Elizabeth ClarkeAge: 69 years1741–1810
- Name
- Elizabeth Clarke
- Given names
- Elizabeth
- Surname
- Clarke
- Married name
- Elizabeth Higgs
 Birth | about 1741 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mary Jane Higgs before 1750 (Age 9 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 | Capt. Zachariah Higgs — View this family 1755 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Leonard Clarke Higgs September 13, 1756 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Elizabeth “Eliza” Higgs 1757 (Age 16 years) |
 Historical Event | The French & Indian War between 1754 and 1763 (Age 13 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 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Cassandra Elizabeth Higgs 1764 (Age 23 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Shemwell Sr. — Mary Jane Higgs — View this family before 1765 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Mary “Molly” Shemwell 1765 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Kenelm H Higgs January 1, 1769 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Zachariah Shemwell 1770 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Anna Margaret Shemwell about October 1771 (Age 30 years) Note: or Charles Co. Maryland |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Eleanor Higgs 1773 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Rebecca Shemwell about 1774 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Sothoron Higgs 1775 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | James Shemwell Jr. about 1775 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Samuel James Shemwell February 1, 1776 (Age 35 years) Note: BORN: Old date: 19 FEB 1775 |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1775 and 1776 (Age 34 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 36 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Leonard Clarke Higgs — Sarah Kittrell — View this family May 14, 1777 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Ellender “Nellie” Shemwell September 20, 1780 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Joseph M Shemwell April 25, 1783 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | The American Revolution from 1775 to 1783 (Age 34 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 brother | Charles Sothoron Clarke 1785 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Elizabeth “Eliza” Higgs after 1789 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic between 1793 and 1798 (Age 52 years)Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793 |
| Marriage of a child | Kenelm H Higgs — Susannah Johnson — View this family February 9, 1801 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | The Louisiana Purchase 1803 (Age 62 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 69 years) |
 Death | after 1810 (Age 69 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Leonard Clarke Death: |
| mother |
Mary Sothoron Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| herself |
Elizabeth Clarke Birth: about 1741 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: after 1810 — Granville, North Carolina, United States |
| brother |
Charles Sothoron Clarke Death: 1785 — Granville, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Capt. Zachariah Higgs |
| husband |
Capt. Zachariah Higgs Birth: 1735 24 — Chaptico, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: 1816 — Granville, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
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: |