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Year:
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1840
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Meanwhile:
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In
its continuing hostilities with Mexico,
Texas allies
itself with Mexican rebels in the southern state of Yucatan, sending a
small navy to blockade Mexican ports. Texans also lend support to
anti-government forces in Mexico's
northern states, providing a target for Mexican nationalists who hope to
unify their strife-torn country by stirring up hatred of a common enemy.
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Year:
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1840 Talbot Co.
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Daniel Higgins, Margaret Higgins
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Divided up tract of land "Balls Resurvey" on Broad
Creek Neck inherited by Daniel Higgins and wife Margaret, William Haddaway,
W. Carroll, James Carroll, Thomas Bridges and Sarah his wife, Edward
Fairbank, Daniel Ball, James Haddaway, John Haddaway, Eliza Haddaway, Thomas
Bromwell and Mary his wife, John Ball, David Fairbank, William Bromwell and
Lucretia his wife
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Source:
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Talbot 1840 Land Records JL#55 pp 250-264
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Year:
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1840 Talbot Co.
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Elizabeth Higgins, William W. Higgins
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Died this town, Miss Elizabeth Higgins in her 21st yr - sis of
William W. Higgins. "Easton
Gazette", 8 Aug 1840.
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Source:
|
Genealogical Abstracts from Newspapers of Maryland's Eastern Shore 1835-1850,
Irma Sweitzer Harper
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Year:
|
1840 Talbot Co.
|
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|
James H. Higgins
|
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27 Oct 1840. Bill of Sale... Stephen Harrison of Talbot County... in consideration of $475...
by James H. Higgins... the vessel called the "Susan" burthen of
Fifty Tons and 95ths part of a Tow... at the port
of Oxford, Maryland
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Source:
|
Talbot County Land
Records 1840 Liber/Folio 55/320
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Year:
|
1840 Talbot Co.
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James W. Higgins
|
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21 Apr 1840. James W. Higgins to John Clark... Bill of Sale...
for $88... two lots of corn
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Source:
|
Talbot County Land
Records 1840 Liber/Folio 54/127
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Clues/Cross
Reference:
|
27 Oct 1840. James W. Higgins of Talbot County
to John Clark... Bill of Sale... for $400... crop of wheat and corn, two hogs
one ox and cart & bay mare
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Source: Talbot County Land
Records 1840 Liber/Folio 55/295
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|
|
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Year:
|
1840 Talbot Co.
|
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|
Josiah Higgins
|
|
|
Charles Given to Josiah Higgins and Robert Lloyd... Bill of Sale... $800... the vessel "Tamilesus" (?)
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Source:
|
Talbot County Land
Records 1840 Liber/Folio 55/319
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Clues/Cross
Reference:
|
Josiah Higgins to Robert N. Lloyd... Bill of Sale... $500... ½ of vessel “Tamlesas”
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Source: Talbot County Land
Records 1840 Liber/Folio 55/582
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|
|
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Year:
|
1840 Kent Co.
|
|
|
Lydia
Higgins
|
|
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Married William Adkinson, license 19 Sep 1840. Min: Kesley
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Source:
|
Kent County, Maryland
Marriage Licenses 1796 - 1850 and Lists of Kent County Ministers,
Raymond B. Clark, Jr. and Sara Seth Clark
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|
|
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Year:
|
1840 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
William W. Higgins
|
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|
6 Aug 1840. "...Deed of Lease..
between William W. Higgins of Talbot County... and Samuel R Clayland of the
same County... for and in consideration of the sum of seven hundred
dollars... and of the payment of the Rent... grant... unto... Samuel R.
