James A Higgs

Birth: Mar. 30, 1808 Death: May 3, 1900 [Edit Dates]

Direct male only line 3rd great-grandson of James has a Y chromosome: I2a1*.

His father is purportedly Thomas Higgs of the Maryland area, born about 1780.

His mother is purportedly Amelia Duvall of the Maryland area, born about 1787.

Name: Thomas Higgs Spouse's Name: Amelia Duvall Event Date: Apr 1805 Event Place: Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M71498-1 , System Origin: Maryland-EASy , GS Film number: 859283 , Reference ID: p.78

Thomas HIGGS died before 1850. He was born in Maryland.

Thomas HIGGS and Amelia DUVALL were married on 17 Apr 1805 in Washington County,

Maryland.

Maryland Marriages, 1655­1850 about Thomas Higgs

Name: Thomas Higgs

Gender: Male

Marriage Date: 17 Apr 1805

Spouse: Amelia Duvall

Spouse Gender: Male

County: Washington County Source Information: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Maryland Marriages, 1655­1850 [database on­line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Most of the records in this index may be found at the Maryland Historical Society or the Family History Library. More specific source information is listed with each entry. Original marriage licenses should be located at the county clerk's office.

James Higgs married Susan Hammond and had several children. One who survived was Thomas Hammond Higgs.

Excellent further evidence of this comes from the 1850 Washington county, part of, Washington, Maryland Census:

James Higgs M 42 Maryland Susan Higgs F 41 Maryland Catharine Higgs F 17 Maryland Amelia Higgs F 15 Maryland Thomas Higgs M 13 Maryland Ann Higgs F 6 Maryland James Higgs M 4 Maryland Amelia Higgs F 63 Maryland Mary Hammond F 55 Maryland Household ID: 783 , Line Number: 15 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M432 , GS Film Number: 443529 , Digital Folder Number: 004199339 , Image Number: 00480

Two of their children are named Thomas and Amelia, and Amelia herself seems to appear as the grandmother still living along with possibly a sister of Susan Hammond. [Edit Bio] Family links: [Edit]

Spouse:

 Susan Hammond Higgs (1809 - 1872)

Children:

 Thomas Hammond Higgs (1836 - 1903)*

 William Higgs (1846 - 1850)*

 James P. Higgs (1846 - 1895)*

*Calculated relationship

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Burial: [Edit] Lightsville Cemetery Leaf River Ogle County Illinois, USA