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picture Joseph Linnell Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 21 Dec 1817 - Orleans, Massachusetts 1
        Baptism: 
          Death: 24 Sep 1897 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 2
 Cause of Death: congestion of lungs


Parents
         Father: Captain Jabez Higgins (1796-1881)
         Mother: Alice Linnell (1797-1878)

Spouses and Children
1. *Eliza Doane Snow (23 Aug 1820 - 3 Jun 1845) 3 
       Marriage: 1840 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Washington S Higgins (1844-1918)

Notes
Medical:
age 79-9-3
widowed
retired
b & res Orleans
s/o Jabez Higgins & Alice Linnell, both b Orleans 4
Marriage Notes (Eliza Doane Snow)
"Joseph L. Higgins is a son of Jabez and Alice (Linnell) Higgins, and grandson of Moses Higgins. He married Eliza D., daughter of David and Polly (Doane) Snow, and granddaughter of Stephen Snow. Their only child, Washington S., was born in 1844. He followed the fishing business for twenty years, and for the last six years has been a farmer." 5

picture Joseph R Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 17 Oct 1847 - Truro, Massachusetts 7
        Baptism: 
          Death: 28 Oct 1847
         Burial: in Truro Methodist cemetery
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Joseph Higgins (1822-1905)
         Mother: Hannah Paine (1827-1904)


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Captain Joseph S Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 7 Aug 1821 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 29 Jun 1878
         Burial: in Congregational & Soldiers cemetery, Eastham
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Josiah K Higgins (1791-1881) 8
         Mother: Hannah Snow (1794-1835) 9

Spouses and Children
1. *Olive K Doane (25 May 1824 - 17 Jun 1852)
       Marriage: 2 Nov 1848 - Boston, Massachusetts
         Status: 

2. Lucy M Holway (30 Jun 1831 - 23 Dec 1896)
       Marriage: 13 Oct 1859 - Boston, Massachusetts
         Status: 


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Josephine Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 9 Oct 1870 - Orleans, Massachusetts 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1940
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 2
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Joseph Baker Higgins (1834-1920)
         Mother: Emilie A Garran (1845-1918)

Spouses and Children
1. *Reuben Winslow Smith (1872 - 1940)
       Marriage: 9 Oct 1918 - Medford, Massachusetts 10
         Status: 


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Joshua Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 3 Oct 1773 - Truro, Massachusetts 11
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Jedidiah Higgins (1733-1817)
         Mother: Phebe Paine (1738-1793)


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Joshua Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 
        Baptism: 18 Sep 1748 - Hardwick, Massachusetts 12
          Death: in Nova Scotia
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Jonathan Higgins (1711-      )
         Mother: Rachel Doane (Abt 1714-      )

Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Jennett DOWNING

picture Joshua Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 1864 - Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Joshua Warren Higgins (1841-1901)
         Mother: Rebecca Higgins Horton (1843-1866)


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Joshua Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 27 Jul 1769 - Eastham, Massachusetts 13
        Baptism: 
          Death: in Hampden, Maine
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Joshua Higgins (1732-1793)
         Mother: Hannah Sparrow (1739-      ) 14

Spouses and Children
1. *Eunice Rogers (29 Aug 1773 - 28 Jul 1799)
       Marriage: 5 Jun 1794 - Eastham, Massachusetts 15
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Lucinda Higgins (1795-      )
                2. Joshua Higgins (1797-      ) 16
                3. Homer Higgins (1799-      )
                4. Vincent Higgins (1802-      )

2. Thankful Twining (31 Aug 1773 - 1835)
       Marriage: 15 Jan 1804 - Orleans, Massachusetts 17
         Status: 

Notes
Marriage Notes (Thankful Twining)
They removed to Hampden, Maine the following year.
Children
Read Higgins
Nathan Higgins
Higgins

picture Joshua Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 25 Jan 1795 - Eastham, Massachusetts 19
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Hatsuld Higgins (1762-Cir 1831) 13
         Mother: Marcy Pepper (1766-      ) 20

Spouses and Children
1. *Sylvia Knowles (18 Apr 1800 - 10 Mar 1879)
       Marriage: 4 Jan 1821 - Orleans, Massachusetts 21
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Fannie W Higgins (1821-1899)
                2. Mehitable Sherman Higgins (1826-1905) 4
                3. Lucinda Higgins (1828-1891)
                4. Harriot  S Higgins (1830-1850)
                5. Sylvia Higgins (1833-1890)
                6. Mercy A Higgins (1842-1894)

