Maryland Eastern Shore Higgins References, 1820-1829

 

Year:

1820

Meanwhile:

Missouri Compromise - Missouri is admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state, but slavery is barred in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of 36x30' N.

 

 

 

Steamboat 'Maryland' begins operating between Baltimore and Chestertown, via Annapolis.

 

 

Year:

1820 Queen Anne's Co.

 

Charles Higgins

 

Charles Higgins, 8 Aug 1820, manumits negro woman Maria, about 20, to be freed at his decease; negro girl Ann, about 7, and negro boy Pere, about 5, and negro girl Amy, about 2, Maria's children - the girl's at 18, Pere at 25. Wit: George Briscoe

Source:

Queen Anne's 1818 Grantor Land Records TM #3 255; Queen Anne's County Maryland Land Records 1818-1822, R. Bernice Leonard

 

 

Year:

1820 Queen Anne's Co.

 

Charles Higgins

 

12/11/1820. Will probated. Children: Mary Vanderford, John Higgins, Charles Higgins, William Higgins, Thomas Higgins, Anne Mariah Higgins

Source:

Queen Anne's County Wills Liber TCE1:174

 

 

Year:

1820 Talbot Co.

 

James Higgins

 

[Died] On Tuesday last, very suddenly, Mr. James Higgins of this county.

Source:

"Easton Gazette, and Eastern Shore Intelligencer", 21 Oct 1820

 

 

Year:

1820 Talbot Co.

 

John S. Higgins

 

For Sale… 20 acres of prime timber land lying near [the Trappe] and adjoining the lands of Messrs. John S. Higgins, Henry Morgan, and William Collins

Source:

"Easton Gazette, and Eastern Shore Intelligencer", 22 Jul 1820; "Easton Gazette", 5 Aug 1820

 

 

Year:

1820 Talbot Co.

 

Thomas Higgins, John Higgins

 

31 Oct 1820. Thomas Higgins to Wm. Collins and Wm. Collins, Jr... $575.89... paid to Thomas Higgins for a bond that he and his brother John Higgins held against Wm Collins

Source:

Talbot County Land Records 1820 Liber/Folio 42/585

 

 

Year:

1821

Meanwhile:

Czar Alexander closes Alaskan waters to foreign vessels and extends the territory of the Russian American Company to the 51st parallel, into an area claimed by both the British and the United States. President Monroe warns of armed reprisals if Russians attempt to establish a physical presence on lands claimed by the United States in the Pacific northwest.

 

 

 

Returning ex-slaves form Liberia.

 

 

 

Mexico and Peru become independent.

 

 

 

Congress rejects the Metric System.

 

 

Year:

1821 Dorchester Co.

 

David Higgins

 

Witnessed land transfer - James Chaplain trustee of estate of James B. Sulivan sold by court decree, land in New Market - lot and house. Sold to Charles Pritchard. Made 24 Sep 1821 Recorded 24 Sept 1821

Source:

Dorchester 1821 Land Records, Liber ER-8 folio 10, Sandy's File Cabinet

 

 

Year:

1821 Talbot Co.

 

George Higgins

 

Letters remaining at Easton Post Office as of 1st Jul 1821

Source:

"Republican Star", 3 Jul 1821

 

 

Year:

1821 Talbot Co.

 

Mary Diggins

 

"Married, on Tuesday evening last, Mr. James D. Satterfield to Miss Mary Diggins, both of this town"

Source:

"Republican Star", 2 Jan 1821

 

 

Year:

1821 Talbot Co.

 

Matthew Higgins

 

"Sale of order of Talbot Co. court, at the Trappe of real estate of Matthew Higgins, Talb. Co., dec'd, about 18 1/2 acres."

Source:

"Republican Star", 18 Sep 1821. Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts, Vol. 4: 1819-1824, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright

 

 

Year:

1822

Meanwhile:

The Vesey Conspiracy, a revolt by several thousand slaves sparked by the city's suppression of the local African Church, is discovered in Charleston, S.C. Thirty-six free and slave blacks are condemned to death.

 

 

 

The Monroe Doctrine declares that the U.S. will not tolerate European interference in the Western hemisphere.

 

 

 

Clement Moore publishes "Twas the Night Before Christmas".

