The Higgins Family of Merriott
18th Century 19th Century Censuses 20th Century
Earliest Mention in the Records
The surname HIGGINS first appeared in the Parish Registers in the early 18th century with the marriage of William HIGGINS to Elizabeth PITTCHER on 22 May 1705.
William died in 1733.
Their children are recorded as follows:
NAME | BAPTISED | BURIED | MARRIED |
William | 8 March 1705 [Father William noted as a “Poor Man”] | 1 August 1714 | |
Mary | 26 November 1707 | Presumably before 1719 | |
Elizabeth | Illegible date, 1710 | 8 August 1732 John LAWRENCE | |
Jane/Joan | 16 August 1713 | 25 August 1748 Robert LAWRENCE | |
William | 31 May 1715 | 23 June 1736 Mary HOOPER, of Merriott (no children Baptised at Merriott). | |
Joseph | 26 May 1717 | 28 November 1722 | |
Mary | (date not given) 1719 | 4 October 1722 | |
John | 20 February 1721 | 4 October 1722 | |
Joseph | 24 October 1723 | 27 March 1768 | 27 November 1750, Sarah BARTLETT of Crewkerne (note – from Crewkerne Marriage Register) |
John | 14 September 1726 | 30 May 1754, Laodamia HALLETT of Merriott |
Other MARRIAGES in the 18th Century
MALES | FEMALES |
1781 Jonathan Higgins Susanna Trask 1784 Joseph Higgins m Hester Bishop 1785 Thomas Higgins m Susanna Crabb 1797 George Higgins m Mary Sweet |
1774 Elizabeth Higgins m John Buggell (Stafford Barr.) 1787 Parthenia Higgins m James Osborne 1800 Elizabeth Higgins m Henry Osborne 1770 Sarah Higgins (Widow) m Robert Lawrence |
BURIALS
MALES – 5 | FEMALES – 5 |
30 October 1791 John Higgins Pauper 8 October 1795 John Higgins 5 May 1799 John Higgins 27 March 1768 Joseph Higgins 8 July 1733 William Higgins |
28 December 1737 Eliz Higgens 23 October 1782 Mary Higgins 14 October 1798 Mary Higgins 18 October 1795 Susanna Higgins 21 March 1782 Susanna Higgins |
Other BAPTISMS in the 18th Century (and Burials where indicated)
Joseph & Sarah (nee Bartlett) Higgins | Baptism 15 September 1751 Elizabeth Baptism 18 November 1753 Ruth Baptism 15 February 1756 Jonathan |
Baptism 26 December 1758 Joseph Baptism 12 January 1761 John |
John & Laodamia (nee Hallett) Higgins | Baptism 14 March 1755 William Baptism 1 January 1758 George Baptism 21 March 1760 Thomas Burial 25 October 1761 Thomas Baptism 11 November 1762 Thomas Baptism 14 October 1764 Parthenia Burial 13 April 1766 Parthenia |
Baptism 13 September 1767 Parthenia Burial 5 September 1770 George Baptism 12 May 1771 George Burial 17 May 1772 George Baptism 15 July 1774 George Burial 19 November 1776 George |
Jonathan & Susanna (nee Trask) Higgins | Baptism 21 March 1782 Joseph | |
Thomas & Susanna (nee Crabb) Higgins [Note: Thomas is noted as a Pauper in 1793] |
Baptism 1 September 1785 Benjamin Burial 26 March 1786 Benjamin Baptism 21 May 1787 Elizabeth Baptism 25 May 1789 William Burial 19 February 1790 William |
Baptism 24 June 1792 Thomas Baptism 8 March 1793 Laodamia Baptism 25 December 1796 Susanna Baptism 31 May 1802 Benjamin Baptism 23 February 1806 Mary |
William & Susanna Higgins [Note: William is noted as a Pauper in 1794] |
Baptism 12 May 1777 George Baptism 23 May 1779 Kitty Parker Baptism 5 January 1781 Elizabeth Baptism 2 June 1783 Ann Baptism 25 December 1785 John |
Baptism 25 May 1789 William Baptism 17 February 1790 Parthenia Baptism 1 June 1794 Susanna Baptism 3 July 1796 Susanna |
George & Mary (nee Sweet) Higgins | Baptism 22 July 1798 John Baptism 30 August 1801 John |
Baptism 5 January 1806 George Baptism 24 December 1809 Hannah |
Higgins in Merriott in the 19th Century
MARRIAGES
MALES – 7 | FEMALES – 6 |
