Jemima Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Jun 1763 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death: 9 Jun 1799 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 2
Burial: in Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: childbirth
Parents
Father: Captain Joseph Higgins (1735-1781) 3
Mother: Hannah Pepper (1740-1816) 4
Spouses and Children
1. *Captain Benjamin Hopkins (1753 - 12 Nov 1824) 5
Marriage: 31 Jan 1782 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 6
Status:
Children:
1. Hopkins (1782-1782)
2. Seth Hopkins (1784- ) 7
3. Samuel Hopkins (1787-1788) 8
4. Rebecca Hopkins (1789- ) 7
5. Judith Ford Hopkins (1792-1870) 7
6. Hopkins (1795-1795) 9
7. Benjamin Hopkins (1797- ) 7
Notes
General:
stone:
In memory of
Mrs JEMIMA HOPKINS
Wife to Mr BENJ'n HOPKINS
who died June 9th 1799
in the 36 Year of her Age
also her infant
My friends pray stop awhile
Here I'm buried with my Child
Now we're moldring into Dust
In hopes to rise among the Just 10
Jemima Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 30 May 1735 - Eastham, Massachusetts 11
Baptism:
Death: 23 May 1736 - Eastham, Massachusetts 11
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Beriah Higgins (1706-After 1774)
Mother: Jemima Witherell (Cir 1710-1754) 12
Jemima Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 7 Jul 1738 - Eastham, Massachusetts 11
Baptism:
Death: 26 Mar 1817 - Phillipston, Massachusetts 13
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Beriah Higgins (1706-After 1774)
Mother: Jemima Witherell (Cir 1710-1754) 12
Spouses and Children
1. *Zaccheus Rich (31 Oct 1731 - 15 Jan 1812) 14
Marriage: 26 Jan 1766 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 15
Status:
Children:
1. Joshua Rich (1768-1824)
2. Hope Rich (1770- )
3. Abial Rich (1770-1794)
4. Joseph Rich (1772- )
5. Benjamin Rich (1773-1842)
6. Ruth Rich (1775-1840)
7. Betsey Rich (1777- )
8. Rachel Rich (1778- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Zaccheus Rich)
Abial not in baptismal record
Jennett Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Jan 1727 - Eastham, Massachusetts 16
Baptism:
Death: 1813 - (Orleans, Massachusetts)
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Theophilus Higgins (1698-1780)
Mother: Joanna Young (1703-1767)
Spouses and Children
1. *Deacon Elisha Smith (10 Dec 1727 - 4 May 1795) 17
Marriage: 18 Mar 1756 - Eastham, Massachusetts 18
Status:
Children:
1. Josiah Smith (1758-1762) 18
2. Moses Smith (1760-1761)
3. Moses Smith (1762-1808)
4. Josiah Smith (1764-1818)
5. Eunice Smith (1766- )
6. Elisha Smith (1772-1821)
Jennie Lewis Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Jul 1889 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 19
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William Hutton Higgins (1859-1933) 20
Mother: Ella F Powers (1867- )
Jeremiah Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 7 Feb 1820 - Maine
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ebenezer Higgins (Est 1795- )
Mother: Ruth Smith (Est 1795- )
Jeremiah Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 14 Nov 1813 - Truro, Massachusetts 21
Baptism:
Death: 23 Jan 1894 - Truro, Massachusetts 22
Burial: in Truro Methodist cemetery
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joseph Higgins (Abt 1771-1816)
Mother: Marcy Rich (1777-1860)
Spouses and Children
1. *Sally Lombard (17 May 1816 - 6 Feb 1896) 23
Marriage: 3 Jan 1837 - Truro, Massachusetts 24
Status:
Children:
1. Jeremiah Thomas Higgins (1837-1909)
2. Levi Lincoln Higgins (1839-1923) 25
3. Sarah Abigail Higgins (1842- )
4. Mercy Paine Higgins (1848- )
5. Mary E Higgins (1851-1891)
Jeremiah Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 7 Nov 1795 - Buckstown, Maine
Baptism:
Death: in Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Seth Higgins (1768-1801)
Mother: Hannah Eames (1771-1846)
Spouses and Children
1. *Betsey Lewis Wiley (14 Dec 1797 - ) 26
Marriage: 13 Feb 1817 - Bucksport, Maine 27
Status:
Jeremiah Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1767 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
Baptism:
Death: 16 Aug 1831 - Bucksport, Maine 28
Burial: in North Bucksport Cemetery
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jethro Higgins (Abt 1730-1810)
Mother: Ruth Snow (1738-Bef 1802)
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Eames (17 Jul 1771 - 6 Nov 1846)
Marriage: 27 May 1802 - Buckstown, Maine 29
Status:
2. Betsey (Paine) (Est 1767 - )
Marriage: 17 Nov 1791 - Orrington, Maine 30
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Hannah Eames)
[check VR Intentions for names]
Jeremiah Thomas Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Sep 1837 - Truro, Massachusetts 31
Baptism:
Death: 28 May 1909 - Somerville, Massachusetts 32
Burial: in Truro Methodist cemetery 33
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jeremiah Higgins (1813-1894)
Mother: Sally Lombard (1816-1896) 23
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Elizabeth Lombard (19 Jun 1839 - )
Marriage: 12 Dec 1858 - Truro, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. James E Higgins (1859-1860) 33
2. Erveanna Higgins (1862-1863)
3. Nellie Higgins (1866-1890)
Jerusha Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 11 Jan 1778 - (Eastham, Massachusetts) 34
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Gideon Higgins (1738-1816) 35
Mother: Ruth Burgess (1742- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Lewis Young (7 Jan 1773 - )
Marriage: 16 Aug 1795 - Eastham, Massachusetts 36
Status:
Children:
1. Lewis Young (1797- )
2. Jerusha Young (1799-1803) 10
3. Voltaire Young (1801- )
4. Josiah Young (1803- ) 37
Notes
General:
There is another Jerusha Higgins, b 1777, but KC Higgins has this one. Neither seems to have an Eastham birth record.
