Higgins Family of Maryland's Eastern Shore

Maryland Eastern Shore Higgins References, 1760-1769

Year:	1760
Meanwhile:	George III becomes King of England. Catherine the Great becomes ruler of Russia. The French surrender to the English at Montreal.

Year:	1760 Queen Anne's Co.
	Charles Higgins
	20 May 1760. Charles Higgins, planter, to Jonathan Hall, merchant - 150 acres of land, part of "Dungarnon" - mentions a writ of Entry
Source:	Queen Anne's County Land Records Book Five 1755-1763, R. Bernice Leonard

Year:	1760 Kent Co.
	John Higgins
....................	Received payment from the administration account for estate of of Stephen Glenvill
Source:	Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1754 - 1760, V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Year:	1760 Queen Anne's Co.
	Mat(t)hew Wiggins, Mary Wiggens, Thomas Wiggens, William Wiggens
....................	18 Mar 1760/19 Jun 1760. Will of Mat(t)hew Wiggins. Wife: Mary Wiggins. Son Matthew Wiggins.
Source:	Queen Anne's Co. Wills Liber WHN:1, p.210
Clues/Cross Reference:	22 Jul 1760/16 Oct 1760. Administration account for estate of Matthew Wiggens. Appraisers: John Davis, Arthur Emory Creditors: John Jackson, John Tillotson Next of Kin: William Wiggens, Thomas Wiggens Executrix: Mary Wiggens Source: Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1760 - 1763, V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Year:	1760 Talbot Co.
	Rachel Higgins
....................	12 Sep 1760/2 Mar 1761. Administration account for estate of Peter Davis. Next of kin: Rachel Higgins, Christopher Cardif.
Source:	Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1760 - 1763, V.L. Skinner, Jr.
Clues/Cross Reference:	2 May 1759/28 Jun 1759. Will of Peter Davis. Wife: Rebeckah. Son-in-law: John Bunton. Sister Rachel Davis (exec). Wit: Thomas Smith, William and Sarah Ryon Source: Maryland Calendar of Wills 1753-1760, Family Line Publications 1 May 1760. Administration account for estate of Peter Davis. Next of kin: Reachel Higins, Christerfer Cardit. Source: Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court 1755 - 1760, V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Year:	1761 Queen Anne's Co.
	Charles Higgins
	Henry Purney, Wheelwright, and Margaret his wife to Charles Higgins, planter – consideration of £50 - 104 acres, part of "Sallisbury", lying on Williams’ Mill Pond except for ¼ acre where the graveyard is. Wit: John Brown, James Walter.
Source:	Queen Anne's County Land Records Book Five 1755-1763, R. Bernice Leonard

Year:	1761 Cecil Co.
	John Higgins
	Received payment from Administration account for estate of James McSwine
Source:	Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1760 - 1748, V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Year:	1761 Kent Co.
	John Higgins
	27 Mar 1761/6 Apr 1761. Will of Thomas Buswell. Wit: John Higgins, John Temple Parsons
Source:	Maryland Calendar of Wills 1759 – 1764 Vol 12, Family Line Publications

Year:	1761 Talbot Co.
	Nehemiah Higgins, Thomas Higgins, Rebecca Higgins
	3 Mar 1761/1 Sep 1761. Administration account for estate of Nehemiah Higgins. £57.11.11 Appraisers: George Dudley, Benjamin Parrott. Creditors: Peter Parrott, Thomas Dudley. Next of kin: Thomas Higgins, Thomas Higgins (Jr.?) Adm: Rebecca Higgins
Source:	Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1760 - 1763, V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Year:	1761 Kent Co.
	Oliver Higgonbotton
....................	Received payment from Administration account for estate of Jackson Griffith
Source:	Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1760 - 1748, V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Year:	1762 Queen Anne's Co.
	John Higgins
....................	23 May 1762/26 Aug 1762. Administration account for estate of John Higgins. . £17.19.9. Appraisers: Benjamin Gould, Abner Dudley. Mentions: Rachel Higgins, William Higgins, Mary Tolley, John Nevill. Admin: Ruth Higgins Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1760 - 1763, V.L. Skinner, Jr. 26 Aug 1762. Administration account for estate of John Higgins. £17.19.9. Sureties: Samuel Phillips, William Meredith. Distributions: widow [unnamed] 1/3. Residue to 4 children equally: Rachel (of age), William (above 15), Sarah (age 5), James (age 2) Abstracts of the Balance Books of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1755 - 1763, V.L. Skinner, Jr
Source:	Maryland Records of Deaths: 1718-1777, Annie Walker Burns; Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1760 - 1763, V.L. Skinner, Jr.; Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1760 - 1763, V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Year:	1762 Kent Co.
	John Higgins
....................	Received payment from Administration account for estate of James Smith
Source:	Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1760 - 1748, V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Year:	1762 Queen Anne's Co.
	Mary Wiggins, Matthew Wiggins
....................	22 Oct 1761/Jan 1762. Will of Mary Wiggins. Son Matthew Wiggins. Brother Richard Kieran
Source:	Queen Anne's Co. Wills Liber 31 Folio 521

Year:	1762
	William Higgins
	Advertised that his wife Mary has eloped 16 Dec 1762
Source:	Gleanings from Maryland Newspapers,1727-1775, Barnes

Year:	1763
Meanwhile:	The French and Indian War, known in Europe as the Seven Year's War, ends with the Treaty of Paris. Under the treaty, France gives England all French territory east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and west Florida to the English in return for Cuba. The Proclamation of 1763, signed by King George III of England, prohibits any English settlement west of the Appalachian mountains and requires those already settled in those regions to return east in an attempt to ease tensions with Native Americans. Although not often referenced by the colonists, this was one of the reasons for discontent leading up to the revolution.

Year:	1763 Queen Anne's Co.
	Charles Higgens
	8 Sep 1763. Administration account for estate of Jeremiah Barneels. Administrators: William Allibone, Charles Higgens
Source:	Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court 1763 - 1766, V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Year:	1763 Kent Co.
	John Higgins
....................	15 Aug 1763. Administration account for estate of Walter Daugherty. Administratrix: Mary Daugherty, wife of John Higgins
Source:	Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court 1763 - 1766, V.L. Skinner, Jr.
Clues/Cross Reference:	John Higgins received payment from Administration account for estate of Walter Daugherty. Admin: Mary Daugherty, new wife of John Higgins Source: Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1760 - 1748, V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Year:	1763 Dorchester Co.
	John Higday
....................	8 Feb 1763. George and William Buck to Thomas Marsh - transfer of 100 acres of land on the Chester River, part of "Poplar Hill". Wit: John Higday, Thomas Mayard, Edward Collscott
Source:	Land Records of Dorchester County Maryland, Vol. F: 1763-1767, James A. McAllister, Jr.

Year:	1763? Kent Co.
	John Hogens, Joel Hicomboltom (Higgenbothom?), Patrick Higgins, William Hogins
....................	Administration account for estate of Joseph Jervis. List of debtors: ..., John Hogens, ...Joel Hicomboltom (Higgenbothom?), ...Patrick Higgins, ...William Hogins, ...
Source:	Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court 1724-1727, V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Year:	1763 Kent Co.
	Oliver Higgenbotham
....................	12 Jan 1763/10 Nov 1763. Administration account for estate of Benjamin Merchant. Administrator: Oliver Higgenbotham
Source:	Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court 1763 - 1766, V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Year:	1764
Meanwhile:	The Sugar Act is passed by the English Parliament to offset the war debt brought on by the French and Indian War and to help pay for the expenses of running the colonies and newly acquired territories. It was not a new tax but a revision to a customs duty implemented in 1733 to prevent trade with the French West Indies. The colonists until now had simply evaded it through smuggling. The Sugar Act actually reduced the duty by half. The difference was that this time mechanisms were put in place to collect the duty and American shippers faced having actually to pay it.

