Rachel (Lincoln) Mayo (1696 - bef. 1758)

Born 8 Nov 1696 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Hopkins — married 13 Feb 1718 in Harwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Elisha Higgins — married 24 Apr 1746 (to before 7 Aug 1750) in Harwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Theophilus Mayo — married after 20 Jul 1751 (to before 15 Jun 1758) in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 15 Jun 1758 before age 61 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America [uncertain]

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Biography

Rachel, daughter of Thomas and Rachel Lincoln, was born at Hingham, MA on November 8, 1696. She married Benjamin Hopkins at Harwich, MA on February 13, 1717/18. Benjamin died before March 22, 1745/46, the date of intentions of Rachel's second marriage to Elisha Higgins.

She married second Elisha Higgins, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Rogers) Higgins, as his third wife on April 24, 1746 at Harwich, MA. Elisha died between September 19, 1749 (the date of his will) and August 7, 1750 (the date will proved).

She married third Theophilus Mayo, son of Thomas and Barbara (Knowles) Mayo, as his second wife in 1751 (date of intentions published in Eastham July 20, 1751).

There is no record of Rachel's death but she was not living on June 15, 1758, the date of her husband's (Theophilus Mayo) will.

A findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67315646 source states Rachel is buried among other family members in the Old Burying Ground Cemetery in Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Rachel Higgins ... ^[1]

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Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Wilfred Vasile, Sep 30, 2012

• History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, three volumes, published by the Town of Hingham, (Cambridge: University Press, 1893), 3:6

• Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, UT, USA, database on-line, 2011), (birth)

• Susan E. Roser, comp., Mayflower Births & Deaths, two volumes, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992), 2:84

• New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1948), 102:56

• Barbara Lambert Merrick, comp., Mayflower Families In Progress, William Brewster and the Fifth Generation Descendants of his daughter Patience], (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001), pp. 136-139

• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (Eastham intentions 2nd marriage)

• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (Harwick intentions 2nd marriage)

• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (2nd marriage)
• Wilfred Vasile, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Wilfred and others.