Edward Huggins Junior

Profile & Legacies Summary

1780 - 18^th Oct 1840

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Born 1780. Eldest son of Edward Huggins of Nevis (1755-1829) (q.v.), brother of Peter Thomas Huggins (q.v.). Married Jane Plastow Juxon of New Haven, where both died in 1840. Edward Huggins Junior was convicted in 1812 of manslaughter after shooting dead a young enslaved man. Edward Huggins Junior is buried at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut.

We are grateful to Sandra Markham for assistance in compiling this entry.

Sources

For a detailed but unverified family tree, see http://www.tc.umn.edu/~terre011/edward.html#edjr [accessed 04/02/2013]. The will of Edward Huggins of Nevis confirms Jane Plaistow as the wife of his son Edward Huggins [junior] and the names of their three daughters, although other genealogical sites show Edward Huggins (1780-1840) as son of James Huggins and brother of Horatio Nelson Huggins (q.v.); David Small, ‘Huggins, Edward (1755?–1829)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/53032, accessed 17 June 2014]. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103198396/edward-huggins: accessed July 11, 2024), memorial page for Edward Huggins Jr. (1780–18 Oct 1840), Find a Grave Memorial ID 103198396.

Further Information

Absentee?

USA?

Name in compensation records

Edward Huggins

Spouse

Jane Plastow Juxon

Children

George Juxon, Frances Jane, Georgina Eliza, Emily Louisa

Associated Claims (4)

Associated Estates (6)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1825 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner

Eden [formerly Brownes] [ Nevis ]

1834 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner

Indian Castle Estate [ Nevis ]

1828 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Owner

New River [ Nevis ]

The Slave Register says 'belonging to or in the lawful possession of' Edward Huggins Jr. Esq.

1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Other

Round Hill [ Nevis ]

1834 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Attorney

Shaws [ Nevis ]

1817 [EA] - 1822 [LA] → Owner

Spring Hill [ Nevis ]

Although the 1817 Register appears indeed to have been in the name of Edward Huggins jun., although in the will of Edward Huggins sen. proved in 1829 he indicated that he had settled an estate on William Maynard Pemberton.