Nielsen Hayden genealogy
John Higginson

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Name John Higginson [1] Birth 1646 Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut [2, 3]
Gender Male Death 23 Mar 1719 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts [2]
Person ID I15611 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 4 Jul 2018
Father Rev. John Higginson, b. Bef 31 Aug 1616, Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England d. 9 Dec 1708, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
(Age > 92 years)
Mother Sarah Whitfield, b. Bef 1 Nov 1620 d. 8 Jul 1675, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (Age > 54 years)
Marriage Bef 1646 Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut [4, 5, 6, 7]
Family ID F9551 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah Savage, b. 25 Jun 1653, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. Bef 26 Jun 1713 (Age < 60 years)
Marriage 9 Oct 1672 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts [1, 2]
Children + 1. John Higginson, b. 20 Aug 1675, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts d. 26 Apr 1718, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
(Age 42 years)
Family ID F9547 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Jul 2018
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Notes - "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 selectman. 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." [Descendants of the Reverend Francis Higginson, citation details below.]
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Sources - [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.
- [S2122] Descendants of the Reverend Francis Higginson by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. 1910.
- [S2123] The Ancestry of Reverend Henry Whitfield (1590-1657) and His Wife Dorothy Sheafe (159?-1669) of Guilford, Connecticut by John Brooks Threlfall. Madison, Wisconsin: 1989.
- [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011., date only.
- [S2122] Descendants of the Reverend Francis Higginson by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. 1910., place only.
- [S2306] The Winthrop Fleet: Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England 1629-1630 by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012., date only.
- [S933] Fifty Great Migration Colonists of New England and Their Origins by John Brooks Threlfall. Madison, Wisconsin, 1990., says "1641".
- [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.