Notes
General:
maybe the Joshua Higgins who died at sea in 1825. 22

picture Joshua Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 1 Oct 1668 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony 24
        Baptism: 
          Death: 3 May 1757 - Eastham, Massachusetts 23
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Benjamin Higgins (1640-1691)
         Mother: Lydia Bangs (Cir 1642-After 1707)

Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Smith (24 Feb 1668 -       )
       Marriage: 1689 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
         Status: 

2. Priscilla Bixbie (28 Feb 1687 - Cir 1737)
       Marriage: 27 Oct 1720 - Boxford, Massachusetts 25
         Status: 

3. Mary Baker (4 Jul 1703 - After 1751)
       Marriage: After Sep 1737
         Status: 

Notes
Marriage Notes (Mary Baker)
check Higgins book - several Joshua Higgins's. Eastham 147.

picture Joshua Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 3 Dec 1695 - Eastham, Massachusetts 26
        Baptism: 
          Death: Bef 10 May 1768 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Richard Higgins (1664-1732) 23
         Mother: Sarah Hamblin (1671-After 1743) 27

Spouses and Children
1. *Ruth Twining (27 Aug 1699 - 2 Jun 1793)
       Marriage: 15 Oct 1719 - Eastham, Massachusetts 28
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Sarah Higgins (1721-      )
                2. Zaccheus Higgins (1722-1726) 28
                3. Ruth Higgins (1725-Bef 1761) 28
                4. Zaccheus Higgins (1727-      )
                5. Hannah Higgins (1730-      )
                6. Joshua Higgins (1732-1793)
                7. William Higgins (1734-      )
                8. Rachel Higgins (1737-      )
                9. Esther Higgins (1740-      )
                10. Levi Higgins (1742-      )
                11. Priscilla Higgins (1743-      )


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Joshua Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 3 Jul 1732 - Eastham, Massachusetts 29
        Baptism: 
          Death: 2 Jun 1793 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Joshua Higgins (1695-Bef 1768)
         Mother: Ruth Twining (1699-1793)

Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Sparrow (6 Feb 1739 -       ) 14 
       Marriage: 5 Feb 1762 - Eastham, Massachusetts 13
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Hatsuld Higgins (1762-Cir 1831) 13
                2. Zenas Higgins (1764-1765) 13
                3. Zenas Higgins (1766-1766) 13
                4. Priscilla Higgins (1767-1768) 13
                5. Joshua Higgins (1769-      )


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Joshua Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 15 Jul 1797 - Orleans, Massachusetts 30
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Joshua Higgins (1769-      )
         Mother: Eunice Rogers (1773-1799)

Spouses and Children
1. *Joanna Gould (17 Sep 1798 - 5 Feb 1878) 16 
       Marriage: 9 Aug 1821 - Orleans, Massachusetts 31
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Eunice Higgins (1825-1847) 16

Notes
General:
Maybe the Joshua Higgins who died at sea in 1825. 32

picture Joshua Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 15 Oct 1775 - Eastham, Massachusetts 34
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1 Sep 1860 - Eastham, Massachusetts 35
         Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
 Cause of Death: chronic rheumatism


Parents
         Father: Elkanah Higgins (1729-1815) 33
         Mother: Sarah Knowles (1732-      )

Spouses and Children
1. *Eunice Mayo (3 Sep 1772 - 28 Jul 1799) 36 
       Marriage: Nov 1798 - Eastham, Massachusetts 37
         Status: 

2. Mercy Mayo (31 Oct 1774 - 25 Apr 1846)
       Marriage: 13 Mar 1803 - Eastham, Massachusetts 38
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. David Higgins (1804-1894) 39
                2. Eunice Mayo Higgins (1805-1877) 40
                3. Mercy Higgins (1807-1846) 40
                4. Sarah Higgins (1809-1846) 40
                5. Joshua Higgins (1812-1852) 41
                6. Asenath Higgins (1815-1893) 40

