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Aug 3 1953
Dear Mr Higdon;
I am the daughter-in-law of Forrest Higdon and writing this for him. Papa was pleased to receive your letter but I am afraid his help will be of no great value. He thought he had an old Bible containing a lot of dates but when he looked for it he could not find it, perhaps it has been destroyed so far as he knows your dates are right as you may already know Papa (Forrest) is the only child of his father (Jacob) and Papa has only one child, Edward, and we have no children so you see there isn't many around here with the Higdon name. I have heard of two other families in this county with the name of Higdon but I think Papa claims to be related to them.
In answer to some of the questions you ask:
Papa thinks his grandfather was born in Harrisburg Kentucky and the great-grandfather born in Millhousen in Maryland. Both his father and grandfather are buried at the cemetery about 3/4 mile out of New Point. In case our address misleads you, we still live at the edge of New Point but there is no rural delivery from New Point which throws us to be on a Greensburg route. My Mother-in-law is dead. Papa lives with us or us with him at what was his Mother's home. Papa is janitor at school which is just across the highway from us. Edward is a factory worker at Batesville about 7 miles east of us.
You ask about Hazel Green, Kentucky. We did not have a good map of the state and the one we did have did not show that town so roughly guessing it is about 150 miles from here.
So far as Papa knows you are right about the deaths of Benjamin and Jim. I think you have traced the family tree and have more information than Papa. But it was interesting to get your letter and sorry not to help you out more. We would be glad to hear from you again and would be glad to see you should you find it convenient to come our way sometime.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Edward Higdon
written to Hobart Higdon August 3 1953
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Notes on the Higdon Family
aunt minerva collection....all typos are mine.
Your coat of arms, as previously states, is of a very ancient origin when crests and coats of arms were first used without mottos. In Scotland the motto is included in letters patent and cannot therefore be changed without a rematriculation of the coat.
Colors in heraldry are as much a part of the arms as any phase of it. These colors form the essential background of your arms.
The term coat of arms, as now understood, signified a complete and distinctive heraldic composition, but its original meaning was a coat, bearing heraldic insignia, which was worn over the armour by medical warriers.
This painting I am sending you is called a coat of arms, meaning a crest and armour in its entirety. The helmet was used as a protector in warfare. That which is supported by the helmet (The crown, flames, and phoenix) is a crest-a figure originally worn as a head dress by heroes and soldiers of hig command as a mark of distinction in rank. The crest can be used alone, but the coat of arms in its entirety is more frequently adapted and is more impressive. Animals, birds, or mythical figures, as in the time of the ancients, are still used on the crest to indicate bravery, chivalry, etc. Every symbol used-and they are innumerable-is significant of some deed, title, or outstanding characteristic of that particular family and is identified with them as such.
The shield, below the helmet, had the titles, estates, and rank of the family emblazoned on it, and was used during combat as a protection. Arms (when used as in a coat of arms) is restricted to the shield adn its charges. The term charge signifies any simple heraldic figure such as an animal that, as on the crest, is a symbol of fearlessness, etc.
The following explanation pertains to your own coat of arms:
The phoenix on your crest is a fabulous bird represented as issuant from flames. It is a symbolic of Christ and the Resurrection. IT interprets strength and glory.
The crown, supporting the phoenix, indicates a peerage or barony in the family.
The red circle on the shield is an indicator of the chase and is symbolic of a family of warriers and great fighters, The red color signifying blood.
The buck's heads are representative of sportsmanship and love of the chase, which was the most important phase of life of the ancients next to war.
The lions, below the bucks, are considered teh king of beasts and are therefore the most worthy of all animals and are used most frequently on the coat of arms of royalty.
Enclosed is a sample of your coat of arms for stationery, invitations, etc. It can be used in any of the colors suitable in herlady. Blue is the most of active, black is very good or red, green and purple. Where a ring is desired the dye is given to your jeweler who makes the cutting from this after an impression has been taken. I might suggest in framing you use a thin black frame. Coats of arms should not be mounted as is the popular belief. The earlier ones were not, and the object of a reproduction is to have it authentic in every detail as the original.
