Capt. Zachariah HiggsAge: 81 years1735–1816
- Name
- Capt. Zachariah Higgs
- Name prefix
- Capt.
- Given names
- Zachariah
- Surname
- Higgs
 Birth | 1735 24 |
 Military | Revolutionary War |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mary Jane Higgs before 1750 (Age 15 years) Note: 1800 Census shows a Mary Shemwell who is in the White Female over 45yr category. Without any other sources to establish her age, it is assumed that she was born before 1750. |
 Marriage | Elizabeth Clarke — View this family 1755 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Leonard Clarke Higgs September 13, 1756 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Elizabeth “Eliza” Higgs 1757 (Age 22 years) |
 Historical Event | The French & Indian War between 1754 and 1763 (Age 19 years)Note: The French and Indian War is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years War, fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France - http://goo.gl/SiIuNc |
| Birth of a son #4 | John Higgs January 1, 1764 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Cassandra Elizabeth Higgs 1764 (Age 29 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Shemwell Sr. — Mary Jane Higgs — View this family before 1765 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Mary “Molly” Shemwell 1765 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Kenelm H Higgs January 1, 1769 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Zachariah Shemwell 1770 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Anna Margaret Shemwell about October 1771 (Age 36 years) Note: or Charles Co. Maryland |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Eleanor Higgs 1773 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Rebecca Shemwell about 1774 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Sothoron Higgs 1775 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | James Shemwell Jr. about 1775 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Samuel James Shemwell February 1, 1776 (Age 41 years) Note: BORN: Old date: 19 FEB 1775 |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1775 and 1776 (Age 40 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 son #9 | William Higgs 1777 (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Leonard Clarke Higgs — Sarah Kittrell — View this family May 14, 1777 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Ellender “Nellie” Shemwell September 20, 1780 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Joseph M Shemwell April 25, 1783 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | The American Revolution from 1775 to 1783 (Age 40 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 mother | Elizabeth Woodson about 1784 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Elizabeth “Eliza” Higgs after 1789 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic between 1793 and 1798 (Age 58 years)Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793 |
 Census | August 4, 1800 (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Kenelm H Higgs — Susannah Johnson — View this family February 9, 1801 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | The Louisiana Purchase 1803 (Age 68 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 daughter | Mary Jane Higgs 1810 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a wife | Elizabeth Clarke after 1810 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815 (Age 77 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 |
| Will | unknown |
 Death | 1816 (Age 81 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Higgs Death: |
| mother |
Elizabeth Woodson Birth: about 1711 — Henrico, Virginia, United States Death: about 1784 — Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| himself |
Capt. Zachariah Higgs Birth: 1735 24 — Chaptico, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: 1816 — Granville, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Elizabeth Clarke |
| himself |
Capt. Zachariah Higgs Birth: 1735 24 — Chaptico, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: 1816 — Granville, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Elizabeth Clarke Birth: about 1741 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: after 1810 — Granville, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: 1755 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States |
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-4 years daughter |
Mary Jane Higgs Birth: before 1750 15 9 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: 1810 — Granville, North Carolina, United States |
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7 years son |
Leonard Clarke Higgs Birth: September 13, 1756 21 15 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: December 17, 1850 — Granville, North Carolina, United States |
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16 months daughter |
Elizabeth “Eliza” Higgs Birth: 1757 22 16 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: after 1789 — Granville, North Carolina, United States |
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7 years son |
John Higgs Birth: January 1, 1764 29 23 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: |
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1 year daughter |
Cassandra Elizabeth Higgs Birth: 1764 29 23 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: |
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5 years son |
Kenelm H Higgs Birth: January 1, 1769 34 28 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: 1832 — Granville, North Carolina, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Eleanor Higgs Birth: 1773 38 32 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: |
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3 years son |
Sothoron Higgs Birth: 1775 40 34 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: |
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3 years son |
William Higgs Birth: 1777 42 36 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: |