Ruth Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Jun 1733 - Eastham, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death: 1 Oct 1776 - Middle Haddam, Connecticut 2
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Israel Higgins (1706-1788)
Mother: Ruth Brown (1710-1768) 3
Notes
General:
married Abner Stocking, 8 feb 1750 at Middle Haddam
Abner was Captain and recruiting officer in the Revolutionary War [?]
m2 John Wright Jr, 5 may 1773 4
Ruth Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1719 - Eastham, Massachusetts 5
Baptism:
Death: 18 Aug 1799
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Elisha Higgins (1677-1750)
Mother: Jane Collins (1684- ) 6
Spouses and Children
1. *James Snow (Abt 1718 - )
Marriage: 17 Feb 1767 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Status:
Ruth Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Aug 1761 - Eastham, Massachusetts 7
Baptism:
Death: 18 Aug 1847 - Eastham, Massachusetts 8
Burial:
Cause of Death: old age
Parents
Father: Simeon Higgins (1723-Abt 1786)
Mother: Martha Snow (1726-Bef 1776)
Notes
Medical:
age 85
pauper
b Eastham
d/o Simeon & __ Higgins 8
Ruth Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Jan 1755 - Eastham, Massachusetts 7
Baptism:
Death: Dec 1759 - Eastham, Massachusetts 7
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Simeon Higgins (1723-Abt 1786)
Mother: Martha Snow (1726-Bef 1776)
Ruth Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 15 Aug 1725 - Eastham, Massachusetts 9
Baptism:
Death: Bef 1761 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Higgins (1695-Bef 1768)
Mother: Ruth Twining (1699-1793)
Spouses and Children
1. *Eleazer Rogers (15 Nov 1726 - 10 Aug 1780)
Marriage: 13 Nov 1747 - Eastham, Massachusetts 10
Status:
Children:
1. Johanna Rogers (1748- )
2. Levi Rogers (1749-1794)
3. David Rogers (1751- )
4. Ruth Rogers (1756- ) 11
5. Abigail Rogers (1759-After 1803)
Ruth Higgins
Sex: F
AKA: Ruth Snow
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1753
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Lewis Cahoon (Est 1750 - ) 13
Marriage: 26 Oct 1773 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 13
Status:
Children:
1. Betty Cahoon (1774- )
2. Hannah Cahoon (1776-1851)
3. Solomon Cahoon (1778- )
4. Susanna Cahoon (1780-1862) 14
2. Snow ( - Bef 1773)
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
General:
Snow is a married name. Assertions that this is the Ruth Higgins b 1725 are ridiculous.
Ruth Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1779 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Joseph Cole (13 Mar 1776 - 1795)
Marriage: 1795 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Joseph Cole)
marriage?
