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Freeman Higgins 1727–1804 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 JUL 1727

Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Death Date: 1804

Death Location: Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut

Father: Benjamin Higgins

Mother: Sarah Freeman

Spouse(s): Martha Cole, Thankful Hopkins

Children(s): Timothy Higgins, Apphia Higgins, Martha Higgins, Thankful Higgins, Zedekiah Higgins, Priscilla Higgins, Mercy Higgins, Elisha Higgins

In 1727, Freeman Higgins entered the world in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, born to Benjamin Higgins And Sarah Freeman. Freeman Higgins married Martha Cole, Thankful Hopkins, and had children including Apphia Higgins, Elisha Higgins, Martha Higgins, Mercy Higgins, Priscilla Higgins, Thankful Higgins, Timothy Higgins, Zedekiah Higgins. Freeman Higgins passed away in 1804 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

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Biography

  • In 1727, Freeman Higgins entered the world in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, born to Benjamin Higgins And Sarah Freeman.
  • Freeman Higgins married Martha Cole, Thankful Hopkins, and had children including Apphia Higgins, Elisha Higgins, Martha Higgins, Mercy Higgins, Priscilla Higgins, Thankful Higgins, Timothy Higgins, Zedekiah Higgins.
  • Freeman Higgins passed away in 1804 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

Immediate Family

Parents

Benjamin Higgins
1681–1760
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Sarah Freeman
1682–1743
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Spouses(s)

Martha Cole
1727–
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Thankful Hopkins
1724–1806
Birth Location: Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Children(s)

Timothy Higgins
1749–1829
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Apphia Higgins
1752–
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Martha Higgins
1758–
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Thankful Higgins
1758–
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Zedekiah Higgins
1760–1777
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
ZH
Priscilla Higgins
1762–
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Mercy Higgins
1764–
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Elisha Higgins
1766–
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Freeman Higgins's Ancestors

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Freeman Higgins
1727–1804
Birth Place: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Parents
Benjamin Higgins
1681–1760
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sarah Freeman
1682–1743
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Grandparents
Benjamin Higgins
1640–1690
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Lydia Bangs
1642–1706
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Great-Grandparents
Richard** Higgins
1603–1675
Lydia Chandler
1604–1650
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward Higgins
1545–1631
Julian Meals
1582–1603

