Jemima (Higgins) Mulford (abt. 1667 - 1723)

Born about 14 Feb 1667 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Mulford — married 1 Nov 1699 (to 8 May 1723) in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died 8 May 1723 at about age 56 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Jemima Higgins was probably born on 14 February 1666/7, a twin of Joseph, in Eastham, Plymouth Colony, the daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Rogers) Higgins based on her age at death.^[1][2][3][4]

She married John Mulford on 01 November 1699 in Eastham, (then) Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^{[5][6] [7]} He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Barnes) Mulford, born in Eastham in July 1670.^[8]

Jemima died on 8 May 1723 in her 57th year, and was buried in the Ancient Cemetery at Eastham.^[2] Jemima and John had no children.^[1][9]

John married, secondly, Mercy Harris on 25 December 1723 in Eastham, by whom he had Jemima, Mercy and John.^[1] John Mulford died on 20 April 1730 in his 59th year and was also buried in Eastham's Ancient Cemetery.^[2] His widow Mercy Mulford of Eastham was granted administration on his (intestate) estate on 17 March 1730, and guardianship of her three children on 2 April 1730. In August 1743 guardianship was granted to John's brother Thomas Mulford Jr.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} 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. 11, 24.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} George Ernest Bowman, "Gravestone Records at Eastham," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 8(1906):4.

   Mulford, Jemima, wife of John, died 8 May, 1723, in her 57th year.

   Mulford, John, "of Eastham," died 20 April 1730, in his 59th year.

3. ↑ Title: Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
4. ↑ Mayflower Families through Five Generations , Vol. 2 - James Chilton Richard More Thomas Rogers (General Society of Mayflower Descendants)
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 20 May 2014, Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722 > image 150 of 157; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
   Land Grants 1659-1710, Births, Marriages, Deaths 1640-1722, p. 87].

   John Molford and Jemima Higens ware Married the first day of November : 1699

6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 20 May 2014, Barnstable > Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths 1637-1855 > image 192 of 205; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
   Births, marriages, and deaths 1637-1892, p. 345.

   John Mulford & Jemima Higgins Nov. 1st 1699.

7. ↑ Bowman, "Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records," MD Vol 8(1906:245.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 20 May 2014, Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722 > image 110 of 157; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
   Land Grants 1659-1710, Births, Marriages, Deaths 1640-1722, p. 12.

   John Mulford the son of Thomas Mulford was borne in July in the year : 1670.

9. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 August 2019), memorial page for Jemima Higgins Mulford (1667–8 May 1723), Find A Grave: Memorial #15872115, citing Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Mary Harrell-Sesniak (contributor 46488639) . (Includes gravestone photo.)

See also:

• Katherine Elizabeth Chapin 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) pp. 42-50, at 48.

• Donald Lines Jacobus, "Higgins-Rogers: Eastham, Mass.: A Question,"TAG Vol. 41(1965):29 (Link by $ubscription.)

• Anne Borden Harding, "Jonathan Higgins and his two wives," NEHGR Vol. 123(1969):147-148. (Link by $ubscription)

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