Samuel Higgins (1694 - 1776)

Born 5 Oct 1694 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mehitable (Phinney) Higgins — married 9 Oct 1718 (to 25 Jul 1776) in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 25 Jul 1776 at age 81 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Samuel Higgins, the son of Jonathan and either an unknown first wife,^[1] or Lydia (Sparrow) Higgins,^[1][2] was born on 05 October 1694 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[2] Samuel was a carpenter in Eastham.^[2]

He was married in Barnstable on 09 October 1718 to Mehitable Phinney,^[3][4] the daughter of Ebenezer and Susanna (Linnell) Phinney. Mehitable was born on 14 August 1696 in Barnstable.^[5][6][1]

Samuel died in Eastham on 25 July 1776 in his 83rd year,^[7] and was buried in the Orleans cemetery where his gravestone reads:^[8][9]

To Memory of

Mr Samuel Higgins

who Died July ye

25 A D 1776 in the

83 Year of his Age

Mehitable died there on 28 May 1778.^[10][2] No probate records are found in Barnstable County for Samuel or Mehitable.^[1]

Children born Eastham:^[11][12][1]

1. Hannah, b. 12 July 1719.
2. Ebenezer, b. 21 Jul 1721.
3. Martha, b. 2 Oct 1723.
4. Susanna, b. 3 Feb 1725/6.
5. Jonathan, b. 3 Apr 1728.
6. Samuel, b. 6 Aug 1730.
7. Eliakim, b. 21 Jan 1732/3.
8. Sylvanus, b. 12 Oct 1736.
9. Lydia, b. 9 Oct 1737.
10. Prince, b. 28 Apr 1741.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), pp. 23, 77.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Katherine E.C. Higgins, 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) p. 69, 94-5
3. ↑ Bowman, "Barnstable VRs, MD Vol. 14:227.
4. ↑ "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 255 of 663; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
   Barnstable Town Records, Vol. 1:389.

   Sam^ll Higgins of Eastham & Mehitable Phinny of Barnstable octo^r 9 1718. [Married by Esq^r Parker.]

5. ↑ "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 247 of 663; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
   Barnstable Town Records, Vol. 1:378.

   Ebenezer Phinny & Susanah Linnel ... his Daughter Mehitable born 14 Aug^s 1696.

6. ↑ George Ernest Bowman, "Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 11:132
7. ↑ Stanley W. Smith, "Bill of Mortality in the South Parish of Eastham," MD Vol. 7:185.

   [1776] Sam^l Higgins, 84

8. ↑ CapeCodGravestones.com Gravestone of Samuel Higgins, 1776, Orleans Cemetery (Includes gravestone photo and inscription.)
9. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 August 2019), memorial page for Samuel Higgins, Jr (5 Oct 1694–25 Jul 1776), Find A Grave: Memorial #50986378, citing Orleans Cemetery, East Orleans, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by happi (contributor 47230744). (Includes gravestone photo.)
10. ↑ Smith, "Bill of Mortality in the South Parish of Eastham," MD Vol. 7:186.

    [1778] W^o Mehit^l Higgins

11. ↑ "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 22 of 126; town clerk offices, Massachusetts. Br/> Eastham Births, marriages, deaths 1701-1796, p. 28. (Birth of first 9 children.)
12. ↑ "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 13 of 126; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
    Eastham Births, marriages, deaths 1701-1796, p. 11. (Birth of Lydia)

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