Notes
Medical:
age 84-10-15 (gs), age 84-1-15 (erroneous town record)
widower
farmer
b Eastham
s/o Elkanah & Asenath Higgins
42
Marriage Notes (Eunice Mayo)
Speculative that this is right Joshua Higgins - seems young for him, and unusual for husband to be younger than wife.
Marriage Notes (Mercy Mayo)
Joshua married Mrs Mercy (Mayo) Gill, so she was a widow.
33

picture Joshua Higgins



      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 16 Feb 1812 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1 Nov 1852 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham 43
 Cause of Death: typhoid fever


Parents
         Father: Joshua Higgins (1775-1860) 33
         Mother: Mercy Mayo (1774-1846)

Spouses and Children
1. *Maria Holmes Cobb (11 Jun 1811 - 14 Jul 1887) 33 
       Marriage: 1835 - Eastham, Massachusetts 44
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Ann Mariah Higgins (1843-1922) 33
                2. Joshua Warren Higgins (1841-1901)

Notes
Medical:
age 40-9-15
husnabd
farmer
b & res Eastham
s/o Joshua Higgins 45

picture Joshua F Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: Sep 1854 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Orrin Higgins (1830-1910)
         Mother: Eliza J Smith (1834-After 1910)

Spouses and Children
1. *Albertina Cook Chandler (19 Feb 1866 - 29 Jun 1912)
       Marriage: 1 May 1884 - Eastham, Massachusetts 4
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Ella T Higgins (1885-      )
                2. Herbert A Higgins (1886-      )
                3. Leon C Higgins (1887-      )
                4. Irving G Higgins (1889-      )
                5. Pearl M Higgins (1891-      )
                6. Eliza Jane Higgins (1892-      )
                7. Lillian Estelle Higgins (1895-      )
                8. Lloyd F Higgins (1898-      )

Notes
General:
1880, 1884 fisherman, Eastham
Marriage Notes (Albertina Cook Chandler)
1900 US census, Orleans

picture Joshua Hamblen Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 12 Dec 1844 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 47
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1 Feb 1849 - (Wellfleet, Massachusetts)
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Lewis Hamlin Higgins (1812-1873) 48
         Mother: Hannah Atwood (1816-1900) 48

Notes
General:
epitaph:

"A parents pride, fond sisters grief
Bedewed thy early bier
A brother mourns thy falling leaf
With many a bitter tear." 48
Medical:
age 4-2-

picture Joshua Hamblen Higgins

      Sex: M
AKA: Joshua Hamblin Higgins 50
Individual Information
          Birth: 28 Sep 1849 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 49
        Baptism: 
          Death: 17 Jun 1915 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 50
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: tuberculosis of throat 50


Parents
         Father: Lewis Hamlin Higgins (1812-1873) 48
         Mother: Hannah Atwood (1816-1900) 48
         Father: 
         Mother: Hannah Atwood (1816-1900) 48

Spouses and Children
1. *Ida Nye (7 Oct 1856 - 5 Apr 1923) 51 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Edna F Higgins (1876-1939) 52

Notes
General:
1876 mariner, Truro
postmaster in Cleveland's 2d administration, then went west to Grand Rapids, in the painting business
Marriage Notes (Ida Nye)

Hannah HIGGINS,  Self,  W,  Female,  W,  63,  MA,  Keeping House,  MA,  MA;
Joshua H. HIGGINS,  Son,  M,  Male,  W,  30,  MA,  Huckster,  MA,  MA;
Ida N. HIGGINS,  Wife,  M,  Female,  W,  23,  MA,  Keeping House,  MA,  MA;
Edna F. HIGGINS,  Dau,  S,  Female,  W,  4,  MA,  ,  MA,  MA.
1880 US census: Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
FHL film1254519, NA Film # T9-0519, page 124B
(Name, Relation, Marital Status, Gender, Race, Age, Birthplace, Occupation, Father's Birthplace, Mother's Birthplace)

1900 US census, Wellfleet MA:
house 189, family 194.
Joshua H Higgins, head, 50, b sept 1849, married 25 y, printer, can read/write, rents house;
Ida N Higgins, wife, 43, b oct 1856, married 25 y, had born 1 child 1 alive, can read/write;
Edna F Higgins, dau, 23, b mar 1877, single, (no kids), at school, can read/write;
all b MA, parents b MA.
53

picture Captain Joshua Linnell Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 21 Oct 1806 - Orleans, Massachusetts 55
        Baptism: 
          Death: 16 Feb 1881 - (Hingham, Massachusetts)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Sylvanus Higgins (1783-1850) 56
         Mother: Sally Linnell (1782-1851)