Clayland... the unexpired Term... to that Parcel or Lot of ground... at or
near or in the Town of Easton formerly known as Talbot Court House being part
of a tract or parcel of Land called "Long Acre" Beginning at a
stone marked No. 4 Standing on the East side gay Street as it was formerly
called but now called and known as Harrison Street... To Have and To Hold...
for and until the full... term of the unexpired Leases... from Henry Nicols
to... William Melney (?) and Caleb Hannah for Ninety nine years [per a deed
dated May 4 1785]"
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Source:
|
Talbot County Land
Records 1840 Liber/Folio 55/205
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Year:
|
1841
|
|
Meanwhile:
|
William Henry
Harrison (Whig) elected U.S.
president. This was the first time that candidates actually campaigned for
office (using slogans, parades, rallies). Prior to this, public office was
presented as something that the private citizen "reluctantly
accepts" as part of his duty to society. Henry
Clay had been the leading Whig candidate but Clay was a Mason and many
Americans were suspicious of Masons. Maryland
representatives to the Electoral College voted: William Henry Harrison, 10. John Tyler
becomes president upon the death of William Henry Harrison.
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Year:
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1841 Talbot Co.
|
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|
John S. Higgins, James White Higgins, Josiah Higgins, John Holmes
Higgins
|
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13 Feb 1841/23 Mar 1841. Will of John S. Higgins. "Son
James White Higgins... to have the farm whereon the testator now lives called
'Boren's Range' and 'Dickenson's Lot'..to have Negro boy George...to have 1 bridle heifer
called Bob...daughter Mary Mullikin to have a room in the testator's dwelling
house with the privilege of fire wood for her lifetime and all the testator's
personal property now in her possession...to daughter Julia Mullikan
one-third of the testator's wood land on the north side of the road leading
to Trappe...and Negro woman Tilly and her children...to daughter Rachel
Bowdle two-thirds of the testator's wood land on the north side of the road
leading to Trappe...a mahogany candle stand...and a dwelling house and shop
presently occupied by Mary Mullikin.. to daughter
Anna Maria Jenkins a house and lot in the town of Easton on West St...Negro woman Eliza and her
children with the exception of her boy George...a legacy from her
grandmother...to grandson Josiah Higgins a house and lot and the Bullenbrook
School House along with a piece of land in the farm where testator now
lives...a house and shed in the village of Trappe...all of Josiah's legacies
are in bar of all claims that Josiah's father may have...to grandson John
Holmes Higgins a house and lot in the town of Easton on Washington Street on
the condition that the testator has enough personal property to pay debts. If
there should not be enough money to pay debts, then the house and property in
Easton to be
sold and Thomas Jenkins [to hold] until John H. Higgins arrives at the age of
21...son-in-law Solomon Mullikin names executor of will. Thomas Jenkins to
act as executor should Solomon Mullikin refuse. Wit:
Woolman Leonard, Joseph Barnes, Peter B. Mullikin.
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Source:
|
Will
of John S. Higgins 2/13/1841. 3/23/1841. Folio 191. Talbot
County Wills Liber JP #8 1830-1832
& Talbot County Wills #9 1832 - 1941,
Leslie & Neil Keddie
|
|
Clues/Cross
Reference:
|
John S. Higgins - Buried Merrick Cemetery,
Trappe. Died 19 Mar 1841, age 79
|
|
Source:
Upper Shore Genealogical Society - "Chesapeake Cousins" - Vol 1-16
|
|
|
Solomon Mullikin extr of John S. Higgins. "Easton Gazette", 14
Aug 1841.
|
|
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Josiah and John S. Higgins, land devised to them by
grandfather, John S. Higgins, to be sold at sheriff’s sale. "Easton Gazette", 15
Jan 1842.
