Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Leonard Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 30 Nov 1801 - Eastham or Orleans, Massachusetts 1
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Hatsuld Higgins (1762-      ) 2
         Mother: Marcy (Est 1760-      )


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Leonard Gould Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 29 Mar 1830 - Orleans, Massachusetts 3
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Leonard Higgins (1809-      )
         Mother: Betsey J Gould (1805-      )


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Lettice Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 12 Mar 1786 - Hampden, Maine 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Abisha Higgins (1753-1812) 5 6
         Mother: Hannah Harding (1760-Abt 1852)


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Levi Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 27 Jun 1742 - Eastham, Massachusetts 7
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


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


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Levi Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 27 Jun 1743 - Eastham, Massachusetts 8
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Jun 1825 - Mount Desert Island, Maine
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Theophilus Higgins (1698-1780)
         Mother: Joanna Young (1703-1767)

Spouses and Children
1. *Bathsheba Young (Cir 1747 - 27 May 1799)
       Marriage: 19 Feb 1767 - Eastham, Massachusetts 9
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Nehemiah Higgins (1767-1818) 9
                2. Elkanah Higgins (1769-1847)
                3. Richard Higgins (1782-1869)

Notes
General:
Marriage 2 Mary Higgins - not Mary (Higgins) Hopkins, since that seems to conflict with Joseph Hopkins' death in 1809
Married: 8 Apr 1800
Marriage Notes (Bathsheba Young)
Other children
Eunice Higgins b: 09 AUG 1771 in Hulls Cove, Hancock, Maine
Chloe Higgins b: 05 JUL 1774 in Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine
Mercy Higgins b: 23 DEC 1775 in Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine
Hannah Higgins b: 23 DEC 1777 in Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine
Theophilus Higgins b: 21 NOV 1779 in Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine
Richard Higgins b: 02 FEB 1782 in Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine
Josiah Higgins b: 28 FEB 1784 in Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine
Deborah Higgins b: 05 FEB 1786 in Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine
Mary Higgins b: 25 MAR 1788 in Hulls Cove, Hancock, Maine
Levi Higgins b: 28 JUL 1793 in Hancock, Maine
(derwood)

picture Levi Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 22 Dec 1811 - Orleans, Massachusetts 10
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Daniel Higgins (1769-1814) 11
         Mother: Betsey Foster Kenrick (1776-1836)


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Levi Lincoln Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 9 Nov 1839 - Truro, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 4 Apr 1923 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 12
         Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: cerebral hemorrhage 12


Parents
         Father: Jeremiah Higgins (1813-1894)
         Mother: Sally Lombard (1816-1896) 13

Spouses and Children
1. *Harriet L Whitman (29 Apr 1847 - 27 Jan 1929)
       Marriage: 18 May 1873 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Higgins (1875-1875)
                2. Leila Rider Higgins (1877-1930)
                3. Grace Mabelle Higgins (1881-1965)
                4. Myrtie Lewis Higgins (1885-1954) 14
                5. John Linnell Higgins (1887-1967) 15 16

Notes
General:
1 Oct 1900, Barnstable Patriot, p4: "Wellfleet
Messrs. George S. Holbrook and Newell B. Rich will leave for Boston this week, having been chosen as Grand Jurors to the United States District Court.
Messrs. Isaiah C. Doane, Everett S. Jacobs and George C. Williams have been chosen as Petit jurors.
Levi L. Higgins was chosen as Traverse Juror to the October term of Supreme Court at Barnstable."
Medical:
age 83-4-25

picture Levi Walter Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 29 Feb 1844 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 5 Feb 1924
         Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: David Higgins (1804-1894) 18
         Mother: Sally Swain (1807-1897) 19

Spouses and Children
1. *Kate A (4 Jul 1847 - 30 Oct 1924) 17 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 


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Lewis Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 18 Jan 1803 - Standish, Maine
        Baptism: 
          Death: 11 Mar 1888 - Manchester, Maine
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Prince Higgins (1772-      )
         Mother: Selina Higgins (1773-1847)

Spouses and Children
1. *Susan Whitney (23 Jan 1804 - 9 Mar 1879)
       Marriage: 25 Mar 1828
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Milton Prince Higgins (1842-1912)

