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Year:
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1780
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Meanwhile:
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After
a severe winter, Gen. Washington faces a
serious threat of mutiny at his winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey.
Two Continental regiments conduct an armed march through the camp and demand
immediate payment of salary (overdue by 5 months) and full rations. Troops
from Pennsylvania
put down the rebellion. Two leaders of the protest are then hanged.
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May
12, 1780 - The worst American defeat of the Revolutionary War occurs as the
British capture Charleston
and its 5400-man garrison (the entire southern American Army) along with four
ships and a military arsenal.
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Year:
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1780 Caroline Co.
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Benjamin Higgins
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Married Sarah Plummer 17 Dec 1780
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Source:
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Caroline County
Marriage Licenses 1774-1825, Raymond B. Clark Jr and
Sarah Clark
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Year:
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1780
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James Saywell Higgins, Francis Higgins
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Died by 15 Mar 1780. Kin: Sarah Russell. Oath made by Francis
Higgins
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Source:
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Bernice Leonard
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Year:
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1780-1781 Talbot Co.
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William Higgins
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Corporal in Militia 1780-1781, Broad Creek Company, 38th
Battalion.
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Source:
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Revolutionary Patriots of Talbot
County Maryland 1775-1783,
Henry C. Peden, Jr.
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Year:
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1781
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Meanwhile:
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The
Articles of
Confederation are approved by the states on Mar. 1. The first
president of the new nation was John Hanson of Maryland, who was unanimously chosen by
Congress (including George Washington). He would be followed by Elias Boudinot
(1783), Thomas Mifflin (1784), Richard Henry Lee (1785), Nathan Gorman
(1786), Arthur St. Clair (1787), and Cyrus Griffin (1788).
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October
17, 1781 - As Yorktown is about to be taken, the British send out a flag of
truce. Gen. Washington and Gen. Cornwallis then work out terms of surrender.
7000 British reinforcements under Gen. Clinton arrive at Chesapeake
Bay but turn back on hearing of the surrender
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Year:
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1781 Dorchester Co.
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Ann Higgins
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Married Thomas Brodess 19 Jun 1781
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Source:
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US
GenWeb Marriage Records 1780-1867 Dorchester County Maryland, contributed
by Barbara & Steve Woolston
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Year:
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1781 Kent Co.
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James Hickenbottom
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Discharged from the Continental Army in 1781
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Source:
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Inhabitants of Kent County, Maryland
1637 - 1787, Henry C. Peden, Jr.
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Year:
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1781 Talbot Co.
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William Higgins
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Drafted into Militia 30 Aug 1781 to reinforce the American
Army and to serve in the Maryland Continental troops until 10 Dec 1781.
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Source:
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Revolutionary Patriots of Talbot
County Maryland 1775-1783,
Henry C. Peden, Jr.
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Year:
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1781 Talbot Co.
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Wm. Higgins
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Named in August 30th, 1781 Talbot Co. list of "persons
draughted to raise two Battalions of Militia to reinforce the American Army,
to serve `till the 10th of December,1781."
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Source:
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Maryland
Archives, Vol 18. "Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of Maryland
Troops in the American Revolution "
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Year:
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1782
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Meanwhile:
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The
British House of Commons votes against waging further war on America on
Feb. 2. Preliminary
peace articles are signed on Nov. 30, ending the American war. An
American retaliatory attack against Loyalist and Indian forces at a Shawnee village in Ohio territory on Nov. 10 is the last
battle of the Revolutionary War.
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Year:
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1782 (Eastern Shore)
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John Higgins
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Named in "List of Defectives from the Maryland [Continental] Line, from June,
1780, to Feb., 1782."
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Source:
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Maryland
Archives. Records of Maryland Troops in the Continental Service Muster and
Pay Rolls for 1782
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Year:
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1782 Talbot Co.
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John Higgins
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Along with James Berry, witnessed Deed of Manumission by
William Harris to his slaves Lucy, Hannah, Jean (age 4), and Keziah (age 1)
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Source:
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Talbot County Maryland
Land
Records Book Fourteen: 1777-1784, R. Bernice Leonard
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Year:
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1783
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Meanwhile:
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General
Washington gathers his officers and talks them out of a rebellion against the
authority of Congress.
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The
Supreme Court of Massachusetts abolishes slavery in that state.
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September
3, 1783 - The Treaty
of Paris is signed by the United States
and Great Britain.
7000 Loyalists set sail from New York for Canada,
bringing a total of 100,000 Loyalists who have now fled
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Year:
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1783 Talbot Co.
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Deborah Higgins
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15 Aug 1783/10 Jul 1784. Will of Nathaniel Cooper. Wife: Ann
Cooper. Sons: John Cooper, Samuel Cooper, Natt Cooper, William Cooper, Daughter: Martha Wilson. Grandson: George Wilson.
