Seth Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Aug 1806 - Orleans, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death: 9 Feb 1888 - Hyde Park, Massachusetts 2
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 3
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Seth Higgins (1780- )
Mother: Rachel Snow (1781- ) 4
Spouses and Children
1. *Thankful Cole Linnell (24 Jun 1807 - 14 Dec 1846)
Marriage: 25 Dec 1828 - Orleans, Massachusetts 5
Status:
Children:
1. Thankful Cole Higgins (1829-1844) 2
2. Priscilla Linnell Higgins (1832-1846) 2
3. Hannah C Higgins (1834- ) 2
4. Mary Elliott Higgins (1834- ) 2
5. Anna Higgins (Est 1837- ) 2
6. Seth Oliver Higgins (1838-1864) 2
7. Rebecca Higgins (1840- ) 2
8. Maria S Higgins (1844- ) 2
2. Eliza S Ridley (1817 - 1898)
Marriage: 23 Oct 1850 - Boston, Massachusetts
Status:
Seth Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Jun 1836 - Orleans, Massachusetts 6
Baptism:
Death: 18 Mar 1914 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Seneca Higgins (1808-1891) 7
Mother: Phebe Gould (1811-1876) 7
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca F Rogers (1840 - )
Marriage: 15 Dec 1859 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Mary F Higgins (1862- )
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Rebecca F.Marriage Notes (Rebecca F Rogers)
Married: 15 Dec 1859
Children
Mary F. Higgins b: 16 May 1862
1860 US census, South Orleans
building 104, household 1444
Eleazer Rogers, 45, mariner, $800/50
Rebecca Rogers, 45
George W Rogers, 19, mariner
Tamson J Rogers, 15
Seth Higgins, 22, mariner
Rebecca A Higgins, 19
Seth Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1805 - Gorham, Maine
Baptism:
Death: in Standish, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Seth Higgins (1776-1804)
Mother: Experience Higgins (1777-1865)
Notes
General:
"Seth Higgins was born in 1805. He was a blacksmith at West Gorham, and built the brick house on the road which runs from that village to Fort Hill. He married Rebecca Shaw. They have two children living, Henry A., born in 1836, married Maggie Chase, and Albert, born in 1840. Seth Higgins moved from Gorham to Standish in April, 1844." 8
Seth Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Aug 1732 - Eastham, Massachusetts 10
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Ichabod Higgins (1709-1752) 11
Mother: Jane Snow (1715- )
Seth Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 17 May 1744 - Eastham, Massachusetts 12
Baptism:
Death: in Standish, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ebenezer Higgins (1721-1779)
Mother: Martha Burgess (1723-1763)
Spouses and Children
1. *Martha Linnell (2 Jan 1751 - ) 13
Marriage: 24 Dec 1772 - Eastham, Massachusetts 14
Status:
Children:
1. Selina Higgins (1773-1847)
2. Rebecca Higgins (1774-1834)
3. Seth Higgins (1776-1804)
4. Thankful Higgins (1779-1823)
5. Martha Higgins (1781-1869)
6. Elizabeth Higgins (1785- )
7. Elisha Higgins (1787-After 1859)
8. Mary Higgins (1790-After 1860)
9. Abishai Higgins (1793-1815)
Notes
General:
He fought in the Revolutionary War. He emigrated from Cape Cod to Standish, Maine in 1790. He came with his wife and daughter Selina.Marriage Notes (Martha Linnell)
(References: Richard Higgins and His Descendants by Katherine Chapin Higgins, pg. 137, pg. 216)
1790 US census Eastham
1800 US census Orleans
not in 1810
Seth Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Oct 1729 - Eastham, Massachusetts 15
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Higgins (Est 1703- )
Mother: Sarah Vickery (1705- )
Seth Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Nov 1750 - Eastham, Massachusetts 16
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Simeon Higgins (1723-Abt 1786)
Mother: Martha Snow (1726-Bef 1776)
Seth Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Jan 1791 - Hampden, Maine 17
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Abisha Higgins (1753-1812) 18
