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Henry Biggers

Male 1777 - 1808  (~ 30 years)


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  • Name Henry Biggers  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Christened 18 Apr 1777  Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 5 Dec 1807  West End, Witney, Oxfordshire County, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    baker 
    Auction 24 Dec 1807  Staple Hall Inn, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    property sold at auction 
    _UID 4451AA6A218D4220B874819B971D7E70A314 
    Died 1808 
    Buried 13 Aug 1808  Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Person ID I1178  Paul's Genealogy Tree
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2014 

    Father John Biggers,   c. 16 Sep 1744, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 3 Apr 1821, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Mother Mary Mansell,   c. 5 Mar 1738, Cogges, Oxfordhsire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1826 ?, Cogges, Oxfordhsire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 8 Sep 1757  Cogges, Oxfordhsire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Children 5 children 
    Family ID F393  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Steede,   c. 16 Dec 1771, Chipping Norton, , Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 14 May 1812, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married 13 Oct 1799  Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14] 
    • I found the below on Ancestry.com.
      This might be a marriage record for Henry and Elizabeth.

      Oxfordshire, England: Parish and Probate Records
      Church Histories & Records
      Name: Henry Biggers Elizabeth Steede
      Vital: date - location, Oxford, England
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      From: "LeAnn Walton"
      Subject: Re: [OXF] Marriage record lookup - Henry Biggers
      Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:39:02 -0700
      References: <001501c6f96c$40003f20$6401a8c0@buddhathree>


      Paul
      There was a Henry Biggers that married an Elizabeth Steede at Chipping
      Norton on 13 Oct 1799. Sounds like it could be your guy.

      LeAnn Walton


      ----- Original Message -----
      From: "Paul Kelly"
      To:
      Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:04 PM
      Subject: [OXF] Marriage record lookup - Henry Biggers


      > Looking for a marriage record of:
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      > Henry Biggers
      >
      > and
      >
      > Elizabeth _____?
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      >
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      > Where: Witney?
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      > When: 1800?
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      > First child was born in 1800.
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      > I have checked OXF-WIT01 (CD) with no success.
      >
      >
      > Paul Kelly
      > http://home.comcast.net/~rootsdigger05/index.html
    Children 
     1. Sarah Biggers,   c. 6 Aug 1800, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 21 Jul 1802, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 1 years)
     2. Henry Biggers,   c. 5 Aug 1801, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Elizabeth Biggers,   c. 15 Sep 1802, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. John Biggers,   b. Feb 1804, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1876  (Age ~ 72 years)
     5. Sarah Biggers,   c. 25 Mar 1807, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 1 Aug 1808, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 1 years)
     6. William Biggers,   c. 3 Aug 1808, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2014 
    Family ID F392  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 18 Apr 1777 - Witney, Oxfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 13 Oct 1799 - Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - baker - 5 Dec 1807 - West End, Witney, Oxfordshire County, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAuction - property sold at auction - 24 Dec 1807 - Staple Hall Inn, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 13 Aug 1808 - Witney, Oxfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S448] UK Oxfordshire Parish Registers - Witney (CD), Oxfordshire Family History Society, (Oxfordshire Family History Society 1994-2003 http://www.ofhs.org.uk/index.html Oxfordshire Family History Society; c/o Miss Angela E. Wood 40 Kersington Cresent Cowley Oxford, OX4 3RJ United Kingdom See also: http://www.ofhs.org.uk/whoswho.html Phone: 01865 718723 Email: AngeWd1@aol.com), St. Mary's parish registers, baptisms, page 301 (Reliability: 3), 20 Aug 2006.
      1804 15 Feb BIGGERS John s. [son of] Henry & Elizabeth
      St. Mary registers, burials      		 St. Mary parish registers, burials
      St. Mary parish registers      		 St. Mary's parish records, Witney


    2. [S469] Oxfordshire Parish Register Transcripts, Oxfordshire Family History Society, (Oxfordshire Family History Society 1994 to 2003), St. Mary's parish registers, Burials, page 209 (Reliability: 3), 20 Aug 2006.
      1808 13 Aug BIGGERS Henry
      St. Mary registers, burials      		 Witney parish registers


    3. [S448] UK Oxfordshire Parish Registers - Witney (CD), Oxfordshire Family History Society, (Oxfordshire Family History Society 1994-2003 http://www.ofhs.org.uk/index.html Oxfordshire Family History Society; c/o Miss Angela E. Wood 40 Kersington Cresent Cowley Oxford, OX4 3RJ United Kingdom See also: http://www.ofhs.org.uk/whoswho.html Phone: 01865 718723 Email: AngeWd1@aol.com), St. Mary parish register, burials, page 209 (Reliability: 3), 24 Aug 2006.
      1808 13 Aug BIGGERS Henry
      St. Mary registers, burials      		 Witney parish registers, burials
      Hailey.pdf      		 Hailey Parish registers
      See page 22


