Benjamin
Higgins
Born in Lincolnville, Waldo, Maine, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Reuben Higgins
and Betsy (Bridges) Higgins
Brother of
John Higgins [half], Sarah Higgins [half], Phoebe Hamblin (Higgins) Pervere [half], Asa Higgins [half], Lewis Hamlen Higgins [half], Asa Higgins [half], Reuben Higgins [half], Betsey (Higgins) Hopkins [half], Mary Harding (Higgins) Rider [half], Jeremiah Higgins [half], Adaline Higgins [half], Franklin Higgins [half] and Eliza Franklin Higgins [half]
Husband of
Ruth (Wyman) Higgins
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Eldora M (Higgins) Flanders and Alice R. (Higgins) Banks
Died
at age 84
in Searsmont, Waldo, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Dec 2021
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Biography
Benjamin was born in 1810. He was the son of Reuben Higgins and Betsey Harding.
He married Ruth Wyman in 1861.[1] f> 1870 Federal Census Searsmont ME[2]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Benjamin Higgins Head M 60 Maine Ruth Higgins Wife F 50 Maine Eldora Higgins Daughter F 8 Maine Alice Higgins Daughter F 6 Maine Betsy Higgins Mother F 97 Maine Frank S Howard Stepson M 16 Maine
He passed away in 1895, Searsmont, Waldo, Maine, United States[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:MP2X-6MY : 14 January 2020), Entry for Benjamin Higgins, 1861.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:MH69-M3V : 29 May 2021), Household of Benjamine Higgins, 1870.
- ↑ "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-4HQH : 1 March 2021), Benjamin Higgins, 1895; citing Morrill, Waldo, Maine, United States, Morrill Village Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,315,419.
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Donna Fournier
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