Benjamin Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 29 Nov 1743 - Eastham, Massachusetts 2
Baptism:
Death: Bef 1804 - Hampden, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin Higgins (1716-1777)
Mother: Hannah Higgins (Abt 1720-Bef 1774)
Spouses and Children
1. *Jerusha Newcomb (24 Jul 1751 - 30 Jan 1831)
Marriage: 9 Feb 1775 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Status:
Notes
General:
His service in the Revolution appears as follows: Benjamin Higgins of Wellfleet was a private in Capt. Winslow Lewis Co. pay abstracted for mileage to and from camp at Cambridge date January 13, 1776; mileage (218) allowed said Higgins. 3Marriage Notes (Jerusha Newcomb)
Children
Hannah Higgins b: 14 Dec 1775
Eunice Higgins b: 16 Apr 1778
William Higgins b: 14 Aug 1780
Nancy Higgins b: 14 Mar 1783
Sarah Higgins b: 2 Jun 1786
Jerusha Higgins b: 15 Feb 1787
Benjamin Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 11 Aug 1777 - Eastham, Massachusetts 4
Baptism:
Death: 19 Sep 1779 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Lot Higgins (1746-1820) 2
Mother: Zerviah Linnell (1754-1786)
Benjamin Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Apr 1701 - Eastham, Massachusetts 5
Baptism:
Death: Bef Mar 1760 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Isaac Higgins (1672-1760) 6
Mother: Lydia Collins (1676- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Mayo (14 Jan 1703 - After 1765)
Marriage: 8 Sep 1726 - Eastham, Massachusetts 7
Status:
Children:
1. Phebe Higgins (1727- ) 7
2. Sarah Higgins (1730- ) 7
3. Hannah Higgins (1732- ) 7
4. Rebecca Higgins (1734- ) 7
5. Elkanah Higgins (1737-1762)
6. Benjamin Higgins (1739- ) 2
7. Lydia Higgins (1742- ) 2
8. Marcy Higgins (1745- ) 2
Benjamin Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Feb 1780 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 8
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Deacon Jonathan Higgins (1734-1821) 9
Mother: Bethiah Snow (1749-1783) 10
Notes
General:
probably died as an infant
Benjamin Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Feb 1732 - Eastham, Massachusetts 11
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Higgins (1704-1789) 12
Mother: Abigail Paine (1707-1742) 12
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Mayo (8 Nov 1724 - )
Marriage: 21 Aug 1766 - Eastham, Massachusetts 13
Status:
Benjamin Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 11 Dec 1739 - Eastham, Massachusetts 2
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin Higgins (1701-Bef 1760)
Mother: Sarah Mayo (1703-After 1765)
Benjamin Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1852 - South Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin R Higgins (1827-1911)
Mother: Clarissa (1832- )
Benjamin Eben Higgins
Sex: M
AKA: Bennie Higgins
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Oct 1861 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 15
Baptism:
Death: 29 Apr 1863 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 16
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: diphtheria
Parents
Father: Clement Meserve Higgins (1825-1887) 17
Mother: Dorcas Lombard Collins (1827-1904) 18
Notes
Medical:
age 1-6-3
Benjamin E Higgins
s/o Clement & Dorcas
b Wellfleet
[A diphtheria epidemic killed several Wellfleet children in 1863.] 16
Benjamin Franklin Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Sep 1834 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 20
Baptism:
Death: 25 Feb 1855 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 21
Burial: in Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: fever
Parents
Father: Elnathan Higgins (1793-1864) 22
Mother: Thankful Swett (1798-1886) 23
Notes
Medical:
age 20-5
married (?)
mariner
b Wellfleet
father Elnathan 24
Benjamin Franklin Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Aug 1847 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin Higgins (1801-1880) 25
Mother: Hannah Higgins (1806-1872) 26
Spouses and Children
1. *Amelia R Johnson (Est 1850 - )
Marriage: 18 Oct 1879
Status:
Colonel Benjamin Lucius Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 14 Oct 1826 - Brewster, Massachusetts 27
Baptism:
Death: 26 Nov 1891 - Syracuse, New York
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel Higgins (1786-1866)
Mother: Sarah Mayo (1787-1866)
Notes
General:
"Col. Benjamin L. Higgins, a resident of Syracuse since 1867, a veteran of the Civil War and one of the survivors of the great powder explosion of August 20, 1841, died at his home in Syracuse, N.Y., Thursday morning week. Col. Higgins was born in Brewster, October 14, 1826, and in 1837 he removed with his parents to Syracuse. His fathaer was Samuel Higgins. His parents died there in 1866. Col. Higgins leaves one brother, Alfred Higgins, agent of the American Express company in Syracuse, and one sister, Mrs. S.M. Gifford." - Barntsbale Patriot, 1 Dec 1891, p2
Benjamin Merriam Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Jul 1839 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 28
Baptism:
Death: 19 Jun 1840 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 28
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Justus Higgins (1812-1890)
Mother: Lois Hawes Hickman (1812-1895) 29
Benjamin R Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Sep 1827 - East Orleans, Massachusetts 30
Baptism:
Death: 30 Apr 1911 - East Orleans, Massachusetts
Burial: in Orleans, Massachusetts 31
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth, , (Orleans, Massachusetts) in (Orleans, Massachusetts)
