John Higginson

1646 - 1719  (73 years)

• 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 | Ancestor of TSW
  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

  
  

• 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.]

  
  

• 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".