Solomon Higgins (1721 - aft. 1780)

Born 8 Sep 1721 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Bethiah (Chase) Higgins — married 13 Jan 1758 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after 1780 after age 58 in Mt. Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States

Biography

Captain Solomon Higgins served with Barnstable County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Solomon Higgins is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A055337.

Solomon Higgins is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 181105
Rank: Captain

Solomon Higgins was born on 8 Sept 1721. He was the son of Benjamin Higgins and Sarah Freeman.^[1][2][3][4]

He married (1) Bethia Chase ^[1]and married (2) Esther Dean. ^[5]

Children with Bethia Chase ^[1]:

1. Solomon Higgins, b. 4 July 1758; d. 25 Mar 1838
2. Obadiah Higgins, b. 21 Mar 1761, d. 1784, age 23 at Eastham, Mass.
3. Henry Higgins, b. 15 Dec 1762; d. 4 Jan 1768
4. Mary Higgins, b. 10 Dec 1765
5. Bethia Higgins, b. 15 Apr 1769
6. Rebecca Higgins, b. 26 Jan 1771; m. 4 Nov 1789, (1) Smith Hopkins and (2) Joseph Gould
7. Zaccheus Higgins, b. 28 Nov 1772, Eastham, Mass. m. 24 May 1792, Martha

Children born at Eden, Hancock, Maine, are listed with mother of Bethia, but they may be children of Esther Dean if Bethia died in 1772:

1. James Dean Higgins, b. Eden, Hancock, Maine, 11 Sept 1774 ^[6]; d. 16 Jan 1852
2. Abijah Higgins, b. Eden, Hancock, Maine, 12 May 1779, Eastham, Mass.; m. 7 July 1805, Nancy Buckley
3. Reliance Higgins, b. Eden, Hancock, Maine, 12 Sept 1777; ^[7]m. 2 Mar 1793, William Leland . Note: The birth certificate of Reliance gives her mother as Bethiah Chase.

Research Notes

There is a Solomon Higgins living in Eden or Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine during the US Censuses of 1790, 1800 and 1810. This could be a son or a grandson as well.^[8][9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Roser, Susan. Mayflower Births & Deaths (Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1992)
2. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
3. ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941. ( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 17 Feb 1915, 8790
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-8XD : accessed 17 May 2016), Benjamin Higgins in entry for Solomon Higgins, 08 Sep 1721; citing Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406.
5. ↑ DAR Lineage records
6. ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. Higgins, Rich:129, 203
7. ↑ Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll #: 52
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKK-YV2 : accessed 8 January 2020), Solomon Higgins, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing p. 87, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 568,142.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-ZWR : accessed 8 January 2020), Solomon Higgins, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing p. 203, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 218,677.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2W-FSP : accessed 8 January 2020), Solomon Higgins, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing p. 445, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 11; FHL microfilm 218,682.

• Higgins, Katharine. Richard Higgins: A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth (K.C. Higgins, Worcester, Mass., 1918) Pages 54, 86 - 89

• Freeman, Frederick. Freeman Genealogy in Three Parts (Franklin Press, Rand, Avery, and Co., Boston, 1875)

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed August 17, 2016), "Record of Solomon Higgins", Ancestor # A055337.

See also:

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896) Vol. 7, Page 850