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Jedediah Higgins 1656–1715 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 MAR 1656

Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Death Date: BEF MAY 17 1715

Death Location: Somerset, New Jersey

Father: Richard** Higgins

Mother: Mary Yates

Spouse(s): Mary Newbold

Children(s): Rose Higgins, Anne Higgins, Mary Higgins, Jedediah Higgins, James Higgins, Joshua Higgins, Joseph Higgins, Phebe Higgins, Michael Higgins, Mary Higgins

The story of Jedediah Higgins began in 1656 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Jedediah Higgins married Mary Newbold, and had children including Anne Higgins, James Higgins, Jedediah Higgins, Joseph Higgins, Joshua Higgins, Mary Higgins, Michael Higgins, Phebe Higgins, Rose Higgins. Jedediah Higgins passed away in 1715 in Somerset, New Jersey.

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Biography

  • The story of Jedediah Higgins began in 1656 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
  • Jedediah Higgins married Mary Newbold, and had children including Anne Higgins, James Higgins, Jedediah Higgins, Joseph Higgins, Joshua Higgins, Mary Higgins, Michael Higgins, Phebe Higgins, Rose Higgins.
  • Jedediah Higgins passed away in 1715 in Somerset, New Jersey.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard** Higgins
1603–1675
Birth Location: Langley Parish, Stoke-Hundred, Hertfordshire, England
RH
Mary Yates
1627–1702
Birth Location: England
MY

Spouses(s)

Mary Newbold
1661–1715
Birth Location: Eckington, County York, England
MN

Children(s)

Rose Higgins
1685–1715
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
RH
Anne Higgins
1685–1702
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
AH
Mary Higgins
1688–1699
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
MH
Jedediah Higgins
1691–1772
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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James Higgins
1692–
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Joshua Higgins
1694–1782
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Joseph Higgins
1695–1782
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Phebe Higgins
1696–1715
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
PH
Michael Higgins
1698–1753
Birth Location: Somerset, New Jersey
MH
Mary Higgins
1699–1796
Birth Location: Somerset, New Jersey
MH

Jedediah Higgins's Ancestors

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Jedediah Higgins
1656–1715
Birth Place: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Parents
Richard** Higgins
1603–1675
Langley Parish, Stoke-Hundred, Hertfordshire, England
Mary (Mrs.) Yates
1627–1702
England
Grandparents
Edward Higgins
1545–1631
Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Julian Meals
1582–1603
Herefordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Rev
1528–1570
Elizabeth Clinton
1523–1558
Christopher Meals
1550–1610
Elizabeth Meals
1550–1610
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Higgins
1503–1549
Thomas Esquire
1500–1575
Margery Tracy
1503–1523
(Father Mawles
1530–1550
Ellina Meols
1538–1614
Thomas Webb
1540–1579
Barryce Hall
1540–1620

