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The Higgins Family of Merriott

18th Century             19th Century         Censuses           20th Century

Earliest Mention in the Records

The surname HIGGINS first appeared in the Parish Registers in the early 18th century with the marriage of William HIGGINS to Elizabeth PITTCHER on 22 May 1705.  William died in 1733.

Their children are recorded as follows:

NAME BAPTISED BURIED MARRIED
William 8 March 1705 [Father William noted as a "Poor Man"] 1 August 1714  
Mary 26 November 1707 Presumably before 1719  
Elizabeth  Illegible date, 1710   8 August 1732 John LAWRENCE 
Jane/Joan 16 August 1713   25 August 1748 Robert LAWRENCE
William 31 May 1715   23 June 1736  Mary HOOPER, of Merriott (no children Baptised at Merriott).
Joseph 26 May 1717 28 November 1722  
Mary (date not given) 1719 4 October 1722  
John 20 February 1721 4 October 1722  
Joseph 24 October 1723 27 March 1768 27 November 1750, Sarah BARTLETT of Crewkerne (note - from Crewkerne Marriage Register)
John 14 September 1726   30 May 1754, Laodamia HALLETT of Merriott

Other MARRIAGES  in the 18th Century

MALES FEMALES
1781 Jonathan Higgins Susanna Trask
1784 Joseph Higgins m Hester Bishop
1785 Thomas Higgins m Susanna Crabb
1797 George Higgins m Mary Sweet
1774 Elizabeth Higgins m John Buggell (Stafford Barr.)
1787 Parthenia Higgins m James Osborne
1800 Elizabeth Higgins m Henry Osborne
1770 Sarah Higgins (Widow)  m Robert Lawrence

BURIALS

MALES - 5 FEMALES - 5
30 October 1791 John Higgins Pauper
8 October 1795 John Higgins 
5 May 1799 John Higgins 
27 March 1768 Joseph Higgins
8 July 1733 William Higgins
28 December 1737 Eliz Higgens
23 October 1782 Mary Higgins 
14 October 1798 Mary Higgins 
18 October 1795 Susanna Higgins 
21 March 1782 Susanna Higgins 

Other BAPTISMS  in the 18th Century (and Burials where indicated)

Joseph & Sarah (nee Bartlett)  Higgins Baptism  15 September 1751 Elizabeth
Baptism  18 November 1753 Ruth
Baptism  15 February 1756 Jonathan
Baptism  26 December 1758 Joseph
Baptism  12 January 1761 John
John & Laodamia (nee Hallett) Higgins Baptism  14 March 1755 William
Baptism  1 January 1758 George
Baptism  21 March 1760 Thomas
Burial  25 October 1761 Thomas
Baptism  11 November 1762 Thomas
Baptism 14 October 1764 Parthenia
Burial  13 April 1766 Parthenia
Baptism  13 September 1767 Parthenia
Burial  5 September 1770 George
Baptism  12 May 1771 George
Burial  17 May 1772 George
Baptism  15 July 1774 George
Burial  19 November 1776 George
Jonathan & Susanna (nee Trask) Higgins Baptism  21 March 1782 Joseph  
Thomas & Susanna (nee Crabb) Higgins Baptism 1 September 1785 Benjamin
Burial  26 March 1786 Benjamin
Baptism  21 May 1787 Elizabeth
Baptism  25 May 1789 William
Burial  19 February 1790 William
Baptism  24 June 1792 Thomas
Baptism  8 March 1793 Laodamia
Baptism  25 December 1796 Susanna
Baptism  31 May 1802 Benjamin
Baptism  23 February 1806 Mary
[Note: Thomas is noted as a Pauper in 1793]
William & Susanna Higgins Baptism  12 May 1777 George
Baptism  5 January 1781 Elizabeth
Baptism  2 June 1783 Ann
Baptism  25 December 1785 John
Baptism  25 May 1789 William
Baptism  17 February 1790 Parthenia
Baptism  1 June 1794 Susanna
Baptism  3 July 1796 Susanna
[Note: William is noted as a Pauper in 1794]
George & Mary (nee Sweet) Higgins Baptism  22 July 1798 John
Baptism  30 August 1801 John
Baptism  5 January 1806 George
Baptism  24 December 1809 Hannah

