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Elisha Higgins 1677–1749 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1677

Birth Location: prob. Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)

Death Date: BET 19 SEP 1749 AND 7 AUG 1750

Death Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)

Father: Jonathan Higgins

Mother: Elizabeth Rogers

Spouse(s): Rachel Lincoln, Jane Collins, Elizabeth Brown

Children(s): Alice Higgins, Elisha Higgins, Martha Higgins, Beriah Higgins, Apphia Higgins, Jonathan Higgins, Elizabeth Higgins, Joseph Higgins, Ruth Higgins, Barnabas Higgins, Philip Higgins

Elisha Higgins was born in 1677 in prob. Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable), the child of Jonathan Higgins And Elizabeth Rogers. Elisha Higgins married Elizabeth Brown, Jane Collins, Rachel Lincoln, and had children including Alice Higgins, Apphia Higgins, Barnabas Higgins, Beriah Higgins, Elisha Higgins, Elizabeth Higgins, Jonathan Higgins, Joseph Higgins, Martha Higgins, Philip Higgins, Ruth Higgins. Elisha Higgins passed away in 1749 in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable).

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Biography

  • Elisha Higgins was born in 1677 in prob. Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable), the child of Jonathan Higgins And Elizabeth Rogers.
  • Elisha Higgins married Elizabeth Brown, Jane Collins, Rachel Lincoln, and had children including Alice Higgins, Apphia Higgins, Barnabas Higgins, Beriah Higgins, Elisha Higgins, Elizabeth Higgins, Jonathan Higgins, Joseph Higgins, Martha Higgins, Philip Higgins, Ruth Higgins.
  • Elisha Higgins passed away in 1749 in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable).

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Elisha Higgins's Ancestors

Self
Elisha Higgins
1677–1749
Birth Place: prob. Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Parents
Jonathan Higgins
1637–1711
Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Elizabeth Rogers
1639–1679
prob. Duxbury, Massachusetts (Plymouth)
Grandparents
Richard Higgins
1603–1675
Leominster, England (Hereford)
Lydia Chandler
1613–1650
England
Joseph Rogers
1602–1678
Watford, Northamptonshire Co., England
Hannah Churchman
1615–1678
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire Co., England
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Chandler
1588–1662
Elizabeth Alden
1591–1632
Thomas Rogers
1574–1621
Alice Cosford
1573–1622
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Alden
1575–1620
Jane Jones
1562–1615
Thomas Rogers
1558–
George Cosford
1557–
Margaret Cosford
1557–

Elisha Higgins's Descendants

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Elisha Higgins (ABT 1677–BET 19 SEP 1749 AND 7 AUG 1750) m. Rachel Lincoln (8 NOV 1696–BEF 17 JUN 1758) m. Jane Collins (3 MAR 1684/5–BEF 1739) m. Elizabeth Brown (ABT 1681–DEC 1744)
  1. 1. Alice Higgins 1707–1786 m. Solomon Doane 1705–1789
    1. 1. Solomon Doane 1730–
    2. 2. Noah Doane 1732–
    3. 3. Sarah Doane 1733–
    4. 4. Dorcas Doane 1735–
    5. 5. Nehemiah Doane 1737–
    6. 6. Joseph Doane 1739–
    7. 7. Isaac Doane 1741–
    8. 8. Betty Doane 1742–
    9. 9. Joshua Doane 1744–
  2. 2. Elisha Higgins 1701–1777 m. Sarah ((Luis)) Lewis 1702–1733
    1. 1. Jane Higgins 1722–
    2. 2. Sarah Higgins 1725–
    3. 3. Elisha Higgins 1727–
    4. 4. Edward Higgins 1733–
    5. 5. Joseph Higgins 1734–
    6. 6. Abigail Higgins 1737–
    7. 7. Abiel Higgins 1740–
  3. 3. Martha Higgins 1704–
  4. 4. Beriah Higgins 1705– m. Jemima Witherell 1709–1754 m. Abigail Higgins 1738–1759
    1. 1. Jane Higgins 1748–
    2. 2. Rachel Higgins 1750–1818 m. Jonathan Cobb 1749–1793
      1. 1. Mehitable Cobb 1783– m. Elisha Higgins 1771–1845
        1. 1. Freeman (Cobb) Higgins 1804–1882 m. Mary Woodman 1814–1883
      2. 2. Lucy Cobb 1788–
      3. 3. Jonathan Cobb 1786–1860
      4. 4. Rachel Cobb 1792–
      5. 5. Jonathan Cobb 1800–
    3. 3. Ephraim Higgins 1757–1759
    4. 4. Beriah Higgins 1759–
    5. 5. Beriah Higgins 1731–
    6. 6. Marcy Higgins 1733–
    7. 7. Jemima Higgins 1735–1736
    8. 8. Joseph Higgins 1737–
    9. 9. Jemima Higgins 1738–
    10. 10. Anna Higgins 1740–
    11. 11. John Higgins 1742–
    12. 12. Lot Higgins 1745–1746
    13. 13. Lot Higgins 1746–1765
  5. 5. Apphia Higgins 1709–
  6. 6. Jonathan Higgins 1711–
  7. 7. Elizabeth Higgins 1713–
  8. 8. Joseph Higgins 1717–1749
  9. 9. Ruth Higgins 1719–
  10. 10. Barnabas Higgins 1722–
  11. 11. Philip Higgins 1724–

Elisha Higgins's Timeline

2 Records

1677
ABT 1677
Birth of Elisha Higgins in prob. Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
prob. Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
1749
BET 19 SEP 1749 AND 7 AUG 1750
Age 72
Death of Elisha Higgins in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1677
    Event Place: prob. Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
    Record Source:
    [1] Mayflower Families through Five Generations , Vol. 2 - James Chilton Richard More Thomas Rogers (General Society of Mayflower Descendants), page 161
    [2] Mayflower Families through Five Generations , Vol. 2 - James Chilton Richard More Thomas Rogers (General Society of Mayflower Descendants), pg 173

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: BET 19 SEP 1749 AND 7 AUG 1750
    Event Place: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
    Record Source: Mayflower Families through Five Generations , Vol. 2 - James Chilton Richard More Thomas Rogers (General Society of Mayflower Descendants), pg 173

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