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Elizabeth Higginbotham (Munson)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: New Haven, New Haven Colony, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America
Death: December 18, 1706 (64)
Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America
Place of Burial: New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Capt. Thomas Munson and Joanna Munson
Wife of Timothy Cooper and Richard Higginbotham
Mother of Rebecca Weed; Sarah Woodruff; Mary Ward; Esther Cooper; Elizabeth Cooper and 3 others
Sister of Samuel Munson and Hannah Bradley

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About Elizabeth Higginbotham

The descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, who came from old to New England in 1635, and settled in New Haven in 1639, with numerous biographical notes and sketches : also, some account of the descendants of John Tuttle, of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill, of Hingham, Mass. (1883) http://www.archive.org/stream/descendantsofwil01tutt#page/n699/mode... http://www.archive.org/stream/descendantsofwil01tutt#page/n699/mode... 6. Joseph Tuttle, bap. in New Haven, Nov. 22, 1649; m. May 2, 1667, Hanna, dau. of Capt. Thomas Munson.* b. June 11, 1648. ........................

  • Thomas Munson came in the Elizabeth to Boston in 1634; rem. to Hartford and was of the Hartford Contingent under Capt. Mason at the destruction of the Pequot Fort. (See Hartford in the Olden Times); rem. to New Haven, 1642; offered one-third of an unclaimed allotment in the Governor's Wuarter on conditions that he never complied with, namely, that he would build a house thereon and devote himself to making wheels and ploughs for the good of the colony. In 1669 he was a commissioner with Samuel Bishop and three others, to meet five commisioners from Branford, to establish boundaries. In 1675 he commanded the New Haven troops who, at Norrituck, defended the plantation against the Indians. His military rank was Capt. He was representative in the General Assembly 24 sessions from 1666 to 1683; d. 1685; inv. (english pound)270. An agreement for distribution, signed June in, 1685, by Samuel Munson, Richard Higginbottom and Joseph Tuttle; movable divided between Elizabeth Higginbottom and Hannah Tuttle. His s. Samuel m. Martha, dau. of Wm. Bradley of Guilford. His dau. ELIZABETH m. RICHARD HIGGINBOTTOM.

GEDCOM Note

Elizabeth Munson was the daughter of Thomas and Joanna Munson.<ref name="Jacobus">Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originallypublished as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932.</ref> She was born about 1644, based onher 1664 marriage. She married (1) Timothy Cooper 19 Oct 1664 in Springfield, Massachusetts.<ref name="Jacobus" />

She married (2) Richard Higginbotham.<ref name="Jacobus" /> She died December 18, 1706.<ref name="Munson">Munson, Myron A. 1637-1887, the Munson record : a genealogical and biographical account of Captain Thomas Munson, a pioneer of Hartford and New Haven, and his descendants. New Haven: 1896. p. 61-2 at Archive.org</ref>

Children

:With Timothy Cooper ::(1) John Cooper: of Newark, N.J. <ref name="Munson" />::(2) Rebekah Cooper: b. 12 Oct.,1682 in New Haven; m. 10 Dec., 1701 Joseph Weed<ref name="Munson" /> :With Richard Higginbotham ::(3) Richard Jr. Higginbotham of Stamford <ref name="Munson" />::(4) Hannah Higginbotham of Stamford; m. John Gold 3 Apr., 1707 <ref name="Munson" />

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Elizabeth Higginbotham's Timeline

1642
December 7, 1642
New Haven, New Haven Colony, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America
1666
March 17, 1666
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1667
1667
Springfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
1672
January 21, 1672
Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
1673
1673
Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA
1675
1675
Springfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
1682
October 12, 1682
Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
1686
1686
Stamford, Fairfield, CT, United States