Jonathan Higgins (1734 - 1821)

Born 10 Apr 1734 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Coombs) Higgins — married 22 Nov 1753 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Bethiah (Snow) Higgins — married 10 Jun 1777 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Husband of Eunice (Horton) Higgins — married 9 Mar 1785 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1821 at age 86 in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Descendant of Mayflower passengers William Brewster, Stephen Hopkins, and Thomas Rogers.

Deacon Jonathan Higgins was born on April 10, 1734 in Eastham, Massachusetts Bay Colony son of Captain Thomas Higgins Sr and Abigail (Paine) Higgins.

Jonathan was a resident of the North Precinct of Eastham, which is now the town of Wellfleet. He was a deacon of the church in Wellfleet.

As a selectman of Eastham he signed the account of the town for the care of an indigent stranger and the petition to the county court for reimbursement 6 Apr. 1767. ^[1]

Jonathan (43) married Bethiah Snow (28) on 10 Jun 1777 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Their children were:

1. Nathaniel Snow Higgins
2. Benjamin Higgins
3. Edward Higgins
4. Henry Higgins.

Jonathan (50) married Eunice Horton (28) on 9 Mar 1785 in Eastham. Their children were:

1. Bethiah (Higgins) Swett
2. Ezekiel Higgins
3. Sarah (Higgins) Wiley
4. Elnathan Higgins
5. Olive (Higgins) Kemp
6. Hannah Horton (Higgins) Lombard.

At the 1790 census Jonathan had a family of eleven.

In the 1798 tax list Jonathan owned two dwellings in Wellfleet worth $25 and 34 acres of land worth $181. On the other list for Wellfleet he is listed as having a dwelling worth $240.^[2]

1798 Direct Tax

In 1820, Jonathan was living in Wellfleet.

Jonathan died on 10 January 10, 1821 in Wellfleet aged 86.

The distribution of his estate was made 11 July 1821 and apparently everything was given to his son Elnathan. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Mass. Archives- Vol.118, pp.275-7
2. ↑ 1798 Massachusetts Tax- R. Stanton Avery Collection- NEHGS – Vol. XIII, p. 646, 689
3. ↑ Barnstable County Probate Records- Vol. XLIII, p. 203

• Marriage: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
  Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #46657811
  Jonathan Higgins marriage to Bethiah Snow on 10 Jun 1777 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, USA.
• Marriage Intentions: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
  Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #46709907
  Jonathan Higgins marriage to Eunice Horten on 11 Feb 1785 in Orleans, Massachusetts, USA.
• 1790 Census: "1790 United States Federal Census"
  The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 211; Family History Library Film: 0568144
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5058 #413946
  Jonathan Higgins in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-8KF : accessed 5 April 2023), Jonathan Kiggins, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 74, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 205,611.
• 1820 Census: "1820 United States Federal Census"
  1820 U S Census; Census Place: Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts; Page: 211; NARA Roll: M33_47; Image: 123
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7734 #696670
  Jonathan Higgins in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
• Death: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
  Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #46654145
  Jonathan Higgins death 10 Jan 1821 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, USA.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135869131/jonathan-higgins: accessed 02 April 2023), memorial page for Deacon Jonathan Higgins (10 Apr 1734–10 Jan 1821), Find a Grave Memorial ID 135869131, citing Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by BluMoKitty (contributor 46830270).

See also:

• Richard Higgins A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and At Piscataway, New Jersey and His Descendants, By Mrs. Katharine Chapin Higgins, Worcester, Massachusetts: Printed for the Author, 1918. Pages 87,123-124, 189-90
• Mayflower Descendants- Vol. XV, p. 68
• "Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2"
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3718 #30204
  Name: Jonathan Higgins; Birth Date: 10 Apr 1734; Relationship: Child; Father: Thomas Higgins; Mother: Abigail Paine;
  Household Members (Name) Relationship:
  Thomas Higgins Self (Head)
  Abigail Paine Wife
  Philip Higgins Child
  Thomas Higgins Child
  Benjamin Higgins Child
  Jonathan Higgins Child
  Jesse Higgins Child
  Thankful Higgins Child
  Sarah Higgins Child
  Solomon Higgins Child.