Notes
Marriage Notes (Susan Whitney)
Children
Ivory Fessenden Higgins b: 15 Aug 1828
Freeman Higgins b: 11 Jan 1830 in Standish, Cumberland, Maine
Orlando Melvin Higgins b: 22 Aug 1831
Elijah Lewis Higgins b: 23 Jun 1833 in Standish, Cumberland, Maine
Martha Ellen Higgins b: 7 Jun 1835
Merrill Whitney Higgins b: 11 Jul 1837 in Standish, Cumberland, Maine
Arvaesta Higgins b: 10 Apr 1840 in Standish, Cumberland, Maine
Aramantha Higgins b: 10 Apr 1840
Milton Prince Higgins b: 7 Dec 1842 in Standish, Cumberland, Maine
Edmund Fessenden Higgins b: 13 Mar 1847
Hadley Foster Higgins b: 28 Jul 1849 in Standish, Cumberland, Maine
(kiwidave)

picture Lewis Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 10 Jun 1832 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 20
        Baptism: 
          Death: 13 Jul 1911 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 21
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: chronic nephritis 21


Parents
         Father: Samuel Higgins (1786-1864)
         Mother: Lucy Holbrook Newcomb (1789-1842) 22 23

Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Arey Stubbs (14 Mar 1834 - 21 Dec 1888) 24 25 
       Marriage: 27 Mar 1852 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 26
         Status: 

Notes
Medical:
age79-1-3

picture Lewis H Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 12 Aug 1854 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 27 28
        Baptism: 
          Death: After 1880
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Rufus Higgins (1830-1909) 29
         Mother: Sally Eaton Wiley (1831-1893) 30


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Lewis Hamblin Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 22 Aug 1836 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 32
        Baptism: 
          Death: 29 Jan 1905
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Reuben Higgins (1805-1869) 31
         Mother: Joanna Bacon (1809-1886) 31 33

Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Atwood Ryder (12 Apr 1840 - 14 Aug 1916) 31 34 
       Marriage: 12 Jan 1859 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 35
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Herbert L Higgins (1859-1864) 31
                2. Sidney Clarence Higgins (1865-1931) 36
                3. Anna May Higgins (1867-1867) 31
                4. Frank Chester Higgins (1870-1897) 31 37

Notes
General:
1859, 1867 mariner, Wellfleet
Medical:
age 68-5-7

picture Lewis Hamlin Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 11 May 1885 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 39
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1937
         Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Walter Lewis Higgins (1857-1945) 40
         Mother: Mattie J Young (1865-1949) 40

Spouses and Children
1. *Louise C (Est 1887 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 


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Lewis Hamlin Higgins

      Sex: M
AKA: Lewis Hamlen Higgins 42
Individual Information
          Birth: 25 Oct 1812 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 42
        Baptism: 
          Death: 3 Jul 1873 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 35
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Reuben Higgins (1773-1851)
         Mother: Betty Harding (1781-1846) 43

Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Atwood (20 Sep 1816 - 22 Feb 1900) 41 
       Marriage: 7 Nov 1838 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 44
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Lucretia Franklin Higgins (1839-1900) 45 46
                2. Samuel Roberts Higgins (1842-1930) 46
                3. Joshua Hamblen Higgins (1844-1849) 41 46 47
                4. Joshua Hamblen Higgins (1849-1915) 48
                5. Sarah Ann Higgins (1853-1925) 49
                6. Walter Lewis Higgins (1857-1945) 40

Notes
General:
1844 mariner, Wellfleet
1849 provision dealer, Boston
1853 provision dealer, Wellfleet
1857 market man, Wellfleet
Medical:
age 60-8-12
Marriage Notes (Hannah Atwood)
1870 US census, Wellfleet
building 202, household 225
Lewis H Higgins, 57, market-man, $1000/580,
Hannah, 53, keeping house
Samuel R, 28, painter
Joshua H, 20, fishing
Sarah A, 16, at school
Walter L, 13, at school

picture Lewis Hickman Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 5 May 1843 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 50 51
        Baptism: 
          Death: 20 Jun 1902 - Boston, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Justus Higgins (1812-1890)
         Mother: Lois Hawes Hickman (1812-1895) 52

Spouses and Children
1. *Etta F Bryant (1 Sep 1852 - 11 Dec 1938)
       Marriage: 15 May 1872 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Status: 

Notes
General:
1872 fish dealer, Boston
Marriage Notes (Etta F Bryant)
1895 res South B0ston, along with Mr. & Obed Rich, Mr. Bartlett Higgins, Messrs. Walter and Lewis Rich and Miss Etta F. Higgins. 53

picture Lewis Washburn Higgins

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 9 Jan 1842 - Orleans, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 6 Mar 1916 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Hanson Robeson Higgins (1816-1896) 55
         Mother: Louisianna Mayo (1817-1878) 55

Spouses and Children
1. *Matilda C Rogers (15 Aug 1847 - 12 Oct 1877) 56 
       Marriage: 26 Apr 1866 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Status: 

2. Melora Joseph (5 Oct 1855 - 29 Apr 1893) 56 
       Marriage: 31 May 1879
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Ona W Higgins (Est 1875-      ) 57
                2. Francis L Higgins (1881-1890) 57
                3. Ralph Waldo Higgins (1883-      ) 58