|
|
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Source: Genealogical
Abstracts from Newspapers of Maryland's Eastern Shore 1835-1850, Irma Sweitzer Harper
|
|
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Josiah Higgins to William Bowdle... in consideration of money
owed to William Bowdle... land given to Josiah by his grandfather John
S. Higgins in his will of 1841.
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|
|
Source: Talbot County Land
Records 1840 Liber/Folio 55/584
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1841 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
James W. Higgins, Anna Maria Higgins
|
|
|
4 May 1841 James W. Higgins and Anna Maria Higgins of Talbot
County... whereas the said James W. Higgins by his bond or obligation duly
executed, bearing the date the fourteenth day of April eighteen hundred and
forty one, stand bound under the said James Chaplain... in the full and just
sum of one $1000 current money, with the condition thereunder written for the
payment of the sum of $571.81 in six equal annual installments...in
consideration of the said debt... convey... parcels of land situate lying and
being in the Trappe district of Talbot County and at the head of Bolingbroke
and Banberry Necks being the same land and real estate which were devised and
bequeathed to the said James W. Higgins by his deceased father John S.
Higgins by his last will and testament bearing date the thirteenth day of
February in the year eighteen hundred and forty one, and are therein
described as "Boerums Range" and "Dickinsons Lot"... [provided that this conveyance shall be null and void] if
the said James W. Higgins [pays] $581.71 with legal interest on or before the
first day of January 1848.
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|
Source:
|
Talbot County Land
Records 1841 Liber/Folio 55/530
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1841 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
James H. Higgins, Josiah Higgins
|
|
|
13 Jun 1841. James H. Higgins of Talbot County to Josiah
Higgins of said County... in consideration $500 owed by James Higgins to
Josiah Higgins... negroes, goods, chattels inherited from James Higgins’
father Matthew J. Higgins.
|
|
Source:
|
Talbot County Land
Records 1840 Liber/Folio 55/583
|
|
|
|
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Year:
|
1841 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
James H. Higgins
|
|
|
Died Sat 23rd inst, James H. Higgins, 25 y 7m 26d.
"Easton
Gazette", 30 Oct 1841.
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Source:
|
Genealogical Abstracts from Newspapers of Maryland's Eastern Shore 1835-1850,
Irma Sweitzer Harper
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1841 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
Josiah Higgins
|
|
|
Served as Justice of the Peace between, at
least, 1841 - 1864.
|
|
Source:
|
Bound To Serve: The Indentured Children of Talbot County, Maryland
1794 - 1920, R. Bernice Leonard
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1841 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
Josiah Higgins
|
|
|
Josiah Higgins and Rebecca his wife to Thomas Summers...
consideration $2100... tracts "Dick Marsh", "Nominy", and
"Discovery"
|
|
Source:
|
Talbot County Land
Records 1840 Liber/Folio 55/483
|
|
|
|
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Year:
|
1841 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
Josiah Higgins
|
|
|
Josiah Higgins to Mary Berridge... Bill of Sale... $250... furniture
|
|
Source:
|
Talbot County Land
Records 1840 Liber/Folio 55/582
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1841 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
Robert Higgins
|
|
|
Married Hester Ann Andrews. License: 11 Nov 1841. Min: Bell
|
|
Source:
|
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:
|
HIGGINS/GIBMEYER
Home Page
|
|
Married 11th inst by Rev. J. Bell, Robert Higgins to Miss
Hester Ann Andrews. "Easton
Gazette", 13 Nov 1841.
|
|
|
Source: Genealogical
Abstracts from Newspapers of Maryland’s Eastern Shore 1835-1850, Irma Sweitzer Harper
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1841 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
Mrs. Sarah Higgins
|
|
|
Died this co 19th ult, Mrs. Sarah Higgins, in her 58th yr.
"Easton Gazette", 6 Mar 1841.
|
|
Source:
|
Genealogical Abstracts from Newspapers of Maryland's Eastern Shore 1835-1850,
Irma Sweitzer Harper
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1841 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
William W. Higgins
|
|
|
13 Nov 1841. William W. Higgins of Talbot County to William
Loveday, James Parrott, Alexander Graham, Solomon M. Jenkins, and Samuel
Hambleton, Jr.... consideration of $500 as well as notes owed by William. W.