This may be the Jerusha who died 18 Feb 1816 Orleans, a stone without a surname.
Jerusha Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 29 Mar 1813 - Eastham, Massachusetts 39
Baptism:
Death: 23 Jul 1874 - Lynn, Massachusetts 40
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Higgins (1781-1871)
Mother: Jerusha Linnell (1781-1853)
Spouses and Children
1. *Edward Nickerson (16 Jun 1809 - 20 May 1891)
Marriage: 20 Jan 1831 - Orleans, Massachusetts 41
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Edward Nickerson)
1870 US census, Athol
Edward Nickerson, 60,works in shoe shop
Jerusha, 57, keeping house
Ruel, 25, works in shoe shop
1880 US census, Lynn, Ma
Charles H. NICKERSON, Self, 25 RI Foreman Shoe Fact.MA MA
Lizzie NICKERSONWife 30 ME Keeping House ME ME
Charles O. NICKERSON Son 1 MA RI ME
Edward NICKERSON Father 71 MA Shoe Manufact. MA MA
Joanna K. HOPPINGMotherL 68 ME At Home NB ME
Ruell R. NICKERSON BroL 34 RI Salesman of Shoes & Boots MA MA
Mary E. NICKERSON SisterL 30 NH At Home NH NH
Jerusha Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Jul 1800 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 43
Baptism:
Death: 23 Jul 1800 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 43
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Uriah Higgins (1767-1837) 43
Mother: Jerusha Rich (1770-1859) 44
Jerusha Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Nov 1777 - Eastham, Massachusetts 45
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Simeon Higgins (Cir 1745-1824)
Mother: Martha Knowles (Cir 1750-1817)
Jerusha Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Nov 1750 - Eastham, Massachusetts 46
Baptism:
Death: 4 Apr 1822 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Zaccheus Higgins (1727- )
Mother: Mercy Crosby (1728-1772)
Spouses and Children
1. *Phineas Nickerson (1733 - 16 Jul 1813)
Marriage: 1792 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Jacob Nickerson (1795-1872)
2. Gowell Chase (27 Oct 1755 - Abt 1784)
Marriage: 4 Feb 1776 - Eastham, Massachusetts 47
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Gowell Chase)
Children
Richard Chase b: 1777 in Harwich , MA
Sarah Chase b: 1779 in Harwich , MA
Bathheba Chase b: 1781 in Harwich , MA
Jerusha Chase b: 1782 in Harwich , MA
Jerusha Rich Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Oct 1825 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 49
Baptism:
Death: 9 Feb 1906 - Boston, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death: paralysis, senility
Parents
Father: Josiah Rich Higgins (1794-1882)
Mother: Abigail H Freeman (1801-1853) 43
Spouses and Children
1. *Captain David Holbrook Baker (5 Mar 1820 - 13 Aug 1883) 50
Marriage: Est 1845 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Josiah Rich Baker (1848-1918) 51
2. George Pickering Baker (1850-1922) 52
3. David Holbrook Baker (1852-1857) 53
4. Lulie A Baker (1857-After 1930) 54
5. Mary A Baker (1859-1886) 55
6. Lilla R Baker (1859-1927) 56
Notes
General:
In the 1850 and 1870 Wellfleet censuses, Jerusha was keeping house.Medical:
Jerusha R. (Higgins) BakerMarriage Notes (Captain David Holbrook Baker)
age 81-3-15
widow of David H. Baker
b Wellfleet, d Boston, inter Wellfleet
d/o Josiah R. Higgins & Abigail Freeman 57
Surprising listing in Brocton MA, 1880 census:
David H. Baker, head, 60, born MA, boarding house, parents born MA;
Jerushia [sic] A. Baker, wife, 55, b MA, keeping house, parents born MA;
Geo. P. Baker, son, 30, b MA, cook, parents born MA;
Lucy A. Baker, dau, 22, at home, ";
Lilla R. Baker, dau, 20, at home, ";
Benj. P. Davis, 55, b RI, retail shoe dealer, parents blank;
Harriet F. Davis, 44, b MA, keeping house, father ME, mother MA;
Lettie F. Davis, 25, b MA, at home, father RI, mother MA;
Parker Gould, 36, b MA, shoe cutter, parents blank;
Sophiah E. Gould, 36, b MA, shoe cutter, father MA, mother PA;
Etta B. Blake, 31, b PA, teacher, parents MA;
Henry Blake, 9, parents MA;
Mary Pratt, 27, b PA, teacher, father MA, mother PA;
Elizabeth Chamberlain, 39, b ME, works in shoe store, parents ME;
Minnie Luther, 20, b MA, dry goods clerk, parents MA;
Benj. Collins, 45, b MA, carpenter, parents MA;
Chas. Dyer, 23, b MA, carpenter, parents MA;
Mary Learitt, 22, b MA, clerk produce, parents MA;
Chas. Rockwell, 24, b MA, produce marker, parents ME;
Wm. B. Cate, 25, b MA, produce marker, parents ME
-----------------------------------------
Wellfleet
"Mrs. Baker's Eightieth Birthday.