3. Maria J Sederquest (Est 1855 -       ) 56 
       Marriage: 9 Jun 1908
         Status: 

Notes
General:
Lewis and families lived in Orleans.

picture Lida Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 11 Oct 1895 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 59
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Captain Thomas Allen Higgins (1857-1915)
         Mother: Ednah Picard Hale (1857-1955)


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Lilla Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 1849 - (Wellfleet, Massachusetts)
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1852
         Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: John Swett Higgins (1808-1866) 61 62
         Mother: Betsey Rich Freeman (1809-1895) 63


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Lillian F Higgins

      Sex: F
AKA: Lillian T Higgins
Individual Information
          Birth: 26 Dec 1870 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 37
        Baptism: 
          Death: 23 Aug 1938
         Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Clement Meserve Higgins (1825-1887) 64 65
         Mother: Dorcas Lombard Collins (1827-1904) 64 66

Spouses and Children
1. *Elbridge Gerry Freeman (5 Aug 1866 -       )
       Marriage: 22 Jan 1891 - Winthrop, Massachusetts 67 68
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Maud Renett Freeman (1891-      ) 69
                2. Beatrice Ellsworth Freeman (1892-      ) 70
                3. Clement Cole Freeman (1893-1894) 71
                4. Hazel Lesley Freeman (1894-      )
                5. Celia Gray Freeman (1896-      ) 72

Notes
General:
married 2d Feakins (died as Feakins)

picture Lillian M Higgins

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: 1877
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1914 - (Wellfleet, Massachusetts)
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Robert W Higgins (1843-1908) 73
         Mother: Hannah Doane Hawes (1845-1905) 73 74

Notes
General:
[confirm parents]

Sources


1. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:189.

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

3. "Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts, births by family 1628-1855, from Orleans records" (2002. Holbrook Research Institute. files H01_01a - H01_01g), 25.

4. Joseph W. Porter, editor, The Bangor Historical Magazine (Bangor, Me: Joseph W. Porter), 6:245. [also known as Maine Historical Magazine, online at Google Books]

5. Rosemary West, "R.K. West's Master List" (Sept 2003. Rootsweb).

6. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 107 (20:95.

7. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 63 (MD15:144).

8. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 76 (MD16:72).

9. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 164 (MD32:67).

10. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 34:62.

11. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 85 (MD16:201).

12. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1923.

13. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 41. 1896, 4.

14. 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 35, lot 130A. Charles W. Swift & Myrtie L. Higgins family.

15. 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 33, lot 120B. John L. Higgins & Agnes E. Cromwell family.

16. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1912 marriages.

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

18. Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 22. Eastham (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 740.

19. Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 22. Eastham (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 739.

20. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:98. Samuel and Lucy Higgins family.

21. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1911. Deaths.

22. Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 814.

23. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:36. the children of Lemuel and Lucy Newcomb.

24. 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 34, lot 6. Rebecca A Higgins.

25. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:130. children of Ephraim & Nancy Stubbs.

26. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Marriages, 1857-1858, in volume 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 2:68. Penmanship is particularly poor in these pages.

27. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 2:39.

28. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 51.

29. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:121. the children of John K. and Ruth Higgins.

30. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:160. Solomon & Betsey Wiley family.

31. 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), lot 175-176. Reuben & Joanna Higgins family.

32. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:170. The children of Reuben jr. and Joanna Higgins.

33. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:68.

34. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:180. The children of Isaac Rider and Mary his wife.

35. Katherine Chapin Higgins, Supplement to Richard Higgins and his descendants (1924. Worcester Mass: K Higgins.)

36. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 9.

37. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 15.

38. 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), lot 40. Lewis H. & Louise C. Higgins.

39. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 30.

40. 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 54, lot 2. Thomas T. & Elizabeth J. Young family.

41. 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), lot 140. Lewis H. & Hannah Higgins family.

42. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:73. Reuben & Betsey Higgins family.

43. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:57.

44. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:593. Marriages.

45. 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), lot 208. Capt. Payne & Olive Jenkins family.

46. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:178. The children of Lewis Higgins and Hannah his wife.

47. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 4.

48. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 22.

49. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1925.

50. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:187. The children of Justin Higgins and Lois his wife.

51. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 2.

52. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:94. Jonathan & Abigail Hickman family.

53. Barnstable Patriot (Barnstable, Mass
archives 1830-1930 online at Sturgis Library, Barnstable), 22 Jan 1895.

54. 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. This is a major source, which seems accurate.

55. 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.), 269, 383.

56. 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.

57. 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.

58. STL, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," 2003, 492.

59. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1895. Births.

