Mary Higgins, daughter of Jediah Sr and Mary (Newbold) Higgins, was born January 24 1699/1700. Her parents were living in Piscataway, New Jersey, in 1698, but relocated to Somerset County near Princeton about 1700 or 1703. She was the second daughter named Mary, her sibling, was born in 1688 and died before 1699. To name another child the same given name as one who had died was a practice in this time period.[1]
Her father Jediah Higgins, died in 1715, making his will and naming his daughter Mary. He left her £50 to be received when she was 18 or on the day of her marriage.
Mary Higgins married Freegift Stout Sr, son of David and Rebecca (Ashton) Stout. They made their home in Clover Hill, Hunterdon County, NJ.
Mary Stout died before April 16, 1773, the date of her inventory, valued at £108. 2.5. Her will was written Sept 29 1770 and proved 19 April 1773. Mary left her estate to her daughters Mary, wife of Richard Chamberlin, of Virginia; Rebecca, wife of Edward Taylor; and Rachel, wife of Richard Rounsavell Jr of Amwell. My son, Freegift Stout, is to be trustee of my daughter, the said Mary. Executor Edward Taylor, son-in-law. Witnessed by Benjamin Stout, Isaac Stout and Mary Stout.[2]
Children:
1. Jediah married Philina Chamberlain
2. Rebecca married Edward Taylor
3. Freegift Jr married Elizabeth Stout, daughter of Capt David and Elizabeth Larrison Stout.
4. Sarah Higgins Stout m. (Ephriam) Oliphant (1725 - 1768)*
5. Mary Stout m (Richard) Chamberlain (1726 - ____)*
6. James married first Mary, daughter of Jacob Mattison and second Rachel Higgins, daughter of Jediah Higgins.
7. Joshua married Miss Haines
8. Obadiah married Mary McBride
9. Rachel married Richard Rounsavell Jr (There are two profiles for her and a request to merge them has been made.)
10. Isaac Stout (married Mary Quinby) (1740 - 1823)*
The girls are listed with their spouses in both of the parents' wills.[3][4][1]
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 Higgins, Katharine Chapin. Richard Higgins A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey and His Descendants. (Worcester, Massachusetts: 1918). p. 61
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Birth: Jan. 24, 1698
Eastham
Barnstable County
Massachusetts, USA
Death: Apr. 11, 1773
Cloverhill
Hunterdon County
New Jersey, USA
She was the wife of Freegift Stout, daughter of Jedediah Higgins and Mary Newbold, mother of Sarah, Jediah, Rebecca, Freegift, Mary, James, Rachel, Joshua and Obediah.
Family links:
Parents:
Jediah Higgins (1656 - 1715)
Mary Newbold Higgins (1661 - 1715)
Spouse:
Freegift Stout (1693 - 1769)
Children:
Sarah Higgins Stout Oliphant (1725 - 1768)*
Mary Stout Chamberlain (1726 - ____)*
Isaac Stout (1740 - 1823)*
Sibling:
Jediah H. Higgins (1691 - 1772)**
Mary Higgins Stout (1698 - 1773)
Higgins-3019 and Higgins-233 appear to represent the same person because: while birth is the same, one profile says 99/00, the death date is based on a will on one profile, but only other ancestry.com trees on the other profile. Husband is the same
Birth: Jan. 24, 1698 Eastham Barnstable County Massachusetts, USA Death: Apr. 11, 1773 Cloverhill Hunterdon County New Jersey, USA
She was the wife of Freegift Stout, daughter of Jedediah Higgins and Mary Newbold, mother of Sarah, Jediah, Rebecca, Freegift, Mary, James, Rachel, Joshua and Obediah.
Family links: Parents: Jediah Higgins (1656 - 1715) Mary Newbold Higgins (1661 - 1715)
Spouse: Freegift Stout (1693 - 1769)
Children: Sarah Higgins Stout Oliphant (1725 - 1768)* Mary Stout Chamberlain (1726 - ____)* Isaac Stout (1740 - 1823)*
Sibling: Jediah H. Higgins (1691 - 1772)** Mary Higgins Stout (1698 - 1773)