Person:John Higginson (6)

Name^[1]	Colonel John Higginson
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Est 1646	Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Marriage	9 Oct 1672	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Savage
Death^[1]	23 Mar 1719	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 5 Col. John³ Higginson, in 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)
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"5 Col. John³ Higginson (John,² Francis¹), born ____, 1646, at Guilford, Conn.; died Mar. 23, 1719, at Salem, Mass.; … John Higginson was one of the great merchants of Salem, and held many public offices. In 1678, he was chosen to keep the town books, and was frequently selectman. He was deputy from Salem, 1685, 1689, and 1691, and a member of the Council from 1700 until his death. He was also county treasurer and justice of the Court of Common Pleas. He was commissioned ensign in 1675 and promoted until, in 1701, he ranked as colonel."