Person:Elisha Higgins (4)
Elisha Higgins
b.Bef 4 Jul 1679 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
d.Bef 7 Aug 1750 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 9 Jan 1660/61
  1. Beriah Higgins1661 - Bef 1711
  2. Jonathon HigginsAbt 1664 -
  3. Jemima HigginsAbt 1667 - 1723
  4. Joseph Higgins1666/67 -
  5. Hannah HigginsAbt 1672 - 1731/32
  6. Elisha HigginsBef 1679 - Bef 1750
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Elisha HigginsBef 1679 - Bef 1750
  • W.  Jane Collins1683/84 - Bef 1739
m. 30 Sep 1701
  1. Elisha Higgins1701/02 - 1777
  2. Martha Higgins1703/04 -
  3. Beriah Higgins1705/06 -
  4. Alice Higgins1707 -
  5. Apphia Higgins1709 - Aft 1784
  6. Jonathan Higgins1711 -
  7. Elizabeth Higgins1713 -
  8. Joseph Higgins1717 - Bef 1749
  9. Ruth Higgins1719 -
  10. Barnabas Higgins1722 -
  11. Philip Higgins1724/25 -
Spouse and Children
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m. Aft 23 Nov 1739
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Elisha HigginsBef 1679 - Bef 1750
  • W.  Rachel Lincoln1696 - Bef 1758
m. 24 Apr 1746
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Facts and Events
Name[3] Elisha Higgins
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 4 Jul 1679 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 30 Sep 1701 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United Statesto Jane Collins
Marriage Aft 23 Nov 1739 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United StatesIntentions
to Elizabeth Unknown
Marriage 24 Apr 1746 Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United Statesto Rachel Lincoln
Death[2] Bef 7 Aug 1750 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ "Notes and Corrections: Jonathan2 Higgins and His Two Wives", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol. 123, p. 148.

    The first wife died between the date of her father's will 2 Jan 1677/8 and court preceedings in July 1679 (where her husband fined for fornication with his second wife, her sister) , "perhaps shortly after the birth of Elisha".

  2. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Barnstable County). Probate records, 1686-1894. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002).

    Vol. 8, p. 387 Will of "Elisha Higgins of Eastham ... Husbandman being weak in body", dated 19 Sep 1749, proved 7 Aug 1750, names wife Rachel Higgins; daughter Ruth Higgins; son Elisha Higgins; daughter Martha Done; daughter Else Doane; daughter Aphiah Doane; daughter Elisabeth Mayo; son Phillip Higgins; sons Bariah Higgins Jonathan Higgins Barnabas Higgins. Wife Rachel Higgins and son Phillip Higgins to be executors.
    Vol. 8, p. 547 20 Aug 1750: Inventory of Elisha Higgins deceas't: person: £53.15.5, real: £116.02.8, by Sam'll Freeman, Sam'll Doane Jr, Edward Knowles.

  3. ↑ Higgins, Katharine Elizabeth Chapin. Richard Higgins, a Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and His Descendants. (Worcester, Mass.: Privately Printed for the Author, 1918)
    p. 71.

    Elisha Higgins [#14], s/o Jonathan, b. Eastham "about 1677-1679", d Eastham "shortly before Aug. 7, 1750", m. (1) 30 Sep 1701 Jane Collins, m. (2) (int.) 23 Nov 1739 Elizabeth Brown, m. (3) 4 Apr 1746 Mrs. Rachel Hopkins of Harwich.
    [Note: see also, p. 595, transcript of an unrecorded deed: 28 May 1711: Joseph Higgin senr of Eastham, for £8 conveys to Jonathan Higgins Junr & Elisha Higgins both of Eastham his one third part of a parcel given to our deceased mother Elizabeth Higgins by our Deceased Grandfather, Leutt Joseph Rogers.]

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