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1730 |
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Baltimore is established in Maryland. At least two other town sites, on which it was hoped permanent towns might be established, had received the same name, but nothing came of either. In 1729 the provincial legislature directed seven commissioners to purchase 60 acres of land on the North side of the Patapsco and lay it out in sixty equal lots as the town of Baltimore. |
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1730 Talbot Co. |
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Edward Higginson |
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Died by 15 Mar 1730. Listed in Administration Account of estate of Thomas Parson |
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Administration Accounts of Maryland, V.L. Skinner, Jr. Liber/Folio 10/710 |
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1730 Talbot Co. |
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Elinor Higgs |
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Named in will of Richard Bruff 27 May 1730/6 Aug 1730 |
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Maryland Calendar of Wills Vol. 6, p.166, Jane Baldwin Cotton |
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1730 Talbot Co. |
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Elizabeth Higgins |
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Married Alexander Winford 19 Feb 1729 St. Peter's Parish |
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Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, Book 2, 1726-1750,p.65, F. Edward Wright |
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1730 Talbot Co. |
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John Higgins |
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Purchased "Boram's Range" 5 Aug 1730 from Thomas and William Berry, of Kent Co., DE. Property located near Bullenbrook Creek |
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Clues/Cross Reference |
“Borams Range” references:
1733. Possessed by John Higgins. 177 acres. Talbot County Rent Rolls
1740. John Higgins purchased “Lowe’s Ramble”, adjoining “Borams Range”
1783 Tax List. John Higgins. Borams Range 177 acres. 7 whites. Brooke
and Third Haven Hundreds
1789. John Higgins Jr. Purchased 30 acres of "Boram's Range"
from Thomas and Johannah Gordon
1793. John Higgins of Talbot County [to] Walter Pritchard parcel of
land...supposed to be part of a Tract of land Called Boram
1795. John Higgins Jr. purchased from Henry Martin Sr all that parcel
of land known by the name of Boram’s Range
1817. John S. Higgins. Tax assessment. Borams Range, Hobsons Choise,
Dickinsons Lot, Dickinsons Lot Addition
1841. Will of John S. Higgins. Son James White Higgins... to have the
farm whereon the testator now lives called 'Boren's Range' |
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1730 Queen Anne's Co. |
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John Wiggins |
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22 Jan 1730. Received payment from Administration Account of estate of Thomas Kemp. |
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Administration Accounts of Maryland, V.L. Skinner, Jr. Liber/Folio 10/665 |
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Year: |
1730 Talbot Co. |
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Nicholas Higgins/Higgens |
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3 Sep 1730/14 Oct 1730. Will of Chas Herbertt (Harbert). Test: William White, Nicholas Higgens/Higgins, William Robinson |
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Index of Maryland Colonial Wills 1634 - 1777, James M. Magruder; Maryland Calendar of Wills from 1726 to 1732 Vol. 6, Jane Baldwin Cotton |
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Year: |
1731 Talbot Co. |
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Joseph Higgins |
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Served as Constable 29 Mar 1731 |
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Talbot County Maryland Land Records Book Seven: 1733-1740, R. Bernice Leonard |
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Year: |
1732 |
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Meanwhile: |
Ben Franklin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanac", using the pen name Richard Saunders. . |
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Year: |
1733 |
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Meanwhile: |
The Molasses Act, passed by the English Parliament, imposed heavy duties on molasses and sugar imported from non-British islands in the Caribbean (after a similar bill in 1731 to prohibit their importation was defeated in the House of Lords). The intention was to protect the English planters in the Caribbean from French and Dutch competition. In New England, which relied on molasses to distill rum, the act was disregarded by the English colonies and contraband goods were smuggled in from French West Indies. |
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1733 Talbot Co. |
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Aaron Higgs |
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Security for Joseph Parker, Samuel Simpson, and John Sevill in Island Hundred |
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Source: |
1733 List of Taxables Talbot Co. Citizens of the Eastern Shore of Maryland 1659-1750, F. Edward Wright |
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Year: |
1733 Talbot Co. |
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James Higgins |
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Listed together with Thomas Harris in Island Hundred. |
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Source: |
1733 list of Taxables Talbot Co. Citizens of the Eastern Shore of Maryland 1659-1750, F. Edward Wright |
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1733 Talbot Co. |
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James Dwiggens |
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Mill Hundred, Taxables for slaves: To Henry Nichols and James Dwiggens, Negroes: Peter, Julius, Simon, Jenny, Sabina |
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Source: |
Citizens of the Eastern Shore of Maryland 1659 - 1750, F. Edward Wright |
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Year: |
1733 Talbot Co. |