1812 Thomas Higgins m Charlotte Lawrence 1816 John Higgins m Sarah Woodman 1817 William Higgins m Ann Osborne 1819 Joseph Higgins m Susanna Doutch 1824 Henry Joseph Higgins m Catharine French 1824 John Higgins m Susannah Pattemore 1826 Benjamin Higgins m Jemima Mitchell |
1801 Ann Higgins ( Crewkerne) m William Templeman 1803 Ann Higgins m James Trask 1803 Catharine Higgins m Joseph Hallett (West Chinnock) 1819 Susanna Higgins m William Bull 1821 Susanna Higgins m John Lawrence 1835 Elizabeth Higgins m George Perry |
MARRIAGES post 1837 (extra detail)
Date |
Year |
Fore-name |
Surname |
Spouse |
Age |
Cond |
Signed? |
Abode |
Occ |
Father |
Father’s Occ |
Witness |
14-May |
1839 |
Susanna |
Higgins |
Sampson Pattemore |
31 |
Widow |
No |
Broadway |
Gardener |
Peter Pattemore |
Gardener |
Ann Lawrence |
14-May |
1839 |
Sampson |
Pattemore |
Susanna Higgins |
23 |
Bachelor |
No |
Broadway |
Gardener |
John Pattemore |
Farmer gardener |
Joseph Lawrence |
6-Oct |
1839 |
Eliza |
Higgins |
Simon Rousell |
24 |
Spinster |
No |
Lower St |
Labourer |
Thomas Higgins |
Farm Gardener |
Henry Rousell |
6-Oct |
1839 |
Simon |
Rousell |
Eliza Higgins |
24 |
Bachelor |
No |
Higher St |
Labourer |
Robert Rousell |
Servant |
Elizabeth Follett |
25-Nov |
1839 |
Hannah |
Higgins |
David |
20 |
Spinster |
No |
Higher St |
Glove Sewer |
Thomas Higgins |
Thatcher |
Mary Bull |
25-Nov |
1839 |
David William |
Johnson |
Hannah Higgins |
19 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Higher St |
Shoemaker |
Richard Johnson |
Shoemaker |
Henry Davis Prince |
31-Mar |
1840 |
Sarah |
Chant |
Frederic Higgins |
19 |
Spinster |
No |
Higher Street |
Servant |
John Chant |
Traunter |
George Meecham |
31-Mar |
1840 |
Frederic |
Higgins |
Sarah Chant |
23 |
Bachelor |
No |
Higher Street |
Sawyer |
Thomas Higgins |
Gardener |
Isaac Osborne |
21-Dec |
1843 |
Ann |
Higgins |
Robert Rousell |
23 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Lower St |
not given |
William Higgins |
Farm Gardener |
Samuel Cridge |
21-Dec |
1843 |
Robert |
Rousell |
Ann Higgins |
27 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Church St |
Smith |
William Rousell |
Wheelwright |
Isaac Osborne |
16-Jun |
1846 |
James |
Elswood |
Susan Higgins |
of age |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Gardener |
Thomas Elswood |
Carpenter |
Thomas Elswood |
16-Jun |
1846 |
Susan |
Higgins |
James Elswood |
of age |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
not given |
William Higgins |
Gardener |
Anna Rodgers |
16-Jun |
1846 |
Joseph |
Goodland |
Mary Higgins |
of age |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Butcher |
Benjamin Goodland |
Butcher |
Robert Rousell |
16-Jun |
1846 |
Mary |
Higgins |
Joseph Goodland |
not |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
not given |
William Higgins |
Gardener |
Ann Rousell |
11-Dec |
1847 |
Sarah |
Higgins |
David Hutchings |
27 |
Widow |
No |
Church Street |
Glove Sewer |
John Chant |
Collier |
Hannah Hutchings |
11-Dec |
1847 |
David |
Hutchings |
Sarah Higgins |
44 |
Widower |
No |
Lower Street |
Weaver |
John Hutchings |
Labourer |
Joseph Hutchings |
16-Jan |
1849 |
Ann |
Higgins |
Samuel Marshellsey |
22 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Bowood Lane |
nil |
Benjamin Higgins |
Farm Gardener |
Elizabeth Marshellsey |
16-Jan |
1849 |
Samuel |
Marshellsey |
Ann Higgins |
22 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Bowood Lane |
Gardener |
Robert Marshellsey |
Coachman |
William Higgins |
18-Jun |
1850 |
George |
Higgins |
Mary Lawrence |
22 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Town’s End |
