Richard Higson 1756 - 1831

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Richard Higson (1756 - 1831)

Richard Higson was born in Middle Hulton in 1756. He was the first son and eldest child of Richard Higson and Mary Brook of Middle Hulton.

Richard married Ellen Seedon on December 26 1780 at the Deane parish church - St Mary the Virgin in Rumworth, Deane, Lancashire. The marriage was conducted by R Latham (the vicar) and witnessed by James Bayley (appears to have been the witness of many weddings) and Henry Greenhalgh. Ellen was born in 1759 and was the daughter of ???

Richard and Ellen had 11 children (6 sons and 5 daughters) between 1782 and 1803

  • John Higson Born 1782 ; Christened March 10, 1782
  • Mary Higson Born 1784 ; Married Ralph Watmough (1779 - 1855) Feb 25 1800 ; Died Sept 2, 1813
  • Peter Higson Born Oct 2 1785
  • Betty Higson Born Oct 21 1787
  • Alice Higson Born 1789
  • James Higson Born 1791 ; Married Mary Pendlebury ; Died 1871
  • William Higson  Born Nov 4 1792
  • Betty Higson  Born Mar 30 1794
  • Ellen Higson  Born Apr 23 1796
  • Richard Higson  Born Oct 1798 ; Married Alice Eckersley  1834 ; Died 1867
  • Thomas Higson Born Jun 12 1803

Richard died in April 1831

 

 

Richard Higson ancestors descendants (1756 - April 1831) m. Ellen Seddon (1759 - ) on December 26, 178

 

John Higson ancestors (March 10, 1782 - )

    • Mary Higson ancestors (1784 - September 2, 1813) m. Ralph Watmough (1779 - 1855) on February 25, 1800.
    • Peter Higson ancestors (October 2, 1785 - )
    • Betty Higson ancestors (October 21, 1787 - )
    • Alice Higson ancestors (1789 - )
    • William Higson ancestors (November 4, 1792 - )
    • Betty Higson ancestors (March 30, 1794 - )
    • Ellen Higson ancestors (April 23, 1796 - )
    •  Richard Higson ancestors descendants (October 1798 - January 21, 1867) m. Alice Eckersley (1811 - December 1894) on September 22, 1834.

       

