Samuel Higgins

Samuel Higgins was born at Eastham on March 7, 1676/7 to Benjamin and Lydia (Bangs) Higgins. [1] On Nov. 4, 1703[2], he married Hannah Cole, daughter of Israel and Mary (Paine) (Rogers) Cole and great-great-granddaughter of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower.

[1] Their children, all born at Eastham, were:[1]

1. Israel, b. April 26, 1706
2. Theodore, b. Oct. 26, 1707
3. Ichabod, "b. 'near the latter end of June', 1709"
4. Samuel, b. July 19, 1713 Hannah died on Feb. 25, 1716/1717.

On March 20, 1717/8, Samuel married Thankful Mayo, daughter of William Mayo, with whom he had 3 children, all born at Eastham:[1]

William, b. Aug. 16, 1719 John, b. Dec. 16, 1720 Simeon, b. Jan. 16, 1722-3

Samuel was again widowed; his third wife was Elizabeth Harding, whom he married in 1739-40, with whom he had no children.[1]

He died at Eastham on Dec. 10, 1761.[1]

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Samuel Higgins (abt. 1677 - 1761)

Samuel Higgins

Born about 7 Mar 1677 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Son of Benjamin Higgins and Lydia (Bangs) Higgins

Brother of Ichabod Higgins, Richard Higgins, John Higgins, Joshua Higgins, Lydia Higgins, Isaac Higgins, Rebecca Higgins, Deborah Higgins and Benjamin Higgins

Husband of Hannah (Cole) Higgins — married before 4 Nov 1703 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Husband of Thankful (Mayo) Higgins — married about 1717 in Massachusetts Bay

Father of Israel Higgins Sr., Theodore Higgins, Ichabod Higgins, Samuel Higgins, William Higgins and Simeon Higgins

Died 10 Dec 1761 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

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Sources

1. Higgins, Katharine. Richard Higgins: A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth (K.C. Higgins, Worcester, Mass., 1918) p 85. This research is mentioned positively in the entry on Richard Higgins in The Great Migration Begins (pp. 928-932).
2. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4N-CZV : 9 February 2018), Samuel Higgins and Hannah Cole, 04 Nov 1703; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 907,350. See also:
3. Little, George Thomas. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (Lewis Historical Publishing Company 1909) First Settlers of Eastham, Massachusetts Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1862) Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995) Pages 928-932
4. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Samuel Higgins Gender: Male Birth Place: MA Birth Year: 1676 Spouse Name: Thankful Mayo Spouse Birth Place: MA Marriage Year: 1717 Marriage State: MA Number Pages: 1

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• 'Full text of "Richard Higgins : a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants"
• http://www.archive.org/stream/richardhigginsre00higg/richardhiggins...
• 3. BENJAMIN^ HIGGINS (Richard'), born July, 1640, at Plymouth; "deceased on ye 14th of March, 1690-1," at Eastham; married Dec. 24, 1661, Lydia Bangs, born ; died after Feb. 13, 1706-7; daughter of Edward and Lydia (Hicks) Bangs of Eastham. Benjamin Higgins resided at Eastham, probably on lands which had belonged to his father at Pochet, now in East Orleans. ...................
• An inventory of the estate of Benjamin Higgins, amounting to £85 in real estate and £206.06.00 in personal estate, was rendered June 19, 1691, and sworn to by Mrs. Lydia Higgins, administratrix, five days later. "Memorandum: that Ichabod Higgins hath already had £10 and a piece of land on which his house stood, appraised at £9." An agreement was made that Ichabod should have in cattle, bedding, boards, shingles and cash £20.05.00; Richard the loom and gears, 7 acres of land, a cutlass, cartridge box, cattle and cash £20.18.00; Joshua a gun, rapier, cartridge box, bedding, wearing clothes, powder and bullets, saddle and cloth, cattle, sheep and cash £20.05.00; Lydia should have cattle, sheep, an iron pot, books, cloth and cash £20; Isaac a gun, ammunition, a cutlass, cartridge box, bedding, clothing, cattle, sheep and cash £20.05.00; 'Samuel was to have a gun, sword, cartridgebox, a book, bedding, clothes, ammunition, cattle, sheep and cash £20.05.00'; Benjamin was to have two-thirds of the housing and one-third of the lands and meadows; the widow to have her legal third part. She was living Feb. 13, 1706-7, when her brother, Joshua Bangs, willed to her one-eighth part of such personal estate of his as might remain after the death of his wife. Aug. 20, 1711, town of Eastham "Laid out to widdow Lidia Higgins for her natural life and then returns to the town, a parcel of land near the head of Namskaket on the Eastern side of the first lot which is the lot of Daniel Cole Sr." The date of her death is unknown. She married (2) Nicholas Snow.
• Children born at Eastham.
  • 16. i. Ichabod, b. Nov. 14, 1662; married Melatiah Hamblen (?).
  • 17. ii. Richard, b. Oct. 15, 1664; married Sarah Hamblen(?).
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  • iii. John, b. Nov. 20, 1666; d. June 13, 1689.
  • 18. iv. Joshua, b. Oct. 1, 1668; married (1) Ehzabeth Smith; (2) Priscilla Bixby; (3) Mary Baker.
  • V. Lydia, b. "latter end of May, 1670"; living June 24, 1691.
  • 19. vi. Isaac, b. Aug. 31, 1672; married Lydia Collins,
  • vii. Rebecca, b. June 14, 1674; d. March, 1675.
  • 20. viii. 'Samuel, b. March 7, 1676-7; married (1) Hannah Cole; (2) Thankful Mayo; (3) Elizabeth Hardmg.
  • 21. ix. Benjamin, b. Sept. 15, 1681; married (1) Sarah Freeman; (2) Mercy Hopkins.
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Biography

Samuel Higgins was born at Eastham on March 7, 1676/7 to Benjamin and Lydia (Bangs) Higgins. [1] On Nov. 4, 1703[2], he married Hannah Cole, "daughter of Israel and Mary (Paine) (Rogers) Cole and great-great-granddaughter of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower".[1] Their children, all born at Eastham, were:[1]

• Israel, b. April 26, 1706
• Theodore, b. Oct. 26, 1707
• Ichabod, "b. 'near the latter end of June', 1709"
• Samuel, b. July 19, 1713
• Hannah died on Feb. 25, 1716/1717. On March 20, 1717/8,

Samuel married Thankful Mayo, daughter of William Mayo, with whom he had 3 children, all born at Eastham:[1]

• William, b. Aug. 16, 1719
• John, b. Dec. 16, 1720
• Simeon, b. Jan. 16, 1722-3

Samuel was again widowed; his third wife was Elizabeth Harding, whom he married in 1739-40, with whom he had no children.[1]

He died at Eastham on Dec. 10, 1761.[1]

Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Higgins, Katharine. Richard Higgins: A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth (K.C. Higgins, Worcester, Mass., 1918) p 85. This research is mentioned positively in the entry on Richard Higgins in The Great Migration Begins (pp. 928-932).

↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4N-CZV : 9 February 2018), Samuel Higgins and Hannah Cole, 04 Nov 1703; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 907,350. See also:

Little, George Thomas. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (Lewis Historical Publishing Company 1909)

First Settlers of Eastham, Massachusetts

Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1862)

Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995) Pages 928-932