Person:Anne Herbert (4)

Settlement of the Estate of Mrs. Anne (Herbert) Higginson

"25^th of Feb: 1639.

Mr^s. Higgingson, late planter of Quillipieck dyeing w^thout makeing her will, & leaveing behinde her eight children, an inventory of her estate being taken, the court disposed of her estate and children as followeth w^th the consent and approbatiō of Mr. John Higginson her eldest sonne.

The said John Higginson, the charges of his educatiō considered, is onely to have his fathers books, together w^th the value of 5^l in bedding for his porcō.

Francis Higginson the second sonne and Tymothy the third sonne, their educatiō allso considered, are to have each of them twenty pounds for their portions.

Theophilus Higginson though well educated, yett in regard of his helpfullnes to his mother and her estate, is to have forty pounds for his portiō.

Samuell Higginson is allso to have 40^l for his portiō, and to be w^th Mr. Eaton as his servant for the full tearme of 2 yeares from the first of March next ensueing.

Theophilus and Samuell are to have the lott w^th all the accommodatiō^s belonging therevnto, equally to be devided betwixt the[m], for fifty pounds of their portiō^s.

Anne Higginson her daughter, is to have forty pounds for her portiō and her mothers olde clothes, together w^th the remainder of the estate when the debts and other portions are payd.

Charles Higginson is to have 40^l to his portiō, and to be w^th Thomas Fugill as his apprentice vnto the full end and tearme of nine yeares from the first of March next ensueing the date hereof. And the said Tho: Fugill is to finde him what is convenient for him as a servant, and to keepe him att schoole one yeare, or else to advantage him as much in his educatiō as a years learning comes to, and he is to have the benifitt of the vse of his portiō till the said tearme be expired, and att the end thereof to pay itt to the said Charles Higginson, if he live till the said nine years be expired, butt if he dye before, then the said Thomas Fugill is to pay the said portiō to the rest of his brothers thatt are alive att the end of the said nine yeares.

Neophitus Higginson being w^th Mr. Hoffe in the Bay of Mattacusetts, is to remaine w^th him and to be brought vp by him till he attayne the full age of 21 yeares, and in the meanetime, Mr. Hough is to have 40^l of the estate, w^ch he is to pay to the said Neofatus att the end of the said tearme as his portiō.

When the farme att Sawgns is sould itt is to be equally devided among the brothers."^[3]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Francis Higginson, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
   2:934.

   "… Anne Herbert. … After her husband's death she resided for a time at Charlestown, and then moved to New Haven. She died at New Haven by 25 February 1639/40 [NHCR 1:28]"

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. Descendants of the Reverend Francis Higginson: First "Teacher" in the Massachusetts Bay Colony of Salem, Massachusetts and Author of "New-Englands Plantation" (1630). (Privately Printed, 1910)
   3.

   "Ann,¹ the widow of Francis Higginson, was an inhabitant of Charlestown in 16321 and was living there in 16378. She probably removed to New Haven with Theophilus Eaton and his company in 1638, as she was not at Charlestown in June of that year (Wyman's Charlestown; Charlestown Land Records)."

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Hoadly, Charles J. (Charles Jeremy). Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, from 1638 to 1649: Transcribed and Edited in Accordance with a Resolution of the General Assembly of Connecticut ; with Occasional Notes and an Appendix. (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1857)
   1:29-31.