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Joseph Higgins 1666–1723 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 FEB 1666/7

Birth Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)

Death Date: 8 MAY 1723

Death Location: Chatham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)

Father: Jonathan Higgins

Mother: Elizabeth Rogers

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Beriah Higgins, Ruth Higgins

In 1666, Joseph Higgins entered the world in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable), born to Jonathan Higgins And Elizabeth Rogers. Joseph Higgins married Ruth Mnu Higgins, and had children including Beriah Higgins, Ruth Higgins. Joseph Higgins passed away in 1723 in Chatham, Massachusetts (Barnstable).

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Biography

  • In 1666, Joseph Higgins entered the world in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable), born to Jonathan Higgins And Elizabeth Rogers.
  • Joseph Higgins married Ruth Mnu Higgins, and had children including Beriah Higgins, Ruth Higgins.
  • Joseph Higgins passed away in 1723 in Chatham, Massachusetts (Barnstable).

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Joseph Higgins's Ancestors

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Joseph Higgins
1666–1723
Birth Place: 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–

Joseph Higgins's Descendants

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Joseph Higgins (14 FEB 1666/7–8 MAY 1723)
  1. 1. Beriah Higgins 1692– m. Desire Cook(e) 1694–
    1. 1. Joseph Higgins 1733–1768 m. Sarah Burgess 1733–
      1. 1. Joseph Higgins 1757–
      2. 2. Absalom Higgins 1759–1763
      3. 3. Marcy Higgins 1761–
      4. 4. Absalom Higgins 1763–
      5. 5. Sarah Higgins 1768–
  2. 2. Ruth Higgins 1700–1762 m. James Eldridge 1682–1757
    1. 1. James Eldridge 1742–1816 m. Experience Sears 1743– m. Hannah Collins 1751– m. Priscilla Hardy 1746–
      1. 1. Paul (Sear) Eldridge 1776–1800 m. Molly Page 1776–
        1. 1. Rebecca (H.) Eldridge 1796–1870 m. Daniel (H.) Littlefield 1795–1860

Joseph Higgins's Timeline

2 Records

1666
14 FEB 1666/7
Birth of Joseph Higgins in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
1723
8 MAY 1723
Age 57
Death of Joseph Higgins in Chatham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Chatham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 FEB 1666/7
    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), page 161

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 MAY 1723
    Event Place: Chatham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
    Record Source: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R)

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