Higgins in Merriott in the 19th Century

MARRIAGES

MALES - 7 FEMALES - 6
1812 Thomas Higgins m Charlotte Lawrence
1816 John Higgins m Sarah Woodman
1817 William Higgins m Ann Osborne
1819 Joseph Higgins m Susanna Doutch
1824 Henry Joseph Higgins m Catharine French
1824 John Higgins m Susannah Pattemore
1826 Benjamin Higgins m Jemima Mitchell
1801 Ann Higgins ( Crewkerne) m  William Templeman
1803 Ann Higgins m James Trask
1803 Catharine Higgins m Joseph Hallett (West Chinnock)
1819 Susanna Higgins m  William Bull
1821 Susanna Higgins m John Lawrence
1835 Elizabeth Higgins m George Perry


MARRIAGES post 1837 (extra detail)

Date

Year

Forename

Surname

Spouse

Age

Condition

Signed?

Abode

Occupation

Father

Father's Occ

Witness

14-May

1839

Susanna

Higgins

Sampson Pattemore

31

Widow

No

Broadway

Gardener

Peter Pattemore

Gardener

Ann Lawrence

14-May

1839

Sampson

Pattemore

Susanna Higgins

23

Bachelor

No

Broadway

Gardener

John Pattemore

Farmer gardener

Joseph Lawrence

6-Oct

1839

Eliza

Higgins

Simon Rousell

24

Spinster

No

Lower St

Labourer

Thomas Higgins

Farm Gardener

Henry Rousell

6-Oct

1839

Simon

Rousell

Eliza Higgins

24

Bachelor

No

Higher St

Labourer

Robert Rousell

Servant

Elizabeth Follett

25-Nov

1839

Hannah

Higgins

David 
William Johnson

20

Spinster

No

Higher St

Glove Sewer

Thomas Higgins

Thatcher

Mary Bull

25-Nov

1839

David William

Johnson

Hannah Higgins

19

Bachelor

Yes

Higher St

Shoemaker

Richard Johnson

Shoemaker

Henry Davis Prince

31-Mar

1840

Sarah

Chant

Frederic Higgins

19

Spinster

No

Higher Street

Servant

John Chant

Traunter

George Meecham

31-Mar

1840

Frederic

Higgins

Sarah Chant

23

Bachelor

No

Higher Street

Sawyer

Thomas Higgins

Gardener

Isaac Osborne

21-Dec

1843

Ann

Higgins

Robert Rousell

23

Spinster

Yes

Lower St

not given

William Higgins

Farm Gardener

Samuel Cridge

21-Dec

1843

Robert

Rousell

Ann Higgins

27

Bachelor

Yes

Church St

Smith

William Rousell

Wheelwright

Isaac Osborne

16-Jun

1846

James

Elswood

Susan Higgins

of age

Bachelor

No

Merriott

Gardener

Thomas Elswood

Carpenter

Thomas Elswood

16-Jun

1846

Susan

Higgins

James Elswood

of age

Spinster

Yes

Merriott

not given

William Higgins

Gardener

Anna Rodgers

16-Jun

1846

Joseph

Goodland

Mary Higgins

of age

Bachelor

Yes

Merriott

Butcher

Benjamin Goodland

Butcher

Robert Rousell

16-Jun

1846

Mary

Higgins

Joseph Goodland

not

Spinster

Yes

Merriott

not given

William Higgins

Gardener

Ann Rousell

11-Dec

1847

Sarah

Higgins

David Hutchings

27

Widow

No

Church Street

Glove Sewer

John Chant

Collier

Hannah Hutchings

11-Dec

1847

David

Hutchings

Sarah Higgins

44

Widower

No

Lower Street

Weaver

John Hutchings

Labourer

Joseph Hutchings

16-Jan

1849

Ann

Higgins

Samuel Marshellsey

22

Spinster

Yes

Bowood Lane

nil

Benjamin Higgins

Farm Gardener

Elizabeth Marshellsey

16-Jan

1849

Samuel

Marshellsey

Ann Higgins

22

Bachelor

Yes

Bowood Lane

Gardener

Robert Marshellsey

Coachman

William Higgins

18-Jun

1850

George

Higgins

Mary Lawrence

22

Bachelor

Yes

Town's End

Gardener

