The Higleys and their Ancestry
AN OLD COLONIAL FAMILY
BY
MARY COFFIN JOHNSON
“I HAVE WRITTEN FRANKLY,
GARRULOUSLY, AND AT EASE,
SPEAKING OF WHAT GIVES ME
JOY TO REMEMBER. . . . .
SOMET1MES VERY CAREFULLY OF
WHAT I THINK MAY BE USEFUL
FOR OTHERS 1’O KNOW, AND
PASSING
OVER IN TOTAL
SILENCE THINGS WH1CH I HAVE NO
PLEASURE IN REVIEWING.”
—Praeterita
LIMITED EDITION
NEW YORK
D.APPLETON AND COMPANY
MDCCCXCVI