James Curtis Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1857 - (Orleans, Massachusetts)
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Father: Captain Zebina Higgins (1815-1897) 1
Mother: Mercena Nickerson (1819-1893)
James E Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Oct 1859
Baptism:
Death: 3 Sep 1860
Burial: Truro Methodist cemetery
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Parents
Father: Jeremiah Thomas Higgins (1837-1909)
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Lombard (1839- )
James Franklin Higgins
Sex: M
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Birth: 1 Jul 1836 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 3
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Father: Daniel Higgins (1811-1881) 4
Mother: Hephzibah Mayo Brown (1813- ) 5
James Harvey Higgins
Sex: M
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Birth: 23 Jan 1816 - Framingham, Massachusetts 6
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Death: 29 Oct 1847 - Andover, Massachusetts 7
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Father: Captain Robert Kemp Higgins (1775-1826)
Mother: Eunice Holbrook (1781-1822)
James Roberts Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Dec 1873 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 8
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Father: Captain Aaron Snow Higgins (1843-After 1921) 9
Mother: Jennie McIntosh (1844-After 1922) 8
James Snow Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Sep 1816 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 4
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Father: Daniel Higgins (1783-1832) 10
Mother: Polly Atwood (1785-1862)
Spouses and Children
1. *Sophia Pearson (Est 1818 - )
Marriage: 1840 - (Boston, Massachusetts)
Status:
James Snow Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Jun 1766 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 20 Dec 1843 - Bucksport, Maine 11
Burial: in North Bucksport Cemetery
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Parents
Father: Jethro Higgins (Abt 1730-1810)
Mother: Ruth Snow (1738-Bef 1802)
Spouses and Children
1. *Abigail Paine (12 Jul 1770 - ) 12
Marriage: 1 Jan 1789 - Buckstown, Maine
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Abigail Paine)
Children in Buckstown
Philemon Higgins b: 21 AUG 1798
Jethro Higgins b: 6 OCT 1789
Joseph Paine Higgins b: 21 MAR 1791
John Paine Higgins b: 6 AUG 1792
James Higgins b: 6 MAY 1794
Abigail Higgins b: 22 OCT 1795
Luthor Higgins b: 10 FEB 1797
Calvin Higgins b: 10 MAY 1800
Betsey Higgins b: 26 JUN 1802
Josiah Higgins b: 1 MAR 1804
Hiram Higgins b: 9 FEB 1806
Seth Higgins b: 1 AUG 1807
Maria Higgins b: 16 AUG 1809
Jane Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Feb 1723 - Eastham, Massachusetts 13
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Father: Elisha Higgins (1702-1777)
Mother: Sarah Lewis (1702-Bef 1734) 14
Jane Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Mar 1748 - Eastham, Massachusetts 15
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Father: Beriah Higgins (1706-After 1774)
Mother: Jemima Witherell (Cir 1710-1754) 16
Spouses and Children
1. *Joshua Rich (11 Sep 1743 - ) 17
Marriage: 11 Feb 1767 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 18
Status:
Children:
1. Phebe Rich (1770- ) 19
2. Lot Rich (1774- ) 19
3. Jane Rich (1777- ) 19
4. Sarah Rich (1779- ) 19
5. Reuben Rich (1782- ) 19
6. Joshua Rich (1784- ) 19
7. Jonathan Rich (1786- ) 19
Jane Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Jul 1744 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 16 Sep 1744 - Truro, Massachusetts
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Father: Barnabus Higgins (1722-1799)
Mother: Mary Smith (1723-Abt 1749)
Jane Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 29 Jul 1780 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 10
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Father: Daniel Higgins (1751-Bef 1790)
Mother: Hannah Snow (1755-1808)
Jedediah Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 May 1764 - Truro, Massachusetts 21
Baptism:
Death: 23 Jun 1865
Burial: in Truro Methodist cemetery 22
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Parents
Father: Jedidiah Higgins (1733-1817)
Mother: Phebe Paine (1738-1793)
Spouses and Children
1. *Huldah Paine (10 Aug 1788 - 4 Aug 1840) 22
Marriage: 21 Apr 1808 - Truro, Massachusetts 23
Status:
Children:
1. Kezia Higgins (1809-1862)
2. Daniel Paine Higgins (1811-1886)
3. Huldah P Higgins (1821-1839)
4. Joseph Higgins (1822-1905)
Jedediah Higgins
Sex: M
AKA: Jediah Higgins
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Feb 1700 - Eastham, Massachusetts 25
Baptism:
Death: Bef Jul 1740
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Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Richard Higgins (1664-1732) 26
Mother: Sarah Hamblin (1671-After 1743) 27
Spouses and Children
1. *Phebe Freeman (Est 1709 - 23 May 1759)
Marriage: 9 Jan 1729 - Eastham, Massachusetts 28
Status:
Jedediah Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Apr 1733 - Eastham, Massachusetts 29
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Father: David Higgins (1706-1771)
Mother: Mercy Twining (1708-Bef 1757)
Spouses and Children
Jediah Higgins
Sex: M
AKA: Jadiah Higgens 31
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Mar 1656 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony 32
Baptism:
Death: 20 May 1715 - Somerset county, New Jersey 30
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Parents
Father: Richard Higgins (1613-1677)
Mother: Mary (Yates) (Est 1630-After 1702)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Newbold (23 May 1661 - )
Marriage: 12 May 1684 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony 30
Status:
Notes
General:
* Name Jediah, Judiah, Jodia are used interchangeably in many source documents.
Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. 22
"The Marriage between Jodia Higgins and Mary Newbold being first published according to Lawe, was Solempnized ye Twelveth day of ye Third Moneth called May 1684, before Elias ffarre Robert Stacy Justices and Thomas Revell Registr, Joseph Wood Eliakim Higgins, Tho: Higgins, Margrett Newbold Mary Peirson Elizabeth Hull Sarah Higgins Elizabeth Revell, Elizabeth Stacy Hellen Stacy.
First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodsridge Olde East New Jersey part 3
Patents for Land in Piscataway to
Judiah Higgins 80 Sept. 13, 1686
NEW BRUNSWICK
Judiah Higgins
Schedule No. 5
Warrants of Survey in Piacataway
John Kerry 60 & do May 30, 1678
Benajah Dunham " " July 1, 1678
Judiah Higgins " " 1678
FIRST SETTLERS IN 1711
Portion of
NEW YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS (English), (V. 54 p. 138), 1711 Jan. 29. Petition. Inhabitants of the county of Middlesex, N. J. complaining of the seditious conduct of Peter Sonmans at the election of Woodbridge.
(Photostat Copy by New York State Library, Aug. 20, 1931.)
We humbly pray that your Excellency will take the premises under your wife consideration and ufe such methods as your Excellency will Judge expedient to unite the affections of her Majesty's most loyal subjects and to discourage all enemies that already ordor for the (purpose) may molest the publick peace and tranquillitie of the Provinces, and your Petitioners, as in Duety bound shall ever pray.
Judiah Higgins
Father: Richard HIGGINS b: 1 AUG 1603 in Langly Parish, England, ( or Ireland, conflicting sources)/England
Mother: Mary YATES b: ABT 1625
Marriage 1 Mary NEWBOLD b: 23 MAY 1661 in Eckington, York, England
Married: 12 MAY 1684 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA
Children:
Anne HIGGINS b: 8 MAR 1684/85 in Piscataway, NJ
Rose HIGGINS b: 6 NOV 1686
Mary HIGGINS b: 25 OCT 1688 in Eastham, Mass
Thomas HIGGINS b: 1690
Jediah H. HIGGINS b: 11 APR 1691
James HIGGINS b: 7 AUG 1692
Joshua HIGGINS b: 1 OCT 1694
Pheobe HIGGINS b: 11 OCT 1696
Michael HIGGINS b: 23 JUL 1698 in Somerset Co., New Jersey
Joseph HIGGINS b: ABT 1702 in Piscatawy, NJ
Jediah's will is dated 23 April 1715. 33
Jedidah Higgins
Sex: F
AKA: Jedida Higgins
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Jul 1764 - Eastham, Massachusetts 35
Baptism:
Death: 4 Mar 1847 - Orleans, Massachusetts 36
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 37
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Parents
Father: Elkanah Higgins (1729-1815) 38
Mother: Sarah Knowles (1732- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Timothy Doane (13 May 1762 - 19 Jan 1822) 39
Marriage: 7 Mar 1782 - Eastham, Massachusetts
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Children:
1. Beriah Doane (1782-1855) 40
2. Abigail Doane (1784-1872) 40
3. Mehitable Doane (1785-1843) 40
4. Lewis Doane (1787-1859) 41
5. Timothy Doane (1789-1825) 40
6. Squire John Doane (1791-1881)
7. Sally Doane (1794-1830)
8. Betsey Doane (1796- )
9. Nancy Doane (1799-1880)
10. Melinda Doane (Cir 1802-1889)
11. Isaac Doane (1804-1846)
Jedidiah Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Jun 1784 - Truro, Massachusetts 42
Baptism:
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Father: Richard Higgins (1735-1791)
Mother: Sarah Paine (1746-1827)
Jedidiah Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Sep 1733 - Truro, Massachusetts 43
Baptism:
Death: 6 Aug 1817 - Truro, Massachusetts 44
Burial:
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Events
• Alt Death
Parents
Father: Eleazer Higgins (1697-Bef 1743)
Mother: Sarah Higgins (Est 1705- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Phebe Paine (25 Jun 1738 - 22 May 1793)
Marriage: 9 Nov 1763 - Truro, Massachusetts 45
Status:
Children:
1. Joseph Higgins (Abt 1771-1816)
2. Jedediah Higgins (1764-1865)
3. Eleazer Higgins (1766-1840)
4. Thomas Rogers Higgins (1768-1787)
5. Barnabas Paine Higgins (1768-1800)
6. Mary Higgins (1770-1851)
7. Joshua Higgins (1773- )
8. Hannah Paine Higgins (1776-1849)
2. Azubah Paine (6 Dec 1752 - 7 Sep 1810)
Marriage: 9 Oct 1794 - Truro, Massachusetts 46
Status:
Jemima Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 15 Jun 1719 - Cape Cod (Provincetown), Massachusetts 47
Baptism:
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Parents
Father: Beriah Higgins (1692- )
Mother: Desire Cook (1694- )
Jemima Higgins
Sex: F
AKA: Jemima Higgens
Individual Information
Birth: 14 Feb 1667 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: 8 May 1723 - Eastham, Massachusetts 48
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jonathan Higgins (1637-After 1721)
Mother: Elizabeth Rogers (1639-Between 1677/1679)
Spouses and Children
1. *John Mulford (Jul 1670 - 20 Apr 1730)
Marriage: 1 Nov 1699 - Eastham, Massachusetts 49
Status:
Sources
1. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:136. highly incomplete
2. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 162. Jerremiah and SallyHiggins family.
3. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:169. son of Daniel & Hepzibah Higgins.
4. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:94. Daniel & Polly Higgins family.
5. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:115. The children of Foster C. Brown & Polly his wife.
6. Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Framingham/), 112.
7. Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Framingham/), 442.
8. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 18.
9. 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.
10. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:26. the family of Daniel Higgins and Hannah his wife.
11. Joseph W. Porter, editor, The Bangor Historical Magazine (Bangor, Me: Joseph W. Porter), 7:28. [also known as Maine Historical Magazine, online at Google Books]
12. Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 1:34.
13. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 69 (MD16:27). 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.
14. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 15 (MD4:141).
15. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 85 (MD16:200).
16. Peter Charles Witherell and Edwin Ralph Witherell, compilers, The Witherell/ Wetherill/ Witherill Family of New England: some descendants of Rev. William Witherell (ca. 1600-1684) of Scituate, Plymouth Colony, and William Witherell (ca. 1627-1691) of Taunton, Plymouth Colony (1976. Baltimore : Gateway Press), 121-2.
17. Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:271. in 5 parts. vol. 83: 261-278, 394-414 (1929) and vol. 84: 34-62, 117-134, 294-304 (1930)
Numerous small mistakes.
18. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:521, Marriages.
19. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:30. the children of Joshua Rich and Jane his wife.
20. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 59.
21. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 92.
22. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 145. Daniel P. & Abagail H. Higgins family.
23. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 205.
24. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 87 (MD16:204).
25. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 48 (MD9:8).
26. Randy Robinson, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," Benjamin (Richard1) + Lydia Bangs.
27. STL, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," 2003.
28. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 87 (MD16:205).
29. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 83 (MD16:196).
30. Sue Parks, "Barker/Parks Family Tree" (2003. Ancestry.com), Jediah Higgins.
31. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 37 (MD8:14).
32. Randy Robinson, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," 1.iii Jediah. .... 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 41. This is a major source, which seems accurate. .... Sue Parks, "Barker/Parks Family Tree" (2003. Ancestry.com), Jediah Higgins. .... Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 37 (MD8:14).
33. Sue Parks, "Barker/Parks Family Tree" (2003. Ancestry.com), Jediah Higgins. .... Katherine Chapin Higgins, Supplement to Richard Higgins and his descendants (1924. Worcester Mass: K Higgins.), 9.
34. Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 23. Orleans (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.) .... Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003 ff. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.
35. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 160 (MD32:43).
36. Alfred Alder Doane, The Doane Family: I. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth ; II. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and Their Descendants, with Notes Upon English Families of the Name. 3rd edition (1976. Boston: Doane Family Association of America (1st edition 1902) [online]), 161.
37. index to Orleans, Massachusetts cemeteries (1970. Excel file at Orleans Historical Society, http://orleanshistoricalsociety.org/collections.html).
38. 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.
39. Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003 ff. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com. .... Alfred Alder Doane, The Doane Family: I. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth ; II. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and Their Descendants, with Notes Upon English Families of the Name. 3rd edition (1976. Boston: Doane Family Association of America (1st edition 1902) [online]), 161.
40. Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003 ff. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.
41. Alfred Alder Doane, The Doane Family: I. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth ; II. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and Their Descendants, with Notes Upon English Families of the Name. 3rd edition (1976. Boston: Doane Family Association of America (1st edition 1902) [online]), 287.
42. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 134.
43. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 15.
44. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 223.
45. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 91.
46. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 158. Rev Jude Damon.
47. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 14.
48. 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 48.
49. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 45 (MD8:245).