Gardener |
John Higgins |
Gardener |
Thomas Higgins |
18-Jun |
1850 |
Mary |
Lawrence |
George Higgins |
20 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Green Nap, Merriott |
Gardener |
Richard Lawrence |
Yeoman |
Mary Shutler |
29-Apr |
1851 |
Hannah |
Higgins |
Job Osborne |
27 |
Spinster |
No |
Lower St |
Domestic |
William Higgins |
Gardener |
Alfred Raindle |
29-Apr |
1851 |
Job |
Osborne |
Hannah Higgins |
24 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Lower St |
Gardener |
Job Osborne |
Gardener |
Joseph Goodland |
4-Sep |
1851 |
Thomas |
Higgins |
Mary Shutler |
24 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Higher Street |
Tailor |
Thomas Higgins |
Thatcher |
John Shutler |
4-Sep |
1851 |
Mary |
Shutler |
Thomas Higgins |
26 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Mark’s Barn |
Domestic |
William Shutler |
Yeoman |
Mary Ann Shutler |
14-Feb |
1852 |
Eleanor |
Eason |
George Higgins |
29 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Lower St |
Glove Sewer |
Sampson Eason |
Gardener |
Samuel Rousell |
14-Feb |
1852 |
George |
Higgins |
Eleanor Eason |
32 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Lower St |
Waterpipe manuf. |
John Higgins |
Thatcher |
Henry Osborne |
24-Aug |
1852 |
Sarah |
Higgins |
Alfred Cridge |
27 |
Spinster |
No |
Lower St |
Glove Sewer |
John Higgins |
Thatcher |
Charles England |
24-Aug |
1852 |
Alfred |
Cridge |
Sarah Higgins |
32 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Green Nap, Merriott |
Butcher |
John Cridge |
Gardener |
Anna Rogers |
7-Apr |
1857 |
William |
Higgins |
Anna Farr |
23 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Trantor? |
John Higgins |
Gardener |
John Higgins |
7-Apr |
1857 |
Anna |
Farr |
William Higgins |
19 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
James Farr |
Gardener |
Samuel Wills |
|
26-Dec |
1865 |
John |
Higgins |
Anna Maria Harwood |
full |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Butcher |
John Higgins |
Gardener |
Joseph Harwood |
26-Dec |
1865 |
Anna Maria |
Harwood |
John Higgins |
full |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
Samuel Harwood |
Flax Dresser |
Susan Pattemore |
10-Sep |
1868 |
Ebenezer Samuel |
Bellchambers |
Louisa Higgins |
26 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Gardener |
Samuel Bellchambers |
Schoolmaster |
Robert, Ann, Lawrence |
10-Sep |
1868 |
Louisa |
Higgins |
Ebenezer S Bell- |
24 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
Benjamin Higgins |
Gardener |
Mary Bell- |
|
10-Sep |
1868 |
Benjamin |
Higgins |
Ann Mitchell |
36 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Gardener |
Benjamin Higgins |
Gardener |
Mary Bellchambers |
10-Sep |
1868 |
Ann |
Mitchell |
Benjamin Higgins |
33 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
John Mitchell |
Gardener |
Wm Mitchell; Ann Lawrence |
13-Jan |
1878 |
Henry |
Wills |
Ellen Higgins |
20 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Mechanic |
George Wills |
Gardener |
Francis Wills |
13-Jan |
1878 |
Ellen |
Higgins |
Henry Wills |
24 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
George Higgins |
Labourer |
Lucy Wills |
|
3-Dec |
1878 |
Thomas |
Elswood |
Emma Higgins |
23 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Carpenter |
Not known |
|
James Harvey Rendell |
3-Dec |
1878 |
Emma |
Higgins |
Thomas Elswood |
23 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
Thomas Higgins |
Tailor |
Sarah Higgins |
10-Jun |
1881 |
Joseph |
Cray |
Sarah Higgins |
41 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Frome |
