Willis Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 19 May 1844 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 1930 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial: in Cemetery #2, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth, , Eastham, Massachusetts in Eastham, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Josiah K Higgins (1791-1881) 1
Mother: Ann Knowles (1804-1879) 2
Spouses and Children
1. *Irene A (1844 - 20 Jun 1881)
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Lizzie Atkins Higgins (1877- )
2. Willis Higgins (1881-1881)
2. Emmazette Folger (Est 1850 - )
Marriage: 23 Dec 1888
Status:
Notes
General:
1918 of NantucketMarriage Notes (Irene A)
2nd wife?
Zetta F. Higgins 1850-1932
1880 Provinctown census
Willis HIGGINS Self M Male W 36 MA House Carpenter MA MA
Icena A. HIGGINS Wife M Female W 36 ME Keeping House ME ME
Lizzie A. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 3 MA At Home MA ME
Willis Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Jun 1881 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 9 Sep 1881 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial: in Cemetery #2, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Willis Higgins (1844-1930)
Mother: Irene A (1844-1881)
Willis Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Oct 1819 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 24 Nov 1839 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial: in Congregational & Soldiers cemetery, Eastham
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Josiah K Higgins (1791-1881) 3
Mother: Hannah Snow (1794-1835) 4
Wilmer Leroy Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Nov 1877
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Asa Higgins (1841-1897) 5
Mother: Eunice Hattie Robbins (1841-1929) 5
Wilson Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 2 May 1822 - Eastham, Massachusetts 7
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Higgins (1781-1871)
Mother: Jerusha Linnell (1781-1853)
Winfred C Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Sep 1867 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Albert F Higgins (1845- )
Mother: Lucy G Jeraulds (1849- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Inez Weston Nickerson (17 Jan 1868 - 8 Nov 1915)
Marriage: 28 Dec 1890 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Albert Wesley Higgins (1893- )
2. Doris Higgins (1905- )
3. Myrtle M Higgins (1908- )
Winnie S Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Jul 1864 - Orleans, Massachusetts 8
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Augustus Everett Higgins (1839-1876) 9
Mother: Emeline F Rogers (1842-1909) 10
Zaccheus Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Apr 1761 - Eastham, Massachusetts 11
Baptism:
Death: 15 Jan 1816 - (Orleans, Massachusetts)
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 12
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Death, , Orleans, Massachusetts in Orleans, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Zaccheus Higgins (1727- )
Mother: Mercy Crosby (1728-1772)
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Twining (7 Dec 1766 - 22 Apr 1845) 13
Marriage: 9 Mar 1786 - Eastham, Massachusetts 14
Status:
Children:
1. Richard Higgins (1786- )
2. Charles Higgins (1789-1866)
3. Mary Twining Higgins (1792-1881)
4. Polly T Higgins (1792-1881) 7
5. Carmi Higgins (1793-1867)
6. Captain Barnabas Higgins (1797-1825)
7. Captain Zara Higgins (1801-1874) 5
8. Warren Higgins (1809-1862)
Zaccheus Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Dec 1782 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 19 May 1864 - Eden, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Israel Higgins (1742-1818)
Mother: Mary Snow (1744- )
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Sarah Leland b: 19 May 1786 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
Married: 2 Feb 1809 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
Children
Adeline Higgins b: 10 Nov 1809 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