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John Higgins |
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In Bullenbrook Hundred. |
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Source: |
1733 List of Taxables Talbot Co. Citizens of the Eastern Shore of Maryland 1659-1750, F. Edward Wright |
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Year: |
1733 Talbot Co. |
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John Higgins |
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In Island Hundred. |
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Source: |
1733 List of Taxables Talbot Co. Citizens of the Eastern Shore of Maryland 1659-1750, F. Edward Wright |
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Year: |
1733 Cecil Co. |
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John Higgen |
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9 Oct 1733. Administration account of John Higgen of Chester County. £2.10.0. Appraisers: James Alexander, Moses Alexander. Administrator: John Evans |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court 1728-1734, V. L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1733 Talbot Co. |
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Nehemiah Higgins |
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Listed in Tuckahoe Hundred with Samuel Dudley, Isaac Wheely, Thomas Ball, and Jenny a negro |
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Source: |
1733 List of Taxables Talbot Co. Citizens of the Eastern Shore of Maryland 1659-1750, F. Edward Wright |
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Year: |
1733 Talbot Co. |
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Nicholas Higgins |
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In Bullenbrook Hundred |
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Source: |
1733 List of Taxables Talbot Co. Citizens of the Eastern Shore of Maryland 1659-1750, F. Edward Wright |
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Clues/Cross Reference: |
Listed next-door to Robert Cathcart. A Robt. Cathart (Cuthbert) married Mary Higgins in 1724. |
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Year: |
1733 Cecil Co. |
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Stephen Higgins
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12 Mar 1733. Administration account of William Wasson. Payments to: ..., Stephen Higgins, ... Stephen Higgins payable to Mr James Stetson, ... |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1731-1737, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1733 Talbot Co. |
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Thomas Higgins |
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In Bay Hundred, in house of Rev. Henry Nichols |
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Source: |
1733 list of Taxables Talbot Co. Citizens of the Eastern Shore of Maryland 1659-1750, F. Edward Wright |
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Year: |
1733 Talbot Co. |
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Thomas Higgins |
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In Island Hundred, in house of John Parr. Surety by Edward Lloyd |
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Source: |
1733 list of Taxables Talbot Co. Citizens of the Eastern Shore of Maryland 1659-1750, F. Edward Wright |
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Year: |
1733 Talbot Co. |
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William Higgins |
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In Bullenbrook Hundred, in house of Benj. and James Bullock |
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Source: |
1733 List of Taxables Talbot Co. Citizens of the Eastern Shore of Maryland 1659-1750, F. Edward Wright |
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Year: |
1733 Talbot Co. |
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William Higgins |
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Married Margaret Lankford 7 Nov 1733 St. Peters Parish |
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Source: |
Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, Book 2, 1726-1750,p.73, F. Edward Wright |
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Clues/Cross Reference: |
Listed with Benja. Bullock and James Bullock in 1733 List of
Taxables for Bullenbrook Hundred
Source: Citizens of the Eastern Shore of Maryland 1659-1750,
F. Edward Wright James Higgins born 10 Sep 1734, son of William and Margaret
St. Peters Parish William Higgins born 7 Feb 1736,son of William and Margaret
St. Peters Parish Thomas Higins born 22 Mar 1738, son of William and Margaret
St. Peters Parish Mary Higgins born 10 May 1743, dau of William and Margaret
St.Peter’s Parish Source: Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, Book 2, 1726-1750, F. Edward Wright |
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Year: |
1733-1755 Talbot Co. |
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John Higgins |
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Borams Range, first surveyed for John Boram 3/12/1694, lying on the north side of the Choptank River and at the east side of Bullenbrook Branch beginning at a marked red oak in the east side of the aforesaid branch. Possessed by John Higgins. 177 acres. Rent 7 pounds, 1 shilling, half pence |
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Source: |
1733-1755 Talbot County Rent Rolls. Land Office Talbot County Rent Rolls 1733-1755 Vol 2, Leslie & Neil Keddie |
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Year: |
1733-1735 Kent Co. |
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-- Higgs |
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Landowner of tract "Coffin" |
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Source: |
Inhabitants of Kent County, Maryland 1637 - 1787, Henry C. Peden, Jr. |
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Year: |
1734 Talbot Co. |
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John Higgins
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7 Dec 1734/23 Dec 1734. Administration account of Simon Fisher. Appraisers: Mathew Jenkins, John Higgins |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court 1734-1738, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Clues/Cross Reference: |
23 Dec 1734. Administration account of Simon Fisher. Payments to:
..., John Higgins, ...