I could always obtain stationery if you find it difficult to do so. Specify the colors you desire for the coat of arms, and a general idea of the type of stationery. Of course I must have the dye to do this. Two pounds---
Leonard Higdon and Eva Hoffman and their children:
-Mary Higdon
-Leonard Higdon My great grandfather Burke Co Nc Scotch Irish
-William Higdon
-Eliza Higdon
-Samuel Higdon
-Thomas Higdon
-Nancy Higdon
-Katri Higdon
-Americus Higdon
Leonard Higdon & Mary McClure and their children:
-Nimrod Higdon
-Harriet Higdon
-Augus Higdon
-Ruse Higdon
-John Spencer Higdon
-Samuel Higdon
-William Higdon
Nimrod Higdon & Lou Gaston & Their children:
Quinlan, Texas
-Esta Higdon
-Linnie Higdon
-Emma Higdon
-Leonard Higdon
-Sadie Higdon
-Era Higdon
-Roy Higdon
-Nimrod Higdon
William Higdon, born 1815-father's brother, 180 lbs. Burke Co NC Wealthy. he married Jane Burkhanan-had nine children: Higdonville NC & Macon Ga.
-Martha
-Joseph
-Eve
-William
-Margaret
-Samuel
-Jasus
-Ellin
-Brogy
Your coat of arms, as previously states, is of a very ancient origin when crests and coats of arms were first used without mottos. In Scotland the motto is included in letters patent and cannot therefore be changed without a rematriculation of the coat.
Colors in heraldry are as much a part of the arms as any phase of it. These colors form the essential background of your arms.
The term coat of arms, as now understood, signified a complete and distinctive heraldic composition, but its original meaning was a coat, bearing heraldic insignia, which was worn over the armour by medical warriers.
This painting I am sending you is called a coat of arms, meaning a crest and armour in its entirety. The helmet was used as a protector in warfare. That which is supported by the helmet (The crown, flames, and phoenix) is a crest-a figure originally worn as a head dress by heroes and soldiers of hig command as a mark of distinction in rank. The crest can be used alone, but the coat of arms in its entirety is more frequently adapted and is more impressive. Animals, birds, or mythical figures, as in the time of the ancients, are still used on the crest to indicate bravery, chivalry, etc. Every symbol used-and they are innumerable-is significant of some deed, title, or outstanding characteristic of that particular family and is identified with them as such.
The shield, below the helmet, had the titles, estates, and rank of the family emblazoned on it, and was used during combat as a protection. Arms (when used as in a coat of arms) is restricted to the shield adn its charges. The term charge signifies any simple heraldic figure such as an animal that, as on the crest, is a symbol of fearlessness, etc.
The following explanation pertains to your own coat of arms:
The phoenix on your crest is a fabulous bird represented as issuant from flames. It is a symbolic of Christ and the Resurrection. IT interprets strength and glory.
The crown, supporting the phoenix, indicates a peerage or barony in the family.
The red circle on the shield is an indicator of the chase and is symbolic of a family of warriers and great fighters, The red color signifying blood.
The buck's heads are representative of sportsmanship and love of the chase, which was the most important phase of life of the ancients next to war.
The lions, below the bucks, are considered teh king of beasts and are therefore the most worthy of all animals and are used most frequently on the coat of arms of royalty.
Enclosed is a sample of your coat of arms for stationery, invitations, etc. It can be used in any of the colors suitable in herlady. Blue is the most of active, black is very good or red, green and purple. Where a ring is desired the dye is given to your jeweler who makes the cutting from this after an impression has been taken. I might suggest in framing you use a thin black frame. Coats of arms should not be mounted as is the popular belief. The earlier ones were not, and the object of a reproduction is to have it authentic in every detail as the original.
