Died
at age 57
in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
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Biography
Proven Mayflower line
Ebenezer Higgins was born on 21 July 1721 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the son of Samuel & Mehitable(5) (Phinney) Higgins.[1]
He m. 2nd, Hannah Yates, 27 Oct 1763 in Harwich (MD 32:62)
Marriage
Intentions at Eastham:
"September 22 : 1742 then entred the Intentions of Ebenezor Higgins and Martha Burges both of Eastham to proseed in marriage."[2]
Marriage at Eastham:
"October the 8th 1742 then Ebenezor Higgins junr & Martha Burg both of Eastham was maried In Eastham by Joseph Doane Justice Peace"[3]
Heman Higgins, b. 18 Apr 1757 m. Hannah Randall. Son Constant Higgins m. Lois Fogg. Son Gideon Higgins m. Ruth Edwards. Son james E. Higgins m. Susan Amanda Bates. Son Charles Gideon Higgins m. Emily L. Olsen. Daughter Alice winifred Higgins m. John Garcia Silvaria. Daughter Gertrude Lois Silvaria m. Leo H. Sylvia. Son Michael A Sylvia is the line holder for this line.
↑ George Ernest Bowman, "Eastham & Orleans, MA, Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 29, p. 13
↑ George Ernest Bowman, "Eastham & Orleans, MA, Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 20, p. 94
↑ Katherine W. Hiam, Burgess Genealogy, Descendants of the Four Sons of Thomas and Dorothy (Waynes) Burgess (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1997), pp. 110-111, citing Higgins Descendants 137-8
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ebenezer 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 Ebenezer: