The Sacred Cod - individuals


picture Experience Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 20 Sep 1777 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 8 Sep 1865
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Timothy Higgins (1749-      )
         Mother: Reliance Yates (1751-1825)

Spouses and Children
1. *Seth Higgins (28 Aug 1776 - 25 Dec 1804)
       Marriage: Est 1800
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. John Higgins (1803-1885) 1
                2. Seth Higgins (1805-      ) 1

2. Daniel Lowell (5 Aug 1776 - 30 Mar 1828) 1 
       Marriage: 7 Jul 1814 - Maine 1
         Status: 


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Experience Higgins

      Sex: F
AKA: Experience Brown
Individual Information
          Birth: 23 Mar 1724 - Eastham, Massachusetts 2
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Ebenezer Higgins (1701-1779) 3
         Mother: Abigail Cole (Est 1704-Bef 1771) 4

Spouses and Children
1. *David Brown (Est 1720 -       )
       Marriage: 11 May 1749 - Eastham, Massachusetts 5
         Status: 


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Experience Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 31 Jan 1714 - Eastham, Massachusetts 6
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Benjamin Higgins (1681-1777)
         Mother: Sarah Freeman (1684-1744)

Spouses and Children
1. *Israel Coombs (31 Mar 1708 -       )
       Marriage: 1734
         Status: 

Notes
General:
Apparently the Experience who married Israel Coombs.

picture Experience Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 1699 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 21 Jul 1777 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Jonathan Higgins (1664-Between 1753/1754)
         Mother: Lydia Sparrow (1660-1708)

Spouses and Children
1. *John Crowell (21 Oct 1695 - 1778)
       Marriage: 3 Mar 1720 - Eastham, Massachusetts 7
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. John Crowell (1721-      )
                2. Ruth Crowell (1722-      )
                3. Joshua Crowell (1723-      )
                4. Jasher Crowell (1724-1778)
                5. Abner Crowell (1726-1799)
                6. Shubael Crowell (1728-      )
                7. Thomas Crowell (1731-      )
                8. Jedediah Crowell (1734-      )
                9. Jean Crowell (1736-      )


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Ezekiel Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 24 Jun 1827 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 9
        Baptism: 
          Death: 28 Mar 1846 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: consumption 10


Parents
         Father: Ezekiel Higgins (1788-1861)
         Mother: Jemima Atwood (1786-1855)

Notes
General:
"Ezekiel, son of Ezekiel & Jemima Higgins, died Mar. 28, 1846 in the 19th year of his age.
'\Twas meet that he should early die
'Twas Heaven's decree, twas God's command
Though darkness shroud our mortal eye
We know it was our father's hand.' " 11
Medical:
age 18-9
single
mariner
s/o Ezekiel & Jemima Higgins

picture Ezekiel Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 22 Jun 1816 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 9
        Baptism: 
          Death: 28 Dec 1818 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 9
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Ezekiel Higgins (1788-1861)
         Mother: Jemima Atwood (1786-1855)


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Ezekiel Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 10 Sep 1788 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 12
        Baptism: 
          Death: 5 Jul 1861 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 13
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: dropsy 14


Parents
         Father: Deacon Jonathan Higgins (1734-1821) 15
         Mother: Eunice Horton (Cir 1755-1819) 16

Spouses and Children
1. *Jemima Atwood (6 Apr 1786 - 1 Oct 1855)
       Marriage: 20 Feb 1811 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 17
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Lucy Higgins (1812-1812) 9
                2. Higgins (1813-1813) 9
                3. Ezekiel Higgins (1816-1818) 9
                4. Betsey Higgins (1820-1825) 8
                5. Hannah Horton Higgins (1823-1861) 9
                6. Ezekiel Higgins (1827-1846) 8
                7. Nathaniel Coombs Higgins (1832-1873)

2. Jerusha K Collins (29 Nov 1803 - 11 Mar 1867)
       Marriage: 24 Apr 1856 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Status: 

Notes
General:
1850, 1856 blacksmith, Wellfleet
Medical:
age 72-10-25
married
blacksmith
parents Jonathan & Eunice

picture Captain Ezra Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 17 Jun 1808 - Orleans, Massachusetts 19
        Baptism: 
          Death: 13 Oct 1884 - (Hingham, Massachusetts)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Sylvanus Higgins (1783-1850) 18
         Mother: Sally Linnell (1782-1851)

Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Seymour (Est 1811 -       )
       Marriage: 4 Dec 1834
         Status: 


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Ezra Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 1 Jul 1788 - Eastham, Massachusetts 20
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Eliakim Higgins (1764-1839) 21
         Mother: Sarah Higgins (1769-1842) 22