    4. [S611] Jackson's Oxford Journal, Michigan. Farmington Hills., J. Grosvenor and W. Hall, "To be Sold by Auction," December 5, 1807, p. 3, col. 3; digital images, \i 19th Century British Library Newspapers\i0 (Reliability: 2), 12 Nov 2008.
      To be Sold by Auction, by WM. Long, on Thursday, the 24th of December 24, 1807, between the Hours of Four and Six o'Clock in the Afternon, at the Staple Hall Inn, in Witney, - All that Freehold MESSUAGE or TENEMENT, Bake House, convenient Out-Buildings, Garden, and Premises, in the Occupation of Mr. Henry Biggers, Baker, situate on the South Side of West End, in Witney aforesaid. - For particulars enquire of the Auctioneer, or Mr. Macey, Solicitor, Witney.
      Jackson's Oxford Journal      		 Jackson's Oxford Journal
      December 15, 1807
      page 1, Issue no: 2849
      Gale Document Number: Y3202643335
      Jackson's Oxford Journal      		 Jackson's Oxford Journal
      December 5, 1807
      page 2, Issue no: 2849
      Gale Document Number: Y3202643335
      Jackson's Oxford Journal      		 Jackson's Oxford Journal
      December 5, 1807
      Issue no: 2849
      Gale Document Number: Y3202643335
      See page 3, col. 3
      Jackson's Oxford Journal      		 Jackson's Oxford Journal
      December 5, 1807
      page 4, Issue no: 2849
      Gale Document Number: Y3202643335
      St. Mary registers, burials      		 St. Mary parish registers, burials


    5. [S448] UK Oxfordshire Parish Registers - Witney (CD), Oxfordshire Family History Society, (Oxfordshire Family History Society 1994-2003 http://www.ofhs.org.uk/index.html Oxfordshire Family History Society; c/o Miss Angela E. Wood 40 Kersington Cresent Cowley Oxford, OX4 3RJ United Kingdom See also: http://www.ofhs.org.uk/whoswho.html Phone: 01865 718723 Email: AngeWd1@aol.com), St. Mary parish records, Baptisms, page 247 (Reliability: 3), 20 Aug 2006.
      1777 18 Apr BIGGERS Henry s.[son of] John & Mary
      St. Mary parish registers      		 Witney parish records, baptisms
      Hailey.pdf      		 Hailey Parish registers
      See page 22


    6. [S611] Jackson's Oxford Journal, Michigan. Farmington Hills., J. Grosvenor and W. Hall, "To be Sold by Auction," December 5, 1807, p. 3, col. 3; digital images, \i 19th Century British Library Newspapers\i0 (Reliability: 2), 12 Nov 2008.
      To be Sold by Auction, by WM. Long, on Thursday, the 24th of December 24, 1807, between the Hours of Four and Six o'Clock in the Afternon, at the Staple Hall Inn, in Witney, - All that Freehold MESSUAGE or TENEMENT, Bake House, convenient Out-Buildings, Garden, and Premises, in the Occupation of Mr. Henry Biggers, Baker, situate on the South Side of West End, in Witney aforesaid. - For particulars enquire of the Auctioneer, or Mr. Macey, Solicitor, Witney.
      Jackson's Oxford Journal      		 Jackson's Oxford Journal
      December 5, 1807
      page 1, Issue no: 2849
      Gale Document Number: Y3202643335
      Jackson's Oxford Journal      		 Jackson's Oxford Journal
      December 5, 1807
      page 2, Issue no: 2849
      Gale Document Number: Y3202643335
      Jackson's Oxford Journal      		 Jackson's Oxford Journal
      December 5, 1807
      page 3, Issue no: 2849
      Gale Document Number: Y3202643335
      Jackson's Oxford Journal      		 Jackson's Oxford Journal
      December 5, 1807
      page 4, Issue no: 2849
      Gale Document Number: Y3202643335
      St. Mary registers, burials      		 St. Mary parish registers, burials
      Hailey.pdf      		 Hailey Parish registers
      See page 22