Jedediah Higgins's Descendants

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Jedediah Higgins (5 MAR 1656–BEF MAY 17 1715) m. Mary Newbold (23 MAY 1661–23 APR 1715)
  1. 1. Rose Higgins 1685–1715 m. Timothy Bloomfield 1681–1748
    1. 1. Richard Bloomfield 1707–1753 m. Sarah (Mrs.) Bloomfield 1711–
      1. 1. Phoebe Bloomfield 1734–
      2. 2. Elias Bloomfield 1736–
      3. 3. Richard Bloomfield 1738–
    2. 2. Rebecca Bloomfield 1709–
    3. 3. Sarah Bloomfield 1710–
    4. 4. Hope Bloomfield 1722– m. James Ayers 1716–1794
      1. 1. Rhoda Ayers 1746–
      2. 2. Arisba Ayers 1751–
      3. 3. Jacob Ayers 1753–
      4. 4. Rachael Ayers 1753–
      5. 5. James Ayers 1755–
      6. 6. Samuel Ayers 1757–
      7. 7. Nathan Ayers 1759–
      8. 8. Huldah Ayers 1763–
      9. 9. Benjamin Ayers 1765–
    5. 5. Timothy Bloomfield 1729–1803 m. Sarah Ford 1730–1784
      1. 1. John Bloomfield 1751–1808
      2. 2. Nathan Bloomfield 1758–1823
      3. 3. Ellis Bloomfield 1752–1802 m. Huldah Kent 1759–1829
      4. 4. William Bloomfield 1754–1821
      5. 5. Smith Bloomfield 1756–1780
      6. 6. Charles Bloomfield 1760–
      7. 7. Eunice Bloomfield 1763–1832
      8. 8. Timothy Bloomfield 1766–1832
      9. 9. Sarah Bloomfield 1769–1852
    6. 6. Rachel Bloomfield 1730– m. David Kent 1714–1778
      1. 1. Stephen Kent 1747–1791
      2. 2. Huldah Kent 1759–1829 m. Ellis Bloomfield 1752–1802
      3. 3. Zuriah Kent 1768–1847
      4. 4. Rachel Kent –1778
  2. 2. Anne Higgins 1685–1702
  3. 3. Mary Higgins 1688–1699
  4. 4. Jedediah Higgins 1691–1772 m. Hannah Stout 1694–1779
    1. 1. Jonathan Higgins 1725–1815 m. Ann Britton 1730–1811
      1. 1. Judiah Higgins 1751–1820 m. Rachel McPherson 1767–1848
      2. 2. Jonathan Higgins 1756–1829
      3. 3. Nathaniel Higgins 1760–1823 m. Martha Perine 1763–
      4. 4. Martha Higgins 1762–1833 m. John Covenhoeven 1760–
    2. 2. Rachel Higgins 1728–
    3. 3. Hannah Higgins 1730–
    4. 4. Joshua Higgins 1735–
      1. 1. Samuel Higgins 1753–
      2. 2. Jediah Higgins 1758–1842
      3. 3. Tunis Higgins 1760–
      4. 4. John Higgins 1762–
      5. 5. Elizabeth Higgins 1764–
    5. 5. James Higgins 1733–1799 m. Sarah Stout 1730–
      1. 1. James Higgins 1760–1791
      2. 2. Jediah Higgins 1762–1810
      3. 3. Hannah Higgins 1764–
      4. 4. John Higgins 1767–1791
      5. 5. Sarah Higgins 1771–
      6. 6. Joseph Higgins 1773–1840
      7. 7. Jonathan (Stout) Higgins 1774–1791
      8. 8. Thomas Higgins 1776–1782
      9. 9. Joshua Higgins 1779–1856
    6. 6. Anne Higgins 1722–1768 m. Robert Davison 1720–
      1. 1. Ann Davison 1743–
      2. 2. Rachel Davison 1745–
      3. 3. Jediah Davison 1747–
  5. 5. James Higgins 1692–
  6. 6. Joshua Higgins 1694–1782
  7. 7. Joseph Higgins 1695–1782 m. Sarah Holliday 1705–1750
    1. 1. Jediah Higgins 1728– m. Mary Hill 1731–
    2. 2. Joshua Higgins 1730–
    3. 3. Azariah Higgins 1732–
    4. 4. Elizabeth Higgins 1738–
    5. 5. Hannah Higgins 1740–
  8. 8. Phebe Higgins 1696–1715
  9. 9. Michael Higgins 1698–1753 m. Anne Bryant 1701–
    1. 1. John Higgins 1730–1821
      1. 1. Henry Higgins 1754–1845
      2. 2. James (Thomas) Higgins 1755–1810
      3. 3. Rueben Higgins 1757–
      4. 4. Benjamin Higgins 1759–