Year:	1764 Somerset Co.
	Ann Higgins
....................	1 Nov 1764/28 Apr 1772. Will of Thomas Rencher. Children: Thomas, Mary wife of John Ballard, William, Samuel, Bridget Chaply, Ann Higgins. Mentions Sarah Beard and Frances Hitch. Ex: son Thomas. Wit: Levin Dashiel Sr and Jr.
Source:	Maryland Calendar of Wills 1767-1772, Family Line Publications

Year:	1764 Queen Anne’s Co.
	James Dwiggans, Ann Dwiggans
....................	23 Jun 1764/16 Aug 1764. Administrative account for estate of John Leverton. Admin: James Dwiggans and his wife Ann Dwiggans
Source:	Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court 1763-1766, V.L. Skinner, Jr.
Clues/Cross Reference:	20 Jun 1765. Administrative account for estate of John Leverton. Admin: Ann Dwiggens, wife of James Dwiggens 7 Feb 1767. Administrative account for estate of John Leverton. Admin: Ann Dwiggens, wife of James Dwiggens Source: Abstracts of the Balance Books of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1763-1770, V. L. Skinner, Jr.

Year:	1764
	John Higgins
....................	14 Nov 1764, Court of the Vice Admiralty. Received mariners wages for services on condemned brig Betsy.
Source:	Calendar of Maryland State Papers, The Black Books Vol 1,item 1331

Year:	1764 Dorchester Co.
	Price Higgins
	23 Jan 1764. Price Higgins of LewesTown in Sussex Co. on Delaware TO Joseph Hicks of Dorchester Co.; power of attorney to collect debts due to Higgins from Wm. Byus. Wit: Thomas Cross, Sophia Cross, Jas. Hicks Jr., Ann Carlisle. Proved 10 Jul 1764 by oath of Thomas Cross before Dan Sulivane, justice.
Source:	Liber/Folio 19/255. Abstracts from the Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland Vol F 1763-1767, James A. McAllister, Jr.

Year:	1764
	Samuel Higgins
....................	Appeared with John Higgins to receive mariner’s wages for services to Capt Beriah Mayberry.
Source:	Calendar of Maryland State Papers, The Black Books Vol 1,item 1332

Year:		1764 Talbot Co.
		Thos. Higgins
....................		10 Nov 1764/19 Jun 1770. Will of James Porter. Wit: Thos. Higgins, Frances and James Porter
Source:		Maryland Calendar of Wills 1767 - 1772, Family Line Publications

Year:	1765
Meanwhile:	In March, the English Parliament passes the Stamp Act, imposing the first tax designed to specifically raise revenue (to offset the high costs of the British military organization in America.) Previous royal and Parliamentary taxes had been designed to influence trade. All taxes to raise revenue had come from local assemblies and gone into local coffers. Additionally the money would be used to pay the salaries of royal officials in the colonies, making them more independent of the colonial assemblies. Underground Sons of Liberty are formed in various colonial towns. Its members use violence and intimidation to eventually force all of the British stamp agents to resign and also stop many American merchants from ordering British trade goods. In Boston, Samuel Adams united two rival Bostonian gangs in November 1765, the North End and South End gangs. The Sons of Liberty began training the united gangs as a militia and used them as the Sons of Liberty's "shock troops." The name "Sons of Liberty" was taken from a speech given by Colonel Isaac Barr, a member of the House of Commons in the English Parliament, in February 1765 in opposition to the Prime Minister's (Lord Grenville's) proposed Stamp Act. In his speech, Barr said that Britain's behavior toward Americans "on many occasions has caused the blood of those sons of liberty to recoil within them." The Act was repealed in 1766 after an impassioned speech from William Pitt in Parliament. On the same day the Act was repealed however, a Declaratory Act was passed that again reasserted Parliament's right to legislate "in all cases whatsoever."

