Person:Uriah Higgins (3)

HIGG: "Richard Higgins and His Descendants" K.C. Higgins, 1918 (#253's son, unnumbered) NYGBS library uncopyable; NEHGS loaner. Possible #1: Uriah7-Richard6-David5-Moses4-Richard3-Benjamin3-Richard1: This Uriah7 is end of the gen (no children shown)- therefore no positive tie to Charlotte, but is right time and right place (ME, to marry HALL). Possible#2: Uriah7-Uriah6-Uriah5-Elisha4-Elisha3-Jeremiah2-Richard1. This chain that is not at Mt Desert where m. Hall- etc. «i»[but see CHARLOTTE'S NOTEBOOK below 8/96]

«/i»THE MOUNT DESERT WIDOW (Cilley, 1895): p. 17: shows as 'm. Uriah Higgins 3rd': «i»[therefore indicates that the father and grandfather were Uriahs - or that there were at least other Uriah Higgins in the neighborhood....] «/i» CENSUS 1820: «i»[Age 21; Apparently Uriah was not with his father at Sheldon, VT] «/i»CENSUS 1830: VT, Franklin, Sheldon Roll (183, p. 125, line 21) (a.c indexed as "Sviah Higgins") Higgins "Seviah" m 20-30 «i»[Uriah]«/i»f 15-20 «i» [Not a known sister: possibly wife Sylvia?] «/i»f 20-30 «i» [may be sister Esther or Elizabeth] «/i»CENSUS 1840 VT - Uriah age 68, living with Marvin Leonard«i» [this would be Uriah II]«/i» CENSUS 1840: MA - no Uriah CENSUS 1850: no Uriah Higgins anywhere of near correct age or born VT

BOSTON CITY DIRECTORIES (at NEHGS) 1844: Higgins, Uriah: well borer, boards at Earl House[?]1848: Higgins, Uriah, broker, boards Pemberton House «i»[possibly him]«/i»1850: Higgins, Uriah; broker -«i» [possibly him] [City Directories are compiled a year in advance]«/i» 1868: shows no Uriah

VT search shows no URIAH b. 1760-1785;Does show a Uriah m. 1866 (Ettie Montefoire); repeated 1996 same results. «i»[This would be the son of Wm.] «/i» MARRIAGE RECORD: of Charlotte M and Theo STERLING shows father Uriah HIGGINS, but no addl info. This marriage took place in Boston.

GLOVER BOARDING HOUSE RECORDS: May 16, 1843: Admitted Charlotte M.HigginsJune 28, 1843: Charlotte's mother left on the morning stage Sept 12, 1843: Uriah Higgins as paying Charlotte's board.

CHARLOTTE'S NOTEBOOK: ca 1852: her ancestry: Uriah7-Uriah6-Uriah5 & Cooley. [This is also documented by other records. ][Ties to p. 148 of R. HIGGINS AND HIS DESC. , #2 above [7/96]] CMH LETTERS: 1/17/1852: 'In May «i»[1849, per Mrs Glover]«/i» he«i» [Charlotte's father, Uriah]«/i» went to California, the great wonder of the world... After he arrived in Panama - he wrote me a beautiful letter filled with comfort.' «i»[Later letters by Charlotte and Mrs Glover 1852-53 make it appear he was never heard from again, at least up to those years.] «/i» SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA PIONEERS: posted date Jan 2005 Uriah Higgins - Arrived CA Sept 2, 1849

CENSUS 1860 CA: Alameda County,Higgins, Uriah, MW, age 56, 'artesian well borer', born MA. [no family listed]«i»[wrong age - 56 vs 60, wrong birth place - MA vs VT, but possibly our Uriah]; [The only CA UH indexed] [see also 1844 Boston Directory for a 'well borer.'] «/i»CENSUS 1870: CA, San Francisco Ward 5, San Francisco; page 26, line 21Living in the New England Hotel (one of many individuals; no family with him)Higgins, Uriah, age 70, MW, "No Business", assets $1500, born VT«i»[right age, right birth state] [and is the only UH indexed in CA][Hotel has many foreign born individuals; this census does not ask about marriage] «/i» CENSUS 1880: Not found «i»[None indexed]«/i» «i»[Appears Uriah and his wife Sylvia HALL were 5th cousins, the common ancestors being Edward Bangs & Rebecca Hobart.]

«/i»NEHGS: psa commissioned a HIGGINS search - No positive tie found. Suggests that the Richard tie was one that worked. No deaths of a UH in Boston VRs 1800-1848 nor in MA VR 1851-1860. No probate for UH in Suffolk County thru 1893. «i»[psa, Aug 1995] «/i» (Research):There is a 24 Aug 1836 marriage record of a Uriah Higgins to Laura BURRILL in Boston. (Ancestry.com; Columbian Centinel) [Possible second marriage?]