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Thomas Higgins Captain 1704–1789 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 June 1704

Birth Location: Eastham, MA, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 1789

Death Location: Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Benjamin Higgins

Mother: Sarah Freeman

Spouse(s): Abigail Paine

Children(s): Jonathan Higgins, Thankful Higgins, Sarah Higgins, Jesse Higgins, Thomas Higgins, Benjamin Higgins, Philip Higgins, Solomon Higgins

Thomas Higgins Captain was born in 1704 in Eastham, MA, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Benjamin Higgins And Sarah Freeman. Thomas Higgins Captain married Abigail Paine, and had children including Benjamin Higgins, Jesse Higgins, Jonathan Higgins, Philip Higgins, Sarah Higgins, Solomon Higgins, Thankful Higgins, Thomas Higgins. Thomas Higgins Captain passed away in 1789 in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Thomas Higgins Captain was born in 1704 in Eastham, MA, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Benjamin Higgins And Sarah Freeman.
  • Thomas Higgins Captain married Abigail Paine, and had children including Benjamin Higgins, Jesse Higgins, Jonathan Higgins, Philip Higgins, Sarah Higgins, Solomon Higgins, Thankful Higgins, Thomas Higgins.
  • Thomas Higgins Captain passed away in 1789 in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Thomas Captain's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Captain
1704–1789
Birth Place: Eastham, MA, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Benjamin Higgins
1681–1761
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sarah Freeman
1682–1743
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Benjamin Higgins
1640–1691
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Lydia Bangs
1642–1709
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Lt (Edmund) Freeman
1657–1719
Eastham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah Mayo
1660–1745
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Richard Higgins
1603–1675
Lydia Chandler
1613–1651
Edward *
1591–1678
Rebecca GGM)
1611–1655
John Freeman
1622–1719
Mercy Prence
1631–1711
Samuel Mayo
1620–1664
Tamsen Sunderlin
1626–1709
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Higgins
1570–
Edmund Chandler
1588–1662
Elizabeth Alden
1591–1738
John GG
1567–1632
Jane GG
1567–1632
pp HUBBARD
1570–1646
Margaret Dewey
1574–1633
Edmund Freeman
1596–1682
Elizabeth Beauchamp
1600–1676
Thomas Prence
1601–1673
Patience Passenger
1600–1634
John Rector
1569–1635
Elizabeth Bradford
1572–1645
William Lumpkin
1604–1671
Thomasine Constable
1600–1683

Thomas Captain's Descendants

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Thomas (Higgins) Captain (24 June 1704–1789) m. Abigail Paine (1707–1743)
  1. 1. Jonathan Higgins 1734–
  2. 2. Thankful Higgins 1738–1824
  3. 3. Sarah Higgins 1740–
  4. 4. Jesse Higgins 1736–
  5. 5. Thomas Higgins 1730–
  6. 6. Benjamin Higgins 1732–
  7. 7. Philip Higgins 1728–
  8. 8. Solomon Higgins 1743–

Thomas Captain's Timeline

4 Records

1704
24 June 1704
Birth of Thomas Higgins Captain in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1704
24 June 1704
Birth of Thomas Higgins Captain in Eastham, MA, Massachusetts, USA
Eastham, MA, Massachusetts, USA
1789
1789
Age 85
Death of Thomas Higgins Captain in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1789
1789
Age 85
Death of Thomas Higgins Captain
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 June 1704
    Event Place: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 June 1704
    Event Place: Eastham, MA, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Record Source: Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1789
    Event Place: Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1789
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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