Philena Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Aug 1844 - (Provincetown, Massachusetts) Baptism: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Aquilla Higgins (1803-1876) 1 Mother: Abigail Rich (Cir 1806-1875)Philena Higgins
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Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Aug 1811 - Eastham, Massachusetts 2 Baptism: Death: 25 Jul 1846 - Provincetown, Massachusetts Burial: in Provincetown, Massachusetts 3 Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Aquila Higgins (1767-1847) Mother: Tamson Pepper (1770-1844) 4
Spouses and Children
1. *Alexander Manuel (1807 - 11 Nov 1880) Marriage: Status: Children: 1. Alexander Manuel (1845-1849) 5Philip Higgins
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Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1758 - Eastham, Massachusetts Baptism: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Philip Higgins (1728-Abt 1796) Mother: Mary Wiley (Abt 1730-Abt 1798)Philip Higgins
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Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Baptism: 13 Jan 1754 - Hardwick, Massachusetts 6 Death: 15 Mar 1845 - Nova Scotia Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jonathan Higgins (1711- ) Mother: Rachel Doane (Abt 1714- )
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Mary CROWELL
Married: 10 JUL 1777
Captain Philip Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Nov 1758 - Truro, Massachusetts 7 Baptism: Death: 4 Aug 1804 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Barnabus Higgins (1722-1799) Mother: Abigail Paine (1721-1791)
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Newcomb (Est 1769 - 19 Jul 1826) Marriage: 17 Dec 1789 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 8 Status: Children: 1. Abigail Higgins (1790- ) 9 2. Philip Higgins (1792-1793) 9 3. Sarah Higgins (1794- ) 9 4. Mary Higgins (1797-1798) 9 5. Philip Higgins (1799-1883) 10 6. Mary Higgins (1801-1823) 9Philip Higgins
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Sex: MAKA: Phillip Higgins
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Sep 1799 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 9 Baptism: Death: 27 Jan 1883 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 11 Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet 12 Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Philip Higgins (1758-1804) Mother: Sarah Newcomb (Est 1769-1826)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mercy Cole Snow (11 Jan 1807 - 21 Jan 1898) 13 Marriage: 12 Jul 1824 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 14 Status: Children: 1. Sarah Newcomb Higgins (1826-1827) 15 2. Benjamin Warren Higgins (1828-1894) 15 3. Sarah Newcomb Higgins (1830-1880) 16 4. Martha Colton Higgins (1832-1868) 16 5. Mary Higgins (1834-1834) 15 6. Philip Higgins (1835-1920) 7. Mary Higgins (1838-1914) 16 8. Samuel Jones Higgins (1839-1841) 15 9. Samuel Jones Higgins (1841-1907) 15 10. Captain Aaron Snow Higgins (1843-After 1921) 17 11. Henry Elwood Higgins (1845-1883) 12. Abigail Frances Higgins (1847-1926) 18 13. Mercy Snow Higgins (1850-1872) 19
Notes
General:
occupationMarriage Notes (Mercy Cole Snow)
1843, 1845, 1850 mariner, Wellfleet 20
Philip HIGGINS, Self, M, Male, W, 81, MA, Labr,. MA, MA;
Mercy C. HIGGINS, Wife, M, Female, W, 72, MA, Keep House, MA, MA;
Mary HIGGINS, Dau, S, Female, W, 41, MA, Home, MA, MA;
Sarah N. NICHOLSON, Dau, W, Female, W, 49, MA, Home, MA, MA;
Charles L. HAWES, Other, S, Male, W, 5, MA, School, MA, MA;
Lydia BAKER, Other, S, Female, W, 82, MA, MA, MA;
Mary M. ATWOOD, Other, S, Female, W, 47, MA, MA, MA.