Betsey Higgins b: 18 Jan 1812 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
Ann Maria Higgins b: 11 Oct 1813 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
Sarah Higgins b: 11 Oct 1813 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
Mariam Higgins b: 1 Dec 1817 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
Samuel Higgins b: 12 Nov 1819 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
Zena Wasgatt Higgins b: 27 Nov 1822 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
(kiwidave)
Zaccheus Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 10 Jan 1773 - Eastham, Massachusetts 15
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Solomon Higgins (1743- )
Mother: Margaret Holbrook (1735-Bef 1773)
Zaccheus Higgins
Sex: M
AKA: Zacceus Higgins 16
Zacheus Higgins
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Oct 1727 - Eastham, Massachusetts 16
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Higgins (1695-Bef 1768)
Mother: Ruth Twining (1699-1793)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mercy Crosby (25 Aug 1728 - 1772)
Marriage: 5 Oct 1749 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Jerusha Higgins (1750-1822)
2. Mercy Higgins (1752-1842)
3. Richard Higgins (1754- )
4. Seth Higgins (1756- )
5. Mary Higgins (1759- )
6. Zaccheus Higgins (1761-1816)
7. Tully Higgins (1762- )
8. Knowles Higgins (1773- )
2. Hannah Warren (19 Feb 1760 - )
Marriage: 3 Dec 1777
Status:
Children:
1. Knowles Higgins (1773- )
3. Hannah Knowles (18 Sep 1734 - )
Marriage: 3 Dec 1772 - Eastham, Massachusetts 17
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Hannah Warren)
check for right generations - most genealogies have Zaccheus marrying Hannah's widowed mother, but that would make her slightly old for children.Marriage Notes (Hannah Knowles)
plausible Zaccheus Higgins, unknown Hannah Sparrow
Zaccheus Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 15 Aug 1719 - Eastham, Massachusetts 16
Baptism:
Death: Cir 1790
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Death, , Bar Harbor, Maine in Bar Harbor, Maine
Parents
Father: Benjamin Higgins (1681-1777)
Mother: Sarah Freeman (1684-1744)
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Young (14 Mar 1718 - )
Marriage: 2 Feb 1738 - Eastham, Massachusetts 18
Status:
Children:
1. Israel Higgins (1742-1818)
2. Mary Higgins (Est 1750-After 1809)
3. Rebecca Higgins (Est 1745-Bef 1775)
4. Nathan Higgins (1756- )
Zaccheus Higgins
Sex: M
AKA: Zacceus Higgins 16
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Dec 1722 - Eastham, Massachusetts 16
Baptism:
Death: 6 Apr 1726 - Eastham, Massachusetts 16
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Higgins (1695-Bef 1768)
Mother: Ruth Twining (1699-1793)
Zaccheus Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 11 Jan 1702 - Eastham, Massachusetts 19
Baptism:
Death: 22 Aug 1715 - Eastham, Massachusetts 19
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Richard Higgins (1664-1732) 20
Mother: Sarah Hamblin (1671-After 1743) 21
Zaccheus Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Nov 1772 - Eastham, Massachusetts 22
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Solomon Higgins (1721- )
Mother: Bethiah Chase (1734-1772)
Captain Zara Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 15 Sep 1801 - Orleans, Massachusetts 7
Baptism:
Death: 15 Oct 1874 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial: in Congregational & Soldiers cemetery, Eastham
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Zaccheus Higgins (1761-1816)
Mother: Hannah Twining (1766-1845) 13
Spouses and Children
1. *Betsey Cobb (Sep 1803 - 17 Feb 1885)
Marriage: 3 Jun 1824 - Orleans, Massachusetts 23
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Betsey Cobb)
stone:
CAPT. ZARA HIGGINS
Died Oct. 15, 1871
Aged 73 yrs.
Husband kind true and dear
Suddenly thou wast called to leave me sad and lonely here
But in our heavenly home I trust we soon shall reunited be
To dwell with God in love
from all care and sorrow free
BETSEY C.
Wife of
CAPT. ZARA HIGGINS
Died Feb. 17, 1885
Aged 81 yrs. 5 mos.