I could always obtain stationery if you find it difficult to do so. Specify the colors you desire for the coat of arms, and a general idea of the type of stationery. Of course I must have the dye to do this. Two pounds---
Leonard Higdon and Eva Hoffman and their children:
-Mary Higdon
-Leonard Higdon My great grandfather Burke Co Nc Scotch Irish
-William Higdon
-Eliza Higdon
-Samuel Higdon
-Thomas Higdon
-Nancy Higdon
-Katri Higdon
-Americus Higdon
Leonard Higdon & Mary McClure and their children:
-Nimrod Higdon
-Harriet Higdon
-Augus Higdon
-Ruse Higdon
-John Spencer Higdon
-Samuel Higdon
-William Higdon
Nimrod Higdon & Lou Gaston & Their children:
Quinlan, Texas
-Esta Higdon
-Linnie Higdon
-Emma Higdon
-Leonard Higdon
-Sadie Higdon
-Era Higdon
-Roy Higdon
-Nimrod Higdon
William Higdon, born 1815-father's brother, 180 lbs. Burke Co NC Wealthy. he married Jane Burkhanan-had nine children: Higdonville NC & Macon Ga.
-Martha
-Joseph
-Eve
-William
-Margaret
-Samuel
-Jasus
-Ellin
-Brogy
am I repeating myself here?
aunt minerva collection....all typos are mine.
I have been typing all this Higdon info....some of this I know I have typed, some looks new...so will just keep on going...
The children of John & Millisent Higdon were:
1-John Higdon
2-Charles Higdon
3-Benjamin Higdon
4-Mary Simes (Semmes) Higdon
5-Thomas Higdon
6-William Higdon
John Higdon son of John And Millisent Higdon, married Bathia Semmes, daughter of Anthony Semmes. They had three children. He died 1735 when his will was probated. Benjamin Higdon married Margaret. They had two sons: Abraham & John Baptist Higdon.
William married Jane.
The children of William and Jane were:
1-Benjamin Higdon b. Dec 11 1733
2-William Higdon b.Feb 21 1735
3-BENEDICT LEONARD HIGDON b.Aug 6 1738
4-Ignatius Higdon b. Aug 12 1740
5-Susana Higdon b. June 5 1743
6-Martha Higdon b.Nov 13 1745
7-Clair Higdon b.Feb 2 1748
(Reference, TRINITY PARISH REGISTER CHARLES COUNTY MARYLAND)
The above mentioned Benedict Leonard Higdon, son of William and Jane Higdon, is found among the records of Charles County, Md. where he was born and raised, as signing his name different legal matters as Leonard Higdon, sometimes B. Leonard Higdon, but dropping the "Benedict" altogether later, though in the parish records his full name is written Benedict Leonard Higdon.
(As a witness to a quill which he signed with his brother William; his signature is merely Leonard Higdon. The date of this will was July 4th, 1771. Reference from the Inventory Book, No.106 folio 328, Estates of late Thomas Higdon of Charles county Md., copied at Annapolis, Md. this Thomas Higdon referred to was an uncle of B. Leonard Higdon. This Thomas had married Margaret, they had two sons, Abraham & John the Baptist Higdon.)
Higdons of Maryland in Revolutionary War:
Militia List--Index--to Revolutionary War, page 98 Higdon
Benjamin Higden p.96,118
Fran Higden p.25
Ignatius Higden p.48
John B. Higden p.29,112
Joseph Higden p.112
LEONARD HIGDEN p.24
Thomas Higden p.104
William Higden p.24,25
These men were listed as the brothers and cousins of Leonard Higdon, known as Benedict Leonard Higdon.
Benedict Leonard Higdon was a private in the Company of Captain Busby Curry-Charles County Militia 12th Battalion 1775 page 24 Index to the Revolutionary War-Militia List, Maryland Historical Society.
I have been typing all this Higdon info....some of this I know I have typed, some looks new...so will just keep on going...
