Lucy HIGGINSON

1626 - 1675  (~ 49 years)

• Name	Lucy HIGGINSON  [1]
  Birth	Jan 1626	Berkswell, Warwickshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Female
  FamilySearch ID	LBSM-NBZ
  Burial	Nov 1675	White Marsh, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America   [1]
  Death	6 Nov 1675	Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America   [1]
  Person ID	I594779478	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert HIGGINSON,   b. Bef 2 Apr 1601, England d. 15 Aug 1649, Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age ~ 48 years)
  Mother	Joanna TOKESAY,   b. May 1603, Berkswell, Warwickshire, England d. 16 Nov 1675, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age ~ 72 years)
  Family ID	F536732157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lewis Fairfield BURWELL,   b. 4 Mar 1621, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England d. 19 Nov 1653, White Marsh, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	1648	Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America   [2]
  Children	1. Lewis Fairfield BURWELL,   b. 1651, Hayes, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 19 Dec 1710, Kings Creek, Accomack, Virginia, British America (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F536732158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Colonel William BERNARD,   b. Sep 1603, Northamptonshire, England d. 31 Mar 1665, White Marsh, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age ~ 61 years)
  Marriage	1655	Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America   [3]
  Children	1. George BERNARD,   b. Abt 1655, Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown   2. Lucy BERNARD,   b. Abt 1656, White Marsh, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1693, London, City of London, Greater London, England (Age ~ 37 years)   3. Elizabeth BERNARD,   b. 11 Feb 1658, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1710, Toddsbury, Ware Church, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F536732154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Philip Cottington LUDWELL,   b. 5 Jul 1637, Bruton, Somerset, England, Kingdom of England d. 1716, London, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1667	Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America   [2]
  Children	1. Jane Cottington LUDWELL,   b. 1668, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1746, Green Spring, Louisa County, Virginia (Age 78 years)   2. Philip Cottington LUDWELL,   b. 4 Feb 1672, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 11 Jan 1726, Jamestown, James City, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F536732159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Married 1) 1648 in Gloucester Co., VA to Major Lewis Fairfield Burwell Married 2) 1655 in Isle of Wright Co., VA to Colonel William Woolhouse Bernard Married 3) 1667 in Isle of Wright Co., VA to Honorable Philip Cottington Ludwell Issue with Lewis: 1. Major Lewis II Fairfield Burwell (1651-1710) Issue with William: 2. George Woolhouse Bernard (1658-?)(moved to England) 3. Lucy Higginson Bernard (1660-?) 4. Elizabeth Tokesay Bernard (1664-1710) Issue with Philip: 5. Jane Cottington Ludwell (1668-?) 6. Honorable Philip Cottington Ludwell Jr. (1672-1726) **Governor Philip Cottington Ludwell of Carolina is interred in the crypt of St. Mary, Bow Church, London, England. ************************************************************ Among the great-grandsons of her third marriage were the brothers and signers of the Declaration of Independence, Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee. ************************************************************ Grave was moved from Fairfield AKA Carter's Creek in 1911. Stone is damaged and very worn. Inscription courtesy of "Epitaphs of Gloucester and Mathews Counties in Tidewater, Virginia, through 1865" by the APVA, 1959. Inscription: (In per)petual memory of y[e] virtuous (Lucy B)URWELL the Loveing and Beloved (Wife of) Major Lewis Burwell of y[e] County (of Clos)ter in Virginia (long since deceased) (She was des)cended from the Ancient family (of the H)igginsons. She was y[e] only Daughter (of the v)alient Capt Robert Higginson (One of the)e first Comand[rs] that subdued (the cou)ntry of Virginia from the power of (the heat)hen who not being more worthy in her (birth th)an Vertuous in her life Exchanged this (World for) a Better one on the 6th November, in (the ...) yeare of her Age, Anno Domini 1675. (She was) buried on the (ri)ght hand of her (Husban)d. (Erected to) her M(emory by severa)ll of her owne Grand Children.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Oct 2024), entry for Lucy Bernard, person ID L1JK-1DM. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Oct 2024), entry for Lucy Higginson, person ID LBSM-NBZ. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Oct 2024), entry for William Bernard, person ID M3ND-KM6. (Reliability: 3).