth, 50. Pereylin (Hodge), 50. Bentley, William, contents page. 58 INDEX. Bishop, Edward, 11. Sarah, 11. Blackler, Ellen, 30. Blake, Abigail (Jones), 24. Ann Boylston (Cunning- ham), 42. Anna Sophia, 24. George Higginson, 43. John Welland, 24. Marion Lee, 42. Mary Lee (Higginson), 42. Mary (Smoot), 43. Robert Park man, 43. Samuel Parkman, 42. Samuel Parkman, 42. Theresa Huntington, 43. Blakeman, Adam, 6. Jane, 6. Mary, 6. Boardman, Jacob, 22. Martha, 22. Bonner, George Thomas, 38. Isabel Grace (Sewell), 38. Maud, 38. Bordman, Andrew, 15. Elizabeth (Trusedale), 15. Ruth, 15. Borland, John Nelson, 43. Julia, 43. Madeline (Gibson), 43. Bowditch, Elizabeth Thomp- son (Forster), 37. Ernest William, 37. Frederick Channing,^37. James Higginson, 37! Louisa Higginson, 37. Margaret Lyon (Swann), 37. Mary (Ingersoll), 37. Nathaniel, 37. Sarah Rhea (Higginson), 37. Susan Higginson, 37. William Ingersoll, 37. Bowman, Ann Maria, 27. Ebenezer, 27. Esther (Watson), 27. Brege"t, N de, 25. Brown, Anna E., 36. Charlotte, 36. Eliza Reeve, 36. John W., 36. Burbank, Abigail (Baker), 33. Alonzo French, 33. Edgar French, 33. Emily (Johnson), 33. Burte, Charles, 44. Burte. Lucy Maynard (Higgin- son), 44. Burton, , 7. Cabot, Amy Wentworth, 39. Andrew, 20. Andrew, 20. Anna Sophia (Blake), 24. Anne (Orne), 13, 15, 16, 20. Charles, 23. Deborah (Higginson), 23. Edward, 24. Elizabeth, 16. Elizabeth, 20. Elizabeth, 20. Elizabeth, 23. Elizabeth, 24. Elizabeth, 24. Elizabeth Higginson, 38. Elizabeth (Higginson),20, 23. Esther, 15. Francis, 21. Francis, 22. Francis, 38. Francis Higginson, 38. Frederick, 38. Frederick Pickering, 39. George, 21, 23. George, 23. Hannah (Clarke), 13. Hannah (Dodge), 20. Henry, 24. Henry, 24. John, 13. John, 13, 15, 16, 20. John, 20. Joseph, 20. Joseph, 20, 23. Louisa Storrow, 38. Lydia (Dodge), 20. Margaret Copley, 38. Marianne (Cabot), 38. Marion, 38. Mary, 23. Mary (Fitch), 22. Mary Louisa (Higginson), 38. Maud (Bonner), 38. Nancy (Clarke), 21. Nathaniel, 21. Philip Wentworth, 39. Rebecca (Orne), 20. Samuel, 21. Sarah (Barrett), 21. Sarah (Higginson), 13. Stephen, 21, 23. INDEX. 59 Cabot, Stephen Perkins, 39. Susan Channing, 38. Susanna, 22. Calducci, Angela Jeanne, 48. Augusto, 48. Josephine (Barbera), 48. Carden, James, 35. Jane Rosalind, 35. Channing, Barbara Higginson (Perkins), 30, 34. Francis Dana, 31, 33. Julia Maria (Allen), 32. Lucy Ellery, 31. Lucy (Ellery), 30, 31. Mary Elizabeth, 34. Susan Cleveland, 31, 33. Susan Cleveland (Higginson), 26, 31, 33. Walter, 30, 34. William, 30, 31. William Henry, 32. Chatfield, Ann (Higginson), 8. Anna, 8. John, 8. Thomas, 8. Thomas, 8. Clagett, Elizabeth Adams, 39. Elizabeth Dempsey (Fuller), 39. Henry Barnes, 39. Clark, Edith Blanche, 51. John Smith, 51. Nancy Louise (Wilder), 51. Clarke, Hannah, 13. John, 21. Nancy, 21. Sarah (Pickering), 21. Cleveland, Aaron, 21. Susan, 21. Susan (Porter), 21. Cochran, Agnes Gordon, 33. Mary (Fletcher), 33. William, 33. Coleman, Katherine (Higgin- son), xvi. Thomas, xv. Thomas, xvi. Colman, Benjamin, 15. Corwin, Elizabeth (Sheafe), 12. Jonathan, 12. Cotta, John, 11. John, 11. Mary (Moore), 11. Sarah (Wharton), 11. Cross, Mary (Cabot), 28. Cross, Robert, 28. Ruth (Stacy), 28. William, 28. dishing, Ann Maynard, 81. Ann (Perkins), 31. Robert, 31. Davis, Elizabeth, 44. Lorenzo, 44. Degan, Charles Furlong, 28. Elizabeth Vassall (Russell), 28. Matilda Augusta Temple, 28. Dodge, George, 20. Hannah, 20. Lydia, 20. Lydia (Herrick), 20. Dolliver, Anna (Higginson), 11. Mary (Elwell), 11. Mary (Wallis), 11. Paul, 11. Peter, 11. Samuel, 11. Sarah, 11. William, 11. Dorr, Adeline Lavina (Van Nostrand), 45. Adeline Van Nostrand, 45. Goldthwaite Higginson, 45. Horatio, 45. John Van Nostrand, 45. John Van Nostrand, 45. Lilian (Odiorne), 45. Nancy Maynard (nigginson), 45. Sallie Harmon (Doughty), 45. Stephen Higginson. 45. Virginia (Elbert), 45. Doughty, Antoinette (Nott), 45. Sallie Harmon, 45. William Stewart, 45. Eastman, Annie Louise, 34. Charles' J. F., 34. Helen Whitman (Farrer), 34. Eaton, Theophilus, 3-5. Elbert, Dorothea (La Mon- tague), 45. George Chandler, 45. Virginia, 45. Elliott, Andrew, 30. Catherine (Hill), 30. Sarah Hart, 30. Ellis, Anne Warren (Brazer),47. Henry Payson, 47. /i^<