Sarah (Freeman) Higgins (abt. 1682 - 1743)

Born about 1682 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Daughter of Edmund Freeman and Sara (Mayo) Freeman

Wife of Benjamin Higgins — married 22 May 1701 (to 1743) in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 21 Jan 1743 at about age 61 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Benjamin and Sarah (Freeman) Higgins had the following (14) children:^[1]

1. Priscilla, born 17 November 1702; married Jonathan Smith
2. Thomas, born 24 June 1704; married Abigail Paine
3. Sarah, born 13 July 1706; married Jesse Smith
4. Paul, born 25 June 1708; married Rebecca Mayo
5. Reliance, born 10 May 1710
6. Elizabeth, born 1 April 1712; married Henry Young
7. Experience, born 31 January 1713/4; married ____ Fohy
8. Benjamin, born 1 March 1715/6; married Hannah Higgins
9. Thankful, born 28 October 1717
10. Zaccheus, born 15b August 1719; married Rebecca Young
11. Solomon, born 8 September 1721
12. Lois, born 6 August 1723; married _____ Cirkum
13. Isaac, born 12 July 1725
14. Freeman, born 28 July 1727; married Martha Cole and Thankful (Hopkins) Paine

DNA

Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch who share a 27.9 cM segment on chromosome 1, consisting of Richard Tubbs, GEDmatch kit # VE869258C1, and Juanita Csontos, his 9th cousin 2x removed, GEDmatch kit # WA6805519, and JB, his 8th cousin 1x removed, GEDmatch kit # LX9320971. (Juanita Csontos and JB are 9th cousin 1x removed.) Their most-recent common ancestors are Jphn Freeman and Mercy (Prence) Freeman, the 11x great grandparents of Richard Tubbs, the 9x great grandparents of Juanita Csontos, and the 10x great grandparents of JB.

Sources

1. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 43

See also:

• Roser, Susan E, Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2 (Baltimore, MD, USA, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992), Page 225.