Son-in-law: John Martin Needles. Wit (to original will): Jonathan Ozmont,
Sarah Cooper, Nancy Cooper. Wit (to codical): Julianna Cooper, Deborah
Higgins
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Source:
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Talbot County Maryland
Wills Liber JB 3 1777-1785, Helen E. Seymour
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Year:
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1783 Queen Anne's Co.
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Hugh Higgins
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Served on Coroners Inquisition 23 Oct 1783. "Body of
James Gibs. James Gibs went out in canoe upon the evening of the 15th this
instant last past fishing and supposed upon some accident and fell
overboard."
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Source:
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Odds and Ends: Records of Talbot, Caroline, and Queen Anne's
Counties of Maryland,
Cynthia V. Schmidt
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Year:
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1783 Queen Anne's Co.
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Hugh Higgins
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29 Dec 1783, William Surrell for six pounds, transfers to Hugh
Higgins, both of QA county, … lot #9 in Kings
Town, Queen Anne’s Co.,
between Front Street.
and Kings
Street. Wit: john Brown, V. Benton
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Source:
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Queen Anne’s Co., MD Land
records, Liber RT3, p. 192-193
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Year:
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1783 Talbot Co.
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John Higgins, John Higgins,
Jr., Thomas Higgins, William Higgins
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John Higgins 129 acres. 9 whites. Island,
Tuckahoe and Kings Creek
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John Higgins Lowes Ramble, pt, 28 acres.
Bolingbroke
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John Higgins 205 acres. Bolingbroke
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John Higgins, Jr. Borams Range 177 acres. 7 whites. Brooke
and Third Haven Hundreds
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Thomas Higgins 6 whites. Brooke and Third Haven
Hundreds
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William Higgins 8 whites. Island, Tuckahoe, and Kings
Creek Hundreds
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Source:
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1783
Talbot Co. Assessment
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1783 Tax List of Maryland Part 1,
Bettie Carothers
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Year:
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1783 Dorchester Co.
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Ann Higgins, James Higgins,
Thomas Higgins
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Ann Higgins Dorchester Upper District Hundred
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James Higgins Dorchester Upper District Hundred
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Thomas Higgins Dorchester Lower District Hundred
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Source:
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1783
Dorchester Co. Assessment
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Year:
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1783 Caroline Co.
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Rebecca Higgins
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Upper Choptank District Hundred
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Source:
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1783
Caroline Co. Assessment
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Year:
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1783 Harford Co.
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John Huggans
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7 whites. Gunpowder Upper and Lower Hundred
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Source:
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1783 Tax List of Maryland
Part 1, Bettie Carothers
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Year:
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1783 Cecil Co.
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Joseph Higgins, Thomas Huggins
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Joseph Higgins 25 acres. 6th District
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Thomas Huggins 4 whites. North Millford and East Nottingham Hundreds
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1783
Cecil Co. Assessment
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Source:
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1783 Tax List of Maryland
Part 1, Bettie Carothers
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Year:
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1784 Talbot Co.
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Ellender Higgins
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14 Sept 1784. Ellender Higgins to her slaves - Conditional
Manumission: negro woman "Sinah", about thirty-three years old and
negro man, "Boston",
about forty to be freed immediately - negro girl, "Jude" five years
old last May to be freed 1 May 1797. Wit: John Bracco, James Thomas,
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Source:
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Talbot County Maryland
Land
Records Book Fourteen: 1777-1784, R. Bernice Leonard
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Year:
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1784 Talbot Co.
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John Higgins
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31 May 1784. John Higgins to his slaves - Conditional
Manumission - to negro "Rachel", immediately; to
"Hannah", her daughter, at age 18 on 19 May 1800; and to
"Minta", another daughter at age 18 on 30 April 1802. Wit: William
Dawson
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Source:
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Talbot County Maryland
Land
Records Book Fourteen: 1777-1784, R. Bernice Leonard
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Year:
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1785
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Meanwhile:
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Congress
passes the Land Ordinance of 1785 which divides the northwest territories
(Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin) into townships, each set at 6
square miles, subdivided into 36 lots of 640 acres each, with each lot
selling for no less than $640.
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Year:
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1785 Talbot Co.
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George Higgins, Jr.
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Land Transfer from George Higgins, Jr. to Gordon
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Source:
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Talbot 1785 Land Records BL A23 Deed 575
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Year:
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1785 Queen Anne's Co.
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Hugh Higgins
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Served on Coroners Inquisition 2 May 1785. "Body of negro
man, late slave of Emory Sudler, named Anthony then lying dead on the shore
of the Chester River. Negro Anthony was found on the
first of May and by some mischance got drowned."
