Solomon
Higgins
Sr.
Born in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Higgins Sr
and Abigail (Paine) Higgins
Brother of
Philip Higgins, Thomas Higgins Jr., Benjamin Higgins, Jonathan Higgins, Jesse Higgins, Thankful (Higgins) Freeman and Sarah (Higgins) Dean
Husband of
Margaret (Holbrook) Higgins
— married
24 Jan 1760 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Husband of
Abigail (Pierce) Higgins
— married
28 Oct 1773 in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Margaret Holbrook (Higgins) Rider, Solomon Higgins Jr., Nathaniel Higgins, Sarah (Higgins) Small and Thankful (Higgins) Harding
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Oct 2015
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Biography
Solomon was born in 1743.
On January 24, 1760, in Eastham, Solomon Higgins married Margaret Holbrook.[1]
On October 28, 1773, in Wellfleet, Solomon Higgins married Abigail Pierce.[2]
The 1918 genealogy Richard Higgins and His Descendants gives the following children:[3]
- Solomon, b. 21 Jul 1774; m. Elizabeth Dyer
- Nathaniel, b. 24 Aug 1776
- Sarah, b. 23 Sep 1778
- Thankful, b. 22 Feb 1781; d. 30 Apr 1801
- Mary, b. 23 Jan 1785; d. 14 Feb 1816
- Isaac, b. 1 Apr 1789; m. Mehitable Gill
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8V-NJ1S : 11 May 2022), Solomon Higgins and Margaret Holbrook, 24 Jan 1760; citing Marriage, Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009735.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCDD-L9T : 28 July 2021), Solomon Higgins, 1773.
- ↑ Higgins, Katherine Chapin, Richard Higgins: A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and His Descendants, page 191
- 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.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Solomon 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 Solomon:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Solomon 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 Solomon:
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~0.78%
Charles Sartelle
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~0.78%
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