The children, grandchildren and only sister of Mrs. David H. Baker, observed her eightieth birthday at the home of her son, Mr. Geo. P. Baker, on Tuesday, Oct. 25th. Mrs. Baker was the recipient of many tokens of love and also recieved letters of congratulations and beautiful flowers from friends out of town. After the bountiful dinner of turkey, pies (made by mother's own hands), cake and ice cream. A poem, composed for the occassion by Mr. George Norris of Brockton, was read by Mr. Chas. H. Hoyt." Barnstable Patriot 7 Nov 1904, p4
Jerusha Rich Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 11 Feb 1824 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 49
Baptism:
Death: 15 Jun 1825 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 49
Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet 58
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Josiah Rich Higgins (1794-1882)
Mother: Abigail H Freeman (1801-1853) 43
Notes
General:
Jerusha has grave markers at both Duck Creek and Pleasant Hill Cemeteries.
"Jerusha H., daughter of Josiah Rich & Abigail Higgins, died June 13, 1825, aged 1 yr. 1 mo.
'Farewell sweet babe & take thy rest
To take thee home, God saw it best
Then cease, fond parents, to complain
We only meet to part again.' "
[Is that last line right?] 59
Jerusha Rich Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Dec 1790 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 61
Baptism:
Death: Cir 1825 - Strafford, Vermont 62
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Eleazer Higgins (1759-1831)
Mother: Lurana Gross (1767-1856) 63
Spouses and Children
1. *Rev Joel Steele (14 Aug 1782 - 23 Aug 1846) 64
Marriage: 9 Jul 1810 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 65
Status:
Children:
1. Laurania Higgins Steele (1812- )
2. William Marsh Steele (1814-1873)
3. Harriet Newell Steele (1816- )
4. Francis Ashbury Steele (1818- )
5. Betsey Minerva Steele (1820- )
6. Rev George McKendree Steele (1823- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Rev Joel Steele)
Five daughters and two sons were living, in 1877. The sons were Rev. George M. Steele, D.D., President of Lawrence University, and Rev. Joel A. Steele of the New Hampshire Conference.
64
Jerusha Steel Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Jan 1820 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 67
Baptism:
Death: 22 Aug 1904 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 68
Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: chronic nephritis 69
Parents
Father: Joseph Higgins (1786-1862) 70
Mother: Abigail Brown (1792-1882) 70
Spouses and Children
1. *Alfred Smith (13 Dec 1817 - 29 Nov 1897) 71
Marriage: 1 Jan 1844 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 72
Status:
Notes
Medical:
age 84-7
Jesse Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Dec 1756 - Middle Haddam (Middletown), Connecticut 74
Baptism:
Death: 20 Nov 1777 - Danbury, Connecticut
Burial:
Cause of Death: accidental wound
Parents
Father: Lamuel Higgins (1729- ) 75
Mother: Elizabeth Cole (1732- )
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online
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32. Hyannis Patriot (Hyannis, Mass. [archives to 1930 online at Sturgis Library, Barnstable]), 31 may 1909.
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42. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1:50. .... 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.
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46. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:14.
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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.), 360. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 52. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:128. the children of Josiah R and Nabby Higgins.
49. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:128. the children of Josiah R and Nabby Higgins.
50. 1870 US census, Wellfleet Massachusetts, 400, #444. .... 1850 United States census.
51. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 15.
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53. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 33.
54. family Bible records for Reed, Betts and Tallman families (1832. Cooperstown NY: H. & E. Phinney. Stereotype Edition), David H. Baker & Jerusha R. Higgins family.
55. Pleasant Hill cemetery, David and Jerusha Baker family.
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 332. Charles Henry Hoyt & Lilla Baker family. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 2.
57. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 52.
58. Pleasant Hill cemetery, Josiah Higgins family monument.
59. Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation), 21, 27.
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61. Shebnah Rich, Truro -- Cape Cod: or Landmarks and Seamarks (Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. 1884 (online at Google Books)). .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:48. Eleazar & Lurania Higgins family.
62. Shebnah Rich, Truro -- Cape Cod: or Landmarks and Seamarks (Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. 1884 (online at Google Books)).
63. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:15. Mr. Thomas & Abigail Gross family.
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