The Shemwell Family

Kenelm H HiggsAge: 63 years17691832

Name
Kenelm H Higgs
Given names
Kenelm H
Surname
Higgs
Birth January 1, 1769 34 28
Birth of a sisterEleanor Higgs
1773 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherSothoron Higgs
1775 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 6 years)

Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
Birth of a brotherWilliam Higgs
1777 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 6 years)

Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Woodson
about 1784 (Age 15 years)
Death of a sisterElizabeth “Eliza” Higgs
after 1789 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 24 years)
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
MarriageSusannah JohnsonView this family
February 9, 1801 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 34 years)

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
Death of a sisterMary Jane Higgs
1810 (Age 41 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Clarke
after 1810 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 43 years)

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Death of a fatherCapt. Zachariah Higgs
1816 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Cholera Epidemic
1832 (on the date of death)
Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics
Death 1832 (Age 63 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1755St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
-4 years
elder sister
7 years
elder brother
Leonard Clarke Higgs
Birth: September 13, 1756 21 15St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: December 17, 1850Granville, North Carolina, United States
16 months
elder sister
Elizabeth “Eliza” Higgs
Birth: 1757 22 16St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: after 1789Granville, North Carolina, United States
7 years
elder brother
John Higgs
Birth: January 1, 1764 29 23St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death:
1 year
elder sister
5 years
himself
Kenelm H Higgs
Birth: January 1, 1769 34 28St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: 1832Granville, North Carolina, United States
5 years
younger sister
Eleanor Higgs
Birth: 1773 38 32St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death:
3 years
younger brother
Sothoron Higgs
Birth: 1775 40 34St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death:
3 years
younger brother
William Higgs
Birth: 1777 42 36St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death:
Family with Susannah Johnson - View this family
himself
Kenelm H Higgs
Birth: January 1, 1769 34 28St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: 1832Granville, North Carolina, United States
wife
Marriage: February 9, 1801Granville, North Carolina, United States

Kenelm H Higgs has 0 first cousins recorded

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Note
Kenelm Higgs & Susannah Johnson were bonded in marriage 9 Feb 1801 in Granville Co., NC by John Mitchell. (Bridges* : 44 - Bond #3416)