Born in Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Perkins Higginson
and Martha Hubbard (Babcock) Higginson
Sister of
George Higginson [half], Frances Saltonstall (Higginson) Head, Louisa Gore Higginson, John Augustus Higginson, Charles James Higginson and Henry Frederick Higginson
Wife of
William Ingersoll Bowditch
— married
23 Sep 1844 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
James H. Bowditch, William Earnestus Bowditch, Frederick Channing Bowditch, Susan K (Bowditch) Long and Louisa (Bowditch) Pierce
Died
at age 99
in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Parents and Siblings
"James Perkins [Higginson], b. at Boston, July, 1791, married Martha, widow of George Higginson, and had children; Frances Saltonstall; Louisa Gore; Marry Hubbard; Sarah Rhea; Charles James; John Augustus; Henry Frederick."[1]
Marriage
Bowditch: William Ingersoll Bowditch, Esq; Sarah R. Higginson; Aug 19, Anno Domini 1844 [2]
Death
"Bowditch, Sarah Rhea (Higginson); Brookline; 1919; vol: 31; page: 94 [3]
Sources
- ↑ Essex Institute Historical Collections, Volume 5; Essex Institute; 1863; page 41; Digital Image, Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=tgMXAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA41#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; Boston Marriages, 1844-1846, Digital Image, Ancestry.com: http://ancstry.me/1hSrAX6
- ↑ Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980; 1916-1920; Digital Image, Ancestry.com: http://ancstry.me/1h6DECl
- 1850 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts; William Bowditch household; Digital Image, Ancestry.com: http://ancstry.me/1iNX6bj
- 1870 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Will Bowditch household; Digital Image, Ancestry.com: http://ancstry.me/1jfzZsY
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