Born in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Beriah Higgins
and Desire (Cooke) Higgins
Sister of
Thankful (Higgins) Rathbone, Jemima Higgins, Deborah (Higgins) Sedgwick, Phoebe J (Higgins) Maxwell [half], Beriah Higgins and Phoebe Higgins
Wife of
Hezekiah Sumner Sr.
— married
10 Feb 1744 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
Samuel Sumner, Tabitha Sumner, Clement Sumner, Tabitha (Sumner) Haven, Abigail (Sumner) Kibbe, Desire Sumner, Hezekiah Sumner Jr., Daniel Sumner and Desire (Sumner) Manley
Died
at age 69
in Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Apr 2016
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Biography
Desire Higgins was born 10 AUG 1724 Truro MA. [1][2][3]
Desiah Higgins married Hezekiah Sumner on 10 Feb 1743 at Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut[4] Among their children are:
- Samuel, b. 25 Sep 1744[5]
- Clemence, b. 26 Sep 1748[6]
- Tabitha, b. 16 Jul 1750[7]
- Abigail, b. 13 Jun 1752[8]
- Desiah, b. 15 Sep 1754[9]
- Hezekiah, b. 13 Aug 1757[10]
- Daniel, b. 26 May 1759[11]
Sources
- ↑ Richard Higgins of Plymouth, Eastham and Piscataway and His Descendants Mrs. Katherine Chapin Higgins, pg. 99
- ↑ Mayflower Families Five Generations Stephen Hopkins Vol. 6 John D. Austin F.A.S.G., 435
- ↑ Mayflower Families for Five Generations Vol 2 Robert M. Sherman, F.A.S.G., 215 1724
- ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7LW-VZ2/ Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939
- ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F747-BMH/
- ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906
- ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906
- ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906
- ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906
- ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906
- ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCW5-VRH : 10 February 2018), Desire Higgins, 10 Aug 1724; citing TRURO,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 911,761.
- Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQK-RTY : accessed 4 October 2021), entry for Desire Higgins, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch. Source: Alice Westgate, Ann T. Reeves, Peggy M. Baker, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations - Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass December 1620 (Vol. 19) ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2013) Source: John D. Austin, F.A.S.G., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations - Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass December 1620 (Vol. 6) ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Desire by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Desire:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Desire by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Desire:
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~0.39%
Gary Fox
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A923061 [compare], Ancestry member gafox1999
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch gafox1999 [compare], FTDNA kit #236252
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Susan (Ross) Michaelis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AW7798275 [compare], Ancestry member mdmsjr
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch AW7798275 [compare]
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