1880 US census: Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
21
Philip Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Nov 1835 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 15 Baptism: Death: 15 Aug 1920 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 22 Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet 12 Cause of Death: cirrhosis of liver 22
Parents
Father: Philip Higgins (1799-1883) 10 Mother: Mercy Cole Snow (1807-1898) 13
Spouses and Children
1. *Arabella Cass Blaney (Jul 1842 - Jan 1920) 12 Marriage: 1862 - Charlestown, Massachusetts Status: Children: 1. Arabella Cass Higgins (1863-1920) 23 2. William H Blaney Higgins (1866- ) 24 3. Lizzie Archer Higgins (1870-1938) 12 4. Herbert Selden Higgins (1872- ) 25 5. Mercy S Higgins (1880- ) 26 6. Benjamin Higgins (1881- )
Notes
General:
1863 sail maker, CharlestownMedical:
1866 seaman, Wellfleet
1870, 1872, 1880, 1881 sail maker, Wellfleet
age 84-10-7
Philip Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Apr 1792 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 9 Baptism: Death: 12 Jul 1793 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 9 Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Philip Higgins (1758-1804) Mother: Sarah Newcomb (Est 1769-1826)Philip Higgins
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Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Jan 1728 - Eastham, Massachusetts 27 Baptism: Death: Abt 1796 - Bath, Maine Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Higgins (1704-1789) 28 Mother: Abigail Paine (1707-1742) 28
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Wiley (Abt 1730 - Abt 1798) Marriage: 27 Jul 1748 - Eastham, Massachusetts 29 Status: Children: 1. Benjamin Higgins (1749-1823) 2. Reuben Higgins (1750-1829) 3. Ruth Higgins (1750-1824) 4. Abigail Higgins (1755-1824) 5. Simeon Higgins (Abt 1756-1830) 6. Philip Higgins (1758- ) 7. Mary Higgins (1760- ) 8. Sarah Higgins (1762-1830) 9. Thankful Higgins (1764- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Mary Wiley)
Text of will in Lincoln Co probate book 30
Philip Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Mar 1725 - Eastham, Massachusetts 31 Baptism: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Elisha Higgins (1677-1750) Mother: Jane Collins (1684- ) 32
Spouses and Children
1. *Phebe Lewis (10 Jul 1728 - Bef Jul 1770) Marriage: 26 Mar 1747 - Truro, Massachusetts 33 Status: 2. Lydia Snow (24 Mar 1736 - ) Marriage: 12 Jul 1770 - Eastham, Massachusetts 34 Status:Philip Young Higgins
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Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Sep 1849 - Eastham, Massachusetts 35 Baptism: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ephraim Higgins (1803-1869) 36 Mother: Deborah Perkins Young (1809-1877) 37Phoebe Jane Higgins
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Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Sep 1848 - Orleans, Massachusetts Baptism: Death: 11 Oct 1893 - Orleans, Massachusetts Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 39 Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Seneca Higgins (1808-1891) 38 Mother: Phebe Gould (1811-1876) 38Polly Higgins
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Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1791 - Eastham, Massachusetts Baptism: Death: 23 Apr 1864 - Weymouth, Massachusetts 40 Burial: Cause of Death: consumption
Parents
Father: Absalom Higgins (1763-1845) Mother: Mary Mulford (1761-1843)
Spouses and Children
1. *Foster Cole Brown (18 Aug 1789 - 6 Jan 1877) 41 Marriage: Mar 1813 - Eastham, Massachusetts 42 Status: Children: 1. Hephzibah Mayo Brown (1813- ) 43 2. Foster Cole Brown (1816-1876) 43 3. Polly Brown (1819- ) 43 4. Samuel Brown (1823- ) 5. Joseph S Brown (1827-1885) 44 6. Cynthia Brown (1829- ) 7. George F Brown (1833- ) 8. Ellen Maria Brown (1837-Between 1903/1910)
Notes
Medical:
age 73Marriage Notes (Foster Cole Brown)
married
Polly (Higgins) Brown
b Orleans, res Weymouth
d/o Absalom & Mary, b Orleans
1830 US census, Orleans
1840, 1850, 1860 US census, Quincy
1855, 1865 Mass. census, Quincy
1870 US census, Cambridgeport
Wm B Witherell, 40, wh. fish dealer
Eunice K Witherell, 37, keeping house
Freeman C Witherell, 42, wh. fish dealer
Ellen M Witherell, 33, at home
Henry F Witherell, 16, cabinet maker's apprentice
Mary Witherell, 61, no occupation
Foster C Brown, 80, no occupation
Mary McCarthy, 42, domestic servant, Ireland
Polly Higgins
Sex: FAKA: Molly Higgins 46
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Aug 1793 - Eastham, Massachusetts 47 Baptism: Death: 22 Aug 1866 - Hopkinton, Massachusetts 48 Burial: in Orleans Cemetery Cause of Death: old age
Parents
Father: Colonel Moses Higgins (1772-1859) Mother: Hannah Rogers (1771-1855)
Spouses and Children
1. *Captain Obadiah Baker (30 Aug 1792 - 10 Feb 1869) Marriage: 12 Nov 1813 - Orleans, Massachusetts 49 Status: Children: 1. Elnathan Baker (1815- ) 2. Obadiah Baker (1817-Bef 1827) 3. Polly Higgins Baker (1819- ) 50 4. Hannah Rogers Baker (1821- ) 5. Moses Higgins Baker (1824-1903) 6. Prince Rogers Baker (1826-1826) 7. Obadiah Baker (1827-1827) 8. Joshua Baker (1830- ) 9. William Sullivan Baker (1833- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Captain Obadiah Baker)
1850 US census, Mendon Ma
with sons Joshua T and William S
1855 Mass. census, Mendon Ma
[no relevant Baker records in Mendon VR]
Polly Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 11 Nov 1789 - Eastham, Massachusetts 51 Baptism: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Nathan Higgins (1752-Cir 1812) 52 Mother: Zerviah Freeman (Est 1755-Cir 1815)Polly Higgins
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Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Aug 1785 - Eastham, Massachusetts 53 Baptism: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ichabod Higgins (1759- ) Mother: Elisabeth Young (1764- ) 54Polly Higgins
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Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Apr 1805 - Orleans, Massachusetts 55 Baptism: Death: 29 Dec 1880 - Cedar Falls, Iowa Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Daniel Higgins (1769-1814) 56 Mother: Betsey Foster Kenrick (1776-1836)
Spouses and Children
1. *Theodore Bridgman (3 Oct 1803 - 30 Mar 1871) Marriage: 3 Mar 1831 - Orleans, Massachusetts 49 Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Theodore Bridgman)
Genealogy of the Bridgman Family: "He was a farmer, moved west in 1845."
