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Family: John Higginson / Mary Blakeman (F27310)

• Male John Higginson

  
  

  Birth	6 Aug 1616	Leicestershire, England
  Death	9 Dec 1708	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
  Burial
  Marriage	16 May 1676  [1, 2, 3, 4]	Connecticut, USA  [1, 2, 3, 4]
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  Female Mary Blakeman

  
  

  Birth	1636	Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
  Death	9 Mar 1709	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
  Burial		Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
  Other Spouse	Joshua Atwater | F27312
  Marriage	6 May 1651	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
  Father	Adam Blakeman | F23654 Group Sheet
  Mother	Jane ?? | F23654 Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents

  U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700

  Histories		BlakemanMaryFromHigginsonDesc
  		New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 p934

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Some say 02 Mar 1676 in Stratford

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Ancestry.com, FindAGrave.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Mary Blakeman Higginson, FindAGrave Memorial 8141520. [S1571] Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Descendants of the Reverend Francis Higginson, (Name: Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Date: 1910;), p.6 Second Generation - Rev John Higginson who married Mary Blakeman. Rev. John 2 Higginson (Francis 1 ), born Aug. 6, 1616, in Leicestershire, Eng.; died Dec. 9, 1708, in his 93d year, at Salem, Mass. ; married 1st, at Guil- ford, Conn., Sarah Whitfield, daughter of Rev. Henry and Dorothy (Sheafe) Whitfield, baptized Nov. 1, 1620, at Ockley, county Surrey, Eng. ; died July 8, 1675, aged 55, at Salem. He married, 2d, Mary Blakeman, daughter of Rev. Adam and Jane Blakeman, of Stratford, Conn., who died Mar. 9, 1708-9, aged 72, at Salem. She married 1st, May 6, 1651, Joshua Atwater, son of Joshua and Susan (Nazzin) Atwater, baptized June 2, 1611, at Lenham, Eng. ; died May 16, 1676, at Boston. BlakemanMaryFromHigginsonDesc [S372] Robert Charles Anderson, et at, New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, (Name: New England Historicl and Genealogical Society; Location: Boston, MA; Date: 1995-2009;), p934, also behind NEHGS paywall at www.americanancestors.org. See attached image... sourced to Descendants of Francis Higginson, first Teacher... John Higginson (twin of Theophilus) bp 31 Aug 1616 Claybrooke, Leicestershire m(1) by 1646 Sarah Whitfield Dau or Henry & Dorothy (Seafe) Whitfield m(2) aft 1676 Mary (Blakeman) Atwater dau of Rev Adam & Jane Blakeman & widow of Joshua Atwater bp Claybrooke, Leicestershire, 31 Aug 1616 m (1) by 1646 Sarah Wake New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 p934 [S974] Clarence A Torry, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Co; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date: 1985;), p.369. John Higginson 1616-1698 1st wife Sarah [Whitfield ] (-1675); b 1646. ?Guildfor,CT, 1652?; Salem 2nd wife Mary Blakeman Atwater 1636-1709 w/Joshua Marriage 16 May 1676 New England, USA U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700