The Sacred Cod - individuals


picture Robert Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 24 Aug 1724 - Eastham, Massachusetts 1
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: John Higgins (1692-      )
         Mother: Hannah Mayo (1692-1729) 2


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Robert Bruce Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 23 Oct 1838 - Orleans, Massachusetts 3
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Jul 1912 - Medford, Massachusetts 4
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 5
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Captain Robert Higgins (1803-1857) 6
         Mother: Eliza Wormley Snow (1804-1874) 7

Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Rogers Higgins (30 Nov 1838 - 30 Mar 1900)
       Marriage: 6 Dec 1860 - Orleans, Massachusetts 8
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Seneca D Higgins (1861-      )


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Captain Robert Emery Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 5 Mar 1835 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 10
        Baptism: 
          Death: 15 Jan 1872 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: consumption 11


Parents
         Father: Noah Swett Higgins (1802-1885) 12
         Mother: Anna Kemp Norton (1805-1878) 13

Spouses and Children
1. *Jerusha Allen Atwood (29 Aug 1836 - 31 Dec 1914) 14 
       Marriage: 14 Jan 1857 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 15
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Richard Freeman Higgins (1859-      )
                2. Nellie May Higgins (1864-      ) 16

Notes
General:
1859, 1864 mariner, Wellfleet
Medical:
age 36-10
married
master mariner
parents Noah & Anna

picture Robert F Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 1907 - (Boston)
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Albert Fairbanks Higgins (1883-      )
         Mother: Sarah E Achorn (1884-      )


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Robert Kemp Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 19 Nov 1808 - Framingham, Massachusetts 17
        Baptism: 
          Death: 9 Sep 1825 - Framingham, Massachusetts 18
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Captain Robert Kemp Higgins (1775-1826)
         Mother: Eunice Holbrook (1781-1822)


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Captain Robert Kemp Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 4 Oct 1775 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 19
        Baptism: 
          Death: 26 Apr 1826 - Framingham, Massachusetts 18
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Captain Joseph Higgins (1735-1781) 20
         Mother: Hannah Pepper (1740-1816) 21

Spouses and Children
1. *Eunice Holbrook (11 Nov 1781 - 21 Sep 1822)
       Marriage: 16 Feb 1800 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 22
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Joseph Higgins (1801-1864)
                2. Solomon H Higgins (1803-1862)
                3. Robert Kemp Higgins (1808-1825)
                4. Francis Stilfin Higgins (1809-1809)
                5. Eben Parsons Higgins (1811-1879)
                6. Gorham Parsons Higgins (1813-1874)
                7. James Harvey Higgins (1816-1847)
                8. William Parsons Higgins (1817-After 1900)
                9. Nathan Rice Higgins (1820-1820) 17
                10. Hannah Higgins (1821-1821)
                11. Eunice Higgins (1822-1873)


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Robert W Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 1 Mar 1843 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1908 - (Providence, Rhode Island)
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Joseph Higgins (1817-1901) 24
         Mother: Rachel Paine Newcomb (1821-1881) 25

Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Doane Hawes (18 Oct 1845 - 23 Sep 1905) 26 
       Marriage: 10 Jan 1867 - Portland, Maine 27
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Lillian M Higgins (1877-1914) 23

Notes
General:
1867 seaman, Wellfleet
Marriage Notes (Hannah Doane Hawes)
of Providence, 1895

picture Rosanna Mary Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 7 Feb 1836 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 28
        Baptism: 
          Death: 4 Mar 1900 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 29
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: paresis 29


Parents
         Father: Enoch Higgins (1798-1866) 30
         Mother: Eliza Hopkins (1798-1850) 31

Spouses and Children
1. *Henry Parsons (1830 - Bef 1880)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Emma S Parsons (1876-1936)
                2. Blanche H Parsons (1876-      )

Notes
Medical:
age 64-4-27 (calculates to 6 Oct 1835)
Rosanna Mary Parsons, widow of Henry Parsons
housewife
d/o Enoch Higgins
b Wellfleet
Marriage Notes (Henry Parsons)
1870 US census, Chelsea, Mass.
building 42, household 63
Henry Parsons, 40, jour carpenter, $400, b Newfoundland
Rose M Parsons, 34, keeping house, b Mass.

sharing building with household 64
Henry A Lothrop, 38, mariner $500
Lizzie Lothrop, 38, keeping house
Henry A Lothrop jr, 18, clerk in store
Atwood B Lothrop, 17, clerk in store
all b Mass.

another Henry Parsons, probably a son:
1870 US census, Chelsea
building 1118, household 1253
household of P-- A Brooks
Henry Parsons, 20, jour carpenter, b Mass.

