William Henry Huggins (abt. 1790 - 1868)

Born about 1790 in Glenarb, parish of Aghaloo, county Tyrone, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Harriet (Rutledge) Huggins — married 15 Aug 1822 in Calcutta, India

Died 10 Mar 1868 at about age 78 in Ballyaghlis townland, parish of Drumbeg, county Down, Ireland

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Biography

William was born about 1790, the son of John Huggins of Glenarb townland in the parish of Aghaloo, county Tyrone, and Jean Thompson of Creevelough, same parish.^[1]

Having undertaken as an indigo planter in West Bengal, in 1822 William there married Harriet Hawkins née Rutledge, the widow of Lieut. James Zachariah Hawkins.^[2][3]

After his retirement first to England and thence to Ireland, Mr Huggins died on the 10th March 1868 at Belvidere Cottage in Ballyaughlis townland in the parish of Drumbeg, county Down, aged about seventy-eight years.^[4]

Research notes

• The estimated year of birth is based on birth order as specified in his father's will.
• The Huggins family of Glenarb townland in the parish of Aghaloo, county Tyrone, Ireland, has been researched to the early 1700s at the PRONI in Belfast and other archives; additional data input to this profile by [[Kilpatrick-1128] is pending.

Sources

1. ↑ Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (Belfast). Copy will of John Huggins, Glenarb, parish of Aghaloo, county Tyrone, Ireland; probate granted 8 July 1795; PRONI ref. D889/1/41B; reviewed and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick (2003-11).
2. ↑ The British Library (London). India Office. Ecclesiastical Returns. Marriage of William Huggins, 15 August 1822, marriage at St John's Calcutta to Harriet Hawkins, Widow. Record from the BL’s Biographical Card Index, ref. N/1/12, folio 162; transmitted by Mr P.C. [private], of the BL, to Alison Kilpatrick by e-mail, 23 November 2004.
3. ↑ Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal, 1713-1948; held by the British India Office, archive ref. N/1/12, folio no. 162, entry no. 683; marriage of William Huggins and Harriet Hawkins, widow, 15 August 1822, St John’s, Calcutta; digital image online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2014-01-29, by subscription).
4. ↑ Belfast News-Letter, 13 March 1868. Death notice: "Died.—Huggins—March 10, at Belvidere Cottage, Drumbeg, William Huggins, Esq. His remains will be removed for interment in Drumbeg Church-yard, on to-morrow (Saturday), at twelve o’clock noon. Friends will please accept this intimation." Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2008-03-21, by subscription).