Edward was born 14 October 1804, the son of Edward Huggins and Esther Bowerbank, in Lamonby, Skelton Parish, Cumberland County. He married Elizabeth Routledge on 7 October 1826, at Castle Sowerby, Cumberland County.

It appears that Edward and Elizabeth emigrated to Canada to join other family members after the death of Edward's mother, Esther, bringing his father, Edward with them. He purchased the N 1/4 (50 acres) of Lot 23 Concession 5 in Whitby Township in 1837, from a Joseph Wilkinson. In the 1851 census, Edward is recorded as living on Concession 5 Lot 1 of Whitby Township. Shortly thereafter, he seems to have left the area, and by the 1861 census has taken up residence at Concession  7 Lot  2  in  West  Zorra,  Oxford 

 

County. In the 1862-63 Oxford County Gazetteer, Edward, Thomas R. and William Huggins are all listed on Concession 4 Lot 10. Edward retired to the Village of Embro and was located there with his wife in both the 1871 and 1881 census. By 1891 they have returned to the farm to live with Thomas and his family where he remained the rest of his life. In the "Woodstock Sentinel Review" it was noted in his obituary that he always took an active part in municipal affairs and in the agricultural society, was president of the gravel road company and a consistent member of the Methodist Church.

Thomas died 23 August 1891 at West Zorra, Ontario.