Year:	1765 Somerset Co.
	Benjamin Huggins, Ann Huggins
....................	Died 1765. Married Anne Renshaw, widow of Nelson Waller. No children
Source:	Lower Delmarva Gen. Society "More From the Shore" Vol 4-1 (Spring 1985), Polly Batchelder
Clues/Cross Reference:	6 Sep 1766/25 Mar 1767. Administration account for estate of Benjamin Huggins. Appraisers: Isaac Adkerson, Nicholas Evans Exec: Ann Huggins Source: Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1766 - 1769, V.L. Skinner, Jr. 21 Nov 1765/24 Jul 1766. Will of Benjamin Huggins. Wife Ann. Estate to be equally divided amongst wife’s 3 children. Extx: Wife Ann. Wit: John Spann Conway, William Rincher Source: Maryland Calendar of Wills 1764-1767 Vol 13, Family Line Publications

Year:	1765 Queen Anne’s Co.
	John Dwigens
....................	26 Jun 1765/27 Jun 1765. Administrative account for estate of Solomon Downes. Mentions John Dwigens
Source:	Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court 1763-1766, V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Year:	1765
	Richard Higgins
	Married Elizabeth Clark(?) 27 Oct 1765.
Source:	Maryland Marriages 1634-1777, Robert Burns

Year:	1766 Queen Anne’s Co.
	James Dwiggins
	25 Jan 1766/10 Jun 1766. Administrative account for estate of Valentine Green. Mentions James Dwiggins
Source:	Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court 1763-1766, V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Year:		1766 Kent Co.
		John Higgins/Higgans, Mary Higgins
....................		26 Mar 1766/13 Feb 1767. Will of John Higgins, of Chester Town. Wife Mary Higgins, Dau-in-law Sarah Doveriux. Extx: Wife Mary. Wit: John Temple Parsons, John Green, Daniel Cahill.
Source:		Maryland Records of Deaths: 1718-1777, Annie Walker Burns; Maryland Calendar of Wills 1764-1767 Vol 13, Family Line Publications
Clues/Cross Reference:		12 Aug 1767/11 Nov 1767. Administration account for estate of John Higgans/John Higgins. £192.16.11. Appraisers: Jarvis James, James Claypole Creditors: James Anderson, Thomas Ringgold & Co. Exec: Mary Higgins. 6 Mar 1769. Administration account for estate of John Higgins. £47.18.4. Mary Kennard, wife of John Kennard. 6 Mar 1769. Administration account for estate of John Higgins. £14.15.0. Mary Kennard, wife of John Kennard. Source: Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1766 - 1769, V.L. Skinner, Jr. Mar 1769. Administration account for estate of John Higgins. £144.7.0. Sureties: William Murray, John Kennard. Distribution to: Mary (wife) during her lifetime, then to Sarah Devorix (daughter-in-law). Executrix: Mary Kennard, wife of John Kennard. Source: Abstracts of the Balance Books of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1763 - 1770, V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Year:	1767
Meanwhile.:	With the repeal of the Stamp Act, Britain still needed money. Since the Americans objected to internal taxes like the stamp duties, Prime Minister Charles Townshend proposed import duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea similar to those on sugar and molasses. At considerable loss to themselves, merchants in one port after another agreed not to import British goods - not just items subject to duties but a broad range of other goods. By 1769 only New Hampshire merchants had failed to enter a nonimportation pact. After American imports had fallen by nearly a third, London took notice. With a new Prime Minister, Lord North, the Townshend Duties were repealed in 1770. This time, Parliament's desire to continue to assert that they still retained, in principle at least, the right to any legislative action (including taxes) took the form of keeping the duty on tea. Americans still objected but did not keep up the total boycott on British goods. Merchants resumed trade with Britain, except for the importation of tea.

