Atkins Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Aug 1835 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 27 Oct 1915
Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
Cause of Death:
Events
• Military 1
Parents
Father: Andrew Walker Higgins (1806-1872)
Mother: Rebecca R Atkins (1806-1836)
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Althea Ann Kershaw
Married: 23 Nov 1868
Children
Athelia Olive Higgins b: 26 Sep 1870
Stella Atkins Higgins b: 19 Jun 1872
Walter Gibson Higgins b: 12 Dec 1875
Arthur Walker Higgins b: 19 Jul 1877
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Augustus E Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Aug 1864 - Orleans, Massachusetts 2
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jabez Bradford Higgins (1831-1904)
Mother: Melissa Snow (1834-1915) 3
Augustus Everett Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Oct 1839 - Orleans, Massachusetts 5
Baptism:
Death: 23 Apr 1876 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 6
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hanson Robeson Higgins (1816-1896) 7
Mother: Louisianna C Mayo (1817-1878) 7
Spouses and Children
1. *Emeline F Rogers (14 Oct 1842 - 19 Jul 1909) 8
Marriage: 15 Nov 1861 - Orleans, Massachusetts 2
Status:
Children:
1. Everett Elliott Higgins (1862-1934)
2. Winnie S Higgins (1864- )
Notes
General:
Augustus lived in Orleans, and was a mariner. 9
Aurelia Winslow Higgins
Sex: F
AKA: Amelia W Higgins 10
Individual Information
Birth: 15 May 1869 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: After 1934
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth 11, , Brewster, Massachusetts in Brewster, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Asa Higgins (1841-1897) 1
Mother: Eunice Hattie Robbins (1841-1929) 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Nelson E Dyer (16 Aug 1859 - 22 Mar 1934) 12
Marriage: 17 Jun 1891 - Eastham, Massachusetts 13
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Nelson E Dyer)
Occupation: 1891 Teamster
Note:
1900 Census, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Ma
Dyer, Nelson E, Head, Aug 1858, 41, m8, Ma, Teamster
Dyer, Aurelia, wife, May 1869, 31, m8, (ch. 0-0), Ma
1910 Census, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Ma
Dyer, Nelson, E, Head, 50, M1 18, Ma, Teamster
Aurelia W, wife, 40, M1 18, (ch. 0-0), Ma
Hattie E, Adopted dau, 2, S, Ma
1920 Census, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Ma
Dyer Nelson E, Head, 60, Ma, Teamster
Aurelia W, wife, 50, Ma
Hattie E, dau, 12, S, Ma 12
Austin M Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1867 - Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Henry Mayo Higgins (1832-1902) 14
Mother: Peryntha D Witherell (1838-After 1910) 15
Spouses and Children
1. *Josephine (1869 - )
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Josephine)
1910 US census, Hyde Park Ma
Azubah Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1770 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Gideon Higgins (1738-1816) 17
Mother: Ruth Burgess (1742- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Nathaniel Paine (4 Jul 1768 - ) 18
Marriage: 18 Nov 1790 - Eastham, Massachusetts 19
Status:
Azubah Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Jan 1745 - Eastham, Massachusetts 20
Baptism:
Death: Bef Mar 1768 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Moses Higgins (1711-1798)
Mother: Elizabeth Arey (1716-1792)
Spouses and Children
1. *Philip Young (5 Mar 1744 - 2 Nov 1815) 21
Marriage: 22 Mar 1764 - Eastham, Massachusetts 22
Status:
Children:
1. Ruth Young (1765- ) 22
Captain Barnabas Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Dec 1797 - Orleans, Massachusetts 23
Baptism:
Death: 20 Jul 1825 - Lost At Sea 24
Burial: in Congregational & Soldiers cemetery, Eastham
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Zaccheus Higgins (1761-1816)
Mother: Hannah Twining (1766-1845) 25
Spouses and Children
1. *Dorcas Higgins (30 Sep 1799 - 14 Aug 1837)
Marriage: 4 Oct 1821 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Barnabas Nathaniel Green Higgins (1824-1846)
Captain Barnabas Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Jan 1783 - Gorham, Maine
Baptism:
Death: 16 Feb 1816 - Gorham, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Joseph Higgins (1749-1804) 27
Mother: Mercy Cook (1755-1843)
Notes
General:
"Capt. Barnabas Higgins commanded one of the Gorham companies that were called out for the defence of Portland in 1814."
