Austin
Higgins
Born in West Malling, Kent, England
Son of John Henry Higgins
[uncertain]
and Sarah Elizabeth (Bridgland) Higgins
[uncertain]
Brother of
Thomas Higgins
Husband of
Mary (Nash) Higgins
— married
12 Aug 1810 in Rochester, Kent, England
Descendants 
Father of
John Middleton Higgins, Sarah (Higgins) Potter, William Bridgland Higgins, Thomas Higgins, Elizabeth (Higgins) Richards, Henry Higgins, Sophia Jane Higgins, Eliza Anne (Higgins) McArthur, George Higgins, Jane (Higgins) Baker, Charles Higgins and Mary Maria (Higgins) Stayner
Died
at age 74
in Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Dec 2017
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Biography
Austin Higgins was born on 2 November 1787 at West Malling in Kent, England. His parents were John Higgins and Sarah Bridgland. He was baptised on 9 December 1787.[1]
Austin was married to Mary Nash (1789-1863) on 12 August 1810 in Rochester, Kent, England.[2] They had thirteen children before migrating with the family to South Australia on the Eliza in 1840.
Austin initially found work on a farm at Port Gawler. In 1849, he moved with most of the family to Reedy Creek near Tungkillo to provide transport and other services to a new copper mine there.
A few years later, in 1853, they moved again, this time to the Victorian goldfields, and settled at Clydesdale.
Austin died in Clydesdale Victoria on 1 December 1861 aged 74.[3]
Sources
- ↑ England, select births and Christenings, Ancestry.com, FHL Film Number 992509
- ↑ England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940, Ancestry.com
- ↑ Victoria, Australia, Death Records. Registration Number 9756. The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Austin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Austin:
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Allen Hancock
Added links to parents, John Henry Higgins and Sarah Bridgland
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