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Lucy HIGGINSON 1626–1675 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1626

Birth Location: Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 6 November 1675

Death Location: White Marsh, Gloucester County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: Capt Higginson

Mother: Joanna Torkesy

Spouse(s): Philip LUDWELL, Lewis BURWELL, Col Bernard, Philip Ludwell

Children(s): Col. Ludwell, Jane Ludwell, Jane LUDWELL, Philip Ludwell, Philip Ludwell, Lewis BURWELL, Nathaniel Burwell, Frances Burwell, Ellen Burwell, George BERNARD, Elizabeth BERNARD, Lucy BERNARD, Lucy Bernard, Philip Ludwell, Philip Ludwell

In 1626, Lucy HIGGINSON entered the world in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, United States, born to Capt Robert Kingwell Higginson And Joanna Torkesy. Lucy HIGGINSON married Col William Bernard, Hannah Harrison, Lewis Burwell, Philip Ludwell, and had children including Abagail Burwell, Col Phillip Ludwell, Elizabeth Tokesay Bernard, Ellen Burwell, Frances Elizabeth Burwell, George Woolhouse Bernard, Jane Cottington Ludwell, Jane Ludwell, Lewis Burwell, Lucy Bernard, Lucy Higginson Bernard, Martha Burwell, Nathaniel Burwell, Philip Ludwell. Lucy HIGGINSON passed away in 1675 in White Marsh, Gloucester County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1626, Lucy HIGGINSON entered the world in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, United States, born to Capt Robert Kingwell Higginson And Joanna Torkesy.
  • Lucy HIGGINSON married Col William Bernard, Hannah Harrison, Lewis Burwell, Philip Ludwell, and had children including Abagail Burwell, Col Phillip Ludwell, Elizabeth Tokesay Bernard, Ellen Burwell, Frances Elizabeth Burwell, George Woolhouse Bernard, Jane Cottington Ludwell, Jane Ludwell, Lewis Burwell, Lucy Bernard, Lucy Higginson Bernard, Martha Burwell, Nathaniel Burwell, Philip Ludwell.
  • Lucy HIGGINSON passed away in 1675 in White Marsh, Gloucester County, Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Capt Higginson
1597–1649
Birth Location: Berkeswell, Warwickshire, , England
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Joanna Torkesy
1600–1675
Birth Location: Berkswell, Warwickshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Philip LUDWELL
1635–1723
Birth Location: Bruton, Somerset, England
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Lewis BURWELL
1621–1652
Birth Location: Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
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Col Bernard
1603–1665
Birth Location: Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England
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Philip Ludwell
1660–
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Col. Ludwell
1650–1703
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
CL
Jane Ludwell
1665–1746
Birth Location: Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
JL
Jane LUDWELL
1665–1708
Birth Location: Carolina, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
JL
Philip Ludwell
1650–1703
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
PL
Philip Ludwell
1672–1767
Birth Location: Green Spring, Louisa, Virginia, United States
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Lewis BURWELL
1651–1710
Birth Location: Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
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Nathaniel Burwell
1653–1654
Birth Location: Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
NB
Frances Burwell
1640–1715
Birth Location: Charles City, Charles, Virginia, United States
FB
Ellen Burwell
1640–1670
Birth Location: Maryland, United States
EB
George BERNARD
1658–
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
GB
Elizabeth BERNARD
1664–1710
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
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Lucy BERNARD
1660–1660
Birth Location: –
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Lucy Bernard
1647–1675
Birth Location: York, Virginia, United States
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Philip Ludwell
1672–1727
Birth Location: –
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Philip Ludwell
1672–1727
Birth Location: –
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Lucy HIGGINSON's Ancestors

Self
Lucy HIGGINSON
1626–1675
Birth Place: Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
Parents
Capt Robert Kingwell Higginson
1597–1649
Berkeswell, Warwickshire, , England
Joanna Torkesy
1600–1675
Berkswell, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lucy HIGGINSON's Descendants

