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 _____
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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