Higgins to the President, Director & Company of the Farmers Bank of
Maryland ($300 note in possession of Loveday and Graham; $150 note in
possession of Graham and Parrott) and a $200 note to William Hughlett in
possession of Jenkins and Hambleton... conveys to Loveday, Parrott, Graham,
Jenkins, Hambleton... house and Lot on Dover Street, Easton, which William
Higgins received from James L. Higgins in 1833
|
|
Source:
|
Talbot County Land
Records 1841 Liber/Folio 56/124
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1842 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
Rebecca Louisa Higgins
|
|
|
Listed in will of Mary Berridge. "Rebecca Louisa
Higgins...daughter...testatrix's son Hugh to pay her all the rents and
profits annually...Mary Catherine Autauett Higgins..
granddaughter...should her mother die then to have the annual rents and
profits from the house and lot lying in Trappe"
|
|
Source:
|
Talbot County Maryland
Wills #9 1842 - 1848, Leslie & Neil Kiddie
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1842 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
William W. Higgins
|
|
|
27 May 1842 "Deed of Trust... between William W. Higgins
of Talbot County... & Manlove Hazel of the same County... for and in
consideration of the trust & confidence in the said Manlove Hazel... and
for the sum of five dollars... paid by Manlove Hazel... convey... the stock
of goods now in my sadler’s shop in the town of Easton on Washington
Street... & for no other intent or purpose whatsoever, that is to say,
that the said Manlove Hazel shall sell the aforesaid stock of goods... and...
he shall pay & satisfy two certain judgments now standing against me in
Talbot County Court, one at the suit of James M. Seth & the other at the
suit of Thomas M. Faulkner... And after the payment of the above names
judgment... the balance [turned over] to the aforesaid William W.
Higgins"
|
|
Source:
|
Talbot County Land
Records 1842 Liber/Folio 56/392
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1842 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
William W. Higgins, Elizabeth Higgins
|
|
|
Died this town Monday night last, William W. Higgins. "Easton Gazette", 11
Jun 1842.
|
|
Source:
|
Genealogical Abstracts from Newspapers of Maryland's Eastern Shore 1835-1850,
Irma Sweitzer Harper
|
|
Clues/Cross
Reference:
|
Elizabeth Higgins admx of William W. Higgins, Talbot. "Easton Gazette", 16
Jul 1842.
|
|
Source: Genealogical
Abstracts from Newspapers of Maryland's Eastern Shore 1835-1850, Irma Sweitzer Harper
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1843
|
|
Meanwhile:
|
Sojourner Truth starts her travels
speaking against slavery.
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1843 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
Mary Higgins
|
|
|
Married Thomas Chilcutt. License: 28 Nov 1843. Min: Kurtz
|
|
Source:
|
Talbot County Maryland
Marriage Licenses, 1825-1850 with Biographical Sketches of the Ministers,
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
|
|
Clues/Cross
Reference:
|
Married Tues last by Rev. Dr. Kurtz, Thomas Chilcot to Miss
Mary Higgins, both of Easton.
"Easton
Gazette", 2 Dec 1843.
|
|
Source: Genealogical
Abstracts from Newspapers of Maryland's Eastern Shore 1835-1850, Irma Sweitzer Harper
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1843 Dorchester Co.
|
|
|
William Higgins
|
|
|
13 Apr 1843/23 Mar 1848. Witnessed will of Leah Smith
|
|
Source:
|
"Dorchester
County Genealogical Magazine", Vol. 5-3-10, Dorchester County High Court
Chancery Records
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1844
|
|
Meanwhile:
|
Guided
by Kit Carson,
John C. Fremont
launches a more ambitious expedition into the West, traveling from the Great
Salt Lake north into Oregon, then across the Sierra Nevada Mountains into
California, and finally eastward across what Fremont calls the "Great
Basin" and over the Wasatch Mountains to the Arkansas River in Colorado.