    2. 2. Sarah Higgins 1731–
    3. 3. Anna Higgins 1732–
    4. 4. Hannah Higgins 1734–
    5. 5. Mary Higgins 1736–
    6. 6. Michael Higgins 1739–1821
    7. 7. William (H.) Higgins 1744–
  10. 10. Mary Higgins 1699–1796 m. Freegift Stout 1693–1766
    1. 1. Jediah Stout 1721–1782 m. Philena Chamberlain 1721–
      1. 1. Jediah Stout 1745–
      2. 2. Rebecca Stout 1747–
      3. 3. Ann Stout 1749–
      4. 4. Jediah Stout 1757–1851
    2. 2. Freegift Stout 1723–1798 m. Elizabeth Stout 1733–
      1. 1. Freegift Stout 1750–
      2. 2. Gordon Stout 1752–1865
      3. 3. Elizabeth Stout 1754–
    3. 3. Sarah Stout 1725–1768 m. Ephraim Oliphant 1717–1794
      1. 1. John Oliphant 1750–1823
      2. 2. Obadiah Oliphant 1752–
      3. 3. Samuel Oliphant 1753–1851
      4. 4. Benjamin Oliphant 1755–
      5. 5. Mary Oliphant 1757–
      6. 6. Annie Oliphant 1759–
      7. 7. Rachel Oliphant 1761–
      8. 8. Sarah Oliphant 1751–
      9. 9. Rebecca Oliphant 1763–
    4. 4. James Stout 1727–1777 m. Mary Mattison –1764
      1. 1. Elijah Stout 1761–1838
      2. 2. Samuel Stout 1764–
    5. 5. Mary Stout 1730– m. Richard Chamberlain 1724–
      1. 1. John Chamberlain 1751–
      2. 2. Stout Chamberlain 1757–
      3. 3. Freegift Chamberlain 1758–
      4. 4. Amy Chamberlain 1761–
      5. 5. Amelia Chamberlain 1763–
    6. 6. Joshua Stout 1732–1806
    7. 7. Rebecca Stout 1734– m. Edward Taylor 1730–1787 m. Nathan Drake 1730–
      1. 1. Isaac Taylor 1756–1851
      2. 2. Ann Taylor 1758–1847
      3. 3. Freegift Taylor 1760–
      4. 4. Edward Taylor 1762–
      5. 5. Rebecca Taylor 1765–
      6. 6. John Taylor 1771–1839
      7. 7. Thomas Taylor 1773–
      8. 8. Benjamin Taylor 1775–
    8. 8. Obediah Stout 1735–1830 m. Mary McBride 1756–
      1. 1. James (S.) Stout 1777–1853
      2. 2. William (Thomas) Stout 1778–
      3. 3. Josiah (S.) Stout 1779–
      4. 4. Polly (Rachael) Stout 1782–
      5. 5. Sarah Stout 1785–
      6. 6. Elizebeth (Charity) Stout 1787–
      7. 7. Pettitt Stout 1789–
      8. 8. Ezekiel Stout 1791–
      9. 9. Obediah Stout 1793–1795
      10. 10. John Stout 1794–1795
    9. 9. Rachel Stout 1738–1845 m. Richard Rounsavell 1734–1777
      1. 1. Rebecca Rounsavell 1754–
      2. 2. Mary (D.) Rounsavell 1756–
      3. 3. Sarah Rounsavell 1758–1758
      4. 4. Freegift Rounsavell 1759–1797
      5. 5. Andrew Rounsavell 1761–
      6. 6. Isaac Rounsavell 1764–
      7. 7. Richard Rounsavell 1767–1839
      8. 8. Nathaniel Rounsavell 1769–
    10. 10. Isaac Stout 1740–1823 m. Mary Quimby 1745–1765
      1. 1. Josiah Stout 1775–
      2. 2. Isaiah Stout 1773–1810
      3. 3. Aaron Stout 1780–1864
      4. 4. Rachel Stout 1782–
      5. 5. Sarah Stout 1784–
      6. 6. Mary Stout 1786–

Jedediah Higgins's Timeline

2 Records

1656
5 MAR 1656
Birth of Jedediah Higgins in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
1715
BEF MAY 17 1715
Age 59
Death of Jedediah Higgins in Somerset, New Jersey
Somerset, New Jersey

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 MAR 1656
    Event Place: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: BEF MAY 17 1715
    Event Place: Somerset, New Jersey
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