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Elisha Higgins 1701–1777 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 JAN 1701/2

Birth Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)

Death Date: 22 JAN 1777

Death Location: Bennington, Vermont (Bennington)

Father: Elisha Higgins

Mother: Jane Collins

Spouse(s): Sarah Lewis

Children(s): Jane Higgins, Sarah Higgins, Elisha Higgins, Edward Higgins, Joseph Higgins, Abigail Higgins, Abiel Higgins

Elisha Higgins was born in 1701 in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable), the child of Elisha Higgins And Jane Collins. Elisha Higgins married Sarah Luis Lewis, and had children including Abiel Higgins, Abigail Higgins, Edward Higgins, Elisha Higgins, Jane Higgins, Joseph Higgins, Sarah Higgins. Elisha Higgins passed away in 1777 in Bennington, Vermont (Bennington).

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Biography

  • Elisha Higgins was born in 1701 in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable), the child of Elisha Higgins And Jane Collins.
  • Elisha Higgins married Sarah Luis Lewis, and had children including Abiel Higgins, Abigail Higgins, Edward Higgins, Elisha Higgins, Jane Higgins, Joseph Higgins, Sarah Higgins.
  • Elisha Higgins passed away in 1777 in Bennington, Vermont (Bennington).

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Elisha Higgins's Ancestors

Self
Elisha Higgins
1701–1777
Birth Place: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Parents
Elisha Higgins
1677–1749
prob. Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Jane Collins
1684–1739
Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Grandparents
Jonathan Higgins
1637–1711
Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Elizabeth Rogers
1639–1679
prob. Duxbury, Massachusetts (Plymouth)
Joseph Collins
–1723
Ruth Knowles
–1714
Cambridge, Massachusetts (Middlesex)
Great-Grandparents
Richard Higgins
1603–1675
Lydia Chandler
1613–1650
Joseph Rogers
1602–1678
Hannah Churchman
1615–1678
Richard Knowles
1614–1670
Ruth Bower
1620–1687
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund Chandler
1588–1662
Elizabeth Alden
1591–1632
Thomas Rogers
1574–1621
Alice Cosford
1573–1622
John Knowles
1588–
George Bower
1590–1656
Barbara Smith
1596–1644

Elisha Higgins's Descendants

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Elisha Higgins (3 JAN 1701/2–22 JAN 1777) m. Sarah ((Luis)) Lewis (2 JUN 1702–AFT 15 OCT 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–

Elisha Higgins's Timeline

2 Records

1701
3 JAN 1701/2
Birth of Elisha Higgins in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
1777
22 JAN 1777
Age 76
Death of Elisha Higgins in Bennington, Vermont (Bennington)
Bennington, Vermont (Bennington)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 JAN 17012
    Event Place: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
    Record Source:
    [1] Mayflower Families through Five Generations , Vol. 2 - James Chilton Richard More Thomas Rogers (General Society of Mayflower Descendants), pg 218
    [2] <i>Vital Records of Eastham & Orleans, Massachsuetts, vol. 16 - 1914<i> (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston), pg. 27

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 JAN 1777
    Event Place: Bennington, Vermont (Bennington)
    Record Source: Mayflower Families through Five Generations , Vol. 2 - James Chilton Richard More Thomas Rogers (General Society of Mayflower Descendants), pg 218

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