Freeman Higgins's Descendants

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Freeman Higgins (25 JUL 1727–1804) m. Martha Cole (1727–) m. Thankful Hopkins (30 MAY 1724–1806)
  1. 1. Timothy Higgins 1749–1829 m. Reliance Yates 1751–1825
    1. 1. Freeman Higgins 1787–1809
    2. 2. Timothy Higgins 1791–1863 m. Rosanna (F.) Stuart 1791–1858
    3. 3. Prince Higgins 1772–1860 m. Selina Higgins 1773–1847
      1. 1. Mary Higgins 1800–
      2. 2. Martha Higgins 1805–1806
      3. 3. Esther Higgins 1806–
      4. 4. Lewis Higgins 1803–1888
      5. 5. Lucinda Higgins 1808–1809
      6. 6. Freeman Higgins 1812–1824
      7. 7. Chesley Higgins 1816–
    4. 4. Ephraim Higgins 1775–1865 m. Rebecca Higgins 1774–1822
      1. 1. Daniel Higgins 1799–
      2. 2. Timothy Higgins 1802–
      3. 3. Stephen Higgins 1803–
      4. 4. Louisa Higgins 1806–1842
      5. 5. Martha Higgins 1808–
      6. 6. Reliance Higgins 1811–
      7. 7. Catherine Higgins 1813–
      8. 8. Rebecca Higgins 1816–
    5. 5. Experience Higgins 1777–1865 m. Seth Higgins 1776–1805 m. Daniel Lowell 1774–
      1. 1. John Higgins 1803–1885
      2. 2. Seth Higgins 1805–1898
    6. 6. Thankful Higgins 1779–1823
    7. 7. Son Higgins 1781–1781
  2. 2. Apphia Higgins 1752– m. Ithiel Blake 1748–
    1. 1. Apphia Blake 1770– m. Thomas Thombs –1817
      1. 1. Eli Thomes 1808– m. Grace Boulter 1806–1854
      2. 2. Edmund Thombs 1803–
      3. 3. Betsey Thombs 1790–
      4. 4. Hepsabah Thombs 1792–1816
      5. 5. Eunice Thombs 1794–1870 m. Henry Pennell 1792–1877
        1. 1. Thomas (Thombs) Pennell 1821–
        2. 2. Alexander (Henry) Pennell 1826–
      6. 6. Martha Thombs 1796–1796
      7. 7. Alexander Thombs 1797–1815
      8. 8. Martha Thombs 1799–1815
      9. 9. Alfred Thombs 1805–1831
      10. 10. Mary Thombs 1813–1815
      11. 11. Daniel Thombs 1811–
    2. 2. Elizabeth Blake 1772–1841 m. Caleb (Pike) Philbrick 1770–1855
      1. 1. John Philbrick 1791–1816
      2. 2. James Philbrick 1794–1837
      3. 3. Fanny Philbrick 1796–1863
      4. 4. Aphia Philbrick 1799–1835
      5. 5. Apphia Philbrick 1798–
      6. 6. Ithiel Philbrick 1802–
      7. 7. Martha Philbrick 1804–1874
      8. 8. Jonathan Philbrick 1809–1886
      9. 9. Mary (Elizabeth) Philbrick 1813–1831
    3. 3. Martha Blake 1775–1858 m. Samuel Irish 1772–1825
    4. 4. Mary Blake 1778–
    5. 5. Nathaniel Blake 1780– m. Rebecca Higgins 1780–
    6. 6. Freeman Blake 1786–
    7. 7. Timothy Blake 1789–1883 m. Susanna Higgins 1789–1862
      1. 1. Miriam (F.) Blake 1811–1887 m. Mark (Rounds) Newcomb 1806–1880
      2. 2. Ebenezer (Higgins) Blake 1813–1879 m. Mehitable Irish 1816–1873
      3. 3. Ithiel Blake 1816–1880
      4. 4. Apphia (Higgins) Blake 1818–1897
      5. 5. Adeline Blake 1822– m. John Carsley 1820–1847
        1. 1. Charles Carsley 1845–1846
      6. 6. Fanny (H.) Blake 1824–
    8. 8. Lydia Blake 1790–
    9. 9. Fanny Blake 1793–
    10. 10. Isreal Blake 1795–
  3. 3. Martha Higgins 1758–
  4. 4. Thankful Higgins 1758– m. Thomas (Stoddard) Boardman 1754–
    1. 1. William Boardman 1783–
    2. 2. Caleb Boardman 1784–
    3. 3. Eliza (Stoddard) Boardman 1794–1839 m. Reuben Richards 1789–1855
      1. 1. William (Bordman) Richards 1815–1877
      2. 2. Sarah (Elizabeth) Richards 1817–1831
      3. 3. George (Edward) Richards 1820–1824
      4. 4. Reuben (Augustus) Richards 1822–
  5. 5. Zedekiah Higgins 1760–1777
  6. 6. Priscilla Higgins 1762– m. Caleb Hayden 1758–
    1. 1. Caleb Hayden 1786–
    2. 2. Freeman (Higgins) Hayden 1788–1870 m. Cynthia Mayo 1790–1824 m. Mary Snow 1796–1836
      1. 1. Mercy (Sparrow) Hayden 1813–1813
      2. 2. Freeman (Higgins) Hayden 1814–1820
      3. 3. Mercy (Sparrow) Hayden 1815–1817
      4. 4. Uriah (Mayo) Hayden 1817–
      5. 5. Elisha (Higgins) Hayden 1819–1876
      6. 6. Freeman (Higgins) Hayden 1826–
      7. 7. Cynthia (Mayo) Hayden 1827–
      8. 8. Francis (Snow) Hayden 1828–
      9. 9. Mary (Snow) Hayden 1830–1839
      10. 10. Sparrow (Snow) Hayden 1832–
      11. 11. Livinia Hayden 1834–
      12. 12. Caleb Hayden 1835–
    3. 3. Elizabeth (Howard) Hayden 1789–
    4. 4. Priscilla Hayden 1791–
  7. 7. Mercy Higgins 1764– m. David Spear 1764–1816
    1. 1. Sarah Spear 1788–
    2. 2. Mercy Spear 1792–
    3. 3. Thomas (Stoddard) Spear 1794–
    4. 4. Julia (Maria) Spear 1797–
    5. 5. Susan Spear 1800–1870 m. Joshua Nickerson 1798–1876
      1. 1. Joshua (G.) Nickerson 1827–
      2. 2. Susan (S. F.) Nickerson 1830–1888
      3. 3. Louisa (M.) Nickerson 1834–
    6. 6. John (Ingersol) Spear 1802–1864
      1. 1. Mary Spear 1830–1907
      2. 2. John (J.) Spear 1831–
      3. 3. Atala Spear 1834–
      4. 4. Sarah Spear 1836–
  8. 8. Elisha Higgins 1766–

Freeman Higgins's Timeline

2 Records

1727
25 JUL 1727
Birth of Freeman Higgins in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
1804
1804
Age 77
Death of Freeman Higgins in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 JUL 1727
    Event Place: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1804
    Event Place: Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
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