    7. [S611] Jackson's Oxford Journal, Michigan. Farmington Hills., J. Grosvenor and W. Hall, "To be Sold by Auction," December 5, 1807, p. 3, col. 3; digital images, \i 19th Century British Library Newspapers\i0 (Reliability: 2), 12 Nov 2008.
      To be Sold by Auction, by WM. Long, on Thursday, the 24th of December 24, 1807, between the Hours of Four and Six o'Clock in the Afternon, at the Staple Hall Inn, in Witney, - All that Freehold MESSUAGE or TENEMENT, Bake House, convenient Out-Buildings, Garden, and Premises, in the Occupation of Mr. Henry Biggers, Baker, situate on the South Side of West End, in Witney aforesaid. - For particulars enquire of the Auctioneer, or Mr. Macey, Solicitor, Witney.
      Jackson's Oxford Journal      		 Jackson's Oxford Journal
      December 5, 1807
      page 1, Issue no: 2849
      Gale Document Number: Y3202643335
      Jackson's Oxford Journal      		 Jackson's Oxford Journal
      December 5, 1807
      page 2, Issue no: 2849
      Gale Document Number: Y3202643335
      Jackson's Oxford Journal      		 Jackson's Oxford Journal
      December 5, 1807
      page 3, Issue no: 2849
      Gale Document Number: Y3202643335
      Jackson's Oxford Journal      		 Jackson's Oxford Journal
      December 5, 1807
      page 4, Issue no: 2849
      Gale Document Number: Y3202643335
      St. Mary registers, burials      		 St. Mary parish registers, burials
      Hailey.pdf      		 Hailey Parish registers
      See page 22


    8. [S448] UK Oxfordshire Parish Registers - Witney (CD), Oxfordshire Family History Society, (Oxfordshire Family History Society 1994-2003 http://www.ofhs.org.uk/index.html Oxfordshire Family History Society; c/o Miss Angela E. Wood 40 Kersington Cresent Cowley Oxford, OX4 3RJ United Kingdom See also: http://www.ofhs.org.uk/whoswho.html Phone: 01865 718723 Email: AngeWd1@aol.com), St. Mary parish register, burials, page 209 (Reliability: 3), 24 Aug 2006.
      1808 13 Aug BIGGERS Henry
      Since the oldest son William was born in 1808, we can make a reasonable assumption that Henry was alive one year prior to William's birth, since William's birth record states "s. Henry and Elizabeth". We also see that Elizabeth (his wife) died "r. of Henry" (r = "relict" or widow) on May 14, 1812. So we can surmise that Henry died some time between 1807 and May 13, 1812. And we find a death of a Henry Biggers Aug 13, 1808, just 10 days after William was born. Of course we cannot rule out the possibility that the deceased Henry was his son, Henry, who was born in 1801. Many children died at young ages during that time.
      St. Mary registers, burials      		 Witney parish registers, burials
      Hailey.pdf      		 Hailey Parish registers
      See page 22


    9. [S469] Oxfordshire Parish Register Transcripts, Oxfordshire Family History Society, (Oxfordshire Family History Society 1994 to 2003), St. Mary's parish registers, Burials, page 209 (Reliability: 3), 20 Aug 2006.
      1808 13 Aug BIGGERS Henry
      St. Mary registers, burials      		 Witney parish registers
      Hailey.pdf      		 Hailey Parish registers
      See page 22


    10. [S1610] Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812, Church of England (Cogges, Oxfordshire, England), (Ancestry.com. \i Ancestry.com\i0 . http://ancestry.com : 2016.), "Marriage Register-Book (No. 2) of Coggs Parish, 1754-1812," Marriage record of John Biggers and Mary Mansell; accessed Jan 1, 2019 (Reliability: 3), 1 Jan 2019.
      PAR070_1_R3_1_001.jpg      		 PAR070_1_R3_1_001.jpg
      PAR070_1_R3_1_002.jpg      		 PAR070_1_R3_1_002.jpg
      PAR070_1_R3_1_004.jpg      		 PAR070_1_R3_1_004.jpg
      PAR070_1_R3_1_005.jpg      		 PAR070_1_R3_1_005.jpg
      PAR070_1_R3_1_006.jpg      		 PAR070_1_R3_1_006.jpg
      Marriage record of John Biggers and Mary Mansell      		 Marriage record of John Biggers and Mary Mansell
      Marriage record of John Biggers and Mary Mansell
      Source: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61056/PAR070_1_R3_1_007/904216


