Born in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Ebenezer Higgins
and Abigail (Cole) Higgins
Sister of
Cornelius Higgins, Experience (Higgins) Newcomb, Isaiah Higgins, Elkanah Higgins and Ebenezer Higgins
Wife of
James Atwood
— married
11 May 1749 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Mother of
Barnabas Atwood
Died
at age 32
in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Asenath (Higgins) Atwood was a Massachusettsan.
Biography
Asenath Higgins was born in Eastham, Massachusetts, in 1726, the daughter of Ebenezer and Abigail (Cole) Higgins.[1]
She married in 1749 to James Atwood.[2] They had at least one son, Barnabas, born in 1750, and possibly two others.
She passed away in 1759.
Sources
- ↑ The Mayflower Descendant: a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history, 1899, p. 232 - Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records: "Asenath Higgins the daughter of Ebenezer and Abigail Higgins was born at Eastham on ye Sixth day of Juny annodom: 1726"
- ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
citing Digital film/folder number: 007009735_001_M9ZJ-GWQ; Image number: 275
FamilySearch Record: QP8V-KY12 (accessed 20 November 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L979-965M
Asenath Higgins marriage to James Atwood on 19 Apr 1749 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
See Also:
- Title: Descendants of Christopher Strout, Sr. Author: Jean L. Franks. Publication: Strout.Ged. Abbreviation: Descendants of Christopher Strout, Sr. Note: Jean L. Franks, 1013 Jacoby St., Schofield, WI 54476.. NS112203.
- Massachusetts, Barnstable, Eastham and Orleans Vital Records, Births 1701-1781, Page number: page 39
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8V-NHDL : 19 April 2021), James Atwood and Asenath Higgins, 11 May 1749; citing Marriage, Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009735.
- FamilySearch Person: KNWT-54T
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Asenath 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 Asenath:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Asenath 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 Asenath:
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