1880 US census, Wellfleet
building 122, household 141
Rose M Parsons, widow, 43, keeping house, b Mass.
Emma S Parsons, 4, b RI
Blanche H Parsons, 4, b RI

picture Rowland F Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 13 Dec 1818 - Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1904
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Elisha Higgins (1787-After 1859)
         Mother: Eunice Nickerson (1794-1864) 32

Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth B Tibbetts (Est 1821 - Bef Oct 1851)
       Marriage: 1851
         Status: 

2. Adaline Fader (Est 1825 -       )
       Marriage: 1851
         Status: 


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Ruby Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 3 Oct 1806 - Eastham, Massachusetts 33
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Aquila Higgins (1767-1847)
         Mother: Tamson Pepper (1770-1844) 34


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Ruby Rebecca Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: Aug 1882 - Somerville, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Webster Higgins (1852-After 1910)
         Mother: Amanda J Parker (1858-      )

Spouses and Children
1. *Gustavus Foster Hall (1882 -       )
       Marriage: 27 Dec 1905 - Somerville, Massachusetts 35
         Status: 


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Rufus Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 4 Oct 1830 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 36
        Baptism: 
          Death: 5 Feb 1909 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Burial: in South Wellfleet, Massachusetts
 Cause of Death: valvular disease of heart 37


Parents
         Father: John Knowles Higgins (1795-1854)
         Mother: Ruth Wiley (1794-1880) 38

Spouses and Children
1. *Sally Eaton Wiley (25 Sep 1831 - 28 Dec 1893) 39 
       Marriage: 17 Nov 1852 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 40
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Lewis H Higgins (1854-After 1880)
                2. Eugene W Higgins (1856-1890)
                3. Emma F Higgins (1858-1924) 41
                4. Eddie R Higgins (1860-1881)
                5. Charles Knowles Higgins (1862-1862)
                6. Lucinda Lewis Higgins (1866-1923) 42

Notes
General:
1854, 1866 mariner/seaman, Wellfleet
b. Eastham

1900 US census, Wellfleet MA;
house 260, family 267.
Rufus Higgins, 69, b oct 1830, widowed, all b MA, day laborer, can read/write, rents house. 43
Medical:
age 48-4-1
Marriage Notes (Sally Eaton Wiley)
1880 US census, Wellfleet
Rufus Higgins Self 49 Sailor
Sarah E. Higgins Wife 48 Keeping House
Lewis H. Higgins Son S 25 Sailor
Eugene W. Higgins Son S 23
Eddie R. Higgins Son S 20 Sailor
Lucinda L. Higgins dau 14 At School
Ruth Higgins mother wid 86 At Home
Minerva Pervere 52 Keeping House [Rufus's half-sister, Minerva (Higgins) (Kemp) Pervere]
all Mass.

picture Russell Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: Est 1845 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Spouses and Children
       Children:
                1. Cora Higgins (1871-      )


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Russell S Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 9 Sep 1826 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1926 - North Eastham, Massachusetts 44
         Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Josiah K Higgins (1791-1881) 45
         Mother: Hannah Snow (1794-1835) 46

Spouses and Children
1. *Harriet E Newman (1845 - 1927) 44 
       Marriage: Est 1865
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Emma J Higgins (1866-1933) 44
                2. Elbridge Higgins (1866-      )
                3. Hiram A Higgins (1868-1918) 44
                4. Alberta C Higgins (1871-      )
                5. John M Higgins (1872-      )
                6. Edward E Higgins (1874-1896) 44
                7. Mariner N Higgins (1876-1895) 44
                8. Mary Jeanette Higgins (1878-      )

Notes
General:
1878 farmer, Eastham
Marriage Notes (Harriet E Newman)
1880 US census, Eastham
Russell Higgins, 53, fisherman, Ma, Ma, Ma
Harriet E, 54, keeping house, Me, Can, Ma
Emma J, 14, at home, Me
Elbridge, 14, farm labor, Me
Hiram A, 12, Me
Alberte E, 9, Me
John M, 8, Me
Edweard E, 6, Me
Marin N, 3, Me
Mary J, 1, Ma
Josiah K, 88, father, widowed, Ma, Ma, Me

1900 US census, Eastham


picture Ruth Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 20 Nov 1750 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 11 Jan 1824 - Lincolnville, Maine
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Philip Higgins (1728-Abt 1796)
         Mother: Mary Wiley (Abt 1730-Abt 1798)

