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Benjamin Higgins

b. Jun 1640 · Plymouth, Massachusetts  |  d. 14 Mar 1691 · Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts

Parents

Events

Birth
Jun 1640 · Plymouth, Massachusetts
Death
14 Mar 1691 · Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts

Family

Spouse: Lydia Bangs (1642–1691) · m. 24 Dec 1661 · Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts

Children:

  1. Ichabod Higgins (14 Nov 1662–1 Jun 1728)
    m. Melatiah · ABOUT 1690
    Children: John Higgins (1692–); Nathaniel Higgins (1694–1758); Thankful Higgins (1696–); Lydia Higgins (1698–); Ebenezer Higgins (1701–)
  2. Richard Higgins (15 Oct 1664–27 Apr 1732)
    m. Sarah Hamblen (1 Jul 1671–) · BEFORE 1732
    Children: Joshua Higgins (1668–1767); Eleazer Higgins (1696–); Theophilus Higgins (1698–1780); Jedidiah Higgins (1700–1732); Zaccheus Higgins (1701–1715); Esther Higgins (1703–); David Higgins (1706–1771); Reuben Higgins (1708–); Moses Higgins (1710–); Abigail Higgins (1715–)
  3. John Higgins (20 Nov 1666–BEFORE 1691)
  4. Joshua Higgins (1 Oct 1668–AFTER 24 Jun 1691)
    m. Priscilla Bigsbee · 13 Aug 1720 · (Intention), Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
  5. Lydia Higgins (May 1670–AFTER Jun 1691)
  6. Isaac Higgins (31 Aug 1672–BEFORE 20 Mar 1760)
    m. Lydia Collins (Jul 1676–)
    Children: Mercy Higgins (1697–); Sarah Higgins (1699–); Benjamin Higgins (1701–1760); Elkanah Higgins (1703–); Rebecca Higgins (1705–1776); Isaac Higgins (1708–); Hannah Higgins (1712–); Lydia Higgins (1718–1800)
  7. Rebecca Higgins (14 Jun 1674–BEFORE 19 Jun 1691)
  8. Samuel Higgins (7 Mar 1677–10 Dec 1761)
    m. Hannah Cole (28 Jun 1681–25 Feb 1717) · 4 Nov 1703 · Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
    Children: Israel Higgins (1706–); Theodore Higgins (1707–1752); Ichabod Higgins (1709–); Samuel Higgins (1713–1761)
    m. Thankful Mayo (–1723/40) · 20 Mar 1718 · Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
    Children: William Higgins (1719–); John Higgins; Simeon Higgins
    m. Elizabeth Eldred · 12 Mar 1740 · (Intention), Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
  9. Benjamin Higgins (15 Sep 1681–BEFORE 5 Dec 1771)
    m. Sarah Freeman (–21 Jan 1744) · 22 May 1701 · Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
    Children: Priscilla Higgins (1702–1760); Thomas Higgins (1704–1789); Sarah Higgins (1706–1782); Paul Higgins (1708–1801); Reliance Higgins (1710–1760); Elizabeth Higgins (1712–1760); Experience Higgins (1714–1760); Benjamin Higgins (1716–1777); Thankful Higgins (1717–1760); Zaccheus Higgins (1719–1779); Solomon Higgins (1721–1760); Lois Higgins (1723–1760); Isaac Higgins (1725–1760); Freeman Higgins (1727–1804)
    m. Mercy Freeman (21 Aug 1702–10 Nov 1784/86) · 28 Jun 1749 · Truro, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts

Notes

!Marriage-Children: MD 8:12 (Eastham & Orleans VR p.72): "Beniamin Higgens was marryed with Lidya Banges the 24 day of December 1661" !Death: stated in his Inventory MD 12:89. Inventory mentions: "Lydia Higgens ye Relict of Benjamin Higgins; children: Ichabod Higgins, Richard Higgins, Joshua Higgins, Lydia Higgins, Isaac Higgins, Samuel Higgins, Benjamin Higgins" !Birth: Mayf.Des 5:23: "Richard Higinse his Children...a sonn there born allso named Beniamin born in June in the yeere 1640" "Benjamin Higgins", Selectman of Eastham, 1688 (1 yr) [Freeman 2:414] Other sources: 1.Plymouth Colony Its History and People 1620-1691, by Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Ancestry Pub., Salt Lake City, 1986. 2. Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy, #29, Bangs Family Papers, Yarmouthport, MA C W Swift Publishers and Printers, 1917.