Reunited and at rest. 24
Zayma Higgins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Sep 1907 - Medford, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 1964
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ralph Stetson Higgins (1875-1950)
Mother: Blanche Weston Lambord (1878-1923) 26
Spouses and Children
1. *John Henry Thompson (1902 - )
Marriage: 9 Oct 1927 - Conway, New Hampshire
Status:
Notes
General:
buried as Zayma Higgins Rogers
Zayma Higgins of Danvers, Mass m Frank W Horne of Conway, NH 31 Jul 1929 in Maine (Maine marriage rec)
Captain Zebina Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Mar 1815 - Eastham, Massachusetts 7
Baptism:
Death: 19 Aug 1897 - South Orleans, Massachusetts 27
Burial:
Cause of Death: gangrene
Parents
Father: James Higgins (1781-1871)
Mother: Jerusha Linnell (1781-1853)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mercena Nickerson (1 Jan 1819 - 9 Oct 1893)
Marriage: 12 Feb 1836 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Zebina E Higgins (1838-1840)
2. Zebina H Higgins (1840-1903)
3. Albert F Higgins (1845- )
4. Horris E Higgins (1846- )
5. Higgins (1847- )
6. Mercena E Higgins (1849- )
7. Orrick E Higgins (1851- )
8. Clarington E Higgins (1854- )
9. James Curtis Higgins (Cir 1857- )
10. Fred L Higgins (1865- )
11. Frank G Higgins (1865-1946)
2. Sarah Holman (20 May 1833 - 4 Oct 1910)
Marriage: 1 Jan 1894 - Orleans, Massachusetts 27
Status:
Notes
Medical:
age 82-5Marriage Notes (Mercena Nickerson)
married
pedlar
b & res Orleans
bur East Harwich
s/o James Higgins & Jerusha Linnell, both b Orleans 27
census 1850-1890, Orleans 28
Zebina E Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Sep 1838 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 23 Jan 1840
Burial: in East Harwich Methodist Cemetery
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Zebina Higgins (1815-1897) 7
Mother: Mercena Nickerson (1819-1893)
Zebina H Higgins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 11 Sep 1840 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 22 Dec 1903 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 12
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth, , Harwich, Massachusetts in Harwich, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Captain Zebina Higgins (1815-1897) 7
Mother: Mercena Nickerson (1819-1893)
Spouses and Children
1. *Lucinda A Linnell (29 Sep 1845 - 13 Dec 1920)
Marriage: 19 Apr 1862 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Stenie M Higgins (1864- )
2. Mabel E Higgins (1868-1923)
Notes
General:
census 1850, 1855, 1860, 1870, 1880 OrleansMarriage Notes (Lucinda A Linnell)
1860-1870 fisherman, mariner
1880 laborer
census 1900 Framingham
1900 tag cutter 28
Children
Stenie M HIGGINS b: 29 OCT 1864 in Orleans
Mabel E HIGGINS b: 10 NOV 1866 in Orleans
James H HIGGINS b: 19 AUG 1869 in Orleans
Oliver C HIGGINS b: 29 NOV 1873 in Orleans
Roscoe I HIGGINS b: 29 JUL 1876 in Orleans
Lucinda L HIGGINS b: 3 JUN 1879 in Orleans
Arthur H HIGGINS b: AUG 1881 in Massachusetts
Frederick Seaver HIGGINS b: AUG 1883 in Massachusetts
Roy C HIGGINS b: NOV 1885 in Massachusetts
Susan C HIGGINS b: MAR 1887 in Massachusetts 28
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1. 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. This is a major source, which seems accurate.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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). 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.
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11. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:14.
12. index to Orleans, Massachusetts cemeteries (1970. Excel file at Orleans Historical Society, http://orleanshistoricalsociety.org/collections.html).
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annotated marriage records, 1772-1828 (Mayflower Descendant 46:109-120, 47:21-26, 47:111-116, 48:49-58, 48:141-148), 46:120.
15. Stanley W. Smith, transcriber, "Records of the First Church in Orleans, formerly the First Church in Eastham, Mass." (1908-1913. Mayflower Descendant [in several sections]), 10::230.
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21. STL, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," 2003.
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24. Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003 ff. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.
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), row 2, lot 2. Solomon Rich Higgins family.
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27. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Orleans.
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