John Higbee Born 1712 ABOUT Married 6 Sep 1712 Chesterfield, Burlington County, New Jersey (61 or 62 years married) to: Alice (Higbee) Andrews, daughter of Mordicai Andrews and Mary. Married name: Higbee, born 1695/1700 Burlington NJ, died 1774 Tuckertown, NJ, approximately 79 years, buried Friends Graveyard Tuckertown NJ, 1st marriage to: John "The Great" Mathis, 2nd marriage to: John Higbee She herself is said to have been possessed of unusual business talents, ordering and arranging her affairs with utmost regularity and good judgement. It is also affired that she was a greater speculator than her husband, and it was in a measure owing to her influence and speculative passion and forethought that he became such an extensive land holder.Taking in consideration the age in which she lived and also the meager opportunities she had for acquiring knowledge she had a fair education.She wrote a better hand than her husband.She is described as a large, tall and muscular woman of dark complexion, with black hair and eyes which she inherited from her father.Alice Andrews-Higbee-Mathis was the mother in law of 2 Leedses (brothers being sons of Japheth and Deborah Leeds)through two separate marriages.As the wife of John Higbee her daughter Abigail married our Robert Leeds.As the wife of the Great John Mathis her daughter Sarah married John Leeds. Children: 2. Edward HigbeeBorn 4 Jun 1714, died 30 Sep 1793, 79 years i. John HIGBEE .ii. Sarah HIGBEE was born circa 1740 Galloway Twp., Atlantic County, New Jersey; married John Smith , son of John Smith and Mary Smith , October 7, 1758; died after 1806 Galloway Twp., Atlantic County, New Jersey.iii. Edward HIGBEE was born 1741 Great Egg Harbour, Galloway Twp., Gloucester County, New Jersey; He probably died young; died March 19, 1834 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.iv. Alice HIGBEE was born 1743 Great Egg Harbour, Galloway Twp., Gloucester County, New Jersey; she was born circa 1750; she was born circa 1755; married Thomas Somers , son of John Somers and Esther Risley , January 3, 1780, they were cousins; married Thomas Somers , son of John Somers and Esther Risley , January 5, 1780; died 1835.v. Jeremiah HIGBEE was born May 7, 1751 Great Egg Harbour, Galloway Twp., Gloucester County, New Jersey; he was born July 5, 1751; married Esther Smith , daughter of Jesse Smith and Elizabeth (Unknown) , October 12, 1773 Galloway Twp., Atlantic County, New Jersey; married Esther Smith , daughter of Jesse Smith and Elizabeth (Unknown) , October 13, 1773 Galloway Twp., Atlantic County, New Jersey; married Esther Smith (8464), daughter of Jesse Smith and Elizabeth (Unknown) , June 10, 1776; died May 12, 1831 at age 79.vi. Richard HIGBEE was born 1753 Great Egg Harbour, Galloway Twp., Gloucester County, New Jersey; married Abigail Steelman 1780; his estate was proved April 26, 1825. |