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Faith Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: Est 1730 - England
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1753 - England
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Spouses and Children
1. *William Lee (24 Feb 1728 - May 1795) 23 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. William Lee (1753-1834) 23


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Fannie Blanchard Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 9 Nov 1862 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 24
        Baptism: 
          Death: 30 Jul 1916 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 25
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet 26
 Cause of Death: hyperphoma 25

Events
• Alt Birth, , Wellfleet, Massachusetts in Wellfleet, Massachusetts


Parents
         Father: Captain Thomas Allen Higgins (1820-1883) 27
         Mother: Sarah Foster Higgins (1822-1901) 28

Spouses and Children
1. *Nehemiah Somes Hopkins M.D. (11 Oct 1860 - 21 Apr 1953) 29 
       Marriage: 21 Oct 1885 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Paul Stanley Hopkins (1887-1969)
                2. Howard Waterman Hopkins (1889-1889) 30
                3. Ralph Harrison Hopkins M.D. (1891-1956) 29
                4. Helen Terry Hopkins (1897-1964) 29

Notes
General:
Barnstable Patriot obit, 14 Aug 1916, p4
Medical:
age 53-8-11
"hyperphoma" does not appear in dictionaries
Marriage Notes (Nehemiah Somes Hopkins M.D.)
Barnstable Patriot 1 Aug 1893, p1
Wellfleet
"Dr. and Mrs. Nehemiah H. Hopkins, returned missionaries of the M.E. church from Tsun Hua, China, where they have been located for the past eight years, were tendered a reception Thursday evening by the M.E. church and society. Over two hundred of the society and invited guests were present, seats on the platform being occupied by Dr. and Mrs. Nehemiah H. Hopkins, Mr and Mrs. Thomas Hopkins, Mrs. Thomas A Higgins, Sr., Miss Lizzie A Higgins, Rev. H.A. Hanniford, Mrs. Samuel Hopkins, Misses Myra and Florence Hopkins."

picture Fannie W Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 1821 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Oct 1899 - Orleans, Massachusetts 31
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 32
 Cause of Death: marasmus


Parents
         Father: Joshua Higgins (1795-      ) 33
         Mother: Sylvia Knowles (1800-1879)

Spouses and Children
1. *Edwin Smith (9 Oct 1816 - 6 Jan 1892) 34 
       Marriage: 1840 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Betsey T Smith (1841-1909)
                2. Fannie M Smith (1844-1904)
                3. Maria D Smith (1848-1850) 35
                4. Harriet B Smith (1850-1927)

Notes
Medical:
age 78
Fannie W (Higgins) Smith
widow of Edwin Smith
no occupation
b, res, d, bur Orleans
d/o Joshua Higgins b Orleans and Sylvia Knowles b Eastham

picture Fanny Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 16 Aug 1834 - Orleans, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 11 Dec 1834 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Captain Robert Higgins (1803-1857) 37
         Mother: Eliza Wormley Snow (1804-1874) 38


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Fanny Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 12 May 1817 - Brewster, Massachusetts 39
        Baptism: 
          Death: 20 Mar 1832 - Brewster, Massachusetts 40
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Abner Higgins (1795-1859)
         Mother: Reliance Allen (1797-1850)


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Fanny H Higgins

      Sex: F
AKA: Fannie L Higgins
Individual Information
          Birth: 14 Nov 1835 - Orleans, Massachusetts 42
        Baptism: 
          Death: 15 Mar 1872 - Orland, Maine
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 32
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Captain Robert Higgins (1803-1857) 37
         Mother: Eliza Wormley Snow (1804-1874) 38

Spouses and Children
1. *Abram G Gray (1823 -       )
       Marriage: 5 Nov 1856 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Fannie L Gray (1872-1872) 32


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Fanny Knowles Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 12 Jun 1837 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: John Walker Higgins (1796-1870)
         Mother: Mary Trull Taylor (1802-1874) 43

Spouses and Children
1. *Rev Charles Hollis (1812 -       )
       Marriage: 15 Apr 1878 - North Vineland, New Jersey 44
         Status: 


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Flora Bell Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 2 Apr 1878 - Eastham, Massachusetts 45
        Baptism: 
          Death: 23 Mar 1879 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: pneumonia


Parents
         Father: Peter Higgins (1838-1916) 46
         Mother: Phebe E Burroughs (1851-1894) 47

