Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Winnie S Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 27 Jul 1864 - Orleans, Massachusetts 1
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Augustus Everett Higgins (1839-1876) 2
         Mother: Emma F Rogers (1842-1909) 3



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Zaccheus Higgins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 15 Aug 1719 - Eastham, Massachusetts 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: Cir 1790
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Death, cir 1785 in Bar Harbor, Maine

Parents 
         Father: Benjamin Higgins (1681-1777)
         Mother: Sarah Freeman (1684-1744)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Rebecca Young (14 Mar 1718 -       )
       Marriage: 2 Feb 1738 - Eastham, Massachusetts 5
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Israel Higgins (1742-1818)
                2. Mary Higgins (Est 1750-After 1809)
                3. Rebecca Higgins (Est 1745-Bef 1775)
                4. Nathan Higgins (1756-      )



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Zaccheus Higgins 
      Sex: M
AKA: Zacceus Higgins 6
Individual Information 
          Birth: 13 Dec 1722 - Eastham, Massachusetts 6
        Baptism: 
          Death: 6 Apr 1726 - Eastham, Massachusetts 6
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joshua Higgins (1695-Bef 1768)
         Mother: Ruth Twining (1699-1793)



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Zaccheus Higgins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 Jan 1702 - Eastham, Massachusetts 7
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Aug 1715 - Eastham, Massachusetts 7
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Richard Higgins (1664-1732) 8
         Mother: Sarah Hamblin (1671-After 1743) 9



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Zaccheus Higgins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 28 Nov 1772 - Eastham, Massachusetts 10
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Solomon Higgins (1721-      )
         Mother: Bethiah Chase (1734-1772)



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Zaccheus Higgins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1 Apr 1761 - Eastham, Massachusetts 11
        Baptism: 
          Death: 15 Jan 1816 - (Orleans, Massachusetts)
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery
 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Death, 18 Jan 1816 in Orleans, Massachusetts

Parents 
         Father: Zaccheus Higgins (1727-      )
         Mother: Mercy Crosby (1728-1772)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Hannah Twining (7 Dec 1766 - 22 Apr 1845) 12 
       Marriage: 9 Mar 1786 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Richard Higgins (1786-      )
                2. Charles Higgins (1789-1866)
                3. Mary Twining Higgins (1792-1881)
                4. Polly Higgins (1792-      ) 13
                5. Carmi Higgins (1793-1867)
                6. Barnabas Higgins (1797-1825)
                7. Captain Zara Higgins (1801-1874) 14
                8. Warren Higgins (1809-1862)



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Zaccheus Higgins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 13 Dec 1782 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 19 May 1864 - Eden, Maine
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Israel Higgins (1742-1818)
         Mother: Mary Snow (1744-      )
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Sarah Leland b: 19 May 1786 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
Married: 2 Feb 1809 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
Children
Adeline Higgins b: 10 Nov 1809 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
Betsey Higgins b: 18 Jan 1812 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
Ann Maria Higgins b: 11 Oct 1813 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
Sarah Higgins b: 11 Oct 1813 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
Mariam Higgins b: 1 Dec 1817 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
Samuel Higgins b: 12 Nov 1819 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
Zena Wasgatt Higgins b: 27 Nov 1822 in Eden, Hancock, Maine
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picture Zaccheus Higgins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 
        Baptism: 10 Jan 1773 - Eastham, Massachusetts 15
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Solomon Higgins (1743-      )
         Mother: Margaret Holbrook (1735-Bef 1773)



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Zaccheus Higgins 
      Sex: M
AKA: Zacceus Higgins 6 Zacheus Higgins
Individual Information 
          Birth: 8 Oct 1727 - Eastham, Massachusetts 6
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Joshua Higgins (1695-Bef 1768)
         Mother: Ruth Twining (1699-1793)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mercy Crosby (25 Aug 1728 - 1772)
       Marriage: 5 Oct 1749 - Harwich, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Jerusha Higgins (1750-1822)
                2. Mercy Higgins (1752-1842)
                3. Richard Higgins (1754-      )
                4. Seth Higgins (1756-      )
                5. Mary Higgins (1759-      )
                6. Zaccheus Higgins (1761-1816)
                7. Tully Higgins (1762-      )
                8. Knowles Higgins (1773-      )

2. Hannah Warren (19 Feb 1760 -       )
       Marriage: 3 Dec 1777
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Knowles Higgins (1773-      )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Hannah Warren)
check for right generations - most genealogies have Zaccheus marrying Hannah's widowed mother, but that would make her slightly old for children.

picture Captain Zara Higgins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 15 Sep 1801 - Orleans, Massachusetts 13
        Baptism: 
          Death: 15 Oct 1874 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Congregational & Soldiers cemetery, Eastham
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Zaccheus Higgins (1761-1816)
         Mother: Hannah Twining (1766-1845) 12
Spouses and Children 
1. *Betsey Cobb (Sep 1803 - 17 Feb 1885)
       Marriage: 3 Jun 1824
         Status: 



