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Thanks to all who answered my thread. I have a lot to digest.

Wow! Thankyou Lady Kira! There is a lot to absorb there. I will take some time to needle-search the info. provided and will update the thread as soon as I can. Once again many thanks.

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1841 Address: Edmondson House, Prescot, Penketh
TRAVERS, Mary F 75 1766 Lancashire
TRAVERS, Thomas M 45 1796 Lancashire
TRAVERS, Mary F 15 1826 Lancashire
HIGHAM, John M 55 1786 Lancashire

Is it possible John remarried?

1841 Address: Eccleston, Prescot, Eccleston
HIGHAM, John M 60 1781 Lancashire
HIGHAM, Mary F 60 1781 Lancashire

possible
1841 Address: Kenyon, Winwick, Kenyon
Name Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where born Image
HIGHAM, George M 40 1801 Lancashire
HIGHAM, Ann F 35 1806 Lancashire
HIGHAM, John M 9 1832 Lancashire
HIGHAM, William M 7 1834 Lancashire
HIGHAM, Elizbeth F 5 1836 Lancashire
HIGHAM, Martha F 0 (2 months) 1841 Lancashire

This is one to look at for further clues.

Marriage: 12 Aug 1790 St Oswald, Winwick, Lancashire, England
James Sankey - (X), of this Parish
Mary Higham - (X), of this Parish
Witness: Robert Cross; Michael Ridyard
Banns Read: 11 Jul 1790, 2nd: 18 Jul 1790, 3rd: 25 Jul 1790
Married by Banns by: John Lowe Curate
Register: Marriages 1766 - 1812, Page 472, Entry 3
Source: LDS Film 1885708

Marriage: 16 Sep 1800 St Elphin, Warrington, Lancashire, England
John Higham - This Parish
Ann Sankey - (X), This Parish
Witness: J. Britting; Ireland Arrowsmith
Banns Read: 8 Jun 1800, 2nd: 15 Jun 1800, 3rd: 22 Jun 1800
Married by Banns by: Daniel Mathias Curate
Register: Marriages 1784 - 1802, Page 411, Entry 2052
Source: LDS Film 1562958

Unfortunately Ireland arrowsmith appears to be a serial witness so not much help.

Look here for more info on Croft.

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Croft/

Some possible children of your John and Ann

Baptism: 31 May 1801 St Oswald, Winwick, Lancashire, England
George Higham - son of John Higham & Ann
Born: 3 May
Abode: Croft
Register: Baptisms 1777 - 1806, Page 81, Entry 11
Source: LDS Film 1655876

Baptism: 12 Jun 1802 St Stephen, Astley, Lancashire, England
Amey Higham - Daughter of John Higham & Ann
Abode: Tyldesley
Register: Baptisms 1760 - 1812, Page 75, Entry 13

Baptism: 13 Feb 1803 St Oswald, Winwick, Lancashire, England
Betty Higham - daughter of John Higham & Ann
Born: 23 Jan
Abode: Croft
Register: Baptisms 1777 - 1806, Page 86, Entry 14
Source: LDS Film 1655876



Baptism: 8 Mar 1805 St Oswald, Winwick, Lancashire, England
Mary Ann Higham - daughter of John Higham & Ann
Born: 4 Feb
Abode: Croft
Register: Baptisms 1777 - 1806, Page 95, Entry 10
Source: LDS Film 1655876


Burial: 2 Feb 1806 St Oswald, Winwick, Lancashire, England
Mary Ann Higham - daughter of John Higham & Ann
Age: 1
Abode: Kenyon
Register: Burials 1777 - 1806, Page 168, Entry 10
Source: LDS Film 1655876

EDIT Looks like Mum died in childbirth. So sad.

Burial: 8 Mar 1805 St Oswald, Winwick, Lancashire, England
Ann Higham - wife of John Higham
Age: 24
Abode: Croft
Register: Burials 1777 - 1806, Page 163, Entry 8
Source: LDS Film 1655876

and Samuel and Betty

Baptism: 10 Nov 1782 St Mary the Virgin, Eccles, Lancashire, England
Thomas Higham - Son of Saml. Higham & Betty
Abode: Worsley
Occupation: Weaver
Source: LDS Film 1545487
Baptism: 28 Nov 1784 St Mary the Virgin, Eccles, Lancashire, England
Adam Barow Higham - Son of Samuel Higham & Betty
Abode: Swinton
Occupation: Weaver
Source: LDS Film 1545487
Baptism: 31 Dec 1786 St Mary the Virgin, Eccles, Lancashire, England
Robert Higham - Son of Samuel Higham & Betty
Abode: Swinton
Occupation: Weaver
Source: LDS Film 1545487
Baptism: 14 Aug 1791 Collegiate, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth Higham - Daughter of Samuel Higham & Elizth.
Register: Baptisms 1791, Page 56
Source: LDS Film 2357002
Baptism: 21 Apr 1793 St Peter, Swinton, Lancashire, England
Thomas Higham - Son of Samuel Higham & Betty
Abode: Swinton
Occupation: Weaver
Baptised by: Wm. Nuttall Minister
Source: LDS Film 2113211
Baptism: 19 Apr 1795 St Peter, Swinton, Lancashire, England
Samuel Higham - Son of Samuel Higham & Elizabeth
Abode: Swinton
Occupation: Weaver
Baptised by: Wm. Nuttall Minister
Source: LDS Film 2113211
Baptism: 13 Mar 1804 St Peter, Swinton, Lancashire, England
James Higham - Son of Samuel Higham & Betty
Abode: Swinton
Occupation: Weaver
Baptised by: Wm. Nuttall Minister
Source: LDS Film 2113211

It may be helpful to trace down the children of the main contenders to see if you can eliminate any of them

Here are the babtisms of the children of Thomas and Hannah all in the same area.

you will need to look for occupations, witnesses and ask if the children's names make sense from your knowledge of the family.

