Nathan Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 15 Mar 1731 - Eastham, Massachusetts 2
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Nathanael Higgins (1694-Bef 1758)
Mother: Sarah Walker (Est 1705- )
Nathan Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Nov 1752 - Eastham, Massachusetts 3
Baptism:
Death: Cir 1812
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Simeon Higgins (1723-Abt 1786)
Mother: Martha Snow (1726-Bef 1776)
Spouses and Children
1. *Zerviah Freeman (Est 1755 - Cir 1815)
Marriage: 14 Oct 1779 - Eastham, Massachusetts 4
Status:
Children:
1. Seth Higgins (1780- )
2. Elliot Higgins (1782- )
3. Rebecca Higgins (1785-1857)
4. Syrenus Higgins (1787- ) 5
5. Polly Higgins (1789- )
Nathan Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Aug 1736 - Eastham, Massachusetts 6
Baptism:
Death: 16 Jun 1780 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Theophilus Higgins (1698-1780)
Mother: Joanna Young (1703-1767)
Spouses and Children
1. *Jerusha Mayo (25 Aug 1739 - 30 Jan 1831)
Marriage: 27 Feb 1763 - Eastham, Massachusetts 7
Status:
Nathan Rice Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Apr 1820 - Framingham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 21 Jun 1820 - Framingham, Massachusetts 9
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Robert Kemp Higgins (1775-1826)
Mother: Eunice Holbrook (1781-1822)
Nathanael Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Feb 1720 - Eastham, Massachusetts 2
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Nathanael Higgins (1694-Bef 1758)
Mother: Elizabeth Atwood (Abt 1695-Bef 1729)
Nathanael Higgins
Sex: M
AKA: Nathaniel Higgins
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Jun 1694 - Eastham, Massachusetts 10
Baptism:
Death: Bef 1758
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ichabod Higgins (1662-1728)
Mother: Melatiah Hamblin (1668-1744)
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Walker (Est 1705 - )
Marriage: 7 Aug 1729 - Eastham, Massachusetts 11
Status:
Children:
1. Thomas Higgins (1730- ) 2
2. Nathan Higgins (1731- ) 2
2. Elizabeth Atwood (Abt 1695 - Bef Aug 1729)
Marriage: 26 Feb 1718 - Eastham, Massachusetts 12
Status:
Children:
1. Nathanael Higgins (1720- ) 2
2. Daniel Higgins (1722-1749) 13
3. Enoch Higgins (1724- ) 2
Notes
Marriage Notes (Elizabeth Atwood)
They were married by Nathanael Freeman, Esqur.
12
Nathaniel Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Jul 1772 - Middletown, Connecticut 14
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Beriah Higgins (1727- ) 15
Mother: Thankful Barnes (Est 1730- )
Nathaniel Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Jan 1797 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 16
Baptism:
Death: 28 Apr 1800 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 17
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Solomon Higgins (1774-Bef 1808) 18
Mother: Elizabeth Dyer (Cir 1777-1852)
Nathaniel Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Aug 1803 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 16
Baptism:
Death: 29 Nov 1804 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 17
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Solomon Higgins (1774-Bef 1808) 18
Mother: Elizabeth Dyer (Cir 1777-1852)
Nathaniel Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 18 May 1753 - Eastham, Massachusetts 19
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Enoch Higgins (1724- ) 2
Mother: Sarah Deane (Est 1727- )
Nathaniel Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Aug 1776 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 18
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Solomon Higgins (1743- )
Mother: Abigail Pierce (Est 1755- )
Nathaniel C Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Feb 1837 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 21
Baptism:
Death: 25 Feb 1843 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial: in Cemetery #2, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Barzillai Higgins (1795-1852) 22
Mother: Abigail Sparks (1801-1877) 23
Nathaniel Collins Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Oct 1835 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 21
Baptism:
Death: 9 May 1836 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 25
Burial: in Cemetery #2, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Barzillai Higgins (1795-1852) 22
Mother: Abigail Sparks (1801-1877) 23
Nathaniel Coombs Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Nov 1832 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 26
Baptism:
Death: 24 May 1873 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 27
Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: phthisis
Parents
Father: Ezekiel Higgins (1788-1861)
Mother: Jemima Atwood (1786-1855)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Snow Knowles (4 Mar 1836 - 2 Nov 1871)
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Carrie M Higgins (1859- )
2. Nettie Staunton Higgins (1864-1868) 28
3. Higgins (1871-1871) 29
Notes
General:
1859, 1864, 1873 blacksmith, Wellfleet
Nathaniel Snow Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Mar 1811 - Duxbury, Massachusetts 31
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Nathaniel Snow Higgins (1778-1859) 32
Mother: Rebecca Harding Young (1783-1864) 33
Nathaniel Snow Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Sep 1778 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 32
Baptism:
Death: 25 Jan 1859 - Duxbury, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Deacon Jonathan Higgins (1734-1821) 34
Mother: Bethiah Snow (1749-1783) 35
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Harding Young (24 Oct 1783 - 5 Dec 1864) 33
Marriage: 1802 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Pamelia Young Higgins (1803-1824) 36
2. John Young Higgins (1805-1822) 37
3. Rebecca Young Higgins (1808-1850) 38
4. Nathaniel Snow Higgins (1811- ) 37
5. Caroline V Higgins (1813-1824) 37
6. Hiram Higgins (1817- ) 39
7. George Lewis Higgins (1819- ) 37
8. Isaac E Higgins (1822-1887) 37
9. John Higgins (1825-1826) 37
10. Sarah P Higgins (1827-1896) 37
Notes
General:
Nathaniel was a mariner, who lived at Wellfleet and Duxbury.
Nathaniel Wesley Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Jun 1924 - Chatham, Massachusetts 40
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Albert Wesley Higgins (1893- )
Mother: Pauline Melba Nickerson (1902- )
Nehemiah Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Dec 1767 - Eastham, Massachusetts 41
Baptism:
Death: 28 Oct 1818 - Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Levi Higgins (1743-1825) 6
Mother: Bathsheba Young (Cir 1747-1799)
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Ursula Leland b: 26 NOV 1784 in Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine
Married: 16 MAY 1804
Children
Ebenezer Leland Higgins b: 08 APR 1808
Benjamin Leland Higgins b: 09 SEP 1814 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
(derwood)
Nehemiah Higgins
Sex: M
AKA: Nehamiah Higgins
Individual Information
Birth: 1735 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: in Connecticut
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Ichabod Higgins (1709-1752) 42
Mother: Jane Snow (1715- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Thankful Hurd (Est 1738 - ) 43
Marriage: 10 Feb 1763 - East Haddam, Connecticut 44
Status:
2. Mary Groves (Est 1739 - ) 43
Marriage: 14 Dec 1772 - New Haven, Connecticut
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Mary Groves)
Children
Darius Higgins b: Abt 1774 in Killingworth, Ct
Thankful Higgins b: 20 Jan 1776
Sally Higgins b: 20 Jun 1780 in New Haven
Bela Higgins b: 3 Aug 1782 in New Haven
Nehemiah Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1739 - Eastham, Massachusetts 45
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Higgins (1706-1771)
Mother: Mercy Twining (1708-Bef 1757)
Notes
General:
Nehemiah is at the end of the list of Thomas and Abigail's children in the Eastham records, but without an actual birth date.
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