Higginson Belt (abt. 1706 - 1786)

Born about 1706 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, British Colonial America

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Descendants

Died 15 Jul 1786 at about age 80 in Montgomery Village, Montgomery, Maryland

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Biography

This profile is part of the Belt Name Study.

Higginson Belt was a Civil Servant in the American Revolution.

Higginson Belt performed Patriotic Service in the American Revolution.

Higginson Belt is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A008899.

Higginson died in 1706 in (Montgomery) MD (DOB from various Ancestry.com family trees); married Dorothy Bef. 22 August 1743. He was also married to a wife named Sarah. Higginson's parents were John Belt and Lucy Lawrence Belt.

HIgginson was born in 1720. HIgginson Belt ... He passed away in 1751.^[1]

During the American Revolution, Higginson was an overseer of roads, furnished supplies, and took oath of allegiance in 1778, MD.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ A source for this information is needed.
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 23 Oct 2023), "Record of Higginson", Ancestor # A008899.

• Source Citation: Volume: 322. Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Text:

Name: Higginson Belt

Death Date: 1788 (this is different from above)

SAR Membership: 64227

Role: Ancestor

Application Date: 3 May 1944

Father: John Belt

Mother: Lucy Lawrence

Spouse: Sarah Belt

Children: John Belt

• The Frederick Post (Frederick, Maryland). 1932 August 26. Article: "The Belt-Parrish Reunion." (Page number for article is too smudged to be readable.)

• Citing Higginson Belt, immigrated in 1738 to Maryland, Source publication code 1243. Source Citation: Place: Maryland; Year: 1738; Page Number: 46. Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. Source: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. Settlers Of Maryland 1679 - 1783. Consolidated Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002.

• Ancestry.com. Descendants of Richard and Elizabeth (Ewen) Talbott : of Poplar Knowle, West River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, p. 41. Original data: Shirk, Ida Morrison Murphy,. Descendants of Richard and Elizabeth (Ewen) Talbott : of Poplar Knowle, West River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Baltimore: Day Print. Co., 1927,