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Thomas Higgins 1704–1789 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 JUN 1704

Birth Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)

Death Date: 1789

Death Location: Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Barnstable)

Father: Benjamin Higgins

Mother: Sarah Freeman

Spouse(s): Abigail Paine

Children(s):

In 1704, Thomas Higgins entered the world in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable), born to Benjamin Higgins And Sarah Freeman. Thomas Higgins married Abigail Paine, and had children including Philip Higgins. Thomas Higgins passed away in 1789 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Barnstable).

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Biography

  • In 1704, Thomas Higgins entered the world in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable), born to Benjamin Higgins And Sarah Freeman.
  • Thomas Higgins married Abigail Paine, and had children including Philip Higgins.
  • Thomas Higgins passed away in 1789 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Barnstable).

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Children(s)

Thomas Higgins's Ancestors

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Thomas Higgins
1704–1789
Birth Place: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Parents
Benjamin Higgins
1681–1761
Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Sarah Freeman
1682–1743
Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Grandparents
Benjamin Higgins
1640–1691
Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Lydia Bangs
1642–1706
Plymouth, Massachusetts (Plymouth)
Edmund Freeman
1655–1720
Sandwich, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Sarah Mayo
1660–1745
Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk)
Great-Grandparents
Richard Higgins
1603–1675
Lydia Chandler
1613–1650
Edward Bangs
1591–1677
Rebecca Hobart
1611–1679
Edmond Freeman
1620–
Samuel Mayo
1620–1663
Tamsen Lumpkin
1625–1709
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund Chandler
1588–1662
Elizabeth Alden
1591–1632
John Bangs
1560–1631
Jane Chavis
1563–1631
Edmund Hobart
1572–1646
Margaret Dewey
1574–1649
Edmond Freeman
1596–1682
John Mayo
1598–1676
Tamisen Brike
1602–1681
William Lumpkin
1584–1670
Thomasine Constable
1598–1682

Thomas Higgins's Timeline

2 Records

1704
24 JUN 1704
Birth of Thomas Higgins in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
1789
1789
Age 85
Death of Thomas Higgins in Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Barnstable)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 JUN 1704
    Event Place: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
    Record Source:
    [1] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R)
    [2] George Thomas Little, A. M., Litt. D., <i>Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine</i> (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York 1909), Volume 4, Pg. 1787 Benjamin Higgins and Sarah Freeman

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1789
    Event Place: Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
    Record Source: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R)

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