Elisha Higgins [#32] m. (1) 19 Oct 1721 Sarah Lewis, b. Eastham 2 Jun 1703, "died there in or before 1732".
[Note; there is no justification for the assertion about her time of death. There is a child born (Edward) in 1733 and the next marriage was not until early 1734. However, Edward is born 5 years after the previous known child (Elisha b. 1727). The gap between Elisha and Edward would be consistent with a death "in or before 1732", but the birth of Edward in 1733 would require that the marriage to the 2nd wife is recorded wrong, and we have no evidence for that as both intention and marriage explicitly specify 1733/34. Likewise, assuming Edward's birth is recorded wrong is problematical as assuming it was 15 Oct 1734 would cause it to conflict with Joseph's birth in 1734/35. The second wife's previous husband had probate opened in Jan 1732/33 (Barnstable Probate 5:60, 5:93) and unless she married almost immediately, it would be hard for her to be mother to a child born Oct 1733, 9 months later. So the softest obstacle to resolving this is the unexplained assertion that Sarah Lewis died in or before 1732.]