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8 Mar 1785. "Body of negro Sam, slave to Benjamin
Chambers. On the 27th of March last, not being in his proper senses he did
strip himself and went into the river and did stay in so long that he
perished with the cold and by that means came to his death."
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Source:
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Odds and Ends: Records of Talbot, Caroline, and Queen Anne's
Counties of Maryland,
Cynthia V. Schmidt
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Year:
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1785 Queen Anne's Co.
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John Higgins, Charles Higgins
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John Higgins, orphan son of Charles Higgins. "Ebenezer
Dodd to deliver up to John Davis the estate of John Higgins, the orphan son
of Charles Higgins, former ward of said Ebenezer Dodd".
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Source:
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"Queen Anne's Orphan
Court Proceeding 15 Aug 1785". Upper Shore
Genealogical Society - "Chesapeake
Cousins" - Vol 13-1-8
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Year:
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1786
|
|
Meanwhile:
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Shay's Rebellion
occurs in MA.
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Year:
|
1786 Talbot Co.
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John Higgins
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Old John Higgins, deceased, mentioned in 1786 deposition of
John Pritchard
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Source:
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Talbot County Land Commissions 1785-1793, p.142. More Maryland Deponents
1716 - 1799, Henry C. Peden, Jr.
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Year:
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1787 Queen Anne's Co.
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|
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John Higgins
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Recognizance Records: May 1787. John Higgins, planter and
Thomas Davis, planter pay maintenance for Elizabeth Hutson single woman
charges John Higgins father of male bastard William Hutson."
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|
Source:
|
Odds and Ends: Records of Talbot, Caroline, and Queen Anne's
Counties of Maryland,
Cynthia V. Schmidt
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Year:
|
1786 Talbot Co.
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William Higgins
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"List of Fees for the Sheriff to Colect: William Higgins,
pd cash"
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"Sheriff Bankes Insolvents, list of debts: William
Higgins of
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Source:
|
Odds and Ends: Records of Talbot, Caroline, and Queen Anne's
Counties of Maryland,
Cynthia V. Schmidt
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Year:
|
1787
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|
Meanwhile:
|
September
17, 1787 - Thirty-nine delegates vote to approve and then sign the final
draft of the new Constitution.
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|
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|
The
Federalist Papers,
a series of 85 political essays promoting a Federalist Constitution begin to
be published anonymously by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay
over the next 2 years.
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A
severe famine occurred in Maryland:
"About this time, the country was visited with a dreadful famine, which
not only prevailed at Burch Town, but likewise at Chebucto, Annapolis, Digby and other places. Many of
the poor people were compelled to sell their best gowns for five pounds of
flour, in order to support life. When they had parted with all their clothes,
even to their blankets, several of them fell down dead in the streets, thro'
hunger. Some killed and eat their dogs and cats, and poverty and distress
prevailed on every side, so that to my great grief I was obliged to leave Burch Town, because I could get no
employment." - Boston King, carpenter and shipwright
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Year:
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1787 Queen Anne's Co.
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|
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John Higgins
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31 Dec 1787. James Sylvester to John Davis and John Higgins -
consideration of £30 current money - six head of cattle; 4 beds and
furniture; one bay mare; one sorrell horse; all on a plantation near
Ruthsberg
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Source:
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Queen Anne’s County Land Records 1786-1788 Book 9, R.
Bernice Leonard
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Year:
|
1787 Talbot and Dorchester Co.'s
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Rachel Higgins
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Kin to Peter Davis, along with Christopher Cardiff. Cardiff was in Nanticoke Hundred (Dorchester)
1776; died Sussex Co, DE 1787. Brother Robert settled in Bay Hundred, Talbot
Co.
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Source:
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Bernice Leonard
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Year:
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1788
|
|
Meanwhile:
|
The
United States Constitution is ratified by the states
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New York City is chosen by
Congress to be the temporary seat of the new U.S. government. Maryland proposes giving a 10 square-mile area along
the Potomac River for the establishment of a federal town to be the new seat
of the U.S.
government.
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The
first convicts transported from Britain
to Australia.
|
|
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Year:
|
1788 Talbot Co.
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Ann Higgins, John Higgins, Jr.
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Gave Deed of Manumission to negro slave "Henny".
Wit: Peter Webb, William Brown
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Source:
|
Talbot County Land
Records Book Fifteen, R. Bernice Leonard
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|
Clues/Cross
Reference:
|
The same Peter Webb and William Brown witnessed the will of
Abner Parrott along with John Higgins, Jr one year later.
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Source: Talbot County, Maryland Wills Libers #3 1790 -
1794, Leslie and Neil Keddie
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Year:
|
1788 Talbot Co.
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|
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John Higgins
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John Higgins, the present uncle of John Higgins, mentioned in
1788 deposition of James Helsby
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Source:
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Talbot County Land Commissions 1785-1793, p.223. More Maryland Deponents
1716 - 1799, Henry C. Peden, Jr.
