Ephraim Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Apr 1811 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 2
Baptism:
Death: 19 Jun 1892 - Everett, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ephraim Higgins (1769-1846) 3
Mother: Nancy Rich (1772-1843) 4
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Rich (5 Jan 1814 - 1887)
Marriage: 11 Dec 1833 - Truro, Massachusetts 5
Status:
Children:
1. Rebecca Ellen Higgins (1840- )
2. Mary Abigail Higgins (1835-1919) 6
3. Henry Rich Higgins (1844-After 1920)
4. Minerva Emerson Higgins (1847- )
5. Zoeth Rich Higgins (1850- )
6. Albertina Higgins (1854- )
Notes
General:
1844 mariner, TruroMarriage Notes (Rebecca Rich)
1847 seaman, Truro
1865 Mass. census, Chelsea
Ephraim, 53, pedler
Rebecca, 51
Henry R, 20
Minerva E, 17
Zoeth, 15
Albertina, 11
Ephraim Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Jul 1771 - Eastham, Massachusetts 7
Baptism:
Death: in (Vermont)
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ebenezer Higgins (1731-1818)
Mother: Elizabeth Merrick (1732-1820)
Notes
General:
Ephraim was living at Jamaica, Vermont by 1790. He married Nabby Shepardson and Hope Brimhall. 8
Ephraim Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Aug 1803 - Eastham, Massachusetts 9
Baptism:
Death: 2 Oct 1869 - Brewster, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Elkanah Higgins (1760-1816)
Mother: Elizabeth Berry (Est 1762-1839) 10
Spouses and Children
1. *Deborah Perkins Young (30 May 1809 - 21 Nov 1877) 11
Marriage: 1828 - (Orleans, Massachusetts)
Status:
Children:
1. Orrin Higgins (1830-1910)
2. Betsey F Higgins (1832-1909)
3. Philip Young Higgins (1849- )
Notes
General:
1849 mariner, Eastham
Ephraim Higgins
Sex: M
AKA: Epheram Higgins 12
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Nov 1750 - Eastham, Massachusetts 12
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Isaac Higgins (1708- )
Mother: Abigail Freeman (1715- )
Ephraim Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Feb 1757 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 15 Nov 1759 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Beriah Higgins (1706-After 1774)
Mother: Abigail Higgins (1738-1759)
Ephraim W Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Jan 1875 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Orrin Higgins (1830-1910)
Mother: Eliza J Smith (1834-After 1910)
Ernest Chester Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 May 1880 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 15
Baptism:
Death: 14 Apr 1944
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet 16
Cause of Death:
Events
• residence 14, , Wellfleet, Massachusetts in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Marshall Irving Higgins (1854-1936) 17
Mother: Hope Doane Smith (1855-1929) 18
Spouses and Children
1. *Anna Baker Higgins (16 Oct 1879 - 18 Aug 1965) 19
Marriage: 12 Oct 1904 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 20
Status:
Notes
General:
1904 insurance clerk, WellfleetMarriage Notes (Anna Baker Higgins)
When they were married, both were "of Wellfleet."
Ernest W Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1865 - Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hatsel Higgins (1825-1901)
Mother: Sarah Eldredge Doane (1824-1897)
Ernest Webster Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Oct 1877 - Medford, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: After 1942 - (Everett, Mass.)
