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Josiah Higgins 1732–1793 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 July 1732

Birth Location: Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 2 June 1793

Death Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Benjamin Higgins

Mother: Desire Cooke

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Josiah Higgins was born in 1732 in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Benjamin Higgins And Desire Cooke. Josiah Higgins passed away in 1793 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • Josiah Higgins was born in 1732 in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Benjamin Higgins And Desire Cooke.
  • Josiah Higgins passed away in 1793 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

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Josiah Higgins's Ancestors

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Josiah Higgins
1732–1793
Birth Place: Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
Benjamin Higgins
1692–1736
Eastham, Barnstable County, United States of America
Desire Cooke
1694–1736
Orleans (now Eastham), Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Grandparents
Joseph Higgins
1667–1729
Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Ruth Baldwin
1669–1739
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Josiah (Cooke) III
1670–1727
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Mary (Godfrey or) Rickard
1672–1725
Eastham (Orleans), Plymouth Colony, MA
Great-Grandparents
Jonathan Higgins
1637–1660
Elizabeth Rogers
1639–1677
Josiah Jr.
1643–1731
Deborah Hopkins
1648–1727
George Godfrey
1636–1688
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Higgins
1603–1675
Lydia Chandler
1613–1651
Joseph Passenger**
1602–1678
Hannah Rogers
1615–1677
Josiah Sr
1610–1666
Elizabeth Ring
1602–1687
Gyles Hopkins
1608–1690
Katherine Wheldon
1617–1688
Francis II
1600–1669
Elizabeth Hall
1602–1702

Josiah Higgins's Timeline

2 Records

1732
3 July 1732
Birth of Josiah Higgins in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
1793
2 June 1793
Age 61
Death of Josiah Higgins in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 July 1732
    Event Place: Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 June 1793
    Event Place: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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