    11. [S448] UK Oxfordshire Parish Registers - Witney (CD), Oxfordshire Family History Society, (Oxfordshire Family History Society 1994-2003 http://www.ofhs.org.uk/index.html Oxfordshire Family History Society; c/o Miss Angela E. Wood 40 Kersington Cresent Cowley Oxford, OX4 3RJ United Kingdom See also: http://www.ofhs.org.uk/whoswho.html Phone: 01865 718723 Email: AngeWd1@aol.com), St. Mary's Cogges, West Oxfordshire, marriages, page 109, OXF-WIT01 (CD), Oxfordshire Parish Register Transcripts (Reliability: 3), 27 Aug 2006.
      1757
      Sep 8
      Biggers, John, Witney, Lic.
      Mansell, Mary otp
      Witesses: Tho(s?): GEEVES, Wm: MANSELL
      FGSLewisCornelius.jpg      		 FGSLewisCornelius.jpg
      John Biggers & Mary Mansell      		 John Biggers & Mary Mansell
      Snapshot of page 109 of Cogges.pdf, from the CD OXF-WIT01, Oxfordshire Parish Register Transcripts, Witney Registration District Vol. 1


    12. [S614] Oxfordshire Marriage Index, Gibson, J. S. W. (Jeremy Sumner Wycherly) (Main Author)., (\i International Genealogical Index - British Isles\i0 . http://www.familysearch.org/ : 2008), (http://www.familysearch.org/ : accessed November 30, 2008), British Isles Region, entry for Eliz Steede and Hen Biggers, marriage 1799, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England; citing FHL microfilm 0,542,551 (Oxfordshire Marriage Transcripts, 1538-1837), batch no. 7250002, reference no. Sheet no. 02. (Reliability: 3), 30 Nov 2008.
      ELIZ STEEDE Female
      Marriages:
      Spouse: HEN BIGGERS
      Marriage: 1799 Chipping Norton, Oxford, England
      Record extracted from Oxfordshire Marriage Transcripts, 1538-1837, compiled by J. S. W. Gibson. (The index was based on the groom index, film numbers 54,396 to 54,397.) The index has no additional information. The printout, however, may help you find names of people who may be brothers, sisters, and other relatives.

      Marriage record of C. Hillyard Arnold and D. Frances Jenkins      		 Marriage record of C. Hillyard Arnold and D. Frances Jenkins


    13. [S612] Lieutenant William Chavasse, Paul Chavasse Mr., (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/h/a/Paul-Chavasse/index.html: October 22, 2003), pp. 14, 51. accessed November 28, 2008. (Reliability: 3), 28 Nov 2008.
      pg. 14
      From everyone you have heard of the death of poor Charles Chavasse. We must
      all lament the event, as he certainly was a very promising young man; to his
      poor mother his loss was most severe and one I fear that she will long feel. I
      heard from Mrs Pye Chavasse today, who much laments the death of her
      mother, and speaks of it as the greatest trial she has ever experienced. She has
      hitherto been fortunate. My mother-in-law is still living, as is her son Joseph,
      who continues so great an invalid as seldom to leave his room. His poor wife I
      pity, as she has no t only to nurse a sick Husband, but has the charge also of a
      young family, having most years a Babe. His sister, Mrs Biggers, is a widow
      with three children. Their good mother lives with her (13).

      pg. 51
      13. The Steede Family: Dr Richard Steede (d. 1802) lived in Winterbourne,
      Glos., but the family seem to originate from Oxfordshire. Charlotte's invalid
      brother-in-law, Joseph Steede, lived at Bampton, near Witney, Oxon., where he
      died March 17th, 1817, aged 44. In his will, made in 1810, he pays tribute to his
      wife, Hester, for her care and devotion during the long and severe illness he had
      suffered. Elizabeth Steede, sister to Joseph and Richard, married at Chipping
      Norton, October 13th, 1799, Henry Biggers. She was a widow by 1810.
      Della Jenkins and Conway H. Arnold      		 Della Jenkins and Conway H. Arnold
      Lieutenant William Chavasse      		 Lieutenant William Chavasse (1784-1814)
      see pp. 14, 51
      Della Jenkins and Conway H. Arnold      		 Della Jenkins and Conway H. Arnold
      Image source:
      http://archive.org/stream/15thcensus296unit#page/n676/mode/1up


    14. [S469] Oxfordshire Parish Register Transcripts, Oxfordshire Family History Society, (Oxfordshire Family History Society 1994 to 2003), St. Mary's parish registers, Burials, page 213 (Reliability: 3), 20 Aug 2006.
      1812 14 May BIGGERS Elizabeth r of Henry
      Della Jenkins and Conway Arnold      		 Della Jenkins and Conway Arnold
      Image Source:
      http://1940census.archives.gov/search/?search.census_year=1940&search.enumeration_district=1-262&search.page=1&search.result_type=image&search.state=DC#filename=m-t0627-00561-00968.tif&name=1-262&type=image&state=DC&index=17&pages=30&bm_all_text=Bookmark
      St. Mary registers, burials      		 Witney parish registers, burials