Spouses and Children
1. *Jane Whitcomb (Est 1809 - 1871)
       Marriage: 5 Apr 1829
         Status: 


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Joshua Newcomb Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 11 Dec 1808 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 57
        Baptism: 
          Death: 23 Nov 1844 - Lost At Sea 58
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: drowning


Parents
         Father: Henry Higgins (1783-1848) 59
         Mother: Hannah Harding Newcomb (1787-1879) 60

Notes
General:
occupation: mariner 61
Medical:
age 35-11-12
b Wellfleet
s/o Henry & Hannah Higgins

Sources


1. 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), 119. .... 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), 209.

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

3. 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), 216.

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

5. Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 23. Orleans (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 773.

6. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 159. Joseph & Hannah Higgins family.

7. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 364-7.

8. Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society). .... 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. This is a major source, which seems accurate.

9. Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society). .... 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. .... Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 180 (MD33:85). 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.

10. Hyannis Patriot (Hyannis, Mass. [archives to 1930 online at Sturgis Library, Barnstable]), 14 oct 1918.

11. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 92.

12. Thomas Williams Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Hardwick, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (1917. Boston: Wright & Potter (reprinted by Higginson and online)), 58. Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no 'Harwick.'

13. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 155 (MD31:174).

14. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 78 (MD16:76).

15. marriages, circa 1761-1844. from Book 2, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute (2 Cds), files H01_04a - H01_04f), 27 (H). .... 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), 47:25.

16. 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.

17. marriages, circa 1761-1844. from Book 2, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute (2 Cds), files H01_04a - H01_04f), 22 (C). .... marriages, circa 1761-1844. from Book 2, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute (2 Cds), files H01_04a - H01_04f), 46 (H).

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

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

20. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 162 (MD32:63).

21. marriages, circa 1761-1844. from Book 2, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute (2 Cds), files H01_04a - H01_04f), 47 (H).

22. Stanly W. Smith, compiler, "Bill of mortality in the South Parish of Eastham, 1772-1828" (Mayflower Descendant [multiple sections]), 9:37. Notes of Revs Jonathan Bascom and Daniel Johnson. They listed only the year of death, and usually a name. The South Parish of Eastham became the town of Orleans in 1797.

23. Randy Robinson, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," Benjamin (Richard1) + Lydia Bangs.

24. Randy Robinson, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," Benjamin (Richard1) + Lydia Bangs. .... Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 36 (MD8:12).

25. 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 80.

26. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 48 (MD9:8).

27. STL, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," 2003.

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

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

30. 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. .... Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, MD34:60.

31. 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. .... marriages, circa 1761-1844. from Book 2, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute (2 Cds), files H01_04a - H01_04f), 47 (H).

32. Stanly W. Smith, compiler, "Bill of mortality in the South Parish of Eastham, 1772-1828" (Mayflower Descendant [multiple sections]), 9:37.

33. 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.

34. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 160 (MD32:43). .... 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.

35. Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society), Evergreen B29.

36. Jean Mayo-Rodwick, Rev. John Mayo and his Descendants (2001), 202.

37. Jean Mayo-Rodwick, Rev. John Mayo and his Descendants (2001), 202. .... Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204), by Mr. Shaw. numerous transcription errors

38. Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204), by Mr. Shaw.

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

40. 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.), 246.

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.), 355.

42. Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society), Evergreen B29. .... Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Eastham.

43. Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society), Evergreen B29.

44. Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204), 122.. Rev Thomas G Brown.

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

46. 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 140. Lewis H. & Hannah Higgins family. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:178. The children of Lewis Higgins and Hannah his wife. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 4.

47. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:178. The children of Lewis Higgins and Hannah his wife. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 4.

48. 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 140. Lewis H. & Hannah Higgins family.

49. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 22.

50. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1915, p 49.

51. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1923. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 21.

52. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 21.

53. 1880 US census, Wellfleet Massachusetts, p 124D. .... 1900 US census, Wellfleet Massachusetts (June 2-6, 1900), house 189, family 194. The house and family numbers on the census forms were repeatedly corrected, and it is hard to read the final numbers from the photocopies.

