Husband:
John BIGGS (c. 1753- )
Wife:
Elizabeth TURNBULL ( - )
Children:
Name:
John BIGGS
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
c. 1753
Name:
Elizabeth TURNBULL
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Name:
William BIGGS
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Birth:
c. 1791
Census:
1841 (age 49-50)
Kelshall, Hertfordshire1
clergyman, living with wife Mary (35), and a female servant
Census:
1851 (age 59-60)
Tharston2
Address: Parish House, Tharston
vicar of Tharston, living with wife Mary (49), children Mary Ann (23) and William Turnbull (24), and servant Elizabeth MOLLETT (22)
Census:
1861 (age 69-70)
Tharston3
Address: Vicarage, Tharston
vicar of Tharston, living with wife Mary (60) and servant Agnes BROOKS (18)
Census:
1871 (age 79-80)
Tharston4
Address: The Vicarage, Tharston
vicar of Tharston, living with wife Mary (70) and domestic servant Elizabeth SMITH (20)
Death:
8 Mar 1878 (age 86-87)
Thaxted, Essex5
Burial:
15 Mar 1879
Tharston6
Probate:
17 Apr 1879
Principal Registry7
BIGGS The Reverend William. 17 April. The Will of the Reverend William Biggs formerly of Tharston in the County of Norfolk but late of Watling-street Thaxted in the County of Essex Clerk who died 10 March 1879 at Watling-street was proved at the Principal Registry by Benjamin Biggs of Laurence-Poultney-hill in the City of London and of Leyton in the County of Essex Merchant the Nephew and Arthur Franklin of Thaxted Gentleman the Executors. Personal Estate under £4,000.
MI:
-; Tharston5
IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM BIGGS FOR 30 YEARS VICAR OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THAXTED / ESSEX MARCH 10 1878 AGED 88 YEARS [.....] KNOW IN WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED IN MEMORY OF MARY THE WIFE OF REV. WILLIAM BIGGS VICAR OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE 25TH 1873 AGED 73 YEARS [.....]
1841 Census. HO107 446 5 4. Cit. Date: 1841.
1851 Census. HO107 1821 659 11. Cit. Date: 1851.
1861 Census. RG09 1233 170 7. Cit. Date: 1861.
1871 Census. RG10 1836 158 11. Cit. Date: 1871.
Memorial. Tharston.
Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 15 March 1879.
National Probate Calendar. 1879 page 11. Cit. Date: 17 April 1879.
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