Notes
General:
m. John Nalor
Birth: 1742/1744 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine
Death: 30 Apr 1820 in Lincolnville, Waldo, Maine
[Roottsweb files call him John Nalor Marriner, which I assume is an interpretation error to include his occupation in his name. Check]

picture Ruth Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 18 Feb 1772 - Eastham, Massachusetts 47
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Silvanus Higgins (1736-1802)
         Mother: Abigail Knowles (1738-1799) 48


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Ruth Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 
        Baptism: 29 May 1774 - Eastham, Massachusetts 49
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Gideon Higgins (1738-1816) 50
         Mother: Ruth Burgess (1742-      )

Spouses and Children
1. *David Godfrey (15 May 1775 - Bef 1797) 49 
       Marriage: 15 Dec 1794 - Chatham, Massachusetts 51
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Sally Godfrey (1793-1855)

2. Nathaniel Gould (2 May 1773 - 5 Dec 1855)
       Marriage: 2 Dec 1830 - Orleans, Massachusetts 52
         Status: 

3. Lewis Smith (Est 1770 - Bef 1830) 53 
       Marriage: 18 Apr 1797 - Orleans, Massachusetts 54
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Olive Smith (1798-1844)
                2. David Godfrey Smith (1799-1870) 55
                3. Gideon Smith (1802-1863)
                4. Sylvanus Higgins Smith (1804-1867)
                5. Lewis Smith (1810-1883) 55

Notes
Marriage Notes (Lewis Smith)
**possible identifications for both**

picture Ruth Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 9 Sep 1762 - Eastham, Massachusetts 56
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: William Higgins (1734-      )
         Mother: Elizabeth Young (Est 1737-      )


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Ruth Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 11 Sep 1700 - Eastham, Massachusetts 57
        Baptism: 
          Death: After 13 Mar 1762 - Nova Scotia
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Joseph Higgins (1666-1729)
         Mother: Ruth (Est 1669-      )

Spouses and Children
1. *Ebenezer Steward (Est 1690 - Bef 1732)
       Marriage: 11 Oct 1716 - Eastham, Massachusetts 58
         Status: 

2. James Eldredge (Cir 1682 - 19 Jul 1757)
       Marriage: Cir 1732
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Rebeckah Eldredge (1735-      )
                2. Zephaniah Eldridge (1733-      )
                3. James Eldridge (1742-1804)

Notes
Marriage Notes (James Eldredge)
Children
Mary Eldredge
Seth Eldredge
Zephaniah Eldredge b: 02 DEC 1733 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Rebecca Eldredge b: 16 NOV 1735 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Ruth Eldredge b: 16 FEB 1737 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Abner Eldredge b: 11 OCT 1738 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
James Eldredge b: 08 APR 1742 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

picture Ruth Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: Cir 1668 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony 59
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Richard Higgins (1613-1677)
         Mother: Mary (Yates) (Est 1630-After 1702)

Spouses and Children
1. *Isaac FitzRandolph (7 Dec 1664 - Jun 1694)
       Marriage: 23 Apr 1692 - Piscataway, New Jersey
         Status: 

2. Stephen Tuttle (Est 1663 - Abt 1710)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 

Sources


1. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 53 (MD15:54). 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.

2. Bob Ferreira, "Cape Cod Families" (Rootweb file bobferr (no longer online)). .... Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 13 MD4:33.

3. 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), 87.

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

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

6. 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.), 404. This is a major source, which seems accurate.

7. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 34:135. highly incomplete .... 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), 101.

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

9. Katherine Chapin Higgins, Supplement to Richard Higgins and his descendants (1924. Worcester Mass: K Higgins.), #808. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:139. The children of Noah and Anna Higgins.

10. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:139. The children of Noah and Anna Higgins.

11. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 16.

12. Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 817. .... 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 5, lot 57. Deacon Thomas Higgins & Thankful Holbrook family.

13. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:78.

14. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:137. Children of Thomas Atwood Jr and Abigail his wife.

15. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Marriages, 1857-1858, in volume 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 98. Penmanship is particularly poor in these pages.

16. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 7.

17. Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Framingham/), 112.

18. Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Framingham/), 442.

19. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:28. the children of Capt. Joseph Higgins and Hannah his wife.

20. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 69 (MD16:27).

21. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 79 (MD16:143).

22. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:551 Marriages.

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), lot 445. Joseph A. Higgins, Anna Watson, Robert W. Higgins, Hannah D. Hawes, Lillian Higgins.

24. 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 117. Joseph & Rachel Higgins family. .... 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.

25. 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 117. Joseph & Rachel Higgins family. .... 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. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:124. children of Seth and Rachel Newcomb.