 

 

Year:

1822 Dorchester Co.

 

David Higgins

 

"David Higgins, appts by Governor for Dorchester County - Justices of Peace"

Source:

"Easton Gazette", 6 Apr 1822. Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts, Vol. 4: 1819-1824, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright

 

 

Year:

1822 Dorchester Co.

 

David Higgins, Solomon Higgins

 

By virtue of a decree passed by Dorchester county court, will be sold on the 18th day of March next, for cash, at the tavern of William C. Ridgaway, in the town of Cambridge all that unimproved lot of land situated on Rice street in Cambridge, formerly owned by Peter Redhead, and by him mortgaged to Solomon Higgins. The said lot will be sold for the payment of the mortgage money, subject to the widow’s dower.

               David Higgins, trustee

Source:

"Republican Star", 19 Feb 1822; "Republican Star", 26 Feb 1822

 

 

Year:

1822 Talbot Co.

 

James W. (White?) Higgins

 

"Married on Tuesday last Mr. James Higgins to Miss Ann Jackson, by Rev Scull, all of Talbot". License: 19 Feb 1822

Source:

"Easton Gazette", 23 Feb 1822. Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts, Vol. 4: 1819-1824, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright

 

Talbot County Marriage Licenses 1794 - 1824, Raymond B. Clark Jr. and Sara Seth Clark

 

Married in Maryland License Records In Talbot County 1794-1824, Irma S. Harper and Cynthia V. Schmidt

 

Talbot County Marriage Licenses 1794 - 1824 with a History of Talbot County Churches and Biographical Sketches of the Ministers, Raymond B. Clark Jr. and Sara Seth Clark

 

 

Year:

1823 Dorchester Co.

 

David Higgins

 

David Higgins of Dorchester Co. to James and Alexander Herring of the City of Baltimore. Slaves. Witnesses: Samuel LeCompte, Handy Handley

Source:

Dorchester Co Land Records 9 ER 139 18 Jun 1823

 

 

Year:

1823 Talbot Co.

 

John Higgins

 

"Letter remaining at P.O. Easton."

Source:

"Republican Star", 1 Jul 1823. Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts, Vol. 4: 1819-1824, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright

 

 

Year:

1823 Talbot Co.

 

Matthew J. Higgins

 

Matthew J. Higgins adm. of Philip Mackey, deceased, to sell personal estate

Source:

"Republican Star", 18 Mar 1823

Clues/Cross Reference:

Chancery court sale of estate of Philip Mackey, late of Talbot Co, dec'd, of personal items and farm on Great Choptank River opposite Cambridge, about four miles below the Trappe, and lies directly on the main road leading from Easton to Cambridge ferry... Matthew J. Higgins trustee

Source: "Republican Star", 17 Apr 1827; "Republican Star", 24 Apr 1827; "Republican Star", 1 May 1827

 

In Talbot County Court, Sitting as a Court of Chancery, May Term, 1827. Ordered by the Court that the sale of the Lands made to Samuel Mackey, by Matthew J. Higgins, Trustee for the sale of the Real Estate of Philip Mackey, deceased, in the cause of Philip Mackey, Executor of William Mackey, against Eleanor Ward, Thomas J. Mackey, Eliza Mackey, and others heirs of the said Philip Mackey, deceased, and reported to this court by the said Trustee; be ratified and confirmed

 

Source: "Republican Star", 29 May 1827; "Republican Star", 5 Jun 1827; "Republican Star", 12 Jun 1827

 

 

Year:

1823 Talbot Co.

 

Nehemiah Higgins

 

3 Feb 1823. Nehemiah Higgins of Talbot County to John A. Horney... $20... cow and heifer

Source:

Talbot County Land Records 1823 Liber/Folio 44/210

 

 

Year:

1824

Meanwhile:

In Troy, New York, educator Emma Willard opens the first women's school with college-level courses.

 

 

 

Mexico becomes a republic, three years after declaring independence from Spain.

 

 

 

A massive parade in Baltimore celebrates the visit of Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero of the American Revolution.

 

 

 

1824-1829. Chesapeake and Delaware Canal constructed through Cecil County to link Chesapeake Bay with Delaware River.

