An Edward Higgs, son of Josiah Higgs , Codrington, Glostershire, yeoman, was apprenticed to John Dean , Fletchers' Company on 8th June 1750. This could relate to this Edward Higgs and to the silversmith John Deane, who certainly later made buckles in partnership with William Deane.
Edward Higgs was fined for substandard buckles in 1763 -1769 period.
The IGI ( the Morman created INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX ) indicates that an Edward Higgs and his wife Mary christened two children, Elizabeth in 1758 and James in 1763, both at St Leonards, Shoreditch. There is no record of a son named Edward. However St Leonards Shoreditch is the parish for Pitfield Street, so it is possible that Edward was the father rather than the brother of James . It is also possible that this Elizabeth Higgs was the Elizabeth Higgs who married Brook Walker, another silver bucklemaker.
From the long period from the apprenticeship, via the first known mark in 1763, to the last mark in 1793, this entry may cover to two Edward Higgs' .
Documents at London Metropolitan Archives
- Release in fee. ACC/0857/001 1789
1. Anne Nicholls of Broad Court. Long Acre, St. Martins-in-the-Fields parish, widow and executrix of William Nicholls carver and gilder.
2. Edward Higgs of Pitfield Street, Hoxton, Buckle maker.
Consideration £150 paid by Edward Higgs, release by Ann Nicholls of land, c. 1 rood and messuage at Fallow Corner, Finchley.
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