Marriage 1 Ellen Cannel 26
Barnabas Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Nov 1774
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Barnabus Higgins (1745-Abt 1819)
Mother: Abigail Atwood (1743- )
Barnabas Atwood Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Sep 1812 - Starks, Maine
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Aaron Higgins (1786-1849)
Mother: Apphia Gill (Est 1790-1842)
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Ann G. Frederick b: 24 Nov 1812
Married: 25 Jan 1835
Barnabas Nathaniel Green Higgins
Sex: M
AKA: Barnabas Nathaniel Green Higgins
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Nov 1824 - Orleans, Massachusetts 28
Baptism:
Death: Mar 1846 - Lost At Sea
Burial: in Congregational & Soldiers cemetery, Eastham 1
Cause of Death: drowned
Events
• Alt Birth, , Eastham, Massachusetts in Eastham, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Captain Barnabas Higgins (1797-1825)
Mother: Dorcas Higgins (1799-1837)
Notes
General:
The schooner Spartel was lost about 16 Feb 1846, on a voyage to Norfolk Va, with all hands:Medical:
Jesse Freeman, 35, master
Charles Smith, 36 [40]
Barnabus Higgind, 21
Zephaniah Higgins, 20
Josiah Higgins, 16 (same storm, but possibly another vessel)
29
age 21-4
single
mariner
b Eastham
s/o Barnabas & Phebe Higgins [Barnabas & Dorcas Higgins on gravestone] 30
Barnabas Paine Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Aug 1768 - Truro, Massachusetts 31
Baptism:
Death: 8 Sep 1800 - Truro, Massachusetts 32
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jedidiah Higgins (1733-1817)
Mother: Phebe Paine (1738-1793)
Spouses and Children
1. *Martha Hatch (1770 - 16 Jul 1854) 33
Marriage: 10 Jun 1793 - Truro, Massachusetts 34
Status:
Children:
1. Phebe Higgins (1795-1820)
2. Captain Thomas Higgins (1799-1847) 35
Barnabus Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Oct 1827 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 36
Baptism:
Death: 14 Aug 1829 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 37
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Thomas Higgins (1799-1847) 35
Mother: Abigail Freeman Atwood (1798-1853) 35
Barnabus Higgins
Sex: M
AKA: Barnabas Higgins 38
Individual Information
Birth: Oct 1722 - Eastham, Massachusetts 38
Baptism:
Death: 18 Aug 1799 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 39
Burial: in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Elisha Higgins (1677-1750)
Mother: Jane Collins (1684- ) 40
Spouses and Children
1. *Abigail Paine (12 Mar 1721 - Oct 1791)
Marriage: 2 Mar 1749 - Truro, Massachusetts 41
Status:
Children:
1. Daniel Higgins (1751-Bef 1790)
2. Higgins (1755-1755) 42
3. Higgins (1756-1756) 42
4. Captain Philip Higgins (1758-1804)
5. Mary Higgins (1760-1820)
2. Mary Smith (14 Jul 1723 - Abt 1749)
Marriage: 3 Mar 1742 - Truro, Massachusetts 43
Status:
Children:
1. Jane Higgins (1744-1744) 42
2. Barnabus Higgins (1745-Abt 1819)
3. Elisha Higgins (1748-Abt 1773)
3. Hannah (Lewis) (Est 1726 - )
Marriage: 1791 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Status:
Barnabus Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Nov 1745 - Truro, Massachusetts 42
Baptism:
Death: Abt 1819 - Castine, Maine
Burial: in Great Spruce Head Island Cemetery
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Barnabus Higgins (1722-1799)
Mother: Mary Smith (1723-Abt 1749)
Spouses and Children
1. *Abigail Atwood (12 Apr 1743 - )
Marriage: 3 Nov 1768 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 44
Status:
Children:
1. Deborah Higgins (1771-1839)
2. Barnabas Higgins (1774- )
3. Abigail Higgins (1774- )
4. Martha Atwood Higgins (1786- )
Barnabus C Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Jun 1847 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 19 Jan 1919 - Boston, Massachusetts 45
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Obituary, , Barnstable Patriot in Barnstable Patriot
"Barnabas C Higgins, 70 years of age, for several years cashier at the Adams house and known in Boston in former days as an oyster dealer and restaurant keepr on Court street. died at his home in Boston on Suday week. Mr. Higgins was born in Wellfleet and went to Boston in 1868 and entered the employ of his cousin, R.R. Higgins, oyster dealer and restaurant keeper on Court street. About fourteen years later he bought out his cousin's interest, and later for ten years he carried on the business himself. In 1892 he sold out, but remained with the firm for a year as manager. He is survived by a wife."
