Charlotte 'Elizabeth' Higgs

1800 10 May - Charlotte Everett was born in Heytesbury (near Warminster) Wiltshire, England

• Name: Charlotte Everett
• Gender: Female
• Christening Date: 24 Jun 1805
• Christening Place: COMMON CLOSE (Chapel) - INDEPENDENT - WARMINSTER, WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND
• Birth Date: 10 May 1800
• Father's Name: William Marven Everett
• Mother's Name: Charlotte

"CITATION: GS Film number: 0816602 (RG4 3276) "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NPPP-VVJ : accessed 03 Sep 2014), Charlotte Everett, 24 Jun 1805; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 0816602 (RG4 3276)."

As evidenced by her place of Baptism her parents belonged to the non-conformist Protestant "Independent" church.

"Methodist preachers first visited Warminster in 1753, and held services in cottages at the Common for about three years. (fn. 69) John Wesley preached in the town in 1758, (fn. 70) but no group formed until 1770, when Warminster was termed a new place with 14 members. ....... In 1803 the Methodists from the town borrowed the Independent Chapel in Bread Street [Warminster] and held services for a short time. Until 1804 all Methodists in the town attended the parish church and took the sacrament there. In that year the group built a chapel in Chain Street (now George Street. In 1807 a fresh start was made at a cottage in King Lane where services were held on Sunday afternoons and Friday evenings. It was enlarged in 1809, but still proving insufficient, the Independent Chapel was again borrowed for Sunday evenings, and used until 1818. In that year the town Methodists left the Common."

CITATION:
{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=16090 |title=Warminster: Protestant nonconformity |author=Elizabeth Crittall (Editor) |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1965 |work=A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 8: Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds |accessdate=04 September 2014 }}

1822 - 21 year old Charlotte - known as Elizabeth - married James Brooksbank Higgs - a wealthy felt hat manufacturer in Bristol at the time.

• Name: James Brooksbanks Higgs
• Spouse's Name: Charlotte Everett
• Event Date: 26 Nov 1822
• Event Place: Heytesbury,Wiltshire,England

Citation: "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NK79-6PT : accessed 03 Sep 2014), James Brooksbanks Higgs and Charlotte Everett, 26 Nov 1822; citing Heytesbury,Wiltshire,England, reference ; FHL microfilm 1279342.

Charlotte Elizabeth Higgs - full name listed on her daughter Anna Louisa Higgs' marriage certificate. Below: known as Elizabeth.

1841 Census Lists the Higgs at Stepney Green, No.14 (possibly a school since many other non-family members listed.):

• Elizabeth Higgs, born c. 1806 (not in Stepney, Middlesex), aged 35 - schoolmistress - this is Charlotte Elizabeth.
• Sarah Higgs, born c.1816 (not in Stepney, Middlesex) - aged 25 - governess (sister-in-law?)
• Charlotte Higgs, b. c1826, Middlesex, England aged 15 - pupil
• Anna Higgs, b. c1826, Middlesex, England aged 15 - pupil
• Anna (Louisa) Higgs, born c1829, aged 12 - pupil, born: Stepney Parish, Middlesex, England - Hundred: Ossulstone (Tower Division)

1881 ENGLAND CENSUS Street address: 1 Russell Crescent, Brighton, Sussex, England

• Name: Charlotte Higgs
• Age: 80
• Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801
• Relation: Mother to Mrs. De Brath
• Condition: Widower
• Gender: Female
• Where born: Heytesbury, Wiltshire

[Census taken in the Civil Parish and Registration District of Brighton, Sussex England; Sub registration district of St Peter]