60. 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 27, lot 108. John S. & Betsy R. Higgins family.

61. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:54.

62. 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 5, lot 57. Deacon Thomas Higgins & Thankful Holbrook family.

63. Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:399. in 5 parts. vol. 83: 261-278 , 394-414 (1929) and vol. 84: 34-62, 117-134, 294-304 (1930)
Numerous small mistakes.

64. 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 46, lot 4. Clement M. & Dorcas L. Higgins family.

65. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:122. the children of Elnathan and Thankful Higgins.

66. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 311.

67. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1891. Marriages.

68. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Marriages 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 42.

69. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1891. Births.

70. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1892. Births.

71. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1893. Births.

72. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1896. Births.

73. 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), lot 445. Joseph A. Higgins, Anna Watson, Robert W. Higgins, Hannah D. Hawes, Lillian Higgins.

74. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:164. The children of Solomon and Adeline Hawes.

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Sources


1 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:189.

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

3 "Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts, births by family 1628-1855, from Orleans records" (2002. Holbrook Research Institute. files H01_01a - H01_01g), 25.

4 Joseph W. Porter, editor, The Bangor Historical Magazine (Bangor, Me: Joseph W. Porter), 6:245. [also known as Maine Historical Magazine, online at Google Books]

5 Rosemary West, "R.K. West's Master List" (Sept 2003. Rootsweb).

6 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 107 (20:95.

7 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 63 (MD15:144).

8 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 76 (MD16:72).

9 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 164 (MD32:67).

10 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 34:62.

11 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 85 (MD16:201).

12 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1923.

13 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 41. 1896, 4.

14 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 35, lot 130A. Charles W. Swift & Myrtie L. Higgins family.

15 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 33, lot 120B. John L. Higgins & Agnes E. Cromwell family.

16 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1912 marriages.

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

18 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 22. Eastham (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 740.

19 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 22. Eastham (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 739.

20 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:98. Samuel and Lucy Higgins family.

21 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1911. Deaths.

22 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 814.

23 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:36. the children of Lemuel and Lucy Newcomb.

24 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 34, lot 6. Rebecca A Higgins.

25 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:130. children of Ephraim & Nancy Stubbs.

26 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Marriages, 1857-1858, in volume 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 2:68. Penmanship is particularly poor in these pages.

27 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 2:39.

28 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 51.

29 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:121. the children of John K. and Ruth Higgins.

30 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:160. Solomon & Betsey Wiley family.

31 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), lot 175-176. Reuben & Joanna Higgins family.

32 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:170. The children of Reuben jr. and Joanna Higgins.

33 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:68.

34 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:180. The children of Isaac Rider and Mary his wife.

35 Katherine Chapin Higgins, Supplement to Richard Higgins and his descendants (1924. Worcester Mass: K Higgins.)

36 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 9.

37 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 15.

38 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), lot 40. Lewis H. & Louise C. Higgins.

39 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 30.

40 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 54, lot 2. Thomas T. & Elizabeth J. Young family.

41 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), lot 140. Lewis H. & Hannah Higgins family.

42 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:73. Reuben & Betsey Higgins family.

43 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:57.

44 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:593. Marriages.

45 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), lot 208. Capt. Payne & Olive Jenkins family.

46 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:178. The children of Lewis Higgins and Hannah his wife.

47 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 4.

48 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 22.

49 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1925.

50 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:187. The children of Justin Higgins and Lois his wife.

51 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 2.

52 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:94. Jonathan & Abigail Hickman family.

53 Barnstable Patriot (Barnstable, Mass
archives 1830-1930 online at Sturgis Library, Barnstable), 22 Jan 1895.

54 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. This is a major source, which seems accurate.

55 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.), 269, 383.

56 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.

57 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.

58 STL, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," 2003, 492.

59 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1895. Births.

60 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 27, lot 108. John S. & Betsy R. Higgins family.

61 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:54.

62 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 5, lot 57. Deacon Thomas Higgins & Thankful Holbrook family.

63 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:399. in 5 parts. vol. 83: 261-278 , 394-414 (1929) and vol. 84: 34-62, 117-134, 294-304 (1930)
Numerous small mistakes.

64 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 46, lot 4. Clement M. & Dorcas L. Higgins family.

65 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:122. the children of Elnathan and Thankful Higgins.

66 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 311.

67 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1891. Marriages.

68 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Marriages 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 42.

69 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1891. Births.

70 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1892. Births.

71 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1893. Births.

72 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1896. Births.

73 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), lot 445. Joseph A. Higgins, Anna Watson, Robert W. Higgins, Hannah D. Hawes, Lillian Higgins.

74 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:164. The children of Solomon and Adeline Hawes.


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