Parents
Father: Deacon Thomas Higgins (1797-1867) 46
Mother: Thankful Holbrook (1801-1846) 47
Spouses and Children
1. *Lydia S Hopps (Oct 1850 - After 1919)
Marriage: 13 May 1872 - Boston, Massachusetts
Status:
Notes
General:
1880 clerk in oyster saloon, BostonMarriage Notes (Lydia S Hopps)
1900 restaurant, Boston
1880, 1900, 1910 US census, Boston
Barnabus Cole Higgins
Sex: M
AKA: Barna Cole Higgins
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Sep 1830 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 48
Baptism:
Death: 23 May 1842 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 49
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet 50
Cause of Death: croup 51
Parents
Father: Deacon Thomas Higgins (1797-1867) 46
Mother: Thankful Holbrook (1801-1846) 47
Bartlett Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Jan 1808 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
Baptism:
Death: 18 Dec 1849 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 52
Burial:
Cause of Death: consumption
Parents
Father: Benjamin Higgins (1767-1853)
Mother: Mercy Walker (1771-1816) 53
Spouses and Children
1. *Lucy Higgins (8 Oct 1813 - 6 Jan 1862) 54
Marriage: 17 Jun 1833 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 55
Status:
Children:
1. Sarah Ann Higgins (1834-1860) 56
2. John Grey Higgins (1836-Cir 1905) 57
Notes
Medical:
age 41
shoemaker
Bartlett Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Nov 1851 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 58
Baptism:
Death: 21 Apr 1920 - Melrose, Massachusetts 59
Burial: 26 Apr 1920 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 59
Cause of Death: cerebral embolism
Parents
Father: Justus Higgins (1812-1890)
Mother: Lois Hawes Hickman (1812-1895) 60
Notes
Medical:
age 68-4-25 59
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3. births and marriages 1740-1841, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs), files H01_02a - H01_02g), 216.
4. Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 383. This is a major source, which seems accurate.
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14. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:121. the children of John K. and Ruth Higgins.
15. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:170. The children of Philander and Tabitha Withrell.
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annotated marriage records, 1772-1828 (Mayflower Descendant 46:109-120, 47:21-26, 47:111-116, 48:49-58, 48:141-148), 47:23.
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29. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1843-1859 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 76. frequently differ from other records
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44. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:523. Marriages.
45. Barnstable Patriot (Barnstable, Mass [archives 1830-1930 online at Sturgis Library, Barnstable]), 27 jan 1919.
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54. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:98. Samuel and Lucy Higgins family.
55. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:587. Marriages.
56. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 112. Alfred S. Freeman families. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:164. The children of Bartlett and Lucy Higgins.
57. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:164. The children of Bartlett and Lucy Higgins.
58. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 31.
59. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1920.
60. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:94. Jonathan & Abigail Hickman family.