54. 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). .... 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.

55. 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.

56. 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).

57. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:97. Henry Higgins & Hannah Harding family.

58. 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 53, lot 174a. Henry & Hannah Higgins family. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1843-1859 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 75, #47. frequently differ from other records

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

60. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:36. the children of Lemuel and Lucy Newcomb.

61. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1843-1859 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 75, #47.

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

3 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), 216.

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

5 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 23. Orleans (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 773.

6 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 159. Joseph & Hannah Higgins family.

7 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 364-7.

8 Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society). .... 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. This is a major source, which seems accurate.

9 Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society). .... 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. .... Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 180 (MD33:85). 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.

10 Hyannis Patriot (Hyannis, Mass. [archives to 1930 online at Sturgis Library, Barnstable]), 14 oct 1918.

11 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 92.

12 Thomas Williams Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Hardwick, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (1917. Boston: Wright & Potter (reprinted by Higginson and online)), 58. Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no 'Harwick.'

13 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 155 (MD31:174).

14 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 78 (MD16:76).

15 marriages, circa 1761-1844. from Book 2, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute (2 Cds), files H01_04a - H01_04f), 27 (H). .... 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), 47:25.

16 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.

17 marriages, circa 1761-1844. from Book 2, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute (2 Cds), files H01_04a - H01_04f), 22 (C). .... marriages, circa 1761-1844. from Book 2, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute (2 Cds), files H01_04a - H01_04f), 46 (H).

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

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

20 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 162 (MD32:63).

21 marriages, circa 1761-1844. from Book 2, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute (2 Cds), files H01_04a - H01_04f), 47 (H).

22 Stanly W. Smith, compiler, "Bill of mortality in the South Parish of Eastham, 1772-1828" (Mayflower Descendant [multiple sections]), 9:37. Notes of Revs Jonathan Bascom and Daniel Johnson. They listed only the year of death, and usually a name. The South Parish of Eastham became the town of Orleans in 1797.

23 Randy Robinson, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," Benjamin (Richard1) + Lydia Bangs.

24 Randy Robinson, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," Benjamin (Richard1) + Lydia Bangs. .... Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 36 (MD8:12).

25 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 80.

26 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 48 (MD9:8).

27 STL, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," 2003.

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

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

30 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. .... Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, MD34:60.

31 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. .... marriages, circa 1761-1844. from Book 2, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute (2 Cds), files H01_04a - H01_04f), 47 (H).

32 Stanly W. Smith, compiler, "Bill of mortality in the South Parish of Eastham, 1772-1828" (Mayflower Descendant [multiple sections]), 9:37.

33 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.

34 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 160 (MD32:43). .... 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.

35 Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society), Evergreen B29.

36 Jean Mayo-Rodwick, Rev. John Mayo and his Descendants (2001), 202.

37 Jean Mayo-Rodwick, Rev. John Mayo and his Descendants (2001), 202. .... Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204), by Mr. Shaw. numerous transcription errors

38 Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204), by Mr. Shaw.

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

40 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.), 246.

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.), 355.

42 Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society), Evergreen B29. .... Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Eastham.

43 Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society), Evergreen B29.

44 Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204), 122.. Rev Thomas G Brown.

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

46 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 140. Lewis H. & Hannah Higgins family. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:178. The children of Lewis Higgins and Hannah his wife. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 4.

47 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:178. The children of Lewis Higgins and Hannah his wife. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 4.

48 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 140. Lewis H. & Hannah Higgins family.

49 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 22.

50 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1915, p 49.

51 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1923. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 21.

52 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 21.

53 1880 US census, Wellfleet Massachusetts, p 124D. .... 1900 US census, Wellfleet Massachusetts (June 2-6, 1900), house 189, family 194. The house and family numbers on the census forms were repeatedly corrected, and it is hard to read the final numbers from the photocopies.

54 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). .... 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.

55 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.

56 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).

57 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:97. Henry Higgins & Hannah Harding family.

58 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 53, lot 174a. Henry & Hannah Higgins family. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1843-1859 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 75, #47. frequently differ from other records

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

60 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:36. the children of Lemuel and Lucy Newcomb.

61 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1843-1859 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 75, #47.


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