Fremont's report, published in 1844, again by
Congressional order, becomes a best seller, and his map of the West becomes a
travel guide to pioneers on the Oregon Trail.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Far
East opened to U.S.
traders after the Treaty
of Wanghia is signed with China
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1844 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
Elizabeth Higgins
|
|
|
Died 21st inst this town, Miss Elizabeth Higgins,
aged 63 yrs. "Easton Gazette", 28 Dec 1844.
|
|
Source:
|
Genealogical Abstracts from Newspapers of Maryland's Eastern Shore 1835-1850,
Irma Sweitzer Harper
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1844 Dorchester Co.
|
|
|
Katherine Higgins, Thomas Higgins
|
|
|
Thomas Higgins and Katherine Higgins vs. Thomas Hicks, George
Lockerman, Sophia Lockerman, and Francis Lockerman. Dorchester Co. Petition
to sell Maidens Lot, Double Purchase, Prevention.
|
|
Source:
|
Chancery Court (Chancery Papers) 1844/12/14 8409: Plat.
Accession No: 17,898-8409-1/2. MSA S512-8384 1/38/3/
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1844 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
Margaret Higgins
|
|
|
Married Hugh Seymour (Seymore?). License: 12 Nov 1844. Min:
Allen
|
|
Source:
|
Bible of Hugh Seymour by his first wife. (from letter by Bernice
Leonard)
|
|
|
Talbot County Maryland
Marriage Licenses, 1825-1850 with Biographical Sketches of the Ministers,
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
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1844 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
Martin M. Higgins
|
|
|
Baptized 22 Sep 1844 in Trappe by Rev. J. Allen
|
|
Source:
|
The
Register of Baptisms of Talbot Circuit, Easton District, Philadelphia
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1842 - 1874 and Sardis Methodist
Episcopal Church St. Michael's, Maryland 1875 - 1890,
compiled by Helen E. Seymour
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1845
|
|
Meanwhile:
|
The
first clipper ship is launched, a vessel capable of traveling at double the
speed of the older merchant ships.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
United States Naval
Academy opens in Annapolis.
|
|
|
|
|
|
James Polk
elected U.S.
president. Maryland
representatives to the Electoral College voted: Henry Clay, 8.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outgoing
President John
Tyler signs a congressional joint resolution to annex Texas and make it part of the union. In
response, Mexico severs
diplomatic relations with the United
States. When Texas accepts annexation, newly elected
President James K. Polk sends a force under General Zachary Taylor to the
Mexican border.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
U.S. and Britain face a potential war over the Oregon Territory. An agreement is reached the
next year setting the Oregon
Territory's northern
border at the 49th parallel.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Potato
blight spreads famine across Europe, hitting Ireland hardest.
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1845 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
Daniel Higgins
|
|
|
Witnessed will of John D. Ball, along with John Haddaway and
Sutton Hunt
|
|
Source:
|
Talbot County Maryland
Wills #9 1842 - 1848, Leslie & Neil Kiddie
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1845 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
James W. Higgins, Josiah Higgins, John S. Higgins
|
|
|
James W. Higgins to John Clark... consideration $435... tract
"Hopkins Choice" between "White Phillips" and
"Enlargement" and next to Bolingbroke schoolhouse south of
Trappe... also tracts "Dickensons Lot" and "Borans Range"
devised to Josiah Higgins by his grandfather John S. Higgins... also part of
tract sold to James W. Higgins by Jesse Scott
|
|
Source:
|
Talbot County Land
Records 1840 Liber/Folio 58/488
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1845 Dorchester Co.
|
|
|
Mary Higgins
|
|
|
Married William Billups 14 Jul 1845
|
|
Source:
|
US
GenWeb Marriage Records 1780-1867 Dorchester County Maryland, contributed by
Barbara & Steve Woolston
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1845 Dorchester Co.
