Sarah (Hamlin) Cole (1671 - aft. 1743)

Born 1 Jul 1671 in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Higgins — married 1695 (to 27 Apr 1732) in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Wife of John Cole — married 15 Nov 1732 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after Jul 1743 after age 72 in Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Sarah Hamlin was born on 01 July 1671 in Barnstable, (then) Plymouth Colony, the daughter of John and Sarah (Bearse) Hamlin.^[1]

She married first Richard Higgins before 1695, though their marriage was not recorded.^[2][3][4][5] They resided in Eastham.^[3]

Sarah (Hamblen) Higgins married John Cole as his second wife on 15 November 1732 in Eastham.^[6] John's first wife, Mary Rogers had died on 17 February 1731/2.^[7]

Lt. John Cole died on 13 December 1746.^[7] His will, dated 30 July 1743 and proved 19 January 1746/7, named wife Sarah and gave her "what is due her from her former husband's estate."^[8][9] There is no indication in the probate record whether or not Sarah was still alive when John died.^[8]

Children of Richard and Sarah (Hamlin) Higgins, born Eastham:^[10]

1. Joshua Higgins, b. 3 Dec 1695
2. Eleazer Higgins, b. 9 Feb 1696/7
3. Theophilus Higgins, b. 6 May 1698
4. Jediah Higgins, b. 08 Feb 1699/1700
5. Zaccheus Higgins, b. 11 Jan 1701/2
6. Esther Higgins, b. 23 Feb 1703/4
7. David Higgins, b. 05 Apr 1706
8. Reuben Higgins, b. 06 Jan 1708/9
9. Moses Higgins, b. 24 Mar 1710/11
10. Abigail Higgins, b. 8 Aug 1715

Disputed mother

Sarah's mother was at one time said to be of Native American descent. This was rebutted by Jacobus. Please review information on her father's profile about his disputed spouse.

Research notes

Lineage: Sarah³ John², James¹. Sarah b. 1671, m. Richard³ Higgins (Benjamin², Richard¹) b. 1664^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (13 July 2016), Barnstable > Barnstable > Town records 1640-1774 vol 1-2 > image 277 of 663; town clerk offices, Massachusetts. Barnstable Town Records, Vol. 1:421.

   John Hamlin & Sarah Bierse Married In August 1667... his daughter Sarah 1 Of July 1671...

2. ↑ Higgins, Katharine Elizabeth Chapin. Richard Higgins : A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and His Descendants. Worcester, Mass. : K.C. Higgins, 1918. Pages 77-78.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Monnette, Orra Eugene. "Richard Higgins of Plymouth and Eastham, Mass., and Piscataway, N.J., and Some of His Descendants." The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1916. Vol. 47(1916):23
4. ↑ Hamblin, David. "First Settlers of Eastham, Mass." NEHGR. Vol. 6(1852):45, Richard Higgins.
5. ↑ Meadows, Fanny Louisa Steed. Genealogical Records of Austin Bearse (or Bearce) of Barnstable, Cape Cod, Massachusetts ... 1638 to 1933 : A Record of His Descendants under Six Different Spellings of the Name ... and Other Data Secured. Cleveland, Ohio : F.L.S. Meadows, 1933. Page 5.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths 1701-1796 > image 62 of 126; town clerk offices, Massachusetts. "Eastham Births 1701-1781, Marriages 1713-1759, Deaths 1718-1796, Intentions 1716-1768," Page 104.

   November 15 : 1732 then Liutt John Cole & Mrs Sarah higgins ware married by Mr Samuel Osborn

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Bowman, George Ernest, "Eastham & Orleans, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 9(1907):7.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Barnstable County Probate Records, Vol. 8:39-45, John Cole of Eastham.
9. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Nineteen: Thomas Rogers, Ann T. Reeves, Volume: 19, Alice W.A. Westgate (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000) pp. 13, 39-40.
10. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "Eastham & Orleans, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 9(1907):8.
11. ↑ Lydia Brownson, et.als.,Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod Families, Vol. 25:163, citing Higgins Gen.

See also:

• Austin, John D., 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)
• Andrews, H. Franklin. History of the Hamlin Family with Genealogie of Early Settlers of the Name in America 1639 - 1894. (George W. Quernsey, 1894). Pages 66, 80.
• Hamblen, David. "First Settlers of Barnstable." NEHGR Vol. 3(1849):134.
• Anderson, Bob. "Descendants of James Hamblen" (March 24, 1999 update) via Archive.org. An unsourced genealogy.
• Newcomb, John Bearss. A Contribution to the Genealogy of the Bearse or Bearss Family in America 1618-1871 (Gazette Printing Co., Elgin Illinois, 1871)