Mother: Hannah Harding (1760-Abt 1852)
Seth Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1768 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
Baptism:
Death: 23 Sep 1801 - Buckstown, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jethro Higgins (Abt 1730-1810)
Mother: Ruth Snow (1738-Bef 1802)
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Eames (17 Jul 1771 - 6 Nov 1846)
Marriage: 1 Dec 1790 - Buckstown, Maine
Status:
Children:
1. Ruth Higgins (1790- )
2. Mary Higgins (1793- )
3. Jeremiah Higgins (1795- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Hannah Eames)
children alt b Orland, Maine
Seth Brown Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Aug 1813 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 20
Baptism:
Death: 17 Dec 1891 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 21
Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: chronic encephalitis 22
Parents
Father: Joseph Higgins (1786-1862) 23
Mother: Abigail Brown (1792-1882) 23
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary S Smith (21 Oct 1829 - 6 Jan 1906)
Marriage: 4 Nov 1876 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 24
Status:
2. Alice Freeman Brown (29 Apr 1816 - 28 Oct 1870) 25
Marriage: 1837 - (Wellfleet, Massachusetts)
Status:
Notes
Medical:
age 78-4 26Marriage Notes (Mary S Smith)
1880 US census, Wellfleet MA:
Seth B Higgins, head, 66, laborer;
Mary S Higgins, wife, 49, keeping house; both b MA, parents b MA.
Seth Oliver Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Oct 1838 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 1864
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 3
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Seth Higgins (1806-1888)
Mother: Thankful Cole Linnell (1807-1846)
Seville Franklin Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Sep 1838 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 11 Jan 1839 - Orleans, Massachusetts 27
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Lot Higgins (1809-1896)
Mother: Sevillie Snow (1807-1900)
Shaw Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Apr 1777 - Eastham, Massachusetts 28
Baptism:
Death: After 1828 - Spruce Point, Mount Desert, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Higgins (1746- )
Mother: Lydia Hopkins (1748- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Eunice Higgins (Est 1780 - ) 29
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Eunice Higgins)
Children: Luther G, Richard, Jonathan, Asa, Mary, Rosilla, Lavinia 30
Sibyl Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 4 Sep 1776 - Middle Haddam (Chatham), Connecticut 31
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Israel Higgins (1728-1790)
Mother: Elizabeth Aiken (1733-After 1794)
Sidney Clarence Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Sep 1865 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 32
Baptism:
Death: 1931 - Boston, Massachusetts 33
Burial: in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Lewis Hamblin Higgins (1836-1905) 34
Mother: Elizabeth Atwood Ryder (1840-1916) 35
Silvanus Higgins
Sex: M
AKA: Salvanis Higgins
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Jun 1769 - Truro, Massachusetts 36
Baptism:
Death: 1862 - (Portland, Maine)
Burial: in Bay View cemetery, South Portland 37
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Reuben Higgins (1739-1823)
Mother: Mercy Dyer (1740-1834)
Spouses and Children
1. *Betty Small (30 Jul 1771 - 1855) 38
Marriage: 2 Oct 1794 - Falmouth, Maine
Status:
Silvanus Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Oct 1736 - Eastham, Massachusetts 39
Baptism:
Death: 1802 - Orleans, Massachusetts 40
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel Higgins (1694-1776)
Mother: Mehitable Phinney (1696-1778)
Spouses and Children
1. *Abigail Knowles (30 Nov 1738 - 1799) 41
Marriage: 13 Dec 1764 - Truro, Massachusetts 42
Status:
Children:
