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Seth Benedict Higgins 1796–1882 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 06 Mar 1796

Birth Location: Sherburne, Chenango, New York, USA

Death Date: 1 Apr 1882

Death Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Father: THOMAS ⭐️

Mother: ABIGAIL (Mershal)

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Seth Benedict Higgins was born in 1796 in Sherburne, Chenango, New York, USA, the child of Thomas Higgins And Abigail Marshall Mershal. Seth Benedict Higgins passed away in 1882 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • Seth Benedict Higgins was born in 1796 in Sherburne, Chenango, New York, USA, the child of Thomas Higgins And Abigail Marshall Mershal.
  • Seth Benedict Higgins passed away in 1882 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

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Seth Higgins's Ancestors

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Seth Higgins
1796–1882
Birth Place: Sherburne, Chenango, New York, USA
Parents
THOMAS HIGGINS ⭐️
1755–1842
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
ABIGAIL (MARSHALL) (Mershal)
1765–1843
Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
ENOCH HIGGINS
1724–1801
Eastham,Barnstable,Massachusetts,USA
SARAH (DOANE) (Dean)
1728–1806
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel ⭐️
1694–1758
ELIZABETH (WOOD)
1695–1729
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ichabod Higgins
1662–1728
Melatiah Hamlin\Hamblin
1668–1744

Seth Higgins's Timeline

2 Records

1796
06 Mar 1796
Birth of Seth Benedict Higgins in Sherburne, Chenango, New York, USA
Sherburne, Chenango, New York, USA
1882
1 Apr 1882
Age 86
Death of Seth Benedict Higgins in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 06 Mar 1796
    Event Place: Sherburne, Chenango, New York, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Apr 1882
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

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