 

 

Year:

1824 Queen Anne’s Co.

 

Argalus Higgins

 

"Mr. Argalus Higgins married on Thursday Feb 19th to Miss Elizabeth Reed daughter of the Rev. Thomas Reed, all of Queen Anne's.

Source:

"Easton Gazette", 28 Feb 1824. Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts Vol 3, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright

Clues/Cross Reference:

License issued 19 Feb 1824 Min: Smith

Source: Queen Anne's Marriage Licenses 1817 - 1858, Raymond B. Clark and Sarah Clark

 

 

Year:

1824 Queen Anne’s Co.

 

Angalus Higgins

 

John Jolly who was 18 yr on 7 Feb last, is apprenticed to Angalus Higgins, shoe and boot maker of Queenstown, 19 July 1824

Source:

Indentured Children of Queen Anne's County Maryland 1815-1851, "Chesapeake Cousins", Vol 22-2-31 (Upper Shore Genealogical Society)

 

 

Year:

1824 Talbot Co.

 

James L. Higgins

 

Talbot County taxes due on following properties: ..., James L. Higgins, lot in Easton,...

Source:

"Easton Gazette", 6 Aug 1825. Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts, Vol. 3:1813-1818, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright

 

 

Year:

1824 Talbot Co.

 

James W. Higgins, Matthew J. Higgins

 

James W. Higgins to Matthew J. Higgins... Bill of sale... $400... 3 horses, 1 calf, 13 cows, 29 pigs, 18 sheep, wheat, furniture

Source:

Talbot County Land Records 1824 Liber/Folio 45/322

 

 

Year:

1824 Talbot Co.

 

John Higgins, Mary Higgins

 

John Higgins died 1824. Wife Mary (4 Apr 1769 - 20 Feb 1818). Buried at Judge Samuel Beal Merrick Cemetery, Trappe

Source:

Judge Samuel Beal Merrick Cem, Trappe

Clues/Cross Reference:

Mary Higgins, consort of John Higgins, died 20 Feb 1818 age 48 yr 10 mo 16 days. Buried at Judge Samuel Beal Merrick Cemetery, Trappe

Source: Judge Samuel Beal Merrick Cem, Trappe

 

 

Year:

1824 Talbot Co.

 

John S. Higgins

 

Tristram Needles of Easton to John S. Higgins of Talbot County... consideration $340... tracts “Rackleff” (?), “Kellum”, and “Johns Neck”

Source:

Talbot County Land Records 1824 Liber/Folio 45/390

 

 

Year:

1824 Talbot Co.

 

Mrs. Higgins

 

"Mrs. Higgins tenders her thanks to the citizens of Talbot and the adjacent counties for the liberal encouragement she has received during the six years she has superintended the Female Academy in this place. The belief that her best efforts have been given to better the intellectual and moral condition of those entrusted to her care, and that those efforts have not been altogether ineffectual, or without the approbation of her patrons, is, and ever will be, a rich source of consolation. Her intended removal from this place in the early part of the ensuing month, renders it necessary that all unsettled accounts with her should be speedily adjusted. She therefore respectfully solicits all who are in arrearage for Tuition to cal without delay, and make payments to her, or in her absence to Mr. Tristram Needles, who is authorized to receive and money that may be due her, and to give receipts.

Source:

"Republican Star", 30 Mar 1824; "Republican Star", 13 Apr 1824

Clues/Cross Reference:

The Female Academy of Easton, lately under the charge of Mrs. Higgins, will be re-opened in the same house, & at the same prices, on Monday the 19th of April, under the superintendence of the Rev. Mr. Hotchkiss….

Source: "Republican Star", 6 Apr 1824; "Republican Star", 20 Apr 1824; "Republican Star", 27 Apr 1824

 

 

Year:

1824 Kent Co.

 

Sarah Higgins

 

Married Wm. Parker. License: 9 Jan 1824. Min: Jas. Ridgeway

Source:

Kent County, Maryland Marriage Licenses 1796 - 1850 and Lists of Kent County Ministers, Raymond B. Clark, Jr. and Sara Seth Clark

 

 

Year:

1824 Dorchester Co.

 

Susan Higgins

 

Married Charles Holland 13 Dec 1824

Source:

US GenWeb Marriage Records 1780-1867 Dorchester County Maryland, contributed by Barbara & Steve Woolston

 

Bible Records of Francis Higgins and Temperence Hughes

Clues/Cross Reference:

"Died Monday 17 inst., at the residence of Dr. Jackson, in Vienna, Mrs. Susan Hollon, dau. of late Francis Higgins."

