Reverend John Higginson

b. 20 August 1811, d. 30 May 1895
FatherJohn Higginson1,2,3 b. 26 Jun 1776, d. 21 Dec 1834
MotherSarah Ann Barrow1,2,3 b. 8 Apr 1785, d. 23 Apr 1859
ChartsAncestors of Harriet Hanson Robinson
Stede Bonnet to Harriet (Robinson) Pierce
Diana, Princess of Wales, and Harriet Hanson (Robinson) Pierce
William the Lion, King of Scotland, to Mary Elizabeth Robinson
Reverend John Higginson was born 20 August 18112,4,5 and baptized 19 December 1811 at St. Michael's Parish, Barbados.1 He married Mary Maria Hester Wynyard, daughter of Montague John Wynyard and Jane Lascelles, 31 December 1835 at West Rounton, Yorkshire, England.6,7,3 He died 30 May 1895 at Thormanby, Easingwold, Yorkshire, England,8,4 and was buried 1 June 1895 at Thormanby Parish Cemetery, Thormanby, Easingwold, Yorkshire, England.4,9
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He was ordained a Deacon by the Bishop of Chester after a letter dimissory of 1 Jan 1835, with title: St Martin cum Gregory, York, but no license was recorded in the Institution Act Books. Ordained priest by the Bishop of Gloucester after a letter dimissory of 24 June 1836. Admitted and installed as Rector of Thormanby, 6 June 1836.2

In the parish of West Rounton, the entry in the register reads:
In the parish of West Rounton in the County of York.

John Higginson of the parish of St. Martin-cum Gregory in the City of York - Clerk
and
Mary Maria Hister Wynyard of this parish were married in this church by license this 31 day of December 1835

-s- John Higginson
Mary Maria Hister Higginson

in the presence of R. H. Bingham


This register is a copy of the original, so the signatures are not autographs.6

Reverend John Higginson matriculated in Queens College, Oxford University, 15 Oct 1829. Earned his B. A. in 1834 and M. A. in 1836. He was rector of Thormanby, in the Easingwold district of Yorkshire, for 59 years, holding the position until he died at 84.10,4

Family

Mary Maria Hester Wynyard b. 23 May 1815, d. 18 Dec 1893
Children

Citations

  1. [S837] Blackrock, Barbados, Barbados parochial registers, Series A, 1637-1850 (Anglican), 5:431, FHL microfilm 1157925 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter cited as Barbados Registers.
  2. [S959] Sara Slinn, York Clergy Ordinations: 1800-1849 (York, England: University of York, 2001), 92. Hereafter cited as Slinn, York Clergy.
  3. [S1673] Gregory Don Cooke, "Historic Ancestors: Major Stede Bonnet, Pirate of the Caribbean," The Genealogist 25 (Spring 2011): 31-33, at 32. Hereafter cited as Cooke, "Major Stede Bonnet."
  4. [S1020] John Higginson Gravestone at Thormanby churchyard, Thormanby Cemetery, Thormanby, Yorkshire, England; Photographed by Donald F. Cooke, June 1985.
  5. [S837] Barbados Registers, 5:431; FHL #1157925. He was 4 months old at christening.
  6. [S1694] Yorkshire Parish Register Society, Leeds, Parish Register Transcripts, 1725-1917, Cert #28, FHL microfilm 98541 - item 7 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter cited as West Rounton Registers.
  7. [S943] Letter from Marlene Frank (Thormanby, Easingwold, York) to Betty Krewson, 24 Sep 1981; Photocopy in Compiler's genealogy files West Jordan, Utah.
  8. [S1352] General Registry Office, Southport, England, death certificate for John Higginson, 1895, 9d/273, Easingwold registration district. Hereafter cited as GRO Deaths.
  9. [S756] Thormanby, Yorkshire, England, Parish Registers of Thormanby, 1658-1993, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:27, FHL microfilm 2103950, items 8 & 9 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter cited as Thormanby Parish Registers.
  10. [S267] Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, Their Parentage, Birthplace and Year of Birth With a Record of Their Degrees (1888; reprint, Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus Reprint Limited, 1968), I:657. Hereafter cited as Foster, Oxford Alumni.
  11. [S1694] West Rounton Registers, 33; FHL #98541 - item 7.
  12. [S756] Thormanby Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:12; FHL #2103950, items 8 & 9.
  13. [S756] Thormanby Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:15; FHL #2103950, items 8 & 9.
  14. [S756] Thormanby Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:16; FHL #2103950, items 8 & 9.
  15. [S1351] General Registry Office, Southport, England, birth certificate for Matilda Caroline Higginson, 1841, 24/346, Easingwold registration district. Hereafter cited as GRO Births.
  16. [S756] Thormanby Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:17; FHL #2103950, items 8 & 9.
  17. [S268] Yorkshire, England, Thormanby, Yorkshire Census, 1851; FHL microfilm/fiche 87653.
  18. [S1673] Cooke, "Major Stede Bonnet," 33.
  19. [S756] Thormanby Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:18; FHL #2103950, items 8 & 9.
  20. [S756] Thormanby Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:19; FHL #2103950, items 8 & 9.
  21. [S756] Thormanby Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:20; FHL #2103950, items 8 & 9.
  22. [S756] Thormanby Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:22; FHL #2103950, items 8 & 9.
  23. [S268] Thormanby, Yorkshire Census, 1861; FHL #543164.
  24. [S756] Thormanby Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:23; FHL #2103950, items 8 & 9.