Person:Richard Higgins (2)
Richard Higgins
b.Bef 1609
d.Bet 20 Nov 1674 and 1 Jun 1675 Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
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  • H.  Richard HigginsBef 1609 - Bet 1674 & 1675
  • W.  Lydia ChandlerEst 1614 - Bet 1640 & 1651
m. 11 Dec 1634
  1. Jonathan Higgins1637 -
  2. Benjamin Higgins1640 - 1690/91
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  • H.  Richard HigginsBef 1609 - Bet 1674 & 1675
  • W.  Mary UnknownBef 1630 - Aft 1702
m. Oct 1651
  1. Mary Higgins1652 - Aft 1682
  2. Eliakim Higgins1654 - Bef 1698
  3. William Higgins1654 -
  4. Jediah Higgins1656/57 -
  5. Zerah Higgins1658 -
  6. Thomas Higgins1661/62 -
  7. Lydia Higgins1664 -
  8. Rebecca HigginsAbt 1666 -
  9. Ruth HigginsEst 1671 -
  10. Sarah HigginsEst 1673 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Richard Higgins
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1609 Estimate based on date of marriage.
Emigration[1] 1632
Residence[1] 1632 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Alt Marriage 23 Nov 1634 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United Statesto Lydia Chandler
Marriage 11 Dec 1634 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesto Lydia Chandler
Alt Marriage 11 Dec 1634 Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesto Lydia Chandler
Residence[1] 1645 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Oct 1651 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Unknown
Residence[1] 1670 Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
Occupation[1] Tailor
Death[1] Bet 20 Nov 1674 and 1 Jun 1675 Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States

RICHARD HIGGINS AND HIS DESCENDANTS (K C Higgins, 1918) p 26-42; #1 Not the Richard Higgins b. 1603 in this author's opinion 'to America (Plymouth) abt 1630, farmer, tailor'married at Eastham: Dec 11, 1634 [used] or Nov 23, 1634 (Eastham records)multitide mentions in Eastham records re land deals, office holding, juries. m2 Mary (____) YATES abt Oct 1651 (p 32) removed to NJ in 1669-70death between 20 Nov 1674 and 1 Jun 1675 at New Piscataway NJ [used] AFN: has d. at Plymouth MA [not used]; see conflict with above ref GMB I:328: posted bond for his brother-in-law Samuel HIGGINS 1639 GMB II:929: origins unknown [previously had as Robert/Edward Higgins and Julian Meals] DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD HIGGINS by Rita Perry et al; (E.A. Hall Co., 1998) "Unknown origins" [so CAUTION on his ancestors!]

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Richard Higgins, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004)
    249-53.

    ORIGIN: Unknown.
    FREEMAN: In 1633 Plymouth list of freeman after those admitted 1 January 1634/5 [PCR 1:4]. In Plymouth Colony list of 7 March 1636/7 [PCR 1:53]. In Plymouth section of 1639 Plymouth Colony list of freemen; his name was then erased and "Rich[ard] Higginson" was added to the "Nawsett [Eastham] section of the same list [PCR 8:174, 177]. In Eastham section of 1658 list of freemen [PCR 8:201]. [He was not in the 29 May 1670 list of Plymouth freemen.)
    DEATH: Piscataway after 20 November 1674 [PCLR 4:165] and before 1 June 1675 [PCR 5:169-70].

  2. ↑ 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)
    19:13.
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