Source: Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the
Prerogative Court of Maryland 1731-1737, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1734 Talbot Co. |
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John Higgins |
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Source: |
Talbot County 1734 Land Records |
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Year: |
1734 Talbot Co. |
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Nicholas Higgins, John Higgins
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19 Jan 1734/30 Jan 1734. Administration account of Nicholas Higgins. £3.7.5. Appraisers: John Latham, John Carr. Creditors: William Vain, Mathew Jenkins. Next of Kin: John Vain, Robert Cuthcart. Administrator/Executor: John Higgins |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court 1733-1738, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Clues/Cross Reference |
See: 1724 Talbot Co. Mary Higgins married Robert Cathart
(Cuthbert) 10 Dec 1724 |
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Year: |
1734 Talbot Co. |
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Rachel Higgins, John Higgins |
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Will of Hezekiah McCotter (Miccotter) of Bullen Brook, Talbot Co. Wit: John Feaston, Alexander McCotter, Rachel Higgins, |
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Source: |
Index of Maryland Colonial Wills 1634 - 1777, James M. Magruder ; Prerogative Court Abstracts. Maryland Calendar of Wills from 1738 to 1743 Vol 8, Jane Baldwin |
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Clues/Cross Reference |
Jul 17 1740. John Higgins gave surety for administration
account of Hezekiah Mecotter |
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Year: |
1735 |
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Meanwhile: |
Slavery was banned in Georgia when Scottish settlers in Darien petitioned the Trustees of Georgia that no slavery be allowed in Darien. In 1749 when rice cultivation had spread to the colony, the ban was rescinded, despite the strong protests of the same Scottish settlers. |
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Year: |
1735 Talbot Co. |
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Sarah Dwiggins |
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Sarah Dwiggins m. Jeremiah Floyd 30 Dec 1735, St. Peters Parish |
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Source: |
Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records 1726-1750, F. Edward Wright |
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Year: |
1736 Talbot Co. |
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Aaron Higgs |
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Mentioned in bill of sale between Joseph Stiff and Robert Goldsborough, Jr. - "300 pounds of tobacco in the hands of Aaron Higgs" |
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Source: |
Talbot County Maryland Land Records Book Seven: 1733-1740, R. Bernice Leonard |
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Year: |
1736 Kent Co. |
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Mary Higginbotham |
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Married Samuel Cunningham 15 Apr 1736 St. Paul's Parish |
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Source: |
Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, Book 2, 1726-1750,p.20, F. Edward Wright |
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Year: |
1736 Anne Arundel Co. |
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Michael Higgens |
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Named in will of Samuel Chew. Also listed as test. |
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Source: |
Maryland Calendar of Wills Vol. 7, p.211, Jane Baldwin Cotton |
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Year: |
1737 |
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Meanwhile: |
Methodist preacher George Whitefield arrived in Savannah. The previous year he had received an invitation from John Wesley to come serve in Georgia, but he had also started preaching in England and his electrifying sermons were soon attracting thousands. Just prior to his departure for Georgia, Charles Wesley returned to England and declared, "the whole nation is in an uproar." In all, Whitefield would make seven trips to America and, along with Jonathan Edwards and Gilbert Tennant, serve the Great Awakening during its peak. |
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Year: |
1737? Queen Anne's Co. |
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Aaron Higgs, James Higgens, John Higgens |
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Listed as debtor to the estate of William Hemsley, James Higgens, John Higgens |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court 1724-1727, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1737 Talbot Co. |
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James Higgins, Alice Higgins, Thomas Higgins, John Higgins |
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16 Nov 1737/30 Jan 173(8?). Inventory of James Higgins. £ 65.18.10. Appraisers:
William Edwards, Alexander Jordan Creditors:
George Robins, Robert Goldsborough Next of Kin: Thomas
Higgins, John Higgins Administratrix/Executrix: Alice Higgins |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court 1733-1738, V.L. Skinner, Jr., Maryland Records of Deaths: 1718-1777, Annie Walker Burns |
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Clues/Cross Reference |
31 Oct 1737. Administration account of James Higgins, widow
Alice Higgins.
Source: Talbot
County Administration Bonds, p.36-37, 31 Oct 1737 19 Jun 1738. Administration account of James Higgins, planter.