The children of John & Millisent Higdon were:
1-John Higdon
2-Charles Higdon
3-Benjamin Higdon
4-Mary Simes (Semmes) Higdon
5-Thomas Higdon
6-William Higdon
John Higdon son of John And Millisent Higdon, married Bathia Semmes, daughter of Anthony Semmes. They had three children. He died 1735 when his will was probated. Benjamin Higdon married Margaret. They had two sons: Abraham & John Baptist Higdon.
William married Jane.
The children of William and Jane were:
1-Benjamin Higdon b. Dec 11 1733
2-William Higdon b.Feb 21 1735
3-BENEDICT LEONARD HIGDON b.Aug 6 1738
4-Ignatius Higdon b. Aug 12 1740
5-Susana Higdon b. June 5 1743
6-Martha Higdon b.Nov 13 1745
7-Clair Higdon b.Feb 2 1748
(Reference, TRINITY PARISH REGISTER CHARLES COUNTY MARYLAND)
The above mentioned Benedict Leonard Higdon, son of William and Jane Higdon, is found among the records of Charles County, Md. where he was born and raised, as signing his name different legal matters as Leonard Higdon, sometimes B. Leonard Higdon, but dropping the "Benedict" altogether later, though in the parish records his full name is written Benedict Leonard Higdon.
(As a witness to a quill which he signed with his brother William; his signature is merely Leonard Higdon. The date of this will was July 4th, 1771. Reference from the Inventory Book, No.106 folio 328, Estates of late Thomas Higdon of Charles county Md., copied at Annapolis, Md. this Thomas Higdon referred to was an uncle of B. Leonard Higdon. This Thomas had married Margaret, they had two sons, Abraham & John the Baptist Higdon.)
Higdons of Maryland in Revolutionary War:
Militia List--Index--to Revolutionary War, page 98 Higdon
Benjamin Higden p.96,118
Fran Higden p.25
Ignatius Higden p.48
John B. Higden p.29,112
Joseph Higden p.112
LEONARD HIGDEN p.24
Thomas Higden p.104
William Higden p.24,25
These men were listed as the brothers and cousins of Leonard Higdon, known as Benedict Leonard Higdon.
Benedict Leonard Higdon was a private in the Company of Captain Busby Curry-Charles County Militia 12th Battalion 1775 page 24 Index to the Revolutionary War-Militia List, Maryland Historical Society.
Higdon
aunt minerva collection....all typos are mine.
Neither E.K. Higdon nor I seemed to have enough time to really hunt down all of the information we would liked to have had but this much we got down:
His grandfather and mine of a few generations back were brothers. They were Peter Higdon and Benjamin Higdon.
In his line there were
Peter--whose children were
#1.William married Caroline Greenwell
#2.Benjamin
#3.Thomas
#4.Peter
#5.Louisa
#6.Jane
#7.Sarah
William Higdon & Caroline Greenwell Hidgon's children:
1.Gilman died at age 15
2.Peter married Marietta Miller
3.Joseph died at 21 Memphis Tenn in U. Army
4.Eliza Jane married Wm. Worris
Peter & Marietta Miller Higdon had these children:
1.Wm. married Lou Van Schoyek
2.Gilman
3.-Emma Martindale
3.Eliza Ellen-Mike Shay
4.B.F. Higdon-M.J. Van Schoyek
5.Grant-Lucy Condray
6.Celia-Charles Miller
7.Marietta (Molly)-Ed. Strayer
8.Shotwell-Linda Salstrom
Gilman & Erma Martindale had these children:
1.Leo Higdon died at age 23
2.E.K.-Idella Wilson
3.Ernest-Ruth Inively
4.Golda-Pail Million
5.Ray-Blanche Stringer
6.Claude-Elva
7.Benjamin-Florence
8.Gladys-Floyd Nelson
9.Mildred-Allen Raw
E.K. & Idella had two daughters Mary. E. and Idella J. but I don't know their married names.
