Capt. Christopher Higginson

1604 - 1673  (~ 69 years)

• Name	Christopher Higginson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	Abt. 29 Apr 1604	Solihull, Warwickshire, England   [1, 2]
  Baptism	29 Apr 1604	St. Alphege Church, Solihull, Warwickshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef. 28 May 1673	James City, Virginia, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I649	Mallory Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Higginson, Gent.,   b. Abt. 29 Oct 1564, Solihull, Warwickshire, England
  Mother	Anne
  Family ID	F348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Robert Higginson,   b. Abt. 1630   d. 1694 (Age ~ 64 years)
  Family ID	F397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Christopher Higginson lived in James City Co., and was a brother of Humphrey Higginson, member of the Virginia Council. Christopher Higginson died in 1673. Bishop Wren was at that time the incumbent of the see of Ely. source: Stanard, William Glover, ed., The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 13. Richmond, VA: Virginia Historical Society, 1905.

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] Ancestry.com, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line], (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014). [S76] Warwickshire County Record Office, Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812 [database on-line], (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). [S78] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 174, (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020). [S35] Lyon Gardiner Taylor, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume 1, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915). [S4709] William Glover Stanard, ed., The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 13, (Richmond, VA: Virginia Historical Society, 1905).