£ 65.18.10. Payments to: George Robins, John Kinnimont,
John Goldsborough,
Daniel Dulany, Esq. Tench Francis. Administratrix: Alice Shropshire, wife of
Edward Shropshire. 29 Oct 1739. Administration account of James Higgins. £ 9.1.10. Payments to: Daniel Dulany, Robert Goldsborough, Jr. Administratrix:
Alice Shropshire, wife of Edward Shropshire.
Source: Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative
Court of Maryland 1737-1744, V.L. Skinner, Jr. Jun 1739. Talbot County Guardianship Proceedings. Administrx
Alice Shropshire, wife of Edward Shropshire, post security for estate of James Higgins
Source: Talbot
Orphan Bonds 1739 |
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Year: |
1737 Talbot Co. |
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Nicholas Higgins |
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Named in sale of properties 50 acres "Stepton" (or "Stepney" or "Stepstey") and 100 acres "Salem" on Ewens Bay (also listed as Ewin's Point) and 50 acres "Quillan" and 50 acres "Cornelius' Garden", formerly belonging to the heirs of Cornelius Mulraine: Sarah [dec'd by 1737], wife of Nicholas Higgins [dec'd by 1737], Cornelia, wife of William Young, and Susannah, wife of John Vam. |
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Source: |
Talbot Land Records Liber TB:14, pp 317-320; Maryland Marriage Clues, Irma Harper; Talbot County Maryland Records Book Seven 1733 - 1740, R. Bernice Leonard; Talbot County Maryland Land Records Book Six: 1725-1732, R. Bernice Leonard |
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Year: |
1737 Queen Anne's Co. |
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Rachel Higgins |
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Born 7 Mar 1737 St. Luke's Parish |
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Source: |
IGI |
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Year: |
1737 Talbot Co. |
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Thomas Higgins |
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Transfer of 80 acres from Wm. Russell to Perry Benson, "part of 'Huntington' on St. Michaels River, Hunting Creek - near Thomas Higgins' landing at the head of a small cove on Hunting Creek" |
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Source: |
Talbot County Maryland Land Records Book Seven: 1733-1740, R. Bernice Leonard |
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Year: |
1737/38 Kent Co. |
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Eloner Higgins, Neal Higgins, Margaret Higgins |
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Born Mar 1737/38, dau of Neal and Margaret Shrewsbury Parish |
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Source: |
Maryland Records of Deaths: 1718-1777, Annie Walker Burns |
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Year: |
1738 Talbot Co. |
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John Higgins |
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2 Nov 1738. Administration account of George Ward. Payments to: ..., John Higgins, ... |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1737-1744, V. L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1739 |
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Meanwhile: |
Three
separate violent uprisings by black slaves occur in South Carolina, including
the Stono Rebellion involving
close to 100 slaves. A year later fifty black slaves are hanged in
Charleston, South Carolina, after plans for another revolt are revealed. |
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Year: |
1739 Dorchester Co. |
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Benjamin Higgins |
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5 Feb 1739. Administration account of Thomas Hooper. Payments to: ..., Benjamin Higgins, ... |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1737-1744, V. L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1739 Queen Anne's Co. |
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Charles Wiggins |
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Charles Wiggins m. Anne Calley 22 Nov 1739, St. Luke’s Parish |
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Source: |
Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records 1726-1750, F. Edward Wright |
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Clues/Cross Reference |
James son of Charles and Anne Wiggins b. 27 __ 1739, St.
Luke’s Parish Thomas son of Charles and Anne Wiggins b. 5 Aug 173_, St.
Luke’s Parish Anne dau of Charles and Anne Wiggins b. 8 Aug 173_, St. Luke’s
Parish Martha dau of Charles and Anne Wiggins b. 14 Jan 1741, St.
Luke’s Parish Benjamin son of Charles and Anne Wiggin b. 5 Jan 1743, St.
Luke’s Parish
Source: Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records 1726-1750,
F. Edward Wright |
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Year: |
1739 Talbot Co. |
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Niklas Higgins |
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1 Feb 1739/8 Feb 1739. Will of Henry Hart. |
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Source: |
Index of Maryland Colonial Wills 1634 - 1777, James M. Magruder; Maryland Calendar of Wills from 1738 to 1743 Vol VIII, Jane Baldwin |
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Clues/Cross Reference |
31 Jan 1742. Administration account of Henry Hart.
Representatives: ..., Nicholas
Higgins, ...
Source: Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, Book 2,
1726-1750, F. Edward Wright; Abstracts of the Administration Accounts
of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1737 - 1744, V.L. Skinner,
Jr. |