Brief Life History of John
When John Higgins of Ayrshire, Scotland was born about 1780, in Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Higgins of Ireland 1730, was 52 and his mother, Catherine, was 52. He married Agnes Wylie of Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland 1780 on 1 December 1804, in Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died in 1842, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 63.
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- John Heggens, "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910"
- John Higgins in entry for Janet Higgins, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- John Higgins in entry for Betsy Higgins, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
1811 · The Tron Riot
The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
1813 · The Court of Session Act 1813
The United Kingdom Parliament helped Scotland by creating the divisions necessary for better construction of their judiciary system. The Act was later repealed by the Court of Session Act 1988.
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUiginn ‘descendant of Uiginn’, a byname meaning ‘viking, sea-rover’ (from Old Norse víkingr). Compare McGuigan .
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): variant of Higgin, itself either a Lancashire variant of Huggin (from a pet form of Hugh ), or a variant of Hickin (from a pet form of Richard ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. See Hick and compare Higson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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