Stephen H. Higginson (1716 - 1761)

Born 31 Jul 1716 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Cabot) Higginson — married 22 Apr 1743 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 12 Oct 1761 at age 45 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts

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Biography

"On Monday the 12th Instant died at Newbury, and this Day was decently interred here, Stephen Higginson, Esq; of this Town. He was in Commission for the Peace, and a Justice of the Court of Pleas for this County, and a Member of the Honorable House of Representatives. A Gentleman of a truly amiable Character, both in public and private Life; as he was a tender and instructive Father, a kind and loving Husband, a sincere and steady Friend, an accurate Merchant; an retained an unblemished Character, thro' the whole of his Trade and Business, which was extensive. A Person of strict Virtue and Religion, but free from shew and ostentation, which he always abhorred. As few Persons exceeded him in useful Knowledge and Capacity to serve the Public, so he was second to no Man in the Uprightness of his Intentions, the Sincerity of his Declarations and Integrity of his Actions. These Virtues being very conspicuous in him, rendered him a Gentleman of a rising Character, and his Death may be justly esteemed, not only a private but a public Loss." from the Boston New Letter, Salem, October 15th, 1761.

Name

Stephen Higginson

Birth

31 JUL 1716 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

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Sources

• Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. Descendants of the Reverend Francis Higginson (Privately Printed, 1910) Page 13
• Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. Life and Times of Stephen Higginson: Member of the Continental Congress (1783) and Author of the "Laco" Letters, Relating to John Hancock (1789); Houghton, Mifflin, 1907; pages 17-18; ^[2]

1. ↑ ""Joseph Atkins-by Francis Higginson Atkins.pdf"" •Judge John Lowell (father of the eulogist) was born in Newbury 1743- Graduated Harvard 1760. Married, first. Miss Higginson, daughter S. H. Higginson; second, Susanna Cabot, daughter Francis Cabot; third. Mrs. Rebecca Tyng. widow of James Tyng and daughter Judge James Russell.
2. ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=o5scAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA17#v=onepage&q&f=false

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Higginson-299 through the import of John Higginson.ged on Oct 3, 2013.