Humphry HIGGITT

1733 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Humphry HIGGITT
  Birth	4 Dec 1733	Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I919	Foxcroft and Bruce
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2005

  
  

  Father	John HIGGET   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Elizabeth COX,   b. 1699   d. 1779 (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary TRIGG,   b. 1729   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	21 Oct 1753	Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire, England
  	Married by licence at Lichfield Cathedral. The licence is held at Lichfield Records Office. Licence granted on 20 October 1753 before Revered Thos. White "which day appeared personally Humphry Higgitt of Rugely Batchelor aged 21 years (prayed?) a Liconse to be Granted to him in the Solomnization of a Marriage with Mary Trigg of the same place Spinster aged 24 years in the parish Church of Rugely the said Humphry Higgitt being Sworn the Liconse was Decreed" The attached certificate reads: "Know all men by these present that (one?) Humphry Higgitt of Rugely in the County of Stafford (Hatmaker?) and John Doo. of the same are held and firmly bound to John Addenbrooke Doctor of Divinity Dean of the Cathedral Church of Lichfield and Chapter of the same in the pain of one hundred pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain to be paid to the said Dean and Chapter....... ...... twentieth day of October in the twenty seventh year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King defender of the Faith and in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and fifty three. Lower part of the certificate is signed by Humphry Higgitt, sealed in the presence of Jno Hutchinson. Note: the licence application is witnessed by John Doo (ie a fictional witness). The marraige is witnessed by John Hutchinson. It may be a coincidence, but the baptism of a John Hutchinson is recorded in the Rugely Parish Register, on 24 October 1733, a few weeks before that of Humphry Higgitt.
  Children	1. Samuel HIGGET,   b. 11 Aug 1754, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. 13 Oct 1819, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England (Age 65 years)   2. Gilbert HIGGET,   b. 1756   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Thomas HIGGITT,   b. 25 Dec 1758, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. 11 Aug 1833, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England (Age 74 years)   4. Ann HIGGET,   b. 6 Jul 1760, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. Aft 1825 (Age 65 years)   5. Mary HIGGITT,   b. 14 Mar 1762, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   6. Sarah HIGGITT,   b. 22 Apr 1764, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. 26 Oct 1825, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England (Age 61 years)   7. Susanna HIGGITT,   b. 30 Mar 1766, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. Aft 1825 (Age 59 years)   8. Humphry HIGGET,   b. 24 Apr 1768, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   9. John HIGGETT,   b. 26 Dec 1770, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. 8 Apr 1853, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England (Age 82 years)   10. William HIGGITT,   b. 21 Feb 1773, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. 1825 (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F684	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2005

  
  

• Notes

  The parish register records the baptism with the spelling HIGGET. This spelling is consistent with probable parents and some offspring. Annotated marriage register of Lichfield Cathedral spell HIGGOTT. Actual signature and infilling of marriage licence spells HIGGITT.