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Year:
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1788 Queen Anne's Co.
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|
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John Higgins
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Land Transfer from John Higgins to Ford
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|
Source:
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Queen Anne's 1788 Grantor
Land Records STW #1 22
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|
Clues/Cross
Reference:
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Will of William Ford, Q. A. Co., 16 Nov 1797. "... to my
beloved daughter Elizabeth Tate that part of a tract of land called Saulsbury
containing 104 acres of land more or less, in Q. A. Co., which I purchased of
Mr. John Higgins".
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|
Source:
Legacies of Queen Anne’s County Maryland.
Abstracted Wills Liber WHN 3 1795-1801, Cathy Downes
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17 Apr 1801. Hugh McAllister and Ann his wife to Elizabeth,
wife of Henry G. Tate - a gift of love - 104 acres - part of
"Salisbury" purchased by Wm. Ford of John Higgins.
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|
|
Source:
Queen Anne’s County
Land Records STW
5 1799-1802, R. Bernice Leonard
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10 Nov 1756/20 Jan 1757. Will of John Higgins, Queen Anne's
Co. “wife Barbara...to have 100 acres whereon testator now dwells being part
of tract of land called ‘Salisbury Tract’… and afterwards the said land to be equally
divided between my two daughters Elizabeth and Sarah Higgins.”
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Source: Queen
Anne's Co Prerogative Court (Wills) Liber 30:225
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26 Sep 1749. Will of Richard Bennett, Queen Anne's Co. To overseer John Higgins, and the eldest son of
Timothy Sullivant, dec’d, 200 acres, pt. of tract called “Salisbury”, lying on the branches of
Corsica Creek, equally divide between them”
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Source: Upper Shore Genealogical Society - "Chesapeake Cousins", Vol 13-2-3
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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.
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Source: Queen Anne's County Land
Records Book 7 1768-1774, R. Bernice Leonard
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Year:
|
1788 Dorchester Co.
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|
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Sarah Higgins
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Age 40 in 1788, mentions her father (no name given) brought
her to this place about 25 years ago and showed her the boundaries at Bridge
Branch
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Source:
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Dorchester
County Land Commissions 1782-1792, p.1-38. More Maryland Deponents 1716 - 1799, Henry
C. Peden, Jr.
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Year:
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1789
|
|
Meanwhile:
|
April
6, 1789 - In the Senate, with 9 of 22 senators present, the presidential
ballots cast on Feb. 4 are counted. George Washington is the unanimous choice
for President with 69 votes.
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|
|
The
Roman Catholic Church is established in the new U.S. with the creation of the
Diocese of Baltimore.
|
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|
Antoine
Lavoisier publishes his treatise on chemistry, laying the foundation for the
modern theory of chemical elements.
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|
French
Revolution begins with the fall of the Bastille .
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Year:
|
1789 Talbot Co.
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Daniel Higgins
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"Fathered a bastard child named Vinton Barrett Coburn on
the body of Catherine Coburn"
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Source:
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Talbot 1789 Court (Bernice Leonard)
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Year:
|
1789 Talbot Co.
|
|
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John Higgins, Jr., Mary Higgins
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Purchased 30 acres of "Boram's Range" from Thomas
and Johannah Gordon for 7 shillings and six pence. Bounded on the east by
"White Phillips" and on the west by the "Enlargement".
Witnessed by Peter Webb and James Thomas. John's wife Mary made her
acknowledgement.
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Source:
|
Talbot County Maryland
Land
Records Book Fifteen: 1784-1790, R. Bernice Leonard
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|
Clues/Cross
Reference:
|
The price paid "seven shillings six pence" was the
value of about one Spanish Milled Dollar. By comparison, in NJ in 1780 a
bushel of wheat cost six shillings. This exchange was more in the nature of a
gift.
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Year:
|
1789 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
Margaret Higgs
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26 June 1789/27 June 1789 Margaret Higgs of Talbot, Spinster,
to Charles Gardiner (she being seized of an estate tail) - consideration
twenty shillings - 100 acres, north side St. Michaels River, called
"Pattingham" - also 200 acres called "Skinner's Swineyard",
north side of St. Michaels River adjoining parcel laid out for John Kinnimont
and Richard Hazeldine called "Dundee" - also "Skeggs'
Spring" at the head of Batchelor's Creek, according to the original
grant thereof. Wit: John Bracco, David Kerr
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Source:
|
Talbot County Maryland
Land
Records Book Fifteen: 1784-1790, R. Bernice Leonard
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Year:
|
1789/92 Talbot Co.
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Peter Higgans
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To Peter Higgans from Macgruder
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Source:
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Talbot Co 1789-92 Land Records JG3:305
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