Packer |
Thomas |
Gardener |
Thomas Elswood |
10-Jun |
1881 |
Sarah |
Higgins |
Joseph Cray |
29 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
Thomas Higgins |
Tailor |
Emma Elswood |
|
6-Aug |
1894 |
John William |
Stoodley |
Lily Louisa Higgins |
22 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Crewkerne |
Butcher |
Fred Stoodley |
Clerk |
Hannah Higgins |
6-Aug |
1894 |
Lily Louisa |
Higgins |
John William Stoodley |
19 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
John |
Butcher |
John Higgins |
30-May |
1898 |
Walter Wordsworth |
Bone |
Mary Susan Higgins |
28 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
..S Swithin, Bath |
Wine Merchant |
John Cage Richard Bone |
School Master |
Jane Bone; H. Higgins |
30-May |
1898 |
Mary Susan |
Higgins |
Walter Wordsworth Bone |
28 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
John Higgins (deceased) |
Butcher |
A Thomas; John Bone & others |
|
4-Jun |
1900 |
John |
Pamphlett |
Hannah Higgins |
55 |
Widower |
Yes |
Merriott |
School Master |
William Pamphlett (deceased) |
Appointer of Weighers |
Annie England; John Higgins |
4-Jun |
1900 |
Hannah |
Higgins |
John Pamphlett |
33 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
John Higgins (deceased) |
Butcher |
Maude Parkinson; RL Read |
BAPTISMS 1801 – early 1876
Thomas (a Gardener) & Charlotte (nee Lawrence) Higgins | 15 January 1815 Elizabeth 15 January 1815 Eliza 12 April 1819 Frederick 12 April 1819 Anna |
4 June 1821 John 12 May 1823 Lizey 12 February 1826 Thomas |
William (a Gardener) & Ann (nee Osborne) Higgins | 24 May 1819 George 26 December 1820 Ann 31 May 1824 Hannah |
16 May 1825 Susanna 23 May 1830 Mary |
Joseph (a Labourer) & Susanna (nee Doutch) Higgins | 15 May 1820 Thomas 23 December 1827 Eleanor |
|
John (a Thatcher/ Gardener) & Susanna (nee Pattemore) Higgins | 31 May 1824 John 26 December 1825 Hannah 25 December 1827 George 4 April 1830 John 24 February 1833 William |
[Note, John died in 1833; Susanna had a daughter, Susan, in 1838, and married Sampson PATTEMORE in 1839]. |
Susan (a Widow) Higgins | 23 December 1838 Susan, B. B. | |
John (a Thatcher) & Sarah (nee Woodman) Higgins | 25 December 1827 Sarah | |
Benjamin (a Gardener) & Jemima (nee Mitchell) Higgins | 6 January 1828 Ann 19 October 1829 William 25 December 1832 Benjamin 24 November 1834 Thomas |
4 November 1836 Joseph 6 April 1839 Louisa 5 June 1842 Thomas 7 July 1844 Louisa |
Hannah (a Spinster/ Glove Sewer) Higgins | 26 November 1839 Sarah Johnson, BB | [Note: Hannah married David William Johnson on 27 November 1839.] |
Thomas (a Tailor/ Publican) & Mary (nee Shutler) Higgins | 17 November 1851 Sarah 1 March 1854 John Thomas 12 August 1855 Emma 10 January 1858 Mary Ann 13 April 1862 Eliza |
[Note: Abode is given as Broadway in 1854 & 1855 whilst noted as a Publican. Later, in 1881, Thomas & family are listed as living at the Blair Athol Hotel]. |
George (a Labourer/ Brick Maker) & Eleanor (nee Eason) Higgins |
7 August 1853 Ellen 12 August 1855 William 22 February 1858 Lewellin |
14 August 1859 George 10 April 1864 Sarah |
William (a Tranter/ Gardener/ Labourer) & Hannah/Anna (nee Farr) Higgins |
3 January 1858 Mary 7 July 1859 Annie Eliza 11 October 1860 Mary Susan 10 September 1862 John |
21 May 1865 Hannah Lydia 30 March 1867 John 15 July 1869 George 6 March 1872 Joseph |
John (a Butcher) & Anna Maria (nee Harwood) Higgins | 9 December 1866 Hannah 13 March 1870 Mary Susan |
18 May 1872 John 14 February 1875 Lily Louisa |
George (a Tranter) & Mary Higgins | 6 January 1867 Robert 14 April 1872 John |