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• draft card, , Everett, Massachusetts in Everett, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Webster Higgins (1852-After 1910)
Mother: Eleanor Kinney Youlden (1854-1879) 21
Spouses and Children
1. *Lottie May French (1878 - )
Marriage: 13 Sep 1898 - Somerville, Massachusetts 22
Status:
Erveanna Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Apr 1862
Baptism:
Death: 3 Oct 1863 23
Burial: in Truro Methodist cemetery
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jeremiah Thomas Higgins (1837-1909)
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Lombard (1839- )
Estelle C Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1898
Baptism:
Death: 1974
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Worthen Higgins (1870-1941) 24
Mother: Rebecca Higgins Horton (1875-1929)
Esther Higgins
Sex: F
AKA: Easther Higgins 25
Individual Information
Birth: 7 Feb 1740 - Eastham, Massachusetts 25
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Higgins (1695-Bef 1768)
Mother: Ruth Twining (1699-1793)
Spouses and Children
1. *Samuel Rogers (7 Aug 1740 - 5 Sep 1825) 26
Marriage: 23 Apr 1802 - Orleans, Massachusetts 27
Status:
2. Edmond Higgins (21 Dec 1740 - 15 May 1793) 28
Marriage: 17 Dec 1761 - Eastham, Massachusetts 29
Status:
Children:
1. Captain Josiah Higgins (1762- )
2. Dorcas Higgins (1765-1812)
3. Hannah Higgins (1767- )
4. Rachel Higgins (1770-1832)
5. Jonathan Higgins (1773-1794)
6. Ruth Taylor Higgins (1776-1809)
7. Esther Higgins (1780-1808) 30
Notes
General:
Eastham VR has 2 Esther/Easther Higgins born on the same day, to Moses Higgins and to Joshua Higgins (the mothers are not mentioned). The one to Moses is an error, since it conflicts with a child born 3 months later.
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Esther Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Sep 1806 - (Standish, Maine)
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Prince Higgins (1772-After 1850)
Mother: Selina Higgins (1773-1847)
Esther Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 23 Jul 1780 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Death: 1808 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Edmond Higgins (1740-1793) 28
Mother: Esther Higgins (1740- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Uriah Mayo (6 Mar 1779 - 29 Sep 1815)
Marriage: 22 Mar 1801 - Orleans, Massachusetts 32
Status:
Children:
1. Samuel Mayo (1801- )
2. Benson Mayo (1803- )
3. Ira Mayo (1805-1879)
Esther Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Sep 1741 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Reuben Higgins (1709-Bef 1749)
Mother: Hannah Cole (1715-1750)
Esther Higgins
Sex: F
AKA: Easther Higgins 33
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Feb 1704 - Eastham, Massachusetts 34
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Richard Higgins (1664-1732) 35
Mother: Sarah Hamblin (1671-After 1743) 36
Spouses and Children
1. *Stephen Totman (4 Mar 1711 - )
Marriage: 15 Jan 1734 - Eastham, Massachusetts 33
Status:
Children:
1. John Totman (1735- )
2. Stephen Totman (1737- ) 33
Ethel Florence Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Aug 1887 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 38
Baptism:
Death: 7 Apr 1888 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 37
Burial:
Cause of Death: congestion of lungs 37
Events
• Alt Birth
Parents
Father: Justus Higgins (1855-1932)
Mother: Emma Smith Pierce (1857- ) 39
Ethel G Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Aug 1878 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 40
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Aaron Snow Higgins (1843-After 1921) 41
Mother: Jennie McIntosh (1844-After 1922) 42
Eugene W Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Aug 1856 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 43
Baptism:
Death: 7 May 1890 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Rufus Higgins (1830-1909) 44
Mother: Sally Eaton Wiley (1831-1893) 45
Eugene Weston Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 24 May 1870 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 46
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Aaron Snow Higgins (1843-After 1921) 41
Mother: Jennie McIntosh (1844-After 1922) 42
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1. 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.), p 255. This is a major source, which seems accurate.
2. 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.), p 255. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:64.
3. 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.), 254. .... 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 657b. Enoch & Eliza Higgins family. .... 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.), p 254.
4. 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 657b. Enoch & Eliza Higgins family. .... 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.), p 254.
5. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 270.
6. 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), row 39, lot 143. Jeremiah N. Snow & Mary A. Higgins family.
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11. 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.), p 244. .... 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), 150.
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19. 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 378. C.F. Higgins & Abbie R. Baker family.
20. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1904, p 52. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Marriages 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 54.
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40. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 24.
41. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:143. The children of Philip and Mercy Higgins. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 1.
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44. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:121. the children of John K. and Ruth Higgins.
45. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:160. Solomon & Betsey Wiley family.
46. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 15.