|
|
|
James Higgins
|
|
|
Dorchester County
Whig Convention. At the
meeting of the Convention held at Cambridge
on the 21st of July, pursuant to public notice, to nominate a
Candidate, for Sheriff of Dorchester County, …. On
motion of James Higgins Esq., the roll of delegates to the Convention was
called … District 3 … James Higgins …
|
|
Source:
|
"Cambridge
Chronicle" 26 Jul 1845
|
|
Clues/Cross
Reference:
|
19 Sep 1846. Nominated for District 1 commissioner for Whig
ticket
|
|
10 Oct 1846. Elected commissioner on Whig ticket with 1057
votes
|
|
|
"Cambridge Chronicle", 19 Sep 1846; "Cambridge
Chronicle", 10 Oct 1846
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1845 Dorchester Co.
|
|
|
Thomas Higgins, Catherine Higgins, Junius Alexander Higgins,
Gilbert Motier Higgins
|
|
|
"Died - At East Market, on the 15th inst., Junius
Alexander, son of Thomas Higgins and his wife, Catherine Higgins, aged --
yrs, 10 mos., 11 days. On Tuesday, Sept. 16, Gilbert
Motier, son of Catherine and Thomas Higgins, aged 6 yrs, 2 mo., 17 days. --
Sat 25 Oct 1845"
|
|
Source:
|
Cambridge Maryland
Chronicles 1830 - 1855
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1845-48 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
Josiah Higgins
|
|
Source:
|
Talbot County Justice of the Peace (Docket) MSA C1889 Dates:
1845-1848 Description: Josiah Higgins Accession No.: 10,814 MSA No.: C
1889-16 Location: 1/43/4/15 Description: Josiah Higgins Accession No.: 10,814
MSA No.: C 1889-16 Location: 1/43/4/15 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (Docket) MSA
C1889 Dates: 1845-1848 Description: Josiah Higgins Accession No.: 10,814 MSA
No.: C 1889-16 Location: 1/43/4/15
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|
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|
|
Year:
|
1846
|
|
Meanwhile:
|
U.S.
declares war on Mexico.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
Donner Party, trapped by heavy snows when it attempts to follow the
"Hastings Cutoff" through the Sierra
Nevada Mountains
into California,
is driven to cannibalism as it attempts to survive the winter.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
William Morton, a Massachusetts
dentist, is the first to use anesthesia for tooth extraction.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
sewing machine is patented.
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1846 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
Ann. M. Higgins
|
|
|
Married Wm. F. Wherrett. License: 20 Jan 1846. Min: Starks
|
|
Source:
|
Talbot County Maryland
Marriage Licenses, 1825-1850 with Biographical Sketches of the Ministers,
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
|
|
Clues/Cross
Reference:
|
Married 20th by Rev. Price, William F. Wherrett to
Miss Ann M. Higgins, all this county. "Easton Gazette",
31 Jan 1846.
|
|
Source: Genealogical
Abstracts from Newspapers of Maryland's Eastern Shore 1835-1850, Irma Sweitzer Harper
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
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1846 Queen Anne's Co.
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Anna Maria Higgins
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Married David Knotts of Caroline Co. License: 7 Apr 1846
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Source:
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Queen Anne's Marriage Licenses 1817 - 1858,
Raymond B. Clark and Sarah Clark
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Clues/Cross
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Married 9th inst by Rev. James Nicols, David Knotts
of Caroline County to Miss Anne Maria Higgins, QA
County. "Easton
Gazette", 25 Apr 1846.
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Source: Genealogical
Abstracts from Newspapers of Maryland's Eastern Shore 1835-1850, Irma Sweitzer Harper
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Year:
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1846 Dorchester Co.
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Samuel Higgins, Thomas Higgins
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Thomas Higgins and Samuel Higgins vs. John D. Parker, Thomas
Messick, and Margaret Messick. Petition to sell land.
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Source:
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Chancery Court (Chancery Papers) 1846/07/30 8385: Recorded
(Chancery Record) 170, p. 251. Accession No: 17,898-8385. MSA S512-8362
1/38/3/
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Year:
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1846 Dorchester Co.