Children
Dwight Winslow Bridgman b: 6 FEB 1837 in Belchertown, MA
James Bridgman b: 25 OCT 1843 in Belchertown, MA
Polly A Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Jun 1829 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 57 Baptism: Death: 15 Sep 1844 - Quincy, Massachusetts 58 Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham 59 Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Daniel Higgins (1783-1832) 60 Mother: Polly Atwood (1785-1862)Polly A Higgins
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Sex: FAKA: Mary A Higgins
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Mar 1824 - Brewster, Massachusetts 61 Baptism: Death: 5 Sep 1886 - Brewster, Massachusetts 62 Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 39 Cause of Death: paralysis
Parents
Father: Aquila Higgins (1794-1876) 63 Mother: Sabrina Atwood (1796-1858)
Spouses and Children
1. *Adnah Rogers (3 Feb 1823 - 12 Jul 1903) Marriage: 3 Nov 1846 - Orleans, Massachusetts 64 Status: Children: 1. Andrew Rogers (Est 1850- )
Notes
Medical:
age 62-5-23
Mary A Rogers
married
b Brewster
father Aquilla Higgins, b Portland
mother Sabrena, b Brewster
Polly B Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Feb 1832 - Orleans, Massachusetts 65 Baptism: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Daniel Higgins (1800-1876) 55 Mother: Eliza Sparrow (1802-1839) 66
Sources
1. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:136. highly incomplete
2. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:136.
3. Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm). badly organized
4. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 163 (MD32:64). 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.5. Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm).
6. 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.'
7. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 59.
8. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:541. Marriages.
9. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:52. the children of Philip and Sarah Higgins.
10. Katherine Chapin Higgins, Supplement to Richard Higgins and his descendants (1924. Worcester Mass: K Higgins.), #190. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:52. the children of Philip and Sarah Higgins.
11. Barnstable Patriot (Barnstable, Mass [archives 1830-1930 online at Sturgis Library, Barnstable]), 6 Feb 1883. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:52.
12. 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), lots 73-75. Sparrow and Higgins families.
13. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:71. Solomon and Lavina Snow family.
14. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:575. Marriages.
15. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:143. The children of Philip and Mercy Higgins.
16. Katherine Chapin Higgins, Supplement to Richard Higgins and his descendants (1924. Worcester Mass: K Higgins.), #190. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:143. The children of Philip and Mercy Higgins.
17. 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.
18. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1926. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:143. The children of Philip and Mercy Higgins.
19. Katherine Chapin Higgins, Supplement to Richard Higgins and his descendants (1924. Worcester Mass: K Higgins.) .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 26.
20. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 1.
21. 1880 US census, Wellfleet Massachusetts, p 119C.
22. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1920.
23. 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), lots 73-75. Sparrow & Higgins.
24. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 10.
25. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 17.
26. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 25.
27. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 83 (MD16:197).
28. Bob Ferreira, "Cape Cod Families" (Rootweb file bobferr (no longer online)).
29. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 111 (MD24:87.
30. William Davis Patterson, The Probate records of Lincoln county, Maine: 1760 to 1800 (Maine Genealogical Society), 265.
31. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 73 (MD16:34).
32. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 10 (MD3:230).
33. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 52. by Rev John Avery pastor of the chh in Truro.
34. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 167 (MD32:112).
35. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Eastham.
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.), p 244. This is a major source, which seems accurate.
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.), p 244. .... 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), 150.
38. Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003 ff. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.
39. index to Orleans, Massachusetts cemeteries (1970. Excel file at Orleans Historical Society, http://orleanshistoricalsociety.org/collections.html).
40. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Weymouth.
41. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:41. the children of George Brown and Ruth his wife.
42. 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
43. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:115. The children of Foster C. Brown & Polly his wife.
