Joshua
Higgins
Jr
Born in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Joshua Higgins Sr.
and Mercy (Mayo) Higgins
Husband of
Maria H (Cobb) Higgins
— married
23 Apr 1835 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Joshua W Higgins and Ann Maria (Higgens) Swift
Died
at age 40
in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Apr 2022
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Biography
Descendant of Mayflower passengers William Brewster and Stephen Hopkins.
Joshua was born in 1812 in Eastham, the son of Joshua and Mercy Higgins.[1][2] He passed away in 1852.
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-6QN : 2 March 2020), Higgins, 1812.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7V5-F21 : 2 March 2021), Joshua Higgins, 01 Nov 1852; citing Eastham, Massachusetts, P 5, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,168.
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ5-RNH4 : 11 May 2022), Joshua Higgins and Maria H Cobb, 23 Apr 1835; citing Marriage, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010731.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joshua 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 Joshua:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joshua 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 Joshua:
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~1.56%
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