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Samuel Higgins
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Samuel Higgins, 19 Dec 1846, exec. of estate of Mary Ross,
late of Dor. Co.
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Source:
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"Cambridge Chronicle"
19 Dec 1846 - Dorchester
County
Genealogical Society, Vol. 5-5-8
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Clues/Cross
Reference:
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28 Nov 1846. Cambridge
Chronicle. "Samuel Higgins... notice to creditors, exec. of Mary
Ross, dec’d"
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Source:
"Cambridge
Chronicle" 28 Nov 1846. Newspaper Abstracts from the American Eagle
& Cambridge
Chronicle 1846-1857, Debra Smith Moxey
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Year:
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1846 Queen Anne's Co.
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William Higgins
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Land Transfer from William Higgins, wife, & others to
Wright
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Source:
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Queen Anne's 1846 Grantor
Land Records IT(?) #5 124
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Year:
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1846 Queen Anne's Co.
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William M. Higgins
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Land Transfer from William M. Higgins & wife to Negroes
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Source:
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Queen Anne's 1846 Grantor
Land Records IT(?) #5 296
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Clues/Cross
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Probably a Deed of Manumission
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Year:
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1846 Queen Anne's Co.
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Wm. Higgins
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Married Mrs. Ann Harris, license 7 May 1846. Min: Grace
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Source:
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Queen Anne's Marriage Licenses 1817 - 1858,
Raymond B. Clark and Sarah Clark
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Year:
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1847 Talbot Co.
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Daniel Higgins
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Daniel and Margaret Higgins transferred "to his beloved
nephew Daniel James Haddaway" part of Balls Resurvey on Broad Creek, 20 Dec.
1847 07/09/86. Margaret (Ball) Higgins had inherited the property. Daniel
Higgins did reserve a life estate on the property for himself and his wife
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Source:
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Talbot
Co. Land Records Liber JL:61, pp.11-12
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Clues/Cross
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23 Aug 1899. Daniel J. Haddaway and Deborah his wife convey to
John E. Harrison "part of the same tract of land that was conveyed to
Daniel J. Haddaway by Daniel Higgins"
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Source: Talbot County Land
Records 1899. Liber/Folio 131/316
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Year:
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1847 Talbot Co./Caroline Co.
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Josiah Higgins
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Josiah Higgins, 17 Jun 1847/1 May 1848, witnessed sale in
Talbot Co. of lot in Greensborough from Thomas Burchand and Juliann his wife
to Daniel R. Stewart
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Source:
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Caroline County Maryland
Land
Records 1848-1850, R. Bernice Leonard
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Year:
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1847 Dorchester Co.
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William Higgins
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Married Julia Griffin 28 Jan 1847
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Source:
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Dorchester County
Marriages 1790 - 1855, Palmer
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USGenweb
Archives Marriage Records 1780-1867 Dorchester County Maryland,
contributed by Barbara & Steve Woolston
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Year:
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1848
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Meanwhile:
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Lucretia
Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton call the first woman’s rights convention. It
is held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca
Falls, NY.
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Treaty
of 1848 with Mexico gave
the U.S. control over California, New Mexico,
Arizona, Nevada,
Utah and parts of Colorado
and Wyoming.
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Sam
Brannan, who owns a store near Sutter's Fort, arrives in San Francisco with a bottle of gold dust
and a plan to draw potential customers for his supplies. Walking through the
streets with the gold dust in his hand, he shouts, "Gold! Gold from the American River!" Brannan's publicity stunt
sets off a gold rush that will draw fortune hunters from around the world. By
the end of 1849, more than 80,000 fortune-seekers have made their way to California from every
corner of the world, nearly tripling the territory's population.
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Over
5,000 people die in New York City
from an epidemic of cholera.
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Year:
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1848 Queen Anne's Co.
