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1750 |
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The
English Parliament, limiting the growth of the production of finished goods
in the American colonies and promoting the export of raw iron, passes the
Iron Act. By the early eighteenth century, England's metal industry depended
largely on bar and pig iron from Sweden, mostly because English forests had
been depleted by decades of charcoal production. The Act was meant to protect
the English Iron industry against competition from the colonies and alleviate
dependence of Swedish imports. |
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1750 Sussex Co., DE |
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Andrew Higgons |
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4 Feb 1750. Will of Caleb Cirwithian(?) . Wit: Andrew Higgons |
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1751 |
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England passes the Currency Act prohibiting issuance of money in the Colonies . The colonies faced a chronic shortage of hard money, which kept going out to pay debts in England. To meet the shortage, they resorted to issuing their own paper money. British creditors, however, feared payment in such a depreciated currency. To alleviate their fears, Parliament in 1751 had forbidden the New England colonies to make their currency legal tender. |
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1751 Talbot Co. |
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John Higins |
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Land transfer to John Higins & Barrett from Ardory |
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Talbot Co 1751 Land Records JL 18 Court of Val. 185 |
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1753 Talbot Co. |
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John Higgens |
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11 Jul 1753. Administration account of Daniel Stubleford. Payments to: John Higgens, ... |
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Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court 1750 - 1754, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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1753 Talbot Co. |
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John Higgins |
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17 Apr 1753. Administration account of John Catcart (Cuthcart). Next of kin: John Higgins, Henry Vance |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Inventories and Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1751 - 1756, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Clues/Cross Reference |
10 Dec 1724. Talbot Co. Mary Higgins married Robert Cathart
(Cuthbert) |
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1754 |
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The
French and Indian War erupts as a result of disputes over land in the Ohio River
Valley, and as an extension of the Seven Years' War in Europe. |
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1754 Talbot Co. |
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Nehemiah Higgens/Higgins |
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15 Sep 1754/10 Jan 1755. Will of Peter Parrott. Executor: Nehemiah Higgens |
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Maryland Calendar of Wills 1753 - 1760, Family Line Publications |
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Clues/Cross Reference |
21 Mar 1758. Administration account of Peter
Parratt. Exec: Nehemiah Higgins
Source: Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative
Court 1755 - 1760, V.L. Skinner, Jr. 5 Nov 1760.
Administration account of Peter Parratt. Exec: Nehemiah Higgins
Source: Abstracts of the Balance Books of the Prerogative
Court of Maryland 1755 - 1763, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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1754 Kent Co. |
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William Hogins |
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William Hogins m. Rachel Stavely 5 Jul 1754, Shrewsbury Parish |
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Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records 1751-1775, F. Edward Wright |
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1754 Prince George's Co. |
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William Higgins |
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Married Mary Mills, widow of Thomas Mills |
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Maryland Marriages 1634 - 1777, Robert Burns |
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1755 |
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British authorities in Nova Scotia relocate 6000 French Acadians to colonies from Massachusetts to South Carolina when they refuse to swear an oath of allegiance to the British crown. |
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1755 Talbot Co. |
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James Saywell Higgins |
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Received payment from the administration account of George Brinsfield |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1754 - 1760, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1755 Kent Co. |
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John Hogins |
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John Hogins son of William and Rachel, b. 25 Aug 1755, Shrewsbury Parish |
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Source: |
Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records 1751-1775, F. Edward Wright |
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Year: |
1755 Talbot Co. |
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John Higgins |
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Received payment from the administration account of William Herrington |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1754 - 1760, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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1755 Queen Anne's Co. |
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John Higgins |
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Married Ruth Philips 27 Sep 1755 St. Luke's Parish |
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Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, Book 3, 1751-1775,p.20, F. Edward Wright |
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1756 Queen Anne's Co. |
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John Higgins, Barbara SULLIVANE Higgins, Charles Higgins, Sarah Higgins |
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10 Nov 1756/20 Jan 1757. Will of John Higgins. John Higgins, planter, -to son (under age) Charles Higgins "to have gray mare branded with CH and her increase and a five year old heifer called 'Star'...Dau Sarah Higgins...to have one sorrel mare and a brindle heifer and also one feather bed and furniture...wife Barbara...to have a cow and three heifers...to have 100 acres whereon testator now dwells being part of tract of land called "Salisbury Tract" to have for her widowhood...Named Executor...dau Elizabeth Higgins...at widow's decease or remarriage to divide the land left to the widow with Sarah...at widow's decease the remainder of the estate to be divided among testator's three children." |
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Queen Anne's Co Prerogative Court (Wills) Liber 30:225; Queen Anne's County Maryland Orphan's Court and Registrar of Wills 1755-1762, Leslie & Neil |
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Clues/Cross Reference: |
5 Feb 1746. John Higgons and John Sullivant posted Surety for
Administration Account of estate of William Delany
Source: Administration Accounts of Maryland, V.L.
Skinner, Jr. 2 Jun 1768/19 Aug 1768. Administration account of John
Sullivane. Q.A. Co. Appraisers:
John Brown, Benjamin Gould. Mentions: Bishop & Walters, Richard Tilghman,
Elisabeth Punney, Sarah Higgins. Administratrix: Sarah Sulivane.
