Richard Higson (1725 - 1804)
Richard was born in 1725 in Middle Hulton, Parish of Deane, Lancashire. He was the tenth child and fifth son of James Higson and Margareta Sims. He was christened as the Deane parish church - St Mary the Virgin, in Rumworth, Deane on Nov 30 1725
He married Alice Green on Nov 24 1747 at St Mary the Virgin. They has one child
- John Higson Born 1748
Both mother and child died at birth or shortly after
Richard then married Mary Brook on 1 April 1755, again at St Mary the Virgin. Richard and Mary had three (3) children
- Richard Higson Born 1756 Married Ellen Seedon Died 1831
- Alice Higson Born 1759
- James Higson Born 1765 ; Died 1804
There is record of a third marriage for Richard in 1773 to Alice Seedon