Source: "Cambridge Chronicle", 22 Feb 1834. Marriages and Deaths from Eastern Shore Newspapers 1790-1835, F. Edward Wright

 

 

Year:

1824 Talbot Co.

 

William Higgins

 

"Constable sale, property of Levin Marshall at suit directed against Levin Marshall, Denton Marshall and John M. Wise at suit of John Barnett, Charles Benson, William Higgins, Samuel Harrison"

Source:

"Easton Gazette", 14 Feb 1824. Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts Vol 3, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright

 

 

Year:

1824 Talbot Co.

 

Solomon Higgins

 

"Married Thursday evening last by Rev. Woolley, Rev. Solomon Higgins to Miss Sarah Harriss, all of this co.". License: 8 Jan 1824 Min: Wooley

Source:

"Easton Gazette", 10 Jan 1824. Marriages and Deaths from Eastern Shore Newspapers 1790-1835, F. Edward Wright

 

Talbot County Marriage Licenses 1794 - 1824 with a History of Talbot County Churches and Biographical Sketches of the Ministers, Raymond B. Clark Jr. and Sara Seth Clark

 

Married in Maryland License Records In Talbot County 1794-1824, Irma S. Harper and Cynthia V. Schmidt

Clues/Cross Reference:

There are multiple references to Rev. Solomon Higgins officiating at marriages in Talbot and Queen Anne's Co.'s between 1823 and 1831.

Sarah had a sister Julia Harris (m. John G. Stevens) and brother James Harris (lived in Williamsport, Washington Co.). Father was Peter Harris. Heirs of Peter Harris to Lott Warfield. Sale of tract "Kellum"

 

Source: Talbot Co. Land Records 1929. Liber 48/361

 

 

Year:

1825

Meanwhile:

John Quincy Adams elected U.S. president. Maryland representatives to the Electoral College voted: Andrew Jackson, 7; John Quincy Adams, 3; William H. Crawford, 1.

 

 

 

The Erie Canal, started in 1817, is completed, opening up the West and ensuring New York's primacy as a port.

 

 

Year:

1825 Talbot Co.

 

George Higgins

 

Letters remaining at Easton Post Office as of 1st April 1825

Source:

"Republican Star", 5 Apr 1825; "Republican Star", 19 Apr 1825

 

 

Year:

1826 Queen Anne’s Co.

 

Argalus Higgins

 

8 Sep 1826. Witnessed will of Elijah Green, along with Thomas Reed

Source:

Queen Anne’s County, Maryland Legacies. Liber TCE:1, Book 2, 1823-1833, Cathy Downes

 

 

Year:

1826 Kent Co.

 

Eliza Ann Higgins

 

Miss Eliza Ann Higgins, Letters at Chestertown Post Office

Source:

"Chestertown Telegraph", 5 Apr 1826. Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts, Vol. 5: 1825-1829, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright

 

 

Year:

1826 Talbot Co.

 

George L. Higgins

 

Witnessed will of Edward Sears 13 Feb 1826

Source:

Talbot County, Maryland Wills Libers JP#8 1823 - 1829, Leslie and Neil Keddie

 

 

Year:

1826 Talbot Co.

 

Matthew J. Higgins

 

17 Nov 1826. Henry Thomas and James Seth, Justices of the Peace, bind Washington Smith (a free black) born 20 March 1812, to Matthew J. Higgins, blacksmith. Wit: R. K. Reardon

Source:

Bound To Serve: The Indentured Children of Talbot County, Maryland 1794 - 1920, R. Bernice Leonard

 

 

Year:

1827

Meanwhile:

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad chartered, the first designed for passengers and freight.

 

 

 

Artist and ornithologist John James Audubon publishes the first of his drawings of the hundreds of colorful birds of North America.

