VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY
during Berkeley's absence in England, 1G61
and 1662. They were sons of Sir Richard
Morrison, M. P., of Tooley Park, Leicester-
shire, who had served long in the English
army and was made lieutenant-general of
ordnance. They were also brothers-in-law of
L.ucius Gary, Lord Falkland. Our subject,
Maj. Richard Morrison, was appointed com-
mander of the fort at Point Comfort in 1638
and in Feb., 1641, was appointed member of
the council in the place of Roger Wingate, de-
ceased. Maj. ^Morrison's death occurred in or
prior to 1656, as in that year Mrs. Winifred
Morrison is mentioned as his widow.
Higginson, Humphrey, born in 1607, sail- ed from London for A'irginia in the ship "George," in 1635. On Feb. 6, 1637-38, as "Humphrey Higginson, Gentleman," he re- ceived a grant of 700 acres of land called "Tuttey's Neck," adjoining Harop, now Wil- liamsburg, and lying on a branch of Archer's Mope Creek, "that partieth this land from Kingsmell's neck," said land being granted to Elizabeth, "his now wife," by order of the court dated October 4, 1637. Tuttey's Neck is still a well known place near Williamsburg, Virginia, and lies back of the "Kingsmill" estate. On Oct. 18, 1642, "Captain Humphrey Higginson, Esq.," received another grant of 320 acres adjoining Tuttey's Neck. Higgin- son's first official position of which there is any record was that of tobacco inspector in the section of James City county lying between the east side of Archer's Hope and Waram's ponds. On Aug. 9, 1641, he was appointed by the King a member of the council, and was present at the meetings held March, 1642-43, Oct., 1644, and Feb., 1644-45. O" April 30, 1652, the burgesses elected him a member of the council, and he was present March 31,
1654-55, but he must have gone to England
soon after, for in Dec, 1656, the house of
burgesses made the following order : "Whereas
Thos. Loving, high sheritt of James City
County, by Petition Requested the Opinion of
this house whether Coll. Higginson, having
been so long absent out of the Country, should
enjoy the Privilege of Counsellor by exempt-
ing certain persons out of the Levies, it is
Resolved that in Respect of his long absence,
he being upon no public employment, shall not
have any Persons Belonging to him exempted."
Besides the grants of land given above. Col.
Higginson had two others, a partnership with
Abraham Moone for 2,000 acres on the south
side of the Potomac, Sept. 20, 1654, and one
ot "Colonel Humphrey Higginson, of the
Council of State, and his son Thomas Hig-
ginson," for 800 acres on the south side of
Pianketank, in Gloucester county, Sept. 20,
1654. The son probably died within a few
years, for he is not mentioned in his father's
will. Col. Higginson died at Ratcliffe, in
Stepney parish, London, in 1665-1660. He
left a brother, Capt. Christopher Higginson,
\'irginia, who has numerous descendants. See
\\'illiam and Mary Quarterly \\ p. 186.
Pawlett or Paulett, Thomas, was born about 1585. In Aug., 161 8, he came in the ship "Neptune" to Virginia, where he settled in the present Charles City county, and was a member of the first house of burgesses, assem- bled July 30, 1619. In 1623 he was living at "\\'est Shirley Hundred." He was appointed a commissioner (justice) for Charles City and Henrico counties in Feb., 1631-32, and was a member of the house of burgesses for Westover and Flower de Hundred in Febru- ary of the }ear following, and again for Charles City in Jan., 1639. He was commis-
