Excerpt from Life of Francis Higginson First Minister in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and Author of New: England's (1630) It is farther known that this eldest son, the gentle man that kept high company, was a freeholder in the parish of Leire, adjommg that of Claybrooke,1 and that in the tower of the church at Claybrooke this tower being supposed to have been erected in 1614 -that date is twice inscribed on the walls, with the name of Nicholas Higgin'son appended.2 Two brothers of Francis Higginson are thus identified but the diligent researches of Colonel Chester have failed to find any record of the will of their father, from which additional information might doubtless have been obtained. He probably left none 5 at any rate, none was ever proved at London, Lincoln, or Lich field, the only three registries where one should have been proved. The early registers of Claybrooke have been lost, so that there is no record of the baptisms of his children; nor did the transcripts in the dio cesan registry at Lincoln begin till 1598, nor are those preserved. None of the wills of his children are in London, and the only clew afforded by any Will is in the case of the youngest daughter, Elizabeth. She married John Perkins, of Anstey, co. Warwick, Gentleman; and his will, dated April 1, 1618, was proved by her in June following. He left IO to his brother-in-law John Higginson the gentleman who kept high company -and his wife; and five marks to each of his children. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.