 

 

Year:

1827 Talbot Co.

 

Margaret Higgins

 

Letters at Easton Post Office 30 Jun 1827

Source:

Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts, Vol. 5: 1825-1829, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright

 

 

Year:

1827 Talbot Co.

 

Matthew J. Higgins

 

Constable's sale… one at the suit of Mathew J. Higgins, use of Thomas Bowdle against Henry and Enoch Morgan…

Source:

"Republican Star", 20 Feb 1827

 

 

Year:

1827 Talbot Co.

 

Rachel Higgins

 

"Miss Rachel Higgins married Mr. William Bowdle on Sunday evening last by Rev. Scull, all of this county [Talbot]. License: 1 Dec 1827. Min: Scull

Source:

"Easton Gazette", 8 Dec 1827. Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts, Vol. 5: 1825-1829, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright

 

Talbot County Marriage Licenses 1825 - 1850, Raymond B. Clark Jr. and Sara Seth Clark

 

Married in Maryland License Records In Talbot County 1825-1850, Irma S. Harper and Cynthia V. Schmidt

 

Talbot County Maryland Marriage Licenses, 1825-1850 with Biographical Sketches of the Ministers, Raymond B. Clark, Jr. and Sara Seth Clark

Clues/Cross Reference:

Daughter of John S. Higgins

Source:  Will of John S. Higgins, 1841

 

 

Year:

1827 Talbot Co.

 

William W. Higgins

 

Methodist Record of Baltimore. William W. Higgins member of Talbot Circuit. d. 31 Aug 1827, Vol 1 Deaths

Source:

Higgins Genealogy

 

 

Year:

1828 Cecil Co.

 

Andrew Huggins

 

Married Elizabeth Egnor, license 13 Aug 1828

Source:

Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899

 

 

Year:

1828 Queen Anne's Co.

 

Argalus Higgins

 

12 Feb 1828. The descendants of Thomas Reed, Sr., including Elizabeth Higgins wife of Argalus Higgins,... in consideration of $1000... convey to Richard Tilghman Earle part of “Bennett’s Regulation”, “Cheshire”, Gray’s Inn”, “Forlorn Hope”, containing 225 acres 3 rods and 34 perches.

Source:

Queen Anne's 1828 Grantor Land Records Liber TM:4, p.505

 

 

Year:

1828 Talbot Co.

 

George Higgins

 

"[Died] On Saturday, in this town, after a short illness Mr. George Higgins"

Source:

"Easton Gazette", 16 Sep 1828

 

 

Year:

1828 Talbot Co.

 

John S. Higgins

 

"Sheriff's sale against Charles Goldsborough at suit of John D. Green, Lambert Reardon, John Goldsborough, Edward N. Hambleton, John S. Higgins, Thomas White of Dorchester, Tristram Thomas, William H. Thomas, Thomas J. Hendrix and John Chambers adm. Of John Crowder, James Wilson Jr., John W. Blake, and Henry Goldsborough, farm called "pt. Mount Hope and Hickory Ridge"

Source:

"Easton Gazette", 26 Apr 1828. Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts, Vol. 5: 1825-1829, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright

 

 

Year:

1828 Queen Anne's Co.

 

Marie E. Higgins

 

Letters remaining at Centreville Post Office

Source:

"Centreville Times", 12 Jul 1828. Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts, Vol. 5: 1825-1829, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright

 

 

Year:

1828 Talbot Co.

 

William Higgins

 

"[Died] Higgins in this county on Friday last, Mr. Wm. Higgins, after a short illness.”

Source:

"Republican Star", 9 Sep 1828

 

 

Year:

1829

Meanwhile:

Andrew Jackson elected U.S. president. Maryland representatives to the Electoral College voted: John Quincy Adams, 6; Andrew Jackson, 5.

 

 

Year:

1829 Talbot Co.

 

Nancy Higgins

 

"Miss Nancy Higgins, of this county (Talbot) married at "point" on Tuesday last Mr. William Lecompte, pilot of steam-boat Maryland, by Rev. George G. Cookman

Source:

"Easton Gazette", 12 Dec 1829. Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts, Vol. 3:1813-1818, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright

 

Talbot County Maryland Marriage Licenses, 1825-1850 with Biographical Sketches of the Ministers, Raymond B. Clark, Jr. and Sara Seth Clark