« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 24 October 17 00:29 BST (UK) »
Hello Adrian,
I am a Higgs descendant from the Trysull line and think you are probably right that your Elizabeth is part of this family. I don't have info on her in my tree other than the 01 Feb 1776 christening, (daug. of Joseph Higgs and Elizabeth Cornes) I had not found a marriage or a death. I have done quite a bit of research although probably plenty of mistakes! Will send you a link to my online tree.
The 1793 burial as established was not Joseph's wife, or his daughter. It could be his sister (ch.17 Feb 1750) who I have no further info on. His mother was also named Elizabeth, this is why it gets confusing. I don't have anything on her either other than the last name Tilley.
You have on the marriage for John Stafford/Elizabeth Higgs a witness named William Wooley. There is a connection with this name a long way back in that Joseph's great grandfather Stephen Higgs was married to a Sarah Pratt b1645, both from Trysull. Sarah's father Henry Pratt mentions a granddaughter in his will dated 1698 named Sarah Wooly. This may just be coincidence as it is a hundred years prior to the marriage.
Staffordshire - Kendrick, Higgs, Ralph, Mears, Egginton, Simkiss, Beebee, Hartshorn, Pitt, Howard, Law, Hilton, Humphreyson,
Worcestershire - Kendrick, Onions, Timmins, Harvey, Stephens, Hill
Shropshire - Williams, Wilcox, Moreton, Poole, Gennoe, Stedman, Astley, Morris, Roe
Carmarthenshire - Naylor
Montgomeryshire - Williams, Wilcox
Middlesex - Silver, Martin
Suffolk - Chenery
Somerset - Owen, Chorley, Rugg
Lancashire - Evans, Silver