Sixth Generation

253. Rebecca Jane HIGGINBOTHAM¹⁰⁷ was born on 16 January 1850 in Blount County, Alabama.¹⁰⁶

Rebecca was age 2/12 in the 1850 Cenus.

Rebecca Jane HIGGINBOTHAM and Robert Green HADEN were married on 24 February 1869 in Blount County, Alabama.¹¹⁹ Robert Green HADEN^123,124, son of George Sossaman HADEN and Rachel MCLEOD?, was born in 1845 in Jefferson County, Alabama.^125,126

1870 Census. Blount Co, AL, Hh 364
R. G. Hayden, age 24, farmer, b. AL
Jennie, age 19, housekeeping
Lou Higginbotham, age 15 [female]
Leod Moore, age 15, Black
J. T. Headen, age 7 months, male [apparently Robert & Jennie's child]
Hh 365 - William Higginbotham, age 22, b. AL

1880 Census gives Robert's father born in Georgia. His brother-in-law William Higginbotham and his three children were living with them. Although this Haden family has been linked to Anthony Haden of Goochland, the assumption is incorrect. Robert Green's father, George S. Haden/Hayden, came to Alabama by way of Georgia. He was apparently not related to the family of Anthony Haden of Goochland.

Rebecca Jane HIGGINBOTHAM and Robert Green HADEN had the following children: