Robert Higginson

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  • Name Robert Higginson  [1
    Gender Male 
    Residence Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • From "Genealogies of Virginia Families":

      Lucy Bernard was daughter of William Bernard Esq., one of his Majesty's Council of Virginia, and was the son of the Knight of Huntingdon; and a daughter of Col. Hickerson of Dublin, who was the relict of Lewis Burwell, Esq. ...

      Captain Robert Higginson (a name that appears to have been commonly pronounced Hickerson) seems to have been prominent as an Indian fighter. In 1646 and earlier he commanded at the Middle Plantation, a palisaded settlement. A deed, recorded in York Aug. 24, 1682, states that for his services he was given 100 acres at the Middle Plantation. He seems also to have owned lands in Martin's Hundred. The epitaph of his daughter Lucy (who died Nov. 6, 1675,) on her tomb in the Burwell graveyard at "Carter's Creek," Gloucester, only states that she was the widow of Major Lewis Burwell, and that, "She was descended from the Ancient family of the Higginsons. She was ye only Daughter of the valliant Capt. Robert Higginson. One of the first command'rs that subdued the country of Virginia from the power of the heathen."
    Person ID I1453  Hull
    Last Modified 18 Oct 2009 

    Family ? 
    Children 
     1. Lucy Higginson   d. 6 Nov 1675
    Family ID F517  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S02818] Indexed by Gary Parks, Genealogies of Virginia Families, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore).


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