26. 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 445. Joseph A. Higgins, Anna Watson, Robert W. Higgins, Hannah D. Hawes, Lillian Higgins. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:164. The children of Solomon and Adeline Hawes.

27. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Marriages 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), year 1867.

28. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1900 deaths. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:125. the children of Ennoch and Elizabeth Higgins.

29. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1900 deaths.

30. 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 657b. Enoch & Eliza Higgins family. .... 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.

31. 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 657b. Enoch & Eliza Higgins family.

32. Dave Swett, Families of Orrington, Maine (2011. email).

33. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:136.

34. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 163 (MD32:64).

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

36. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:121. the children of John K. and Ruth Higgins.

37. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 57.

38. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), Deaths p 24, 1880 #19.

39. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:160. Solomon & Betsey Wiley family.

40. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Marriages, 1857-1858, in volume 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 2:68.

41. 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 19, lot 88. Bell & Fisher.

42. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1923. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 11.

43. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 51.

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

45. 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.

46. 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).

47. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:83.

48. New England Historical and Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston), 80:18 The Knowles Family of Eastham, Mass.

49. 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.), 173.

50. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 97 (MD17:143).

51. Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 1:192.

52. 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), 45 (G).

53. 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), 47:112. "perhaps parents."

54. 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), 35 (S). .... 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), 47:112.

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), 160.

56. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 154 (MD31:173).

57. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, p 7 MD3:179.

58. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 53 (MD15:55).

59. Randy Robinson, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," 1.viii Ruth. .... Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), p 41.

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Sources


1 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 53 (MD15:54). 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.

2 Bob Ferreira, "Cape Cod Families" (Rootweb file bobferr (no longer online)). .... Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 13 MD4:33.

3 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), 87.

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

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

6 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.), 404. This is a major source, which seems accurate.

7 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 34:135. highly incomplete .... 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), 101.

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

9 Katherine Chapin Higgins, Supplement to Richard Higgins and his descendants (1924. Worcester Mass: K Higgins.), #808. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:139. The children of Noah and Anna Higgins.

10 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:139. The children of Noah and Anna Higgins.

11 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 16.

12 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 817. .... 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 5, lot 57. Deacon Thomas Higgins & Thankful Holbrook family.

13 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:78.

14 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:137. Children of Thomas Atwood Jr and Abigail his wife.

15 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Marriages, 1857-1858, in volume 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 98. Penmanship is particularly poor in these pages.

16 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 7.

17 Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Framingham/), 112.

18 Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Framingham/), 442.

19 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:28. the children of Capt. Joseph Higgins and Hannah his wife.

20 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 69 (MD16:27).

21 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 79 (MD16:143).

22 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:551 Marriages.

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), lot 445. Joseph A. Higgins, Anna Watson, Robert W. Higgins, Hannah D. Hawes, Lillian Higgins.

24 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 117. Joseph & Rachel Higgins family. .... 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.

25 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 117. Joseph & Rachel Higgins family. .... 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. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:124. children of Seth and Rachel Newcomb.

26 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 445. Joseph A. Higgins, Anna Watson, Robert W. Higgins, Hannah D. Hawes, Lillian Higgins. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:164. The children of Solomon and Adeline Hawes.

27 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Marriages 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), year 1867.

28 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1900 deaths. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:125. the children of Ennoch and Elizabeth Higgins.

29 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1900 deaths.

30 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 657b. Enoch & Eliza Higgins family. .... 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.

31 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 657b. Enoch & Eliza Higgins family.

32 Dave Swett, Families of Orrington, Maine (2011. email).

33 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:136.

34 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 163 (MD32:64).

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

36 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:121. the children of John K. and Ruth Higgins.

37 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 57.

38 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), Deaths p 24, 1880 #19.

39 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:160. Solomon & Betsey Wiley family.

40 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Marriages, 1857-1858, in volume 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 2:68.

41 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 19, lot 88. Bell & Fisher.

42 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1923. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 11.

43 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 51.

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

45 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.

46 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).

47 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:83.

48 New England Historical and Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston), 80:18 The Knowles Family of Eastham, Mass.

49 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.), 173.

50 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 97 (MD17:143).

51 Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 1:192.

52 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), 45 (G).

53 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), 47:112. "perhaps parents."

54 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), 35 (S). .... 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), 47:112.

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), 160.

56 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 154 (MD31:173).

57 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, p 7 MD3:179.

58 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 53 (MD15:55).

59 Randy Robinson, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," 1.viii Ruth. .... Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), p 41.


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