1. Abner Higgins (1766- )
2. Abigail Higgins (1768-1843)
3. Mercy Higgins (1770-1842)
4. Ruth Higgins (1772- )
5. Joseph Higgins (1774-After 1850)
6. Tamsin Higgins (1776-1841)
7. Sylvanus Higgins (1778-Bef 1783)
8. Salome Higgins (1779- )
9. Sylvanus Higgins (1783- )
10. Susannah Higgins (Cir 1784-1856)
2. Hannah Higgins (Est 1750 - )
Marriage: 10 Nov 1799 - Orleans, Massachusetts 43
Status:
Silvenus Higgins
Sex: M
AKA: Sylvanus Higgins
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Jun 1735 - Eastham, Massachusetts 45
Baptism:
Death: 2 Oct 1785 - Chatham, Connecticut
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Israel Higgins (1706-1788)
Mother: Ruth Brown (1710-1768) 46
Spouses and Children
1. *Lucy Stocking (8 Aug 1739 - 4 May 1776) 47
Marriage: 21 Jul 1757 - Middle Haddam (Middletown), Connecticut 48
Status:
Children:
1. Sabria Higgins (1762- )
2. James Higgins (1766- )
Notes
General:
married Lucia Stocking, 21 jul 1757 Middle Haddam; was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War from Connecticut. 49
Simeon Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Jul 1796 - Eastham, Massachusetts 50
Baptism:
Death: 24 Oct 1861 - Orleans, Massachusetts 51
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 3
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Asa Higgins (1766-1827)
Mother: Lucy Arey (1769- ) 52
Spouses and Children
1. *Paulina Collins (Cir 1796 - 19 Aug 1830)
Marriage: Dec 1818 - Eastham, Massachusetts 53
Status:
Children:
1. Ruth Adams Higgins (1819-1856) 54
2. Adaline Clap Higgins (1825-1842) 54
3. Matilda Higgins (1828- ) 54
2. Melinda Gould (21 Nov 1807 - 3 Mar 1866)
Marriage: Cir 1824
Status:
Children:
1. Knowles Higgins (1832-1836) 55
2. Paulina Collins Higgins (1834- ) 54
3. Sarah K Higgins (1836-After 1880) 54
4. Sophronia Higgins (1839- ) 54
5. Simeon K Higgins (1841-1904) 54
6. James B Higgins (1843-1899) 54
7. George D Higgins (1845-1846) 3
8. Adeline Clapp Higgins (1848-1919)
9. Melinda Gould Higgins (1850-1864) 3
Notes
General:
Notes from Barnstable PatriotMarriage Notes (Melinda Gould)
1840s, 1850s - advertising patent medicines, sales agent for stage coaches, mail contractor for Yarmouth to Orleans
Dec 1858 - paid the 2d highest tax in Orleans, $237.77 (after Lewis Doane, $321.27)
1859 - after a quarter century, sold staging business to his son, SK Higgins, and GD Ruggles "a popular and energetic driver" on the Yarmouth-Orleans route
May 1861, LD Young took management of Simeon Higgins' Hotel
1850 US census, Orleans
residence 279, household 297
Simeon Higgins, 54, mail contractor, $42299, b Orleans
Malinda Higgins, 43, b Eastham
Paulina Higgins, 16, Orleans
Sarah Higgins, 14, Orleans
Sophronia Higgins, 12, Orleans
Simeon Higgins, 9, Orleans
James Higgins, 7, Orleans
Adeline Higgins, 2, Orleans
Anthony Eldridge, 32, stage driver, Chatham
Abel Shattuck, 28, stage driver, Vermont
John Mulikan, 34, hostler, Ireland
Zebedee Haskins, 55, hostler, Fall River
Peter Hobart, 55, laborer, N. Hampshire
Ann Mulikan, 20, Ireland
Hester Colley or Colbey, 18, Ireland
Ann Hungin?, 20, Ireland
Simeon Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1756 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 4 Apr 1830 - West Bath, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Philip Higgins (1728-Abt 1796)
Mother: Mary Wiley (Abt 1730-Abt 1798)
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth McIntyre (18 Apr 1762 - 8 Oct 1837)
Marriage: 13 Feb 1781 - Georgetown, Maine
Status:
Children:
1. Sarah Higgins (1782-1862)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Elizabeth McIntyre)
Children
Sarah Higgins b: 19 Sep 1782 in Bath, Lincoln Co., Maine
Joseph Higgins b: ABT 1785
Olive Higgins
Rachel Higgins
Nancy Higgins b: 13 Dec 1794 in Bath, Maine
Frances Higgins b: 18 Aug 1797 in Bath, Maine
Betsey Higgins
Polly Higgins
Martha Higgins
(Rootsweb purington-moore)
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