44. 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), 153.
45. Jay Mack Holbrook, compiler, Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts 1637-1892, 2002. Oxford MA: Archive Publishing (page images on CD), H01_02e.
46. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:355.
47. 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]), 33:89.
48. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Hopkinton.
49. 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), 40 (B).
50. 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).51. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:14.
52. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 79 (MD16:142).
53. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:87.
54. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:40. the children of Solomon Young and Eunice his wife.
55. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 34:62.
56. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 85 (MD16:201).
57. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:94. Daniel & Polly Higgins family.
58. Frank Dyer, "Descendants of William & Mary (Barrett) Dyer of Rhode Island" (Rootsweb files will_riged, spragueged).
59. Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society).
60. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:26. the family of Daniel Higgins and Hannah his wife.
61. 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]), 110.
62. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), 373:8 (Brewster).
63. Raymond T. Wing, Wing Family of America (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=mewingnut).
64. Barnstable Patriot (Barnstable, Mass [archives 1830-1930 online at Sturgis Library, Barnstable]), 11 Nov 1846. Baptist Church, Rev O.T. Walker. .... Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Orleans.
65. 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), 136.
66. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 34:136. .... 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), 102.
1 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:136. highly incomplete
2 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:136.
3 Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm). badly organized
4
Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 163 (MD32:64). 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.
5 Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm).
6 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.'
7 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 59.
8 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:541. Marriages.
9 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:52. the children of Philip and Sarah Higgins.
10 Katherine Chapin Higgins, Supplement to Richard Higgins and his descendants (1924. Worcester Mass: K Higgins.), #190. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:52. the children of Philip and Sarah Higgins.
11 Barnstable Patriot (Barnstable, Mass [archives 1830-1930 online at Sturgis Library, Barnstable]), 6 Feb 1883. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:52.
12 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), lots 73-75. Sparrow and Higgins families.
13 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:71. Solomon and Lavina Snow family.
14 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:575. Marriages.
15 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:143. The children of Philip and Mercy Higgins.
16 Katherine Chapin Higgins, Supplement to Richard Higgins and his descendants (1924. Worcester Mass: K Higgins.), #190. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:143. The children of Philip and Mercy Higgins.
17 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.
18 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1926. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:143. The children of Philip and Mercy Higgins.
19 Katherine Chapin Higgins, Supplement to Richard Higgins and his descendants (1924. Worcester Mass: K Higgins.) .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 26.
20 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 1.
21 1880 US census, Wellfleet Massachusetts, p 119C.
22 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1920.
23 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), lots 73-75. Sparrow & Higgins.
24 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 10.
25 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 17.
26 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 25.
27 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 83 (MD16:197).
28 Bob Ferreira, "Cape Cod Families" (Rootweb file bobferr (no longer online)).
29 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 111 (MD24:87.
30 William Davis Patterson, The Probate records of Lincoln county, Maine: 1760 to 1800 (Maine Genealogical Society), 265.
31 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 73 (MD16:34).
32 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 10 (MD3:230).
33 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 52. by Rev John Avery pastor of the chh in Truro.
34 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 167 (MD32:112).
35 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Eastham.
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.), p 244. This is a major source, which seems accurate.
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.), p 244. .... 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), 150.
38 Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003 ff. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.
39 index to Orleans, Massachusetts cemeteries (1970. Excel file at Orleans Historical Society, http://orleanshistoricalsociety.org/collections.html).
40 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Weymouth.
41 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:41. the children of George Brown and Ruth his wife.
42 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
43 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:115. The children of Foster C. Brown & Polly his wife.
44 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), 153.
45 Jay Mack Holbrook, compiler, Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts 1637-1892, 2002. Oxford MA: Archive Publishing (page images on CD), H01_02e.
46 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:355.
47 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]), 33:89.
48 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Hopkinton.
49 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), 40 (B).
50
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).
51 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:14.
52 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 79 (MD16:142).
53 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:87.
54 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:40. the children of Solomon Young and Eunice his wife.
55 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 34:62.
56 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 85 (MD16:201).
57 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:94. Daniel & Polly Higgins family.
58 Frank Dyer, "Descendants of William & Mary (Barrett) Dyer of Rhode Island" (Rootsweb files will_riged, spragueged).
59 Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society).
60 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:26. the family of Daniel Higgins and Hannah his wife.
61 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]), 110.
62 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), 373:8 (Brewster).
63 Raymond T. Wing, Wing Family of America (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=mewingnut).
64 Barnstable Patriot (Barnstable, Mass [archives 1830-1930 online at Sturgis Library, Barnstable]), 11 Nov 1846. Baptist Church, Rev O.T. Walker. .... Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Orleans.
65 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), 136.
66
George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 34:136. .... 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), 102.
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