Source: Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative
Court of Maryland 1766 - 1769, V.L. Skinner, Jr. 6 Oct 1769. Administration account of John Sullivane. Q.A. Co. Distribution to: widow.
Residue to: Moses Floyd (son of Eleanor Floyd, sister), Susannah
Dolern/Dolvin wife of Daniel Dolvin (child of Barbara Higgins, sister) and
Elisabeth Purney (child of Barbara Higgins, sister) and Charles Higgins and
Sarah Higgins (children of Barbara Higgins, sister)
Source: Abstracts of the Balance Books of the Prerogative
Court of Maryland 1763 - 1770, V.L. Skinner, Jr.;
Abstracts of the Balance Books of the Prerogative Court of Maryland
1770 - 1777, V.L. Skinner, Jr. 21 Oct 1737. Sale of land from Richard Bennett, merchant, to
John Sullivan, planter - 300 acres of land called "Dungarnon" -
originally surveyed for and in the name of Florence Sullivant and mortgaged
by Bennett to Owen Sullivane, father of John - which mortgage was later
forfeited. John Sullivan to give his sister Barbara, wife of John Higgins,
one half of the land. Wit: John Lookerman, J. Beck
Source: Queen Anne's County Land Records Book Two 1725-1741,
R. Bernice Leonard 24 Nov 1737. John Sullivane, planter, to John Higgins,
planter, and Barbara his wife - gift of love - one half of
"Dungarnon", 150 acres. Wit: G.
Pemberton, J. Wickes.
Source: Queen Anne's County Land Records Book Two 1725-1741,
R. Bernice Leonard 26 Sep 1737. Administration account of Mr. Charles Seth. Next
of Kin: John Sutiant, John Higgins 15 Apr 1739/22 Nov 1739. Administration account of Mr. Charles
Seth. Q.A. Co. Next of kin: John Higgins, Barbery Higgins, John Sullivant 6 Apr 1741/23 Dec 1741. Administration account of Charles
Seth. Q.A. Co. Next of kin: John Sullivane, Barbary Higgins
Source: Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative
Court 1738 - 1744, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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1756 Kent Co. |
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John Higgins |
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5 Feb 1756/15 Feb 1756. Will of Patrick Burn of Chester Town. Wit: John Higgins, Caleb Guthry (Guthony?), George Garnett. |
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Source: |
Maryland Calendar of Wills 1753 - 1760, Family Line Publications |
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Year: |
1757 |
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The British East India Trading company consolidates its control in India with the defeat of the Nawab. Territorial holdings had first begun in 1600 and gradually increased over the next century. |
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Year: |
1757 Talbot Co. |
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James Higgins, Andrew Hynese |
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6 May 1757/13 Jun 1757. Listed as debtor to the estate of David Alexander |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court 1724-1727, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1757 Talbot Co. |
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John Higgins |
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Received payment from the administration account of William Dickeson |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1754 - 1760, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1757 Prince George's Co. |
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William Higgins |
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Married Mary Simmons, dau of Eliza |
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Source: |
Maryland Marriages 1634 - 1777, Robert Burns |
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Year: |
1758 |
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A devastating defeat occurs for English forces at Lake George, New York, as nearly two thousand men are lost during a frontal attack against well-entrenched French forces at Fort Ticonderoga. |
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1758 Queen Anne's Co. |
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Ann Wiggins |
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Ann Wiggins m. John Nicholson 27 Aug 1758, St. Luke’s Parish |
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Source: |
Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records 1648-1725, F. Edward Wright |
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Year: |
1758 Talbot Co. |
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Thomas Higins |
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3 Jan 1758/8 Mar 1758. Will of Susannah Porter. Wit: John and Joseph Porter, Thomas Higins |
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Source: |
Maryland Calendar of Wills 1753 - 1760, Family Line Publications |
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Year: |
1758 Talbot Co. |
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William Hogin |
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10 Oct 1758. Inventory of Thomas Parsons. Next of kin: Ollever Lee, William Hogin |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1755 - 1760, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1759 Queen Anne's Co. |
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Charles Wiggins |
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Charles Wiggins m. Sarah Simkins 18 Apr 1759, St. Luke’s Parish |
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Source: |
Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records 1751-1775, F. Edward Wright |
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Year: |
1759 Somerset Co. |
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Luke Huggins |
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13 Apr 1759/19 Jun 1759. Administration account of Joshua Edge. Next of kin: Luke Huggins, John Willey |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court 1755 - 1760, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1759 Dorchester Co. |
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Samuel Higgins |
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Received payment from the administration account of Roger Hudson |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1754 - 1760, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1759 Talbot Co. |
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Shervington Higgins |
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16 Nov 1759. James Chaplain and Thomas Jenkins to set an annual value of land and plantation of James Dickinson, late of Talbot... plantation where Shervington Higgins now lives. |
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Source: |
Talbot County Maryland Land Records Book 13, R. Bernice Leonard |
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Year: |
1759 Talbot Co. |
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Sherwin Higgins |
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Received payment from the administration account of Margaret Barrow |
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Source: |
Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1754 - 1760, V.L. Skinner, Jr. |
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Year: |
1759 Queen Anne's Co. |
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Susanna Higgs |
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Married Thomas Williams 10 Jan 1759 |
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Source: |
IGI |
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