[Note: abode given as Fisherton, Salisbury, Wiltshire] |
Benjamin (a Gardener) & Ann (nee Mitchell) Higgins | 10 January 1875 Louisa |
BURIALS 1801- 1900
MALES – 22 | FEMALES – 19 |
1 February 1864 Benjamin Higgins 63 27 December 1842 Frederick Higgins 26 2 December 1808 George Higgins 15 October 1819 George Higgins 6 mo 21 September 1833 George Higgins 56 26 July 1869 George Higgins 2w 11 September 1880 George Higgins 60 15 February 1833 John Higgins 32 27 February 1841 John Higgins 53 19 February 1863 John Higgins 7 mo 13 January 1882 John Higgins 51 10 March 1854 John Thomas Higgins 2 w 6 March 1858 Llewellyn Higgins 2 mo 21 March 1810 Thomas Higgins 29 November 1834 Thomas Higgins 74 9 January 1835 Thomas Higgins 2 mo 13 February 1843 Thomas Higgins infant 28 July 1892 Thomas Higgins 67 30 November 1817 William Higgins 2w 25 June 1829 William Higgins 75 26 February 1850 William Higgins 20 28 May 1862 William Higgins 74 |
2 June 1822 Ann Higgins 4 mo 14 February 1859 Ann Higgins 71 25 April 1829 Catharine Higgins 36 22 January 1830 Catharine Higgins 1 7 February 1878 Charlotte Higgins 97 11 October 1811 Elizabeth Higgins 8 April 1824 Elizabeth Higgins 2 5 February 1857 Elizabeth Higgins 6 8 January 1819 Hannah Higgins 9 1 June 1841 Hannah Higgins 17 25 May 1879 Jemima Higgins 78 3 June 1810 Laodamia Higgins 13 February 1843 Louisa Higgins 4 1 January 1830 Mary Higgins 2 mo 10 November 1848 Mary Higgins 76 18 March 1858 Mary Higgins 2 mo 2 November 1897 Mary Higgins 72 5 April 1853 Parthenia Higgins 62 13 December 1808 Susanna Higgins 17 July 1814 Susanna Higgins 50 |
Estate Duty Wills at the Somerset Record Office
HIGGINS William 1829 Merriott
HIGGINS Thomas 1839 Merriott
HIGGINS Parthenia 1853 Merriott (daughter of William HIGGINS above) DDSB/35/8: Will of Parthenia Higgins of Merriott, spinster. Dated 1845, died 1853, proved 1877
with release.
1873 Returns of Owners of Land of more than one acre
HIGGINS, Benjamin of Merriott; over 4 acres.
CENSUSES (excluding 1881) 1841 1851 1861 1871 1891 1901 1911
1911 Census:
Ref | No of Rooms | Abode | Persons |
---|---|---|---|
99 | 3 | Lower Street | HIGGINS Ellen Head 89 W 5 children born alive 2 still living; Old Age Pensioner born Merriott |
142 | 4 | Merriott, Crewkerne | STICKLAND William Head 37 M Carpenter Employer born Combe St Nicholas SOM STICKLAND Louisa Wife 36 Married 1 year 2 children born alive 2 still living(?) born Merriott HIGGINS Eva Dau 10 School born Merriott STICKLAND Florence Dau 4m born Merriott |
158 | 2 | Higher Street | HIGGINS Benjamin Head 78 M Old Age Pensioner born Merriott HIGGINS Anna Wife 75 Married 45 years 3 children born alive 2 still living; Old Age Pensioner born Merriott |
326 | 4 | 60 Bridge Road, West Ham ESSEX | RIDER Mary Hannah Head 49 W Married 24 years 1 child born alive 1 still living; Machinist Dressmaker Own Account At Home born Merriott [nee HIGGINS] RIDER Frederic Albert Son 23 S Tile Fixer for Builder, Worker born Poplar East LONDON |
39 | 4 | Southleigh, Havant, HAMPSHIRE | HIGGINS Arthur Head 33 M Coachman (Domestic) Worker born Yeovil SOM HIGGINS Mary Wife 34 Married 9 years 4 children born alive 4 still living; born Merriott [nee MITCHELL] HIGGINS Thomas Son 8 born Crewkerne SOM HIGGINS Arthur Son 5 born Chichester SUSSEX HIGGINS William Son 3 Chichester SUSSEX HIGGINS Cecil Son 1 born Southleigh HAMPSHIRE |
Higgins in Merriott in the 20th Century
There were only a few mentions of the surname HIGGINS in the early 20th Century Parish Records.
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