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Lucy HIGGINSON (1626–6 November 1675) m. Philip LUDWELL (5 July 1635–abt 1723) m. Lewis (*) BURWELL (5 Mar 1621–18 Nov 1652) m. Col (William) Bernard (Abt 1603–31 Dec 1665) m. Philip Ludwell (1660–)
  1. 1. Col. (Phillip) Ludwell 1650–1703 m. Elizabeth Lee 1652–1714 m. Hannah HARRISON 1656–1731 m. Elizabeth Lee 1653–1693
    1. 1. Mary (Young) Ludwell 1679–1765
    2. 2. Lucy LLUDWELL 1698–1749
    3. 3. Philip Ludwell 1672–1726
    4. 4. William (Lee) Ludwell 1682–1784
    5. 5. Hancock (Lee) Ludwell 1695–
    6. 6. Hannah (Harrison) Ludwell 1701–1750
    7. 7. Philip LUDWELL 1716–1767
    8. 8. Sarah Ludwell 1704–1705
    9. 9. Philip Ludwell 1706–1706
    10. 10. Henry (Harrison) Ludwell 1699–1732
    11. 11. Judith Ludwell 1722–1791
    12. 12. Sarah Ludwell 1704–1731
    13. 13. Sarah Moore 1710–1731
    14. 14. Daughter Ludwell 1720–1725
    15. 15. Philadelphia Lee 1682–1754 m. William Ballard 1700–1719 m. William Ballard 1693–1754 m. William Ballard 1732–1799 m. William Ballard 1682–1754
      1. 1. Balthasar Ballard 1714–1792
      2. 2. John Stanley 1691–1744
      3. 3. ALICE Ballard 1697–1744
      4. 4. James Ballard 1720–1779
      5. 5. Balthasar BEIL 1714–1791
      6. 6. Thomas Ballard 1716–1804
      7. 7. William Ballard 1715–1794
      8. 8. Nancy (Ann) Johnson 1704–1778
      9. 9. John Ballard 1795–1880
      10. 10. Alice Ballard 1708–1802
      11. 11. Thomas Ballard 1716–1782
      12. 12. James Ballard 1720–1750
      13. 13. Thomas Ballard 1716–1781
      14. 14. Bland Ballard 1704–1792 m. Mary Deering 1710–1753 m. Rachel (Moorman) Clark 1714–1792 m. Charles Horton 1807–1871 m. Frances Shiflett 1715–
        1. 1. Bland Ballard 1735–1788
        2. 2. Bland Ballard 1735–1788 m. Elizabeth (Mary) Williams 1745–1783 m. Elizabeth Tyler 1745–1788 m. Rachel Clark 1714–1792 m. Williams Ballard 1738–1776
        3. 3. Benjamin Ballard 1725–1814
        4. 4. Thomas Ballard 1727–1791
        5. 5. John Ballard 1734–1823
        6. 6. Nancy (Ann) Ballard 1740–1785
        7. 7. Mary Ballard 1731–1791
        8. 8. Delphia Ballard 1733–1812
        9. 9. Phillip Ballard 1740–1786
        10. 10. James Ballard 1740–1778
        11. 11. Benjamin Ballard 1768–
        12. 12. Charles Ballard 1756–1828
        13. 13. George Ballard 1758–
        14. 14. William Ballard 1763–1856
        15. 15. Betsey Ballard 1731–
        16. 16. Hannah Ballard 1735–1785 m. George Hayden 1739–1807
        17. 17. William Ballard 1773–1880
        18. 18. Thomas Ballard 1716–1791
        19. 19. Mary Ballard 1732–1791
        20. 20. Phillip Ballard 1740–1786
        21. 21. Ann Ballard 1757–1785
        22. 22. Phillip Ballard 1740–1786
        23. 23. Bland (Nixon) Ballard 1800–1861
        24. 24. Bland Ballard 1746–1809
        25. 25. Elizabeth (D) Ballard 1726–
        26. 26. William Ballard 1715–1794
      15. 15. Alice Ballard 1697–1744
      16. 16. Phillip Ballard 1705–1778
      17. 17. Thomas Ballard 1716–1782
      18. 18. Ambrose Ballard 1698–1756
      19. 19. James Ballard 1720–1750
      20. 20. Philadelphia Ballard 1718–1719
      21. 21. Richard Ballard 1697–1743
      22. 22. John Ballard 1720–1779
      23. 23. William Ballard 1715–1794
      24. 24. Alice BALLARD 1722–1743
      25. 25. Elizabeth Ballard 1723–1723
      26. 26. William Ballard 1713–1750
      27. 27. Thomas Ballard 1700–1700
      28. 28. William Ballard 1706–1750
      29. 29. Catherine Ballard 1722–
      30. 30. Bathasar Ballard 1714–1792
      31. 31. William Ballard 1713–1782
      32. 32. Alicia Ballard 1708–1802
      33. 33. Anne Ballard 1725–
      34. 34. Robert Ballard 1721–1780
      35. 35. Philadelphia Ballard 1742–1808
      36. 36. John Ballard 1795–1880
      37. 37. Alice Ballard 1722–1743 m. John Stanley 1691–1783
        1. 1. Alice Stanley 1742–1784
        2. 2. Ann Stanley 1728–1806
        3. 3. Shadrack Stanley 1736–1792
        4. 4. John Stanley 1725–1795
        5. 5. Elizabeth Stanley 1719–1789
        6. 6. Agatha Stanley 1754–1828
        7. 7. Millicent Stanley 1746–1801
        8. 8. Elizabeth Stanley 1743–
        9. 9. Mary Stanley 1716–1754
        10. 10. Shadrack Stanley 1736–1792
      38. 38. Alice Ballard 1708–1743
  2. 2. Jane Ludwell 1665–1746
  3. 3. Jane (Cottington) LUDWELL 1665–1708
  4. 4. Philip Ludwell 1650–1703
  5. 5. Philip Ludwell 1672–1767
  6. 6. Lewis BURWELL 1651–1710
  7. 7. Nathaniel Burwell 1653–1654
  8. 8. Frances (Elizabeth) Burwell 1640–1715
  9. 9. Ellen Burwell 1640–1670
  10. 10. George (Woolhouse) BERNARD 1658–
  11. 11. Elizabeth (Tokesay) BERNARD 1664–1710
  12. 12. Lucy (Higginson) BERNARD 1660–1660
  13. 13. Lucy Bernard 1647–1675
  14. 14. Philip Ludwell 1672–1727
  15. 15. Philip Ludwell 1672–1727

