Abigail (Mayo) Higgins (1732 - bef. 1761)

Born 12 Jul 1732 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of William Higgins — married 1 Apr 1756 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died before 1761 before age 28 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Descendant of Mayflower passenger William Brewster.

Abigail was born in 1732. She passed away before 1761.

Abigail Mayo was born on July 12, 1732 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, daughter of Asa Mayo (1706– ) and Experience.^[1][2][3]

This person was in a record in 1733.^[4]

Abigail married William Higgens on 22 November 1755 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.^{[5][6][7][8][9]} They had at least 2 children:

1. Abigal's daughter Experience Higgins was born on 28 January 1757 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay.^{[10][11][12][13]}
2. Abigal's daughter Abigal Higgins was born on 20 September 1758 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay.^[14][15]

Research Notes

The 1918 genealogy Richard Higgins and His Descendants gives the following children:^[16]

1. Experience, b. 28 Jan 1757
2. Abigail, b. 20 Sep 1758; m. 7 Dec 1778, Thomas Snow

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 007009735; FHL microfilm: 905406; Record number: 8782827
   FamilySearch Record: FCQ8-PHW (accessed 24 January 2024)
   Abigel Mayo born on 12 Jul 1732, daughter of Easse Mayo & Experience, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay.
2. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 007009735; FHL microfilm: 905406
   FamilySearch Record: VQDD-XJY (accessed 24 January 2024)
   Abigel Mayo born on 12 Jul 1732, daughter of Easse Mayo & Experience, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay.
3. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 007009743; FHL microfilm: 907350
   FamilySearch Record: VQDD-3HV (accessed 24 January 2024)
   Abigail Mayo born on 12 Jul 1732, daughter of Asa Mayo & Experience, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay.
4. ↑ Legacy NFS Source: Abigail Mayo - birth: 12 July 1733;
   Massachusetts, Barnstable, Eastham and Orleans, Vital Records, LDS Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, Page number: page 103
   birth: 12 July 1733;
   
   Transcribed in Mayflower Descendant Magazine, volume 17, page 36
5. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 007009735_001_M9ZJ-GWQ; Image number: 269
   FamilySearch Record: QP8V-9XSW (accessed 24 January 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-8979-9X7Y
   Abigail Mayo marriage to William Higgens on 22 Nov 1755 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
6. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 007009735_002_M9ZJ-GW7; Image number: 41
   FamilySearch Record: QP8V-FMXV (accessed 24 January 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-9979-962R
   Abagail Mayo marriage to William Higgins on 22 Nov 1755 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
7. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 007009735_002_M9ZJ-GW7; Image number: 40
   FamilySearch Record: QP8V-MGW8 (accessed 24 January 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G979-9XCV
   Abigail Mayo marriage to William Higgins on 22 Nov 1755 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
8. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 007009735_002_M9ZJ-GW7; Image number: 53
   FamilySearch Record: QP8V-QZB5 (accessed 24 January 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L979-96VS
   Abigail Mays marriage to William Higgins on 1 Apr 1756 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
9. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 007009743; FHL microfilm: 907350
   FamilySearch Record: FC4F-RY7 (accessed 24 January 2024)
   Abigail Mayo marriage to William Higgins on 1 Apr 1756 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay.
10. ↑ Birth of daughter Expearnc Higgins: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 007009735; FHL microfilm: 905406
    FamilySearch Record: VQDD-XTP (accessed 24 January 2024)
    Expearnc Higgins born to Abigal on 28 Jan 1757 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay.
11. ↑ Birth of daughter Expearnc Higgins: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 007009735; FHL microfilm: 905406; Record number: 8782957
    FamilySearch Record: FCQ8-T93 (accessed 24 January 2024)
    Expearnc Higgins born to Abigal on 28 Jan 1757 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay.
12. ↑ Birth of daughter Expearni Higgins: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 007009735; FHL microfilm: 905406
    FamilySearch Record: VQDD-G8H (accessed 24 January 2024)
    Expearni Higgins born to Abigal on 28 Jan 1757 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay.
13. ↑ Birth of daughter Experience Higgins: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 007010725; FHL microfilm: 778357
    FamilySearch Record: FZDF-J7Q (accessed 24 January 2024)
    Experience Higgins born to Abigail on 28 Jan 1757 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay.
14. ↑ Birth of daughter Abigal Higgins: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 007009735; FHL microfilm: 905406
    FamilySearch Record: VQDD-VHX (accessed 24 January 2024)
    Abigal Higgins born to Abigal on 20 Sep 1758 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay.
15. ↑ Birth of daughter Abigail Higgins: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 007010725; FHL microfilm: 778357
    FamilySearch Record: FZDF-D5Q (accessed 24 January 2024)
    Abigail Higgins born to Abigail on 20 Sep 1758 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay.
16. ↑ Higgins, Katherine Chapin, Richard Higgins: A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and His Descendants, page 164

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ8-PHW : 15 January 2020), Abigel Mayo, 1732.