John Higgins

Gardener

Thomas Higgins

18-Jun

1850

Mary

Lawrence

George Higgins

20

Spinster

Yes

Green Nap, Merriott

Gardener

Richard Lawrence

Yeoman

Mary Shutler

29-Apr

1851

Hannah

Higgins

Job Osborne

27

Spinster

No

Lower St

Domestic

William Higgins

Gardener

Alfred Raindle

29-Apr

1851

Job

Osborne

Hannah Higgins

24

Bachelor

Yes

Lower St

Gardener

Job Osborne

Gardener

Joseph Goodland

4-Sep

1851

Thomas

Higgins

Mary Shutler

24

Bachelor

Yes

Higher Street

Tailor

Thomas Higgins

Thatcher

John Shutler

4-Sep

1851

Mary

Shutler

Thomas Higgins

26

Spinster

Yes

Mark's Barn

Domestic

William Shutler

Yeoman

Mary Ann Shutler

14-Feb

1852

Eleanor

Eason

George Higgins

29

Spinster

Yes

Lower St

Glove Sewer

Sampson Eason

Gardener

Samuel Rousell

14-Feb

1852

George

Higgins

Eleanor Eason

32

Bachelor

Yes

Lower St

Waterpipe manuf.

John Higgins

Thatcher

Henry Osborne

24-Aug

1852

Sarah

Higgins

Alfred Cridge

27

Spinster

No

Lower St

Glove Sewer

John Higgins

Thatcher

Charles England

24-Aug

1852

Alfred

Cridge

Sarah Higgins

32

Bachelor

Yes

Green Nap, Merriott

Butcher

John Cridge

Gardener

Anna Rogers

7-Apr

1857

William

Higgins

Anna Farr

23

Bachelor

No

Merriott

Trantor?

John Higgins

Gardener

John Higgins

7-Apr

1857

Anna

Farr

William Higgins

19

Spinster

Yes

Merriott

James Farr

Gardener

Samuel Wills

26-Dec

1865

John

Higgins

Anna Maria Harwood

full

Bachelor

Yes

Merriott

Butcher

John Higgins

Gardener

Joseph Harwood

26-Dec

1865

Anna Maria

Harwood

John Higgins

full

Spinster

Yes

Merriott

 

Samuel Harwood

Flax Dresser

Susan Pattemore

10-Sep

1868

Ebenezer Samuel

Bellchambers

Louisa Higgins

26

Bachelor

Yes

Merriott

Gardener

Samuel Bellchambers

Schoolmaster

Robert, Ann, Lawrence

10-Sep

1868

Louisa

Higgins

Ebenezer S Bell-
chambers

24

Spinster

Yes

Merriott

Benjamin Higgins

Gardener

Mary Bell-
chambers

10-Sep

1868

Benjamin

Higgins

Ann Mitchell

36

Bachelor

Yes

Merriott

Gardener

Benjamin Higgins

Gardener

Mary Bellchambers

10-Sep

1868

Ann

Mitchell

Benjamin Higgins

33

Spinster

Yes

Merriott

 

John Mitchell

Gardener

Wm Mitchell; Ann Lawrence

13-Jan

1878

Henry

Wills

Ellen Higgins

20

Bachelor

Yes

Merriott

Mechanic

George Wills

Gardener

Francis Wills

13-Jan

1878

Ellen

Higgins

Henry Wills

24

Spinster

Yes

Merriott

George Higgins

Labourer

Lucy Wills

3-Dec

1878

Thomas

Elswood

Emma Higgins

23

Bachelor

Yes

Merriott

Carpenter

Not known

 

James Harvey Rendell

3-Dec

1878

Emma

Higgins

Thomas Elswood

23

Spinster

Yes

Merriott

 

Thomas Higgins

Tailor

Sarah Higgins

10-Jun

1881

Joseph

Cray

Sarah Higgins

41

Bachelor

Yes

Frome

Packer

Thomas 
Cary

Gardener

Thomas Elswood

10-Jun

1881

Sarah

Higgins

Joseph Cray

29

Spinster

Yes

Merriott

Thomas Higgins

Tailor

Emma Elswood

6-Aug

1894

John William

Stoodley

Lily Louisa Higgins

22

Bachelor

Yes

Crewkerne

Butcher

Fred Stoodley

Clerk

Hannah Higgins

6-Aug

1894

Lily Louisa

Higgins

John William Stoodley

19

Spinster

Yes

Merriott

 

John 
Higgins (deceased)

Butcher

John Higgins