Samuel HIGGET

1754 - 1819  (65 years)

• Name	Samuel HIGGET
  Birth	11 Aug 1754	Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Oct 1819	Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England
  Person ID	I923	Foxcroft and Bruce
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2005

  
  

  Father	Humphry HIGGITT,   b. 4 Dec 1733, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	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.
  Family ID	F684	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth MARSHALL,   b. 1756   d. 1839 (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1776	Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England
  	Rugeley Register of marriages, No. 253 Banns of marriage were publicised between Samuel Higgitt and Elizabeth Marshall on the 8th, 15th and 22nd of December 1776. Samuel Higgit of the Parish of Rugeley in the County of Stafford and Elizabeth Marshall of the Parish and County of the same married in this church by Banns, 25 December 1776 by Thomas Avarne. Signed by Samuel Higgit (one t), Elizabeth's mark. In the Presence of: Samuel Hallam, Thomas Higgitt (2 t), William Wooley
  Children	1. Humphry HIGGITT,   b. 1777, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. 16 Nov 1851, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England (Age 74 years)   2. Thomas HIGGITT,   b. 1 Jun 1782, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. 15 Aug 1840, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England (Age 58 years)   3. William HIGGITT,   b. 7 Mar 1784, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. Bef 1788 (Age 3 years)   4. Samuel HIGGITT,   b. 4 Mar 1787, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. 28 Jun 1792, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England (Age 5 years)   5. William HIGGITT,   b. 2 Nov 1788, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   6. John HIGGITT,   b. 17 Oct 1790, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   7. James HIGGITT,   b. 8 Apr 1792, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. 7 Jun 1848, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England (Age 56 years)   8. Ann HIGGITT,   b. 16 Feb 1794, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   9. Elizabeth HIGGITT,   b. 22 Feb 1805, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England d. 19 Mar 1805, Rugeley, , Staffordshire, England (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F686	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2005

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel Higgitt, abode Rugeley, buried 13 October 1819 aged 65. Ceremony performed by Charles Inge, vicar.