Born in Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas
Ancestors 
Sister of
James Gould, Mary (Gould) Lightbourn, Catherine (Gould) Thompson, Walter Gould, Susannah Gould and William Gould
Wife of
Samuel Higgs
— married
1775 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
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 74
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Aug 2013
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Jane (Gould) Higgs is part of a Bahamian family.
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Biography
Jane was born in 1756. Jane was the child of James Gould and Susannah Pinder.[1][2] Jane passed away in 1830.
There is a Deed of Gift dated August 17th 1809 in which Jane HIggs, Widow of Harbour Island gifted a Negro Girl called Phillida to her grandsons George and Joseph Saunders for their 'better maintenance and preferment'. The document was witnessed by Samuel Higgs.
Jane's name appears on the 1822 Slave Registration at Harbour Island, Bahamas. "Return of Seventeen Slaves the property of Jane Higgs of the island of Harbour Island the First day of January 1822."
Jane Higgs' will is dated Jul 7, 1830; proved Apr 14, 1831, Nassau, Bahamas.
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Sources
Bahamas National Archives, Will Index.
Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1813-1834
Family Search Bahamas Land and Property Records. Film 8119886, page 194 which is Image 108.
Footnotes
- ↑ Maternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of Peter Roberts GEDmatch F008867, Lowe-3478 GEDmatch F324242 and Elizabeth Collins GEDmatch FE16264 sharing about an 8 cM segment on chromosome 4 from 113929622 to 125889460.
- ↑ Maternal relationship is also confirmed by a sufficient HVR1 and HVR2 mtDNA match between this Family Tree DNA mtDNA test for Carol Lawrence and this Family Tree DNA mtDNA test of her maternal line cousin Larry Smith.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Peter Roberts for creating Gould-1531 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 Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Carla (Cleare) Bedgood
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup T1b, FTDNA kit #112445, MitoYDNA ID T14758 [compare] - Larry Smith :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup T1b, FTDNA kit #261103, MitoYDNA ID T15634 [compare]
- Pete Toemmes :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H1, FTDNA kit #380687, MitoYDNA ID T15569 [compare]
- Carol (Roberts) Lawrence :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup T1b, FTDNA kit #194267, MitoYDNA ID T14757 [compare]
- Michael Toemmes :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H1, FTDNA kit #458657, MitoYDNA ID T15568 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Vivian (Sands) Knowles :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A861223 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Pearl Lowe :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A526784 [compare]
-
~1.56%
~1.56%
Carla (Cleare) Bedgood :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch KQ6290427 [compare], FTDNA kit #112445
-
~1.56%
Iris (Lowe) Powers :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T045225 [compare], FTDNA kit #324242
-
~1.56%
~1.56%
Carol (Roberts) Lawrence :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T444698 [compare], FTDNA kit #194267
-
~1.56%
Edith (Farrington) McLeod :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch FX9606181 [compare], FTDNA kit #MI52614
-
~0.78%
Cathy Roth :
23andMe, GEDmatch M966462 [compare]
-
~0.78%
B. McIntyre :
23andMe, GEDmatch M884077 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M884077 [compare], Ancestry member BarbaraAnnMcIntyre
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Jacky (Boles) Duncan :
23andMe, GEDmatch PC8490654 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CS8252564 [compare], Ancestry member JackyBolesDuncan
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B781051
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
William Bray :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Kris Sjostrom :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A936004 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Carolyn Suhl :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Gord Bethel :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A660457 [compare], Ancestry member GordonBethel73
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
P. Evans :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Tonya (Johnson) Draughon :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
v. Wilson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EQ3888808 [compare], Ancestry member vickie_hale48
-
~0.78%
Susan (Higgs) Davies :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GR7473087 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Leo Roberts :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Evan Lowe :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T779841 [compare], FTDNA kit #293558
-
~0.78%
Susan (Higgs) Goulet :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T371345 [compare], FTDNA kit #236991
-
~0.78%
Fiona (Mcleod) Taylor-Williams :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch UR9925203 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN60739
-
~0.78%
Murray Sweeting :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T183278 [compare]
-
~0.78%
T. Darville :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch SZ6305687 [compare], FTDNA kit #MK47344
-
~0.39%
Rebecca Lake :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A001338 [compare], Ancestry member RebeccaLake
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
Kenneth Blacow :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A856416 [compare], Ancestry member islandflyer14
-
~0.39%
Phil Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T713659 [compare], FTDNA kit #28986
+
Autosomal DNA Test
-
~0.39%
Brent Bethel :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T373232 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN15329
-
~0.39%
Fred Albury :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch JL7208014 [compare], FTDNA kit #868373
-
~0.39%
G. Lowe :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T919627 [compare], FTDNA kit #36893
-
~0.39%
A. Curry :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #997452
-
~0.39%
T. V. Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #MK83898
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