      • John Higson ancestors descendants (January 1835 - May 4, 1887) m. Ann Crowther (1839 - March 17, 1890) on September 10, 1860.
        • Richard Higson ancestors (November 1861 - June 1929) m. Susannah Shorrocks (August 1864 - January 24, 1914) on April 15, 1891. m. Ann Kay (1863 - ) on September 1, 1915.
        • Alice Higson ancestors (October 1864 - )
        • James Higson ancestors descendants (April 12, 1868 - ) m. Emily Topping (May 14, 1873 - ) on December 1897.
          • Clifford Higson ancestors (December 1898 - )
          • James Henry Higson ancestors (December 1900 - )
          • Edith Higson ancestors (December 1902 - )
          • Constance Higson ancestors (September 1904 - )
          • Ida Higson ancestors (June 1910 - )
        • Frank Higson ancestors (July 1870 - )
        • Ellen Higson ancestors descendants (June 24, 1875 - ) m. John William Cooke (1876 - ) on March 1902.
          • Richard Cooke ancestors (March 1903 - )
          • Susannah Cooke ancestors (March 1905 - )
        • Peter Higson ancestors (February 13, 1879 - )
      • Eli Higson ancestors (November 1836 - December 1892)
      • George Higson ancestors descendants (June 1838 - December 1901) m. Nancy Longworth (1842 - ) on December 1, 1862.
        • Richard Higson ancestors descendants (March 1863 - March 1951) m. Ann Bowden (1863 - 1899) on January 1, 1885.
        • Richard Higson ancestors (September 1886 - )
        • Elizabeth Higson ancestors (March 1888 - )
        • Nancy Higson ancestors (September 1889 - )
        • Lily Higson ancestors (1891 - )
        • Mary Ellen Higson ancestors (June 1893 - )
        • Alice Higson ancestors (March 1895 - )
        • Annie Higson ancestors (1896 - )
        • Jane Higson ancestors (September 1864 - )
        • Eli Higson ancestors descendants (December 1866 - March 1908) m. Mary Hannah Brown (1869 - ) on December 1891.
        • Peter Higson ancestors (March 1892 - )
        • Eleanor Higson ancestors (November 15, 1893 - )
        • Ethel Higson ancestors (December 1895 - )
        • Hugh Higson ancestors (December 1897 - )
        • Herbert Higson ancestors (December 1899 - )
        • Florence Higson ancestors (June 1901 - )
        • Annie Higson ancestors (September 1906 - )
        • Alice Higson ancestors (June 1871 - September 1891)
        • George Higson ancestors (September 1874 - )
        • Ellen Higson ancestors (1875 - )
        • Mary Higson ancestors (1878 - )
      • Betty Higson ancestors descendants (December 1839 - March 1908) m. James Dootson (1839 - ) on November 7, 1864.
        • Jane Dootson ancestors (1864 - )
        • John Dootson ancestors (1865 - )
        • Richard Dootson ancestors (1867 - )
        • Mary A Dootson ancestors (1870 - )
        • Peter Dootson ancestors (1872 - )
        • Annie H Dootson ancestors (1876 - )
        • James Dootson ancestors (1879 - )
      • James Higson ancestors descendants (June 1842 - June 1915) m. Elizabeth Macdonald (1845 - ) on March 21, 1864.
        • Mary Alice Higson ancestors (September 1864 - )
        • Maria Higson ancestors (March 1866 - ) m. Joseph Alfred Mather ( - ) on March 1894.
        • William Higson ancestors descendants (September 1867 - ) m. Elizabeth Scowcroft (December 1867 - ) on November 26, 1888.
        • Annie Higson ancestors (1889 - )
        • Elizabeth Higson ancestors (1892 - )
        • William Higson ancestors (September 1896 - )
        • James Higson ancestors (1903 - )
        • Richard Higson ancestors (December 1868 - January 2, 1878)
        • Jane Ann Higson ancestors (1870 - ) m. Robert Parr ( - ) on September 1900.
        • Janet Higson ancestors (March 1871 - ) m. Orlando Partington (1871 - ) on June 1895.
        • Sarah Elizabeth Minnie Higson ancestors (December 25, 1878 - December 1969) m. Peter Fletcher Jackson (1879 - ) on April 20, 1905.
      • Peter Higson ancestors descendants (November 1844 - September 1921) m. Sarah Ann Millington (June 1847 - December 1896) on August 11, 1867. m. Rebecca Partington (1847 - June 1928) on June 1899.
        • John Higson ancestors (March 1868 - ) m. Emily Barlow (December 1865 - ) on September 1889.
        • Jane Higson ancestors (October 1869 - )
        • William Higson ancestors descendants (September 1871 - September 1955) m. Elizabeth Greenhalgh (1878 - ) on 1899.
        • Alice Higson ancestors (1900 - )
        • Nellie Higson ancestors (December 1904 - )
        • Frank Higson ancestors (September 1909 - )
        • Betsy Higson ancestors descendants (June 1873 - March 1945) m. Joseph Henry Higson (1871 - September 1946) on 1899.
        • Midred Higson ancestors (June 1903 - )
        • Louie Higson ancestors (September 1906 - )
        • Harry Higson ancestors (1875 - December 13, 1881)
        • Alice Higson ancestors (1878 - )
        • Peter Higson ancestors (September 1879 - December 1953) m. Minnie Ellis Holt (1881 - ) on September 1905.
        • James Higson ancestors (September 1881 - )
        • Richard Higson ancestors descendants (1885 - ) m. Louisa UNKNOWN (1885 - ) on March 1909. m. Louisa Higson (1885 - ) on March 1909.
        • Alice Worthington ancestors (1908 - )
        • Minnie Higson ancestors (March 1910 - )
      • Mary Higson ancestors descendants (September 1846 - December 11, 1909) m. Peter Topping (1845 - ) on August 20, 1866.
        • Elizabeth Topping ancestors (1868 - )
        • Richard Topping ancestors (1870 - )
        • John Topping ancestors (1873 - )
    • Thomas Higson ancestors (June 12, 1803 - )