Francis Higginson

Not to be confused with Francis Higginson Cabot.
This article is about the Puritan minister. For the United States Navy admiral, see Francis J. Higginson.
Francis Higginson
Born1588
England
Died1630 (aged 41–42)
Salem, Massachusetts
EducationJesus College, Cambridge
OccupationMinister
SpouseAnne Herbert
ChildrenJohn Higginson, Francis Higginson

Francis Higginson (1588–1630) was an early Puritan minister in Colonial New England, and the first minister of Salem, Massachusetts. He was an ancestor of Thomas Wentworth Higginson.[1]

  1. ^ Edelstein, Tilden G., Strange Enthusiasm: A Life of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1968, pp. 3, 77.