Person:Francis Higginson (2)
Rev. Francis Higginson
chr.6 Aug 1586 Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England
d.6 Aug 1630 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1575
  1. Elizabeth HigginsonEst 1583 -
  2. Rev. Francis Higginson1586 - 1630
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Rev. Francis Higginson1586 - 1630
  • W.  Anne HerbertEst 1596 - Bef 1639/40
m. 8 Jan 1615/16
  1. Theophilus Higginson1616 -
  2. Rev. John Higginson1616 - 1708
  3. Anne Higginson1626/27 - Aft 1687
  4. Nathaniel Higginson - 1708
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Rev. Francis Higginson
Gender Male
Christening[2][4] 6 Aug 1586 Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England
Alt Christening[2][3] 6 Aug 1587 Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England
Degree[2] 1609/10 B.A. Jesus College, Cambridge
Degree[2] 1613 M.A. Jesus College, Cambridge
Marriage 8 Jan 1615/16 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, EnglandSt Peters
to Anne Herbert
Emigration[2] 1629 On the Talbot.
Residence[2] 1629 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation[2] Bet 1629 and 1630 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesMinister (first "teacher" at Salem)
Death[2] 6 Aug 1630 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Reference Number Q5481286 (Wikidata)


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Francis Higginson (1588 – 1630) was an early Puritan minister in Colonial New England, and the first minister of Salem, Massachusetts.


The Higginson Fleet (1629)
The Higgenson Fleet comprised of six ships (The George Bonaventure, the Talbot, the Lion's Whelp, the Mayflower, the Four Sisters and the Pilgrim (which never reached New England)). Led by (and named for) Puritan leader Francis Higginson, it carried 350 men, women, and children to the Bay of the Massachusetts.
Sailed: April and May 1629 from Thames in England
Arrived: 1629 at Salem, Massachusetts

Passengers:
350 (Full List) 		Rev. Francis Bright - Francis Higginson - Samuel Sharp - Samuel Skelton and Susanna Travis - Nicholas Stowers
Resources: Primary Sources: Smith, Captain John. The True Travels, Adventures and Observations of

Captain John Smith in Europe, Asia, Africa and America (London 1830}

Other information: Anderson's Winthrop Fleet


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References
  1. ↑ Francis Higginson, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Francis Higginson, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    934-37.

    "ORIGIN: Claybrook, Leicestershire"
    "CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Francis Higginson partipated in the organization of Salem church in 1629, and was made teacher, alongside Samuel Skelton who was made paston [Perley 1:151-70]."
    "BIRTH: Baptized Claybrooke, Leicestershire, 6 Aug 1586 [NEHGR 46:118]. (Other sources give the year as 1587.)
    DEATH: Salem 6 August 1630 Salem [Hubbard 120]. (In a letter to his wife dated 9 September 1630, Governor John Winthrop included 'good Mr. Higginson' in his list of those who had died recently [WP 2:312). In his accounting of those who had died 'about the beginning of September' 1630 Dudley has 'Mr. Higginson, one of the ministers of Salem, a zealous and a profitable preacher … of a fever' [Dudley 72].)"

  3. ↑ Addenda et Corregienda, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    3:2092.

    "Francis Higginson, page 934, BIRTH: 'Baptized Claybrooke, Leicestershire, 6 August 1587, son of John Higginson.'"

  4. ↑ Higginson, Thomas W. English Ancestry of the Higginson Family. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Apr 1892)
    46:118.

    "Extracts from Church Registers of Parish of Claybrooke, co. Leic., England, now in possession of Lord Braye of Stanford Hall, in the same count. All dates New Style. Baptisms. … 6 Aug. 1586 ffrauncis s. John & Elizabeth Higginson. …"

  5.   Randy A West, The "Cousin" relationship between Rev. Francis1 Higginson of Salem, Massachusetts, and Increase1 Nowell of Charlestown, Massachusetts, in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
    Vol 90 No 1 Whole # 357 p 71-76, Jan 2018.

    Rev Francis1 Higginson, bp. 6 Aug 1587 Cleabroke (aka Claybrooke, Leicestershire), d Salem, Mass., 6 Aug. 1630; m St. Peter, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, 8 Jan. 1615/6, Anne Herbert, Immigrated 1629; son of Vicar JohnA Higginson b 1543 buried there 19 Feb 1623/4 and his 2nd wife Elizabeth ____ buried 19 Jun 1635, JohnA Higginson whose will dated 4 Dec 1623 proved 2 Apr 1624... etc.

    Increase1 Nowell, bp. Sheldon, Warwickshire, 19 Aug. 1593, d Charlestown, Mass., 1 Nov. 1655; m. Holy Trinity Minories, London, 8 Jul 1628, Parnell (Gray) Parker; immigrated 1630. He was son of AlexanderA Nowell and SarahA Smyth. The will of SarahA Smyth dated 1 Mar 1644 proved 18 Jun 1651. She was bp 27 Feb 1574/5 Sheldon, Warwickshire and was buried Claybrooke 12 Mar 1644/5. AlexanderA Nowell was buried Sheldon, 27 Sep 1596. They were married 7 Feb 1591/2. She married 2nd William Perkins by 1605 who was buried Claybrooke, 24 Mar 1608/9. She married 3rd 22 Sep 1610 Claybrooke to Richard Perkins who was buried 2 Oct 1619.

    Bartholomew Perkins (half-brother of Increase1 Nowell) married Ann Andrews daughter of Elizabeth Higginson sister of Rev Francis1 Higginson.

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