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Zayma Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1907
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1964
         Burial: Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Ralph Stetson Higgins (1875-      )
         Mother: Blanche W (1877-1923)
Notes
General:
buried as Zayma Higgins Rogers
Zayma Higgins of Danvers, Mass m Frank W Horne of Conway, NH 31 Jul 1929 in Maine (Maine marriage rec)

picture Zebina Higgins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 19 Mar 1815 - Eastham, Massachusetts 13
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: James Higgins (1781-1871)
         Mother: Jerusha Linnell (1781-1851)



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Zedekiah Higgins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 14 Nov 1828
        Baptism: 
          Death: 3 Oct 1829
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Judah Higgins (1784-1854)
         Mother: Betsey Small (1786-1842)



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Zedekiah Higgins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 Aug 1808 - Eastham, Massachusetts 13
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Aquila Higgins (1767-1847)
         Mother: Tamson Pepper (1770-1844) 17



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Zedekiah Higgins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 15 Jul 1779 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Samuel Higgins (1740-1815)
         Mother: Patience Rogers (Cir 1747-1824) 18



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Zedekiah Higgins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 Apr 1760 - Eastham, Massachusetts 19
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1777
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Freeman Higgins (1727-1804)
         Mother: Thankful Hopkins (1724-1806)
Notes
General:
Zedekiah seems to be the man who served in Capt. Benjamin Godfrey's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt., serving from May 10 to July 10, 1777, marching from Harwich to Boston Neck, South Kingston, RI. 20

picture Zenas Higgins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 19 Jun 1766 - Eastham, Massachusetts 21
        Baptism: 
          Death: 2 Oct 1766 - Eastham, Massachusetts 21
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joshua Higgins (1732-1793)
         Mother: Hannah Sparrow (1739-      ) 19



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Zenas Higgins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 Dec 1764 - Eastham, Massachusetts 21
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1 Apr 1765 - Eastham, Massachusetts 21
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joshua Higgins (1732-1793)
         Mother: Hannah Sparrow (1739-      ) 19



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Zephaniah King Higgins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 16 Sep 1826 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: Mar 1846 - Lost At Sea
         Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
 Cause of Death: drowned

Parents 
         Father: Elkanah Higgins (1797-1828) 14
         Mother: Hannah King (1805-      ) 22
Notes
General:
The schooner Spartel was lost about 16 Feb 1846, on a voyage to Norfolk Va, with all hands:
Jesse Freeman, 35, master
Charles Smith, 36 [40]
Barnabus Higgind, 21
Zephaniah Higgins, 20
Josiah Higgins, 16 (same storm, but possibly another vessel)
Medical:
age 20
single
b Wellfleet 23

picture Zerah Higgins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Jun 1658 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony 24 25 26
        Baptism: 
          Death: Dec 1695 - Elizabethtown, New Jersey 27
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Richard Higgins (1613-1677)
         Mother: Mary (Yates) (Est 1630-After 1702)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Elizabeth Oliver (Abt 1664 - Bef 1695)
       Marriage: 25 Dec 1680 - Piscataway, New Jersey
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Richard Higgins (1682-Bef 1736)
Notes
General:
"From Piscataway came Zerah Higgins; at the death of his father in 1677 he came to Elizabethtown, where he died intestate in December, 1695, in his thirty-eighth year." 27
Marriage Notes (Elizabeth Oliver)
Children
Richard HIGGINS b: 18 NOV 1682
Mary HIGGINS b: ABT 1688
Sarah HIGGINS b: 15 SEP 1686
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Sources

1 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 492. This is a major source, which seems accurate.

2 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 383.

3 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 383, 492.

4 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 62 (MD15:143). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.

5 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 100 (MD17:149).

6 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 62 (MD15:143).

7 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 48 (MD9:8).

8 Randy Robinson, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," Benjamin (Richard1) + Lydia Bangs.

9 STL, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," 2003.

10 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 80 (MD16:144).

11 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:14.

12 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 167 (MD32:112).

13 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:136.

14 Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society).

15 Stanley W. Smith, transcriber, "Records of the First Church in Orleans, formerly the First Church in Eastham, Mass." (1908-1913. Mayflower Descendant [in several sections]), 10::230.

16 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), row 2, lot 2. Solomon Rich Higgins family.

17 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 163 (MD32:64).

18 Andrew P. Langlois, Descendants of John Young of Plymouth and Eastham. part 1 (2005. Mayflower Descendant 54 (2): 97-113).

19 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 78 (MD16:76).

20 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 130.

21 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 155 (MD31:174).

22 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:86. Zephaniah and Sarah King family.

23 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1843-1859 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 76. frequently differ from other records

24 Randy Robinson, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," 1.iv Zerah.

25 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), p 41.

26 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 37 (MD8:14).

27 Honeyman, A. Van Doren, History of Union County, New Jersey, 1664-1923 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1923.), page 88.

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