Person:Elisha Higgins (5)
Elisha Higgins
b.3 Jan 1701/02 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
d.22 Jan 1777 Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, United States
Parents and Siblings
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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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  • H.  Elisha Higgins1701/02 - 1777
  • W.  Sarah Lewis1702 - Bef 1733/34
m. 19 Oct 1721
  1. Jane Higgins1722/23 -
  2. Sarah Higgins1725 -
  3. Elisha Higgins1727 -
  4. Edward Higgins1733 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Elisha Higgins1701/02 - 1777
  • W.  Hannah Doane1703/04 - 1776
m. 24 Jan 1733/34
  1. Joseph Higgins1734/35 -
  2. Abigail Higgins1737 - 1798
  3. Abiel Higgins1740 - 1826
  4. Uriah Higgins1742 - Abt 1815
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Facts and Events
Name[4] Elisha Higgins
Gender Male
Birth[1] 3 Jan 1701/02 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 19 Oct 1721 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Lewis
Marriage 24 Jan 1733/34 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United Statesto Hannah Doane
Death[2] 22 Jan 1777 Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, United States
References
  1. ↑ "Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
    7:18.

    Elisha Higgins the son of Elisha and Jane Higgins was Born at Eastham the third day of January anno dom 1701/2.

  2. ↑ Vermont, United States. Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954: Database with images. (FamilySearch. Citing Secretary of State. State Capitol Building, Montpelier.)
    [1].

    Full Name of Deceased: Higgins, Elisha
    Age: 77
    Name of Spouse: Hannah Higgins
    Date of Death: Jan. 22, 1777
    Cemetery: Old Bennington Part
    Clerk of: Bennington, Vt.

  3.   Find A Grave: Old Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, VT, in Find A Grave
    Elisha Higgins.

    To the MEMORY of
    Mr Elisha Higgins &
    Mrs Hannah Higgins
    his Wife, Who finished
    lives of exemplary Pi-
    ety on the 22d of Jany
    1777 In the 77 Year
    of his Age; And on
    the 22d of Sep 1778 In
    ye 74 Year of her Age.

  4. ↑ 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. 73, 99.

    Children of Elisha Higgins and Jane Collins: 1) Elisha, b. Eastham 3 Jan 1701-2, d. Bennington, VT, 22 Jan 1777, m. (1) 19 Oct 1721 Sarah Lewis, m. (2) 24 Jan 1733-4 Hannah (Doane) Atwood.

  5.   Paige, Lucius R. History of Hardwick, Massachusetts: with a genealogical register. (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1990)
    p. 397.

    "Higgins, Elisha, by w. Hannah, had Joseph, b. ---; Uriah, b. 24 May 1742; he prob. had also Edward, b. ---; Abiel, b. ---, m. Ebenezer Safford 24 Nov 1759; Abigail, b. ---, m. Simon Giffin 24 Mar 1761; and perhaps others. Elisha the f. rem. prob. from Palmer to Hardwick, and became a member of the church 16 Jan 1742-3."

  6.   General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620. (New England - United States: General Society of Mayflower Descendants., Various)
    Vol. 19 (Thomas Rogers), p. 148.

    Moved from Eastham to Hardwick about 1742 joining church there, moved to Palmer about 1764 (bought 170 acres), sold 1769 and "thought to have" moved near Fort Ann, NY [area of dispute between Vermont and NY] and ended up in Bennington, VT.

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