Lucy HIGGINSON's Timeline

3 Records

1603
11 Sep 1603
Lucy HIGGINSON was baptized in St Mary, Harrow, Middlesex, England
St Mary, Harrow, Middlesex, England
1626
1626
Birth of Lucy HIGGINSON in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
1675
6 November 1675
Age 49
Death of Lucy HIGGINSON in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1626
    Event Place: Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
    [2] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1625; Birth city: Fairfield; Birth state: VA
    [3] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1626; Birth city: Fairfield; Birth state: VA
    [4] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1626; Birth city: Gloucester Co; Birth state: VA
    [5] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1630; Birth city: of Fairfield; Birth state: VA
    [6] Family Data Collection - Births
    [7] Millennium File
    [8] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1090.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DPS
    [9] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 745.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DPS
    [10] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [11] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The ancestors and descendants of Colonel David Funsten and his wife Susan Everard Meade

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 11 Sep 1603
    Event Place: St Mary, Harrow, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, London Metropolitan Archives, St Mary, Harrow, Composite register: baptisms Jul 1562 - Aug 1653, marriages Jan 1559 - Jul 1651, burials Nov 1558 - Apr 1651, DRO003A01001

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1652
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Virginia; Year: 1652; Page Number: 266

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source: Early Immigrants to Virginia from the 1500s and 1600s

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 November 1675
    Event Place: Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1625; Birth city: Fairfield; Birth state: VA
    [2] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1626; Birth city: Fairfield; Birth state: VA
    [3] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1626; Birth city: Gloucester Co; Birth state: VA
    [4] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1630; Birth city: of Fairfield; Birth state: VA
    [5] Family Data Collection - Deaths
    [6] Millennium File
    [7] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [8] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The ancestors and descendants of Colonel David Funsten and his wife Susan Everard Meade

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: White Marsh, Gloucester County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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