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Richard Higgins (1782 - 1869)

Richard Higgins
Born in Mount Desert, Hancock, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 1806 in Eden, Hancock, Maine, United Statesmap
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Died at age 87 [location unknown]
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Descendant of William Brewster.


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Descendant of Stephen Hopkins.


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Descendant of Thomas Rogers.


Biography

Richard Higgins; b. 2 Feb 1782[1] at Eden, Hancock, Maine;
Note: Eden was formed from a portion of Mount Desert in 1796

m1. Rebecca Higgins, daughter of Nathan Higgins and Zuriah Freeman, 1806[2] at Eden, Hancock, Maine;

m2. Margaret A Campbell, daughter of John Campbell and Margaret Stanwood, 2 Apr 1858 at Eden, Hancock, Maine;

He died 9 Apr 1869 at age 87.

Known children of Richard Higgins and Rebecca Higgins all b. at Eden, Hancock, Maine, were as follows:
  • i. Serenus Higgins; b. 3 Sep 1807; m. Emily Rodick, daughter of David Rodick and Sally Stanwood, 12 Aug 1830 at Salsbury Cove, Eden, Hancock, Maine; d. 8 Feb 1846 at age 38.
  • ii. Seneca Higgins; b. 10 May 1809 died in South America
  • iii. Albion Higgins; b. 8 Aug 1811; m. Sophia Hamor, daughter of John Hamor and Mary Hodgkins, 1843; d. 7 Jul 1871 at Eden, Hancock, Maine, at age 59.
  • iv. Warren Freeman Higgins; b. 24 Aug 1813; m. Zeruiah Higgins, daughter of Moses Higgins and Mary Higgins, 30 Sep 1840 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; m. Cornelia E. Hamor, daughter of Jonathan Hamor and Hannah Brewer, 26 Dec 1854 at Eden, Hancock, Maine.
  • v. Mary Ann Higgins; b. 20 Nov 1816; d. 12 Apr 1818 at age 1.
  • vi. Mary Ann Higgins; b. 3 Nov 1818; d. 27 Nov 1818.
  • vii. Nathan Higgins; b. 25 Nov 1819; d. 20 Dec 1820 at age 1.
  • viii. Richard Higgins; b. 25 Dec 1822; d. 28 Feb 1823.
  • ix. Rebecca Ann Higgins; b. 3 Oct 1825; m. Otis Brewer, son of Edward Brewer and Mary Hamor, 21 Feb 1847 at Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine; d. 25 Jul 1885 at age 59.
Known children of Richard Higgins and Margaret A Campbell were:
  • i. Eva AnnHiggins; b. 8 Apr 1859 at Hulls Cove, Hancock, Maine; b. 8 Apr 1859 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; m. George Stillman Stanley, son of Enoch Boynton Stanley and Caroline Hall Guptill, circa 1889 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; d. 12 May 1896 at Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, at age 37; AE 34y 1m; d. 12 May 1896 at Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, at age 37; she was buried at Bunker Cemetery, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine.
  • ii. Richard J. Higgins; b. 14 May 1861; d. 18 Jul 1863 at age 2.
  • iii. Richard W. Higgins; b. 16 May 1863.
  • iv. Frederick E. Higgins; b. 15 Feb 1867.
United States Census, 1850[3] Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States
Richard Higgins M 68 Maine
Rebecca Higgins F 64 Massachusetts
United States Census, 1860[4] Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States
Richard Higgins M 79
Margaret Ann Higgins F 24
Eva Higgins F 1

Sources

  • WikiTree profile Higgins-876 created through the import of mike_walton_2011.ged on Aug 20, 2011 by Mike Walton. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mike and others.
  1. "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4CZ-ZR6 : 10 February 2018), Richard Higgins, 02 Feb 1782; citing BAR HARBOR,HANCOCK,MAINE; FHL microfilm 10,616.
  2. "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4XB-JHH : 10 February 2018), Richard Higgins and Rebecca Higgins, 1806; citing Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 10,616.
  3. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JR-CY2 : 12 April 2016), Richard Higgins, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing family 47, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  4. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHV-F7M : 12 December 2017), Eva Higgins in entry for Richard Higgins, 1860.
  • Higgins, Katharine E. C. Richard Higgins, a Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and His Descendants. Worcester, Mass: Higgins, 1918. Internet resource.




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