Ebenezer Higgins (1701 - 1778)

Born 15 Apr 1701 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Cole) Higgins — married 5 Oct 1721 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Content (James) Harding — married 28 Dec 1770 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 1778 at about age 76 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Ebenezer Higgins born April 15, 1701, at Eastham.^[1]

He married (1) Oct. 5, 1721, Abigail Cole.^[1]

Ebenezer married (2) Dec. 25, 1769 or 1770, Mrs. Content Harding.^[1]

He married (3) Feb. 29, 1776, Mrs. Phoebe Snow.^[1]

Ebenezer Higgins was always a resident of Eastham. March 10, 1730-1, he was chooen surveyor of highways; March 4, 1733-4, elected and sworn fence viewer; June 24, 1747, appointed to seek out a suitable person to preach in the South Precinct; March 19, 1754, chosen to procure wood for Rev. Mr. Cheever; in 1758 elected assessor; also to procure wood for Rev. Joseph Crocker; in 1761 chosen "negative man" and re-elected March 6, 1764.^[1]

Ebenezer Higgins was a large land owner in Eastham. This is shown by several old deeds in Mr. Nye's collection, and these probably do not show all the real estate he owned. The division deed of Nathaniel and Ebenezer Higgins whereby they divided estate which their father Ichabod Higgins bought of John Collins and deeded to them has already been given under Nathaniel Higgins. "Nathaniel Smith of Eastham yeoman to Ebenezer Higgins.^[1]

Ebenezer died in Eastham 1778-9.^[1]

A will dated June 7, 1771, of Ebenezer Higgins is in possession of descendants in Attleboro, Mass. It names wife Content and all the children here given except Asenath. It was never probated and there is nothing on the records at Barnstable to show that Ebenezer's estate was ever before the Probate Court.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Higgins, M. K. E. C. (1918). Richard Higgins: A resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. Worcester, Mass. p.107-108

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Notes

1. Sources cites by Eastham Births (1701-1781), pp. 39, 189, 199, 200, 201, 231; Mayflower Des., vol. xv, pp. 231-2; Eastham Book No. 6, p. 40; Book No. 12, p. 4; Hawes Genealogy, p. 170; Deeds in the Nye Collection
2. While is is possible that Ebenezer was active in the revolution for independence, he would have been in his 60's and 70's. I have been unable to locate the following using SAR Patriot Research System. (5/28/2019 Pat)

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 191, SAR Membership Number: 38049; Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 2; Serial: 11670; Volume: 3