Parents
Father: Benjamin Higgins (1800- ) 32
Mother: Tamzin Rogers (1805-1888)
Spouses and Children
1. *Azubah S Nickerson (17 May 1832 - 21 Mar 1931) 33
Marriage: 20 Jan 1850 - Orleans, Massachusetts 34
Status:
2. Clarissa (1832 - )
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Benjamin Higgins (1852- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Azubah S Nickerson)
" Benjamin Higgins, son of Benjamin and Tamesin (Rogers) Higgins, grandson of Moses Higgins, and great-grandson of Elnathan Higgins, was born in 1827, and has worked at the shoemaker's trade since 1847. He married Azubah S., daughter of Dean S. Nickerson." 35Marriage Notes (Clarissa)
1860 US census, South Orleans
building 1296, household 1435
Benjamin R? Higgins, 32, mariner, $200
Clarissa Higgins, 28
Benjamin Higgins, 8
Benjamin Warren Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Jul 1828 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 36
Baptism:
Death: 24 Mar 1894 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 37
Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: uremia
Parents
Father: Philip Higgins (1799-1883) 38
Mother: Mercy Cole Snow (1807-1898) 39
Spouses and Children
1. *Anna Atwood Mayo (27 Feb 1831 - 28 Sep 1909) 40
Marriage: 11 Dec 1851 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 41
Status:
Children:
1. Jesse S Higgins (1858-1858) 42
2. Alma A Higgins (1860-1873)
Notes
General:
occupationMedical:
1858 mariner 43
age 65-8-16
mariner 44
Beriah Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Apr 1727 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 45
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Beriah Higgins (1692- )
Mother: Desire Cook (1694- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Thankful Barnes (Est 1730 - )
Marriage: 17 Aug 1749 - Middletown, Connecticut 46
Status:
Children:
1. Timothy Higgins (1750-1751) 46
2. Timothy Higgins (1752- )
3. Thankfull Higgins (1754- )
4. Desire Higgins (1756- )
5. Elizabeth Higgins (1758- )
6. Solomon Higgins (1761- )
7. Rebeckah Higgins (1763- )
8. Sarah Higgins (1765- )
9. Mary Higgins (1767-1770) 46
10. Hannah Higgins (1770- )
11. Nathaniel Higgins (1772- )
Beriah Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Sep 1832 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 47
Baptism:
Death: 20 Mar 1872 - Somerville, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death: consumption
Parents
Father: Isaac Higgins (1784-1860) 48
Mother: Mehitable Gill (1790-1861) 49
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary A Whitaker (1837 - )
Marriage: 24 Apr 1856 - Boston, Massachusetts
Status:
2. Charlotte Weber (1831 - )
Marriage: 19 May 1867 - Charlestown, Massachusetts
Status:
Notes
General:
1855 res West Roxbury
1856 carpenter, Boston
1867 carpenter, Charlestown
1872 carpenter, Somerville
Beriah Higgins
Sex: M
AKA: Beriah Higgens
Individual Information
Birth: 29 Sep 1661 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony 50
Baptism:
Death: 14 Oct 1750
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jonathan Higgins (1637-After 1721)
Mother: Elizabeth Rogers (1639-Between 1677/1679)
Notes
General:
"It is possible that Beriah Higgins went afterward to Kittery, Maine, as aone Beriah Higgins witnessed a deed for Gabriel Teherly, April 18, 1695. (York Co. Deeds, Book 6, p. 38) No indication that Beriah Higgins had a wife, family or descendants has been found." - KC Higgins, 1918
The death date is unreferenced. 51
Beriah Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1692 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joseph Higgins (1666-1729)
Mother: Ruth (Est 1669- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Desire Cook (14 Jun 1694 - )
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Thankful Higgins (1717- )
2. Jemima Higgins (1719- )
3. Desire Higgins (1724- )
4. Debrew Higgins (1725- ) 52
5. Beriah Higgins (1727- ) 45
6. Phebe Higgins (1736- ) 53
Beriah Higgins
Sex: M
AKA: Briah Higgins 54
Individual Information
Birth: 15 Jan 1706 - Eastham, Massachusetts 55
Baptism:
Death: After 1774 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Elisha Higgins (1677-1750)
Mother: Jane Collins (1684- ) 56
Spouses and Children
1. *Jemima Witherell (Cir 1710 - 5 Sep 1754) 57
Marriage: 1 Jun 1730 - Eastham, Massachusetts 58
Status:
Children:
1. Beriah Higgins (1731-Bef 1759)
2. Marcy Higgins (1733- ) 54
3. Jemima Higgins (1735-1736) 54
4. Joseph Higgins (1737- ) 54
5. Jemima Higgins (1738-1817)
6. Anna Higgins (1740- ) 54
7. John Higgins (1742- ) 54
8. Lot Higgins (1745-1746) 54
9. Lot Higgins (1747-1765) 54
10. Jane Higgins (1748- ) 54
11. Rachel Higgins (1750-1818) 54
2. Abigail Higgins (27 Nov 1738 - 5 Nov 1759)
Marriage: 15 Oct 1755 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Ephraim Higgins (1757-1759) 54
2. Captain Beriah Higgins (1759-1829) 59
Notes
General:
Married 2 Abigail Higgins?
Beriah Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Mar 1799 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 60
Baptism:
Death: 24 Mar 1816 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 60
Burial: in Bridge Road cemetery, Eastham
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Beriah Higgins (1759-1829) 59
Mother: Abigail Higgins (1758-1819) 59
Notes
General:
stone:
In memory of
Beriah Higgins Jr
died March 24th
1816 in his 18 year.
"The gravestone displays an urn and willow." 61
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