In my family-that is of the BENJAMIN HIGDON family-I do not have who he married nor the dates of his birth and death. I think that I can eventually get it. His son GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGDON married SARAH FOESTER. Their children were :
Daniel-Mary
Benjamin
Neither E.K. Higdon nor I seemed to have enough time to really hunt down all of the information we would liked to have had but this much we got down:
His grandfather and mine of a few generations back were brothers. They were Peter Higdon and Benjamin Higdon.
In his line there were
Peter--whose children were
#1.William married Caroline Greenwell
#2.Benjamin
#3.Thomas
#4.Peter
#5.Louisa
#6.Jane
#7.Sarah
William Higdon & Caroline Greenwell Hidgon's children:
1.Gilman died at age 15
2.Peter married Marietta Miller
3.Joseph died at 21 Memphis Tenn in U. Army
4.Eliza Jane married Wm. Worris
Peter & Marietta Miller Higdon had these children:
1.Wm. married Lou Van Schoyek
2.Gilman
3.-Emma Martindale
3.Eliza Ellen-Mike Shay
4.B.F. Higdon-M.J. Van Schoyek
5.Grant-Lucy Condray
6.Celia-Charles Miller
7.Marietta (Molly)-Ed. Strayer
8.Shotwell-Linda Salstrom
Gilman & Erma Martindale had these children:
1.Leo Higdon died at age 23
2.E.K.-Idella Wilson
3.Ernest-Ruth Inively
4.Golda-Pail Million
5.Ray-Blanche Stringer
6.Claude-Elva
7.Benjamin-Florence
8.Gladys-Floyd Nelson
9.Mildred-Allen Raw
E.K. & Idella had two daughters Mary. E. and Idella J. but I don't know their married names.
In my family-that is of the BENJAMIN HIGDON family-I do not have who he married nor the dates of his birth and death. I think that I can eventually get it. His son GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGDON married SARAH FOESTER. Their children were :
Daniel-Mary
Benjamin
William Higdon
aunt minerva collection....all typos are mine.
born 1815 Quinlan Texas
Limmie's uncle
Burke Co NC
wealthy
married Jane Burkhanan
had nine children
Hidgdonville NC & (ran off bottom of page, can't read)
1.Martha
2.Joseph
3.Eve
4.William
5.Margaret
6.Samuel
7.Jasua
8.Ellin
9.Brody
born 1815 Quinlan Texas
Limmie's uncle
Burke Co NC
wealthy
married Jane Burkhanan
had nine children
Hidgdonville NC & (ran off bottom of page, can't read)
1.Martha
2.Joseph
3.Eve
4.William
5.Margaret
6.Samuel
7.Jasua
8.Ellin
9.Brody
Nimrod Higdon & Lou Gaston & Their Children
aunt minerva collection....all typos are mine.
1.Esta
2.Linnie
3.Emma
4.Leonard
5.Sadie
6.Era
7.Roy
8.Nimrod
1.Esta
2.Linnie
3.Emma
4.Leonard
5.Sadie
6.Era
7.Roy
8.Nimrod
The Family of Higdon
aunt minerva collection....all typos are mine.
variations of the name Higdon as found among records...Hidon, Heighton, Highton, Higden.
HIGDON and HIGDEN aer the two ways in which this name is usually spelled in America.
The first record of a Higdon in Maryland is a deed, dated April 17 1693, "From William Dent of Charles County, planter, to John Higdon of St Mary's county, planter for 2 thousand pounds of tobacco". (Deed Book No. 1 date 1690-94 Folio 187 Land Records of Charles County, Md.)
This is the first record of a Higdon in MAryland and the second record of any Higdon in the United States, the only other being Peter Higdon in Massachusetts, dated 1635, found in "Planter of the Commonwealth" by Banks, Book H-1067, B3, p.138, where it is mentioned Peter Higdon came to America with Anthony and Mary Thatcher of Salisburg County Wilts, England, to whom he was indentured. They came over on the James of London, William Cooper master, sailing from Southhampton April 15 1635 arriving June 3rd at Yarmouth with passengers and cattle. But in this year of their landing, Peter Higdon, an additional record shows, was probably lost in the great storm of August 15 1635, when his master wrecked off Cape Anne (Taken from Sage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England, Col. 2) So this further substantiantes my original contention that the first record of whom bears the date of 1693, as mentioned above.