Ruth Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1790 - Buckstown, Maine
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Seth Higgins (1768-1801)
Mother: Hannah Eames (1771-1846)
Ruth A Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 11 Feb 1812 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 15
Baptism:
Death: 10 Apr 1899 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 16
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet 17
Cause of Death: general debility 18
Parents
Father: Captain Thomas Higgins (1766-1842) 19
Mother: Martha Swett (1774-1861) 19
Spouses and Children
1. *James Hutton Atwood (26 Sep 1811 - 19 Feb 1854) 17
Marriage: 30 Nov 1834 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 20
Status:
Children:
1. James Thomas Atwood (1835-1876) 21
2. Martha Higgins Atwood (1837-1913) 22
3. Arnold M Jones Atwood (1845-1847) 23
4. Ruth Higgins Atwood (1849-1849) 24
2. Captain Isaac Freeman (19 Jul 1817 - 12 Nov 1886) 25
Marriage: 10 May 1857 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 26
Status:
Notes
Medical:
age 87-2Marriage Notes (Captain Isaac Freeman)
widow
1880 US census, Wellfleet
Ruth Adams Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1802 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 10 Oct 1807 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 27
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Asa Higgins (1766-1827)
Mother: Lucy Arey (1769- ) 28
Ruth Adams Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Oct 1819 - Orleans, Massachusetts 29
Baptism:
Death: 25 Jun 1856 - Orleans, Massachusetts 30
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 27
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Simeon Higgins (1796-1861)
Mother: Paulina Collins (Cir 1796-1830)
Spouses and Children
1. *Eliphalet Edson Jr (30 Aug 1815 - Cir 1897)
Marriage: 1 Jan 1840 - Orleans, Massachusetts 31
Status:
Ruth C Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Jan 1817 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Richard Higgins (1786- )
Mother: Thankful Crosby (1788- )
Ruth Priscilla Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 15 Apr 1830 - Exeter, Maine
Baptism:
Death: 2 Feb 1897 - Andover, Massachusetts 32
Burial: in Exeter, Maine
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ebenezer Higgins (Est 1795- )
Mother: Ruth Smith (Est 1795- )
Notes
General:
m James Grant
Ruth Taylor Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 28 Jul 1776 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Death: 10 Sep 1809 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Edmond Higgins (1740-1793) 33
Mother: Esther Higgins (1740- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Elkanah Snow (8 Sep 1775 - 16 Jan 1818)
Marriage: 25 Nov 1796 - Eastham, Massachusetts 34
Status:
Children:
1. Asa Snow (1797-1872)
2. Elkanah Snow (1799- )
3. Jonathan Higgins Snow (1802- )
4. Sumner Snow (1804- )
5. Ruth Snow (1805- )
6. Ebenezer Snow (1807- )
7. Winthrop Snow (1809- )
Sabria Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Jul 1762 - Middle Haddam (Middletown), Connecticut 35
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Silvenus Higgins (1735-1785) 36
Mother: Lucy Stocking (1739-1776) 37
Sadie Newcomb Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 11 Sep 1881 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 39
Baptism:
Death: 13 Jun 1972
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Marshall Irving Higgins (1854-1936) 40
Mother: Hope Doane Smith (1855-1929) 38
Sally Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Sep 1818 - Orleans, Massachusetts 41
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Sylvanus Higgins (1783-1850) 42
Mother: Sally Linnell (1782-1851)
Spouses and Children
1. *Isaiah G Tower (Est 1815 - )
Marriage: 4 Oct 1840
Status:
Sally Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1795 - of Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: Bef 1850
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Thomas Hatsuld Chipman (11 Aug 1794 - 22 Jul 1851)
Marriage: 1814 - (Sandwich, Massachusetts)
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Thomas Hatsuld Chipman)
Children
Bethia Chipman b: 7 APR 1816
Sarah Sally Chipman b: 16 NOV 1817
Mary Eliza Chipman b: 3 FEB 1828
Hannah Ruddock Chipman b: 6 NOV 1829
George Washington Hatsuld Chipman b: 24 DEC 1832
Lucy Annah Chipman b: 19 APR 1834
Thomas Hatsuld (Jr) Chipman b: 27 MAY 1836
Joseph Perkins Chipman b: 9 NOV 1838
Isabelle Bourne Chipman b: 7 MAR 1841
Helen Maria Chipman b: 16 SEP 1843
Rebecca H. Chipman b: 15 NOV 1845
Sands Kelley Chipman b: 30 DEC 1847
Sally Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 6 May 1795 - Granville, Massachusetts 43
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Solomon Higgins (1758-Cir 1820) 44
Mother: Temperance Smith (1762- )
Sally Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 8 Apr 1787 - (Eastham, Massachusetts) 45
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Gideon Higgins (1738-1816) 46
Mother: Ruth Burgess (1742- )
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pages numbers refer to "Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850" 1982. Harwich Historical Society), 494. Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no 'Harwick.' .... 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), 19. .... Robert P Smith, "Historic Records of the Federated Church of Orleans, Massachusetts"
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