Capt.
Samuel
Higgs
Born about in Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Jane (Gould) Higgs
— married
1775 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Higgs) Johnson, Jeremiah Higgs, Elizabeth (Higgs) Saunders, Sarah (Higgs) Pinder, Samuel Higgs, Margaret (Higgs) Thompson, Jane (Higgs) Kelly, Charlotte (Higgs) Johnson, Ann Higgs, Susannah Gould (Higgs) Cleare, Thomas Higgs and Frances G. Higgs
Died
at about age 44
in Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Aug 2013
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Contents |
Biography
Samuel Higgs is part of a Bahamian family.
Samuel was a Justice of the Peace.
Samuel was born about 1756. He was a member of the House of Assembly, and Assessor and Collector of Taxes for Harbour Island.
Captain of Militia Harbour Island 6 Dec 1796.
Justice of Peace 1782.
Oldest resident of Harbour Island at his death.
Samuel Higgs passed away in 1800. His will provides a one-third absolute part to his wife Jane Gould Higgs, and the other two-thirds parts to be shared by his children Mary, the wife of Samuel Johnson, Jeremiah Higgs, Elizabeth Higgs, Sarah Higgs, Samuel Higgs, Margaret Higgs, Ann Higgs, Jane Higgs, Charlotte Higgs and Susannah Gould Higgs.
MORE RESEARCH: Might he be a son of the Jeremiah Higgs who appeared in the Fitzwilliam Census at New Providence Island 1734?
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Sources
Death Record: St. John's Parish Register, Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
Will written 3 September 1792. Proved 1802. National Archives of the Bahamas, Wills and Will Index.
Bahamas DNA Project, Direct Paternal Line Descendant Charts https://genealogy.hopetownmuseum.com/bahamasdnaproject/bahydna.htm
DNA
Paternal 5th Great Grandfather of Y-DNA kit 205319
Footnotes
- ↑ Entered by Peter Roberts, Saturday, August 10, 2013.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Peter Roberts for creating Higgs-421 on 10 Aug 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Peter and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel:
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~1.56%
Vivian (Sands) Knowles
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A861223 [compare]
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~1.56%
Carolyn Suhl :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Pearl Lowe :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A526784 [compare]
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~1.56%
Tonya (Johnson) Draughon :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Carla (Cleare) Bedgood :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch KQ6290427 [compare], FTDNA kit #112445
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~1.56%
Iris (Lowe) Powers :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T045225 [compare], FTDNA kit #324242
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Carol (Roberts) Lawrence :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T444698 [compare], FTDNA kit #194267
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~1.56%
Edith (Farrington) McLeod :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch FX9606181 [compare], FTDNA kit #MI52614
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~1.17%
G. Lowe :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T919627 [compare], FTDNA kit #36893
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~0.78%
Donna (Rendueles) Robinson :
23andMe, GEDmatch M135518 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M135518 [compare], Ancestry member DonnaRobinson7464
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M135518 [compare], FTDNA kit #49833
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~0.78%
Cathy Roth :
23andMe, GEDmatch M966462 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
William Bray :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Evan Lowe :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T779841 [compare], FTDNA kit #293558
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~0.78%
Susan (Higgs) Goulet :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T371345 [compare], FTDNA kit #236991
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~0.78%
Fred Albury :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch JL7208014 [compare], FTDNA kit #868373
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~0.78%
Fiona (Mcleod) Taylor-Williams :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch UR9925203 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN60739
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~0.78%
Murray Sweeting :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T183278 [compare]
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~0.78%
T. Darville :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch SZ6305687 [compare], FTDNA kit #MK47344
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~0.39%
Rebecca Lake :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A001338 [compare], Ancestry member RebeccaLake
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Kenneth Blacow :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A856416 [compare], Ancestry member islandflyer14
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~0.39%
Phil Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T713659 [compare], FTDNA kit #28986
+
Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.39%
Brent Bethel :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T373232 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN15329
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~0.39%
A. Curry :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #997452
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~0.39%
T. V. Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #MK83898
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