Baptism: 3 May 1778 Sankey Chapel, Great Sankey, Lancashire, England
John Higham - Son of Thos. Higham & Hannah
Register: Baptisms 1760-1797, Page 13, Entry 15
Source: LDS Film 1952266
Baptism: 28 Oct 1781 Sankey Chapel, Great Sankey, Lancashire, England
Mary Higham - Daughter of Thos. Higham & Hannah
Register: Baptisms 1760-1797, Page 16, Entry 25
Source: LDS Film 1952266
Baptism: 5 Sep 1784 Sankey Chapel, Great Sankey, Lancashire, England
Robt. Higham - Son of Thos. Higham & Hannah
Register: Baptisms 1760-1797, Page 18, Entry 37
Source: LDS Film 1952266
Baptism: 17 Dec 1786 Sankey Chapel, Great Sankey, Lancashire, England
Hannah Higham - Daughter of Thos. Higham & Hannah
Notes: [Surname has been badly entered ]
Register: Baptisms 1760-1797, Page 20, Entry 31
Source: LDS Film 1952266
Baptism: 22 Mar 1789 Sankey Chapel, Great Sankey, Lancashire, England
Betty Higham - Daughter of Thos. Higham & Hannah
Register: Baptisms 1760-1797, Page 22, Entry 26
Source: LDS Film 1952266
Baptism: 17 Apr 1791 Sankey Chapel, Great Sankey, Lancashire, England
Ellen Higham - Daughter of Thomas Higham & Hannah
Register: Baptisms 1760-1797, Page 24, Entry 8
Source: LDS Film 1952266
Baptism: 4 Nov 1792 Sankey Chapel, Great Sankey, Lancashire, England
James Higham - Son of Thomas Higham & Hannah
Register: Baptisms 1760-1797, Page 25, Entry 9
Source: LDS Film 1952266
Baptism: 27 Mar 1796 Sankey Chapel, Great Sankey, Lancashire, England
William Higham - Son of Thos. Higham & Hannah
Register: Baptisms 1760-1797, Page 27, Entry 40
Source: LDS Film 1952266
Baptism: 18 Dec 1796 St Stephen, Astley, Lancashire, England
Richard Higham - Son of Thomas Higham & Hannah
Abode: Tyldesley
Register: Baptisms 1760 - 1812, Page 64, Entry 24
Baptism: 11 Mar 1798 Sankey Chapel, Great Sankey, Lancashire, England
Peggy Higham - Daughter of Thomas Higham & Hannah
Register: Baptisms 1798 - 1812, Page 1, Entry 7
Source: LDS Film 1952266
Baptism: 30 Sep 1821 Sankey Chapel, Great Sankey, Lancashire, England
Anne Higham - Daughter of Thomas Higham & Hannah
Abode: Leigh
Occupation: Husband man
Baptised by: Jas. Simpson Curate
Register: Baptisms 1813 - 1833, Page 37, Entry 293
Source: LDS Film 1952266

Hi Ann. Great Sankey is in the borough of Warrington. I do have John's abode as in Croft, and the baptism of two of his children at St. Oswald's in Winwick. Altough I do not know the area, Croft and Winwick are very close together, slightly north of Warrington, but well south of Wigan.Eccles is in Salford, a fair way to the North-East of Warrington. Lowton is an area which features a lot later in my tree and that is close to Croft, Winwick and Kenyon.
I suppose there is a chance that John was not baptised, which is maybe why I can not definitively find his birth and parents. I believe he was illiterate. His son George my 3G G/Father was born in 1801 in Croft.

of those three possibles I posted, are any of the locations near to Warrington?

A special thanks to Reggie for suggesting the lancashire OPC site. Although still no conclusion to my question, I have found a lot of info. con cerning other relatives around the same era. Still working on John Higham. There are a lot of them!

Thanks to all who bothered to reply to my very first thread. Especially Ann Cardiff for her detailed info. Unfortunately I am non the wiser as to who are John Higham's parents. I already had the 3 sets of parents mentioned from parish records. What I am trying to confirm is which one of the 3 parents is the definitve pair. I know there is only one John Higham christened in 1779, which would point to Samuel as his father, but there is an element of doubt in my mind, as most of my ancestors were named either John or George and Samuel would be a deviation from this trend. As it has been some years since I acquired John's details of his birth (1779) it must be Samuel, but I do not wish to go wrong with such an important of my tree.
I was hoping for any member who has John on their tree to confirm his parents for me as I have hit a dead end. I am not confident enough to pick the correct parents from the 3 Ann and myself have found. I definitely believe it be one of the 3. But which one?
Many thanks to you all.

forgot to say, "Welcome to the boards" :-D :-D

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Name: John Higham
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 03 May 1778
Christening Place: GREAT SANKEY,LANCASHIRE,ENGLAND
Father's Name: Thomas Higham
Mother's Name: Hannah
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C03345-1
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 93740

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Name: John Higham
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 16 Jan 1778
Christening Place: Wigan, Lancashire, England
Father's Name: John Higham
Mother's Name: Ellen
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C03399-3
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1469050
Reference ID: item 4

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Name: John Higham
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 09 May 1779
Christening Place: Eccles, Lancashire, England
Father's Name: Samuel Higham
Mother's Name: Betty
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03998-6
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1545487

Name: John Higham
Spouse's Name: Ann Sankey
Event Date: 16 Sep 1800
Event Place: Warrington, Lancashire, England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00797-6
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 1468986