Year:	1767 Kent Co.
	Oliver Higgineshorn
....................	15 Oct 1767/4 Nov 1767. Administration account for estate of John Rollinson. Next of kin: Oliver Higgineshorn
Source:	Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1766 - 1769, V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Year:	1768 Worcester Co.
	Philip Hugings
	22 Jan 1768/23 Apr 1773. Will of Obadiah Messix. Wit: John Clows, Jr., Isaac Ingraham, Sr., Philip Hugings
Source:	Maryland Calendar of Wills 1772-1774 Vol 15, Family Line Publications

Year:	1768 Cecil Co.
	Tole Hickand Bottom (Higgenbottom?)
	28 Nov 1768. List of debts to estate of Thomas Elliott: Tole Hickand Bottom (Higgenbottom), ...
Source:	Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court, V.L. Skinner, Jr.

Year:	1769
Meanwhile:	George Washington presented a set of resolutions written by George Mason to the Virginia House of Burgesses, although Patrick Henry was one of its major proponents. The Virginia Resolves opposed taxation, stating that only Virginians can tax Virginians. A slim majority adopted the less inflammatory resolves, but all of the Resolves were adopted, first by Rhode Island, and then by most of the other colonies. From the Virginia Resolves came the mantra "taxation without representation" Daniel Boone explores a route through the Cumberland Gap. Franciscan Friar Juniper Serra founds San Diego.

Year:	1769 Talbot Co.
	Aaron Higgs, Margaret Higgs
	26 Oct 1769/17 April 1770. Tench Francis, City of Philadelphia, Merchant, son and heir of Tench Francis, Esq., late of the same city, deceased, to Margaret Higgs of Talbot, Spinster, grand-daughter and heir of Aaron Higgs late of Talbot, Planter, deceased - consideration for five shillings - release of interest in the land sold by Tench Francis, deceased, and Elizabeth Hawkins, late of Queen Anne County, Widow, also deceased, by deed dated 15 January 1742, for consideration of 9000 pounds of tobacco to Aaron Higgs - two tracts in Talbot County called "Skinner's Swineyard", 200 acres, and "Skiggs' Spring" 50 acres. Wit: James Tilghman, James Tilghman, Jr.
Source:	Talbot County Maryland Land Records Book Twelve: 1765-1771, R. Bernice Leonard

Year:	1769
	David Higgins
	Born 1769 Died 1835. Married Mary Sweeney
Source:	Mary C. Higgins

Year:	1769 Talbot Co.
	James Jayesek Higgins
	Age 39 in 1769
Source:	Talbot County Land Commissions 1762-1782, p.202. More Maryland Deponents 1716 - 1799, Henry C. Peden, Jr.
Clues/Cross Reference:	This is probably James Saywell Higgins, son of John and Rebecca, who was born in 1731.

Year:	1769 Talbot Co.
	James Saywell Higgins
	12 Mar 1769/7 Nov 1769. Will of John Carr. Wit: James Saywell Higgins, Wm. Foster, Michael Callahan
Source: .	Maryland Calendar of Wills 1767-1772 Vol 14, Family Line Publications

Year:	1769 Talbot Co.
	John Higgins
	Aged 42 in 1769
Source:	Talbot County Land Commissions 1762-1782, p.203. More Maryland Deponents 1716 - 1799, Henry C. Peden, Jr.
Clues/Cross Reference:	This may be John Higgins son of John and Rebecca, who was born in 1726.

Year:	1769 Caroline/Dorchester/Talbot/Queen Anne's Co.
	Mary Higgins, William Higgins
....................	John Jones and Mary Higgins married by license 15 Aug 1769. Test: Her father, William Higgins, Mr. Browning and Mrs. Browning, etc. St. Joseph's Mission, Cordova
Source:	Supplement to Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records Books 1-3, F. Edward Wright

Year:	1769 Queen Anne's Co.
	Sarah Higgins, Charles Higgins
....................	29 Jun 1769. Sarah Higgins, spinster, to Charles Higgins, planter – for consideration of £45 – 52 acres, one half of tract Salisbury, lying on the branches of Corsica Creek. Wit: Elizabeth Punney, John Kerr.
Source:	Queen Anne's County Land Records Book 7 1768-1774, R. Bernice Leonard

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