This John Higdon of Maryland married Millisent who was either a Bowling or a Semmesn. (The Bowling, Semmes, Montgomery, and Dent families intermarried with the Higdon's at this early date.)
St Mary's County, Maryland, where John was first recorded as a planter, is located in southern Maryland, and adjoins Charles County to which John Higdon later moved. These counties are that part of MAryland which was the first to be settled.
John Higdon was born in 1649, for in the disposition of his will on March 11 1711 he gives his age as 62. The will was probated in 1723, as that of John Higdon, planter Charles County Maryland. (Taken from R.T. Semmes Genealogical Collection, Maryland Historical Society.)
Leonard Higdon and Eva Hoffman & their children:
Mary Higdon
Leonard Higdon
William Higdon
Eliza Higdon
Samuel Higdon
Thomas Higdon
Nancy Higdon
Katri Higdon
Americus Higdon
(next to William's name: great grandfather of Linnie Higdon Hodges Burke C NC Scotch Irish)
Leonard Higdon & Mary McClure and their children
Nimrod Higdon
Harriet Higdon
Angus Higdon
Ruse Higdon
John Spencer Higdon
Samuel Higdon
William Higdon
(typed next to these names: Blue Ridge Georgia)
variations of the name Higdon as found among records...Hidon, Heighton, Highton, Higden.
HIGDON and HIGDEN aer the two ways in which this name is usually spelled in America.
The first record of a Higdon in Maryland is a deed, dated April 17 1693, "From William Dent of Charles County, planter, to John Higdon of St Mary's county, planter for 2 thousand pounds of tobacco". (Deed Book No. 1 date 1690-94 Folio 187 Land Records of Charles County, Md.)
This is the first record of a Higdon in MAryland and the second record of any Higdon in the United States, the only other being Peter Higdon in Massachusetts, dated 1635, found in "Planter of the Commonwealth" by Banks, Book H-1067, B3, p.138, where it is mentioned Peter Higdon came to America with Anthony and Mary Thatcher of Salisburg County Wilts, England, to whom he was indentured. They came over on the James of London, William Cooper master, sailing from Southhampton April 15 1635 arriving June 3rd at Yarmouth with passengers and cattle. But in this year of their landing, Peter Higdon, an additional record shows, was probably lost in the great storm of August 15 1635, when his master wrecked off Cape Anne (Taken from Sage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England, Col. 2) So this further substantiantes my original contention that the first record of whom bears the date of 1693, as mentioned above.
This John Higdon of Maryland married Millisent who was either a Bowling or a Semmesn. (The Bowling, Semmes, Montgomery, and Dent families intermarried with the Higdon's at this early date.)
St Mary's County, Maryland, where John was first recorded as a planter, is located in southern Maryland, and adjoins Charles County to which John Higdon later moved. These counties are that part of MAryland which was the first to be settled.
John Higdon was born in 1649, for in the disposition of his will on March 11 1711 he gives his age as 62. The will was probated in 1723, as that of John Higdon, planter Charles County Maryland. (Taken from R.T. Semmes Genealogical Collection, Maryland Historical Society.)
Leonard Higdon and Eva Hoffman & their children:
Mary Higdon
Leonard Higdon
William Higdon
Eliza Higdon
Samuel Higdon
Thomas Higdon
Nancy Higdon
Katri Higdon
Americus Higdon
(next to William's name: great grandfather of Linnie Higdon Hodges Burke C NC Scotch Irish)
Leonard Higdon & Mary McClure and their children
Nimrod Higdon
Harriet Higdon
Angus Higdon
Ruse Higdon
John Spencer Higdon
Samuel Higdon
William Higdon
(typed next to these names: Blue Ridge Georgia)
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