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Year:
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1820
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Meanwhile:
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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.
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Steamboat
'Maryland' begins operating between
Baltimore and Chestertown, via Annapolis.
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Year:
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1820 Queen Anne's Co.
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Charles Higgins
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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
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Source:
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Queen Anne's 1818 Grantor
Land Records TM #3 255; Queen
Anne's County Maryland Land
Records 1818-1822, R. Bernice Leonard
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Year:
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1820 Queen Anne's Co.
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Charles Higgins
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12/11/1820. Will probated. Children: Mary Vanderford, John Higgins, Charles Higgins, William
Higgins, Thomas Higgins, Anne Mariah Higgins
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Source:
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Queen
Anne's County Wills Liber TCE1:174
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Year:
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1820 Talbot Co.
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James Higgins
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[Died] On Tuesday last, very suddenly, Mr. James Higgins of this
county.
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Source:
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"Easton
Gazette", 21 Oct 1820
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Year:
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1820 Talbot Co.
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John S. Higgins
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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
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Source:
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"Easton
Gazette", 22 Jul 1820; "Easton
Gazette", 5 Aug 1820
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Year:
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1820 Talbot Co.
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Thomas Higgins, John Higgins
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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
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Source:
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Talbot County Land
Records 1820 Liber/Folio 42/585
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Year:
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1821
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Meanwhile:
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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.
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Returning
ex-slaves form Liberia.
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Mexico and Peru become
independent.
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Congress
rejects the Metric System.
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Year:
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1821 Dorchester Co.
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David Higgins
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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
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Source:
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Dorchester
1821 Land Records, Liber ER-8 folio 10, Sandy's
File Cabinet
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Year:
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1821 Talbot Co.
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George Higgins
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Letters remaining at Easton Post Office as of 1st
Jul 1821
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Source:
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"Republican
Star", 3 Jul 1821
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Year:
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1821 Talbot Co.
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Mary Diggins
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"Married Tuesday evening last, James D. Satterfield to
Miss Mary Diggins, both of Talbot Co."
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Source:
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"Republican Star", 2 Jan 1821. Marriages and
Deaths from Eastern Shore Newspapers
1790-1835, F. Edward Wright
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Year:
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1821 Talbot Co.
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Matthew Higgins
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"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."
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Source:
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"Republican Star", 18 Sep 1821. Maryland
Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts, Vol. 4:
1819-1824, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright
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Year:
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1822
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Meanwhile:
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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.
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The
Monroe Doctrine
declares that the U.S.
will not tolerate European interference in the Western hemisphere.
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Clement
Moore
publishes "Twas the Night Before Christmas".
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Year:
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1822 Dorchester Co.
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David Higgins
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"David Higgins, appts by Governor for Dorchester County
- Justices of Peace"
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Source:
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"Easton
Gazette", 6 Apr 1822. Maryland
Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts, Vol. 4:
1819-1824, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright
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Year:
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1822 Dorchester Co.
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David Higgins, Solomon Higgins
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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
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Source:
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"Republican
Star", 19 Feb 1822; "Republican Star", 26 Feb 1822
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Year:
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1822 Talbot Co.
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James W. (White?) Higgins
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"Married on Tuesday last Mr. James Higgins to Miss Ann
Jackson, by Rev Scull, all of Talbot". License: 19 Feb 1822
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Source:
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"Easton
Gazette", 23 Feb 1822. Maryland
Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts, Vol. 4:
1819-1824, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright
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Talbot County
Marriage Licenses 1794 - 1824, Raymond B. Clark Jr. and
Sara Seth Clark
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Married in Maryland License
Records In Talbot
County 1794-1824,
Irma S. Harper and Cynthia V. Schmidt
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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
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Year:
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1823 Dorchester Co.
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David Higgins
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David Higgins of Dorchester Co. to James and Alexander Herring
of the City of Baltimore.
Slaves. Witnesses: Samuel LeCompte, Handy Handley
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Source:
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Dorchester
Co Land Records 9 ER 139 18 Jun 1823
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Year:
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1823 Talbot Co.
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John Higgins
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"Letter remaining at P.O. Easton."
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Source:
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"Republican Star", 1 Jul 1823. Maryland
Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts, Vol. 4:
1819-1824, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright
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Year:
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1823 Talbot Co.
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Matthew J. Higgins
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Matthew J. Higgins adm. of Philip Mackey, deceased, to sell
personal estate
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Source:
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"Republican
Star", 18 Mar 1823
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Clues/Cross
Reference:
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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
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Source:
"Republican Star", 17 Apr 1827; "Republican
Star", 24 Apr 1827; "Republican Star", 1 May 1827
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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
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Source: "Republican
Star", 29 May 1827; "Republican Star", 5 Jun 1827;
"Republican Star", 12 Jun 1827
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Year:
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1823 Talbot Co.
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Nehemiah Higgins
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3 Feb 1823. Nehemiah Higgins of Talbot County
to John A. Horney... $20... cow and heifer
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Source:
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Talbot County Land
Records 1823 Liber/Folio 44/210
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Year:
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1824
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|
Meanwhile:
|
In
Troy, New
York, educator Emma Willard opens the first women's
school with college-level courses.
|
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Mexico becomes a
republic, three years after declaring independence from Spain.
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A
massive parade in Baltimore
celebrates the visit of Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero of the American
Revolution.
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1824-1829.
Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal constructed through Cecil County
to link Chesapeake Bay with Delaware River.
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Year:
|
1824 Queen Anne’s Co.
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|
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Argalus Higgins
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"Mr. Argalus Higgins married on Thursday Feb 19th to Miss
Elizabeth Reed daughter of the Rev. Thomas Reed, all of Queen Anne's.
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Source:
|
"Easton
Gazette", 28 Feb 1824. Maryland
Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts Vol 3,
Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright
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|
Clues/Cross
Reference:
|
License issued 19 Feb 1824 Min: Smith
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|
Source: Queen
Anne's Marriage Licenses 1817 - 1858, Raymond B. Clark and Sarah Clark
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Year:
|
1824 Queen Anne’s Co.
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Angalus Higgins
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John Jolly who was 18 yr on 7 Feb last, is apprenticed to
Angalus Higgins, shoe and boot maker of Queenstown, 19 July 1824
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Source:
|
Indentured
Children of Queen Anne's County Maryland 1815-1851,
"Chesapeake Cousins", Vol 22-2-31 (Upper Shore Genealogical Society)
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Year:
|
1824 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
James L. Higgins
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Talbot County taxes due on following properties: ...,
James L. Higgins, lot in Easton,...
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|
Source:
|
"Easton
Gazette", 6 Aug 1825. Maryland
Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts, Vol.
3:1813-1818, Irma Harper and F. Edward Wright
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Year:
|
1824 Talbot Co.
|
|
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James W. Higgins, Matthew J. Higgins
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James W. Higgins to Matthew J. Higgins... Bill of sale...
$400... 3 horses, 1 calf, 13 cows, 29 pigs, 18 sheep, wheat, furniture
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Source:
|
Talbot County Land
Records 1824 Liber/Folio 45/322
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Year:
|
1824 Talbot Co.
|
|
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John Higgins, Mary Higgins
|
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John Higgins died 1824. Wife Mary (4 Apr 1769 - 20 Feb
1818). Buried at Judge Samuel Beal Merrick
Cemetery, Trappe
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|
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
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|
Source:
Judge Samuel Beal Merrick Cem, Trappe
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Year:
|
1824 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
John S. Higgins
|
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|
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
|
|
|
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Year:
|
1824 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
Mrs. Higgins
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|
"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
consol |