Notes
Medical:
age 0-11-21
Flora Bell Higgins
b Eastham
d/o Peter Higgins & Phebe, b Eastham & Chelsey [sic] 45

picture Flora Louise Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 23 Feb 1866 - Orleans, Massachusetts 35
        Baptism: 
          Death: 11 Jul 1869 - Orleans, Massachusetts 35
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Solomon S Higgins (1845-1914)
         Mother: Julia Louisa Nickerson (1848-      )


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Florence C Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 26 Apr 1855 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 48
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Samuel Higgins (1817-1889) 49
         Mother: Angeline Bean (1831-1913) 50

Notes
General:
1880 US census, Wellfleet MA:
Samuel Higgins, head, 63, laborer, b MA, parent b MA;
Angeline B Higgins, wife, 56, keeping house, b ME, parents b ME;
Florence L Higgins, dau, married, at home, b MA father b MA mother b ME.

picture Florence Ellen Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 2 Apr 1878 - Eastham, Massachusetts 45
        Baptism: 
          Death: 21 Mar 1879 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: pneumonia


Parents
         Father: Peter Higgins (1838-1916) 46
         Mother: Phebe E Burroughs (1851-1894) 47

Notes
Medical:
age 0-11-19
Florence Ellen Higgins
b Eastham
d/o Peter Higgins & Phebe, b Eastham & Chelsey [sic] 45

Sources


1. Hugh Davis McLellan, Katherine B. Lewis, History of Gorham, Maine (1908. Portland, Maine: Smith & Sale, Printers [online]), 572.

2. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, p 67 (MD 15: 232). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.

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.), p 160. This is a major source, which seems accurate.

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.), p 160.

5. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 112.

6. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 29 (MD7:15).

7. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 62 (MD15:143). .... Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 63 (MD15:144).

8. Stanley W. Smith, "Records from the Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Mass." (Mayflower Descendant, vols 10, 11, 12). .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:110. Ezekiel and Jemima Higgins family.

9. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:110. Ezekiel and Jemima Higgins family.

10. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1843-1859 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 76. frequently differ from other records

11. Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation), 45 (incoorect date, 1826).

12. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:37. the children of Jonathan Higgins and Eunice his wife.

13. Pleasant Hill cemetery, Ezekiel Higgins family. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 2.

14. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 2.

15. Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.)

16. Ben H. Swett, "Sweat and Swett Families of Cape Cod
John Swett of Newbury" (2005. http://swett-genealogy.com/10CapeCod.html
Rootsweb databases bswett, bhswett).

17. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:561. Marriages.

18. Rachel L Wynn, "The Descendants of Robert Linnell" (http://home.comcast.net/~linnellfamily/DRL1h.htm
http://home.comcast.net/~linnellfamily/DRL2h.htm
dates but few places, unreferenced).

19. 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), 174.

20. 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), 176.

21. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 85 (MD16:200).

22. Robert P Smith, "Historic Records of the Federated Church of Orleans, Massachusetts"
annotated marriage records, 1772-1828 (Mayflower Descendant 46:109-120, 47:21-26, 47:111-116, 48:49-58, 48:141-148), 46:120.

23. David Hartzell Leebrick, "Liebrich/Leebrick Families in America" (2008. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~leebrick/index.htm).

24. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 5.

25. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1916 deathes.

26. 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 463. Nehemiah Somes Hopkins & Fannie Blanchard Hopkins family.

27. 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 325. Thomas A. & Sarah F. 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 360. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:128. the children of Josiah R and Nabby Higgins.

28. 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 325. Thomas A. & Sarah F. 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 360. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:104. The children of Joseph and Abigail Higgins.

29. Toney, Hopkins family notes (email 2009).

30. 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 463. Nehemiah Somes Hopkins & Fannie Blanchard Hopkins family. .... Toney, Hopkins family notes (email 2009).

31. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), 492:23 (Orleans).

32. index to Orleans, Massachusetts cemeteries (1970. Excel file at Orleans Historical Society, http://orleanshistoricalsociety.org/collections.html).

33. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:189. highly incomplete

34. Jay Mack Holbrook, compiler, Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts 1637-1892, 2002. Oxford MA: Archive Publishing (page images on CD), H01_02e. .... George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:135.

35. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Orleans.

36. 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.), 405.

37. 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.), 404.

38. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 34:135. .... births by family 1628-1855, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs). files H01_01a - H01_01g), 101.

39. George Ernest Bowman, editor, Vital Records of the town of Brewster, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (1904. Boston: Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants [online]), 93.

40. George Ernest Bowman, editor, Vital Records of the town of Brewster, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (1904. Boston: Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants [online]), 94.

41. 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.), 405. .... births by family 1628-1855, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs). files H01_01a - H01_01g), 87.

42. births by family 1628-1855, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs). files H01_01a - H01_01g), 87.

43. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:71. Solomon and Mercy Taylor family.

44. New Jersey archives (via FamilySearch).

45. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Eastham.

46. Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 22. Eastham (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 740. .... 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.), 465.

47. Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 22. Eastham (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 741. .... Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society). .... Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Chelsea, Eastham.

48. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 42.

49. Katherine Chapin Higgins, Supplement to Richard Higgins and his descendants (1924. Worcester Mass: K Higgins.), #810. .... Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1889, p 32. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:98. Samuel and Lucy Higgins family.

50. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1913. Deaths.

51. Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 22. Eastham (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 741.

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Sources


1 Hugh Davis McLellan, Katherine B. Lewis, History of Gorham, Maine (1908. Portland, Maine: Smith & Sale, Printers [online]), 572.

2 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, p 67 (MD 15: 232). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.

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.), p 160. This is a major source, which seems accurate.

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.), p 160.

5 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 112.

6 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 29 (MD7:15).

7 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 62 (MD15:143). .... Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 63 (MD15:144).

8 Stanley W. Smith, "Records from the Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Mass." (Mayflower Descendant, vols 10, 11, 12). .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:110. Ezekiel and Jemima Higgins family.

9 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:110. Ezekiel and Jemima Higgins family.

10 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1843-1859 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 76. frequently differ from other records

11 Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation), 45 (incoorect date, 1826).

12 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:37. the children of Jonathan Higgins and Eunice his wife.

13 Pleasant Hill cemetery, Ezekiel Higgins family. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 2.

14 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 2.

15 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.)

16 Ben H. Swett, "Sweat and Swett Families of Cape Cod
John Swett of Newbury" (2005. http://swett-genealogy.com/10CapeCod.html
Rootsweb databases bswett, bhswett).

17 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:561. Marriages.

18 Rachel L Wynn, "The Descendants of Robert Linnell" (http://home.comcast.net/~linnellfamily/DRL1h.htm
http://home.comcast.net/~linnellfamily/DRL2h.htm
dates but few places, unreferenced).

19 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), 174.

20 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), 176.

21 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 85 (MD16:200).

22 Robert P Smith, "Historic Records of the Federated Church of Orleans, Massachusetts"
annotated marriage records, 1772-1828 (Mayflower Descendant 46:109-120, 47:21-26, 47:111-116, 48:49-58, 48:141-148), 46:120.

23 David Hartzell Leebrick, "Liebrich/Leebrick Families in America" (2008. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~leebrick/index.htm).

24 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 5.

25 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1916 deathes.

26 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 463. Nehemiah Somes Hopkins & Fannie Blanchard Hopkins family.

27 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 325. Thomas A. & Sarah F. 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 360. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:128. the children of Josiah R and Nabby Higgins.

28 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 325. Thomas A. & Sarah F. 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 360. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:104. The children of Joseph and Abigail Higgins.

29 Toney, Hopkins family notes (email 2009).

30 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 463. Nehemiah Somes Hopkins & Fannie Blanchard Hopkins family. .... Toney, Hopkins family notes (email 2009).

31 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), 492:23 (Orleans).

32 index to Orleans, Massachusetts cemeteries (1970. Excel file at Orleans Historical Society, http://orleanshistoricalsociety.org/collections.html).

33 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:189. highly incomplete

34 Jay Mack Holbrook, compiler, Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts 1637-1892, 2002. Oxford MA: Archive Publishing (page images on CD), H01_02e. .... George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:135.

35 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Orleans.

36 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.), 405.

37 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.), 404.

38 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 34:135. .... births by family 1628-1855, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs). files H01_01a - H01_01g), 101.

39 George Ernest Bowman, editor, Vital Records of the town of Brewster, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (1904. Boston: Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants [online]), 93.

40 George Ernest Bowman, editor, Vital Records of the town of Brewster, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (1904. Boston: Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants [online]), 94.

41 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.), 405. .... births by family 1628-1855, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs). files H01_01a - H01_01g), 87.

42 births by family 1628-1855, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs). files H01_01a - H01_01g), 87.

43 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:71. Solomon and Mercy Taylor family.

44 New Jersey archives (via FamilySearch).

45 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Eastham.

46 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 22. Eastham (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 740. .... 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.), 465.

47 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 22. Eastham (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 741. .... Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society). .... Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Chelsea, Eastham.

48 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 42.

49 Katherine Chapin Higgins, Supplement to Richard Higgins and his descendants (1924. Worcester Mass: K Higgins.), #810. .... Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1889, p 32. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:98. Samuel and Lucy Higgins family.

50 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1913. Deaths.

51 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 22. Eastham (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 741.


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