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Ann Higgins, Mary Higgins, Thomas W. Higgins, William Perry
Higgins
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Married Thomas Wesley, license 22 Feb 1848. Min: Price
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Source:
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Queen Anne's Marriage Licenses 1817 - 1858,
Raymond B. Clark and Sarah Clark
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Clues/Cross
Reference:
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Per David T. Bryan, "Elizabeth Anne Higgins of QA County
(b. 1827) MD married Wesley Thomas of Dover
DE in QA County in 1848. I have
reason to think her mother was Mary Higgins (b. abt 1793), maiden name
unknown, and her brothers were Thomas W. Higgins b. 1820 and William Perry
Higgins, b. abt 1834"
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Year:
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1848 Queen Anne's Co.
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Eliphalet R. Higgins
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Bill of sale, 7th April 1848, I, Eliphalet R. Higgins of Queen
Anns County in the state of Maryland, in consideration of the sum of one
hundred and forty three dollars current money paid by John Smith of the
county and state afsd., have sold unto the said John Smith two mairs, one
colt, two cows, one calf, two heifers, two steers, one cart, three ploughs,
one drag ...(unreadable). one cithe, and crop of rye growing, crop of oats growing,
crop of corn now planter, all which property to have and hold. 6th April 1848
Eliphalet R. Higgins. Wit: Justice of the Peace Jno: H. Rowlinson
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Source:
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Queen Anne's 1848 Grantor
Land Records JT #5 438
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Year:
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1848 Dorchester Co.
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Francis Higgins
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Proceedings of Dorchester County Whig
Convention. On Monday the 10th
instant the following delegates from the several election districts in
Dorchester county assembled at Cambridge
to nominate candidates for Sheriff and Commissioners of said county… District
3… Francis Higgins
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Source:
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"Cambridge
Chronicle", 15 Jul 1848
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Year:
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1848 Dorchester Co.
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Thomas Higgins
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Thomas Higgins and wife vs. Anne Shippy, made and reported by
the trustees, Henry Page, now dec'd
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Source:
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"Cambridge
Chronicle" 27 May 1848- Newspaper Abstracts from the American Eagle
& Cambridge Chronicle 1846-1857, Debra Smith Moxey
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Year:
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1849
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Meanwhile:
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Harriet Tubman
escapes slavery in Dorchester
County. Over the next
eleven years she would return to Dorchester
and Caroline counties nineteen times and help more than 300 slaves, including
several family members, escape via the Underground Railroad.
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Zachary Taylor
elected U.S.
president. Maryland
representatives to the Electoral College voted: Zachary Taylor, 8.
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Year:
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1857 Dorchester Co.
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Francis Higgins
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Dissolution. The
Co-partnership heretofore existing under the firm of Fleming and Higgins is
this day dissolved by mutual consent.
Silas Fleming Francis Higgins
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Source:
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“Cambridge
Chronicle”, 28 Apr 1849
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Year:
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1849 Queen Anne's Co.
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Eliphalet A. Higgins
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Married Sarah Ann Stinson, license 30 Aug 1849. Min: Sumption
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Source:
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Queen Anne's Marriage Licenses 1817 - 1858,
Raymond B. Clark and Sarah Clark
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Clues/Cross
Reference:
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Also appears as Mary Ann Stevens
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Year:
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1849 Talbot Co.
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Hester A. Higgins
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15 May 1849. Richard
C. Lane attorney for Samuel A. Harrison to
Hester A. Higgins... 99 year lease for lot at corner of Harrison and South St.'s just outside St. Michaels
town limits at yearly rent of $12.
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Source:
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Talbot County Land
Records 1849 Liber/Folio 62/110
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Year:
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1849 Talbot Co.
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Josiah Higgins
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23 May 1849. Orphan’s Court of Talbot County appoints Josiah
Higgins Trustee on behalf of the creditors of Samuel H. Townsend and directs
that Samuel Townsend execute a deed to the Trustee for all his property,
debts, rights, and claims, except the necessary wearing apparel and bedding
for himself and his family.
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Source:
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Talbot County Land
Records 1849 Liber/Folio 62/131
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