Born in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Beriah Higgins
and Jemima (Wetherell) Higgins
Sister of
Beriah Higgins, Jemima Higgins, Joseph Higgins, Jemima Higgins, Ann (Higgins) Brown, John Higgins, Lot Higgins, Lot Higgins, Jane (Higgins) Rich, Rachel (Higgins) Cobb, Ephraim Higgins [half] and Beriah Higgins Jr. [half]
Wife of
Isaac Brown Sr.
— married
2 Dec 1757 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Abigail Brown, Abigail (Brown) Hopkins, Isaac Brown Jr., Seth Brown, Mercy (Brown) Smith, John Brown, Jemima (Brown) Newcomb and Sarah (Brown) Doane
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Jul 2022
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Biography
Descendant of Mayflower passengers Stephen Hopkins and Thomas Rogers.
Mercy was born in 1733 in Eastham, the daughter of Beriah and Jemima Higgins.[1]
On December 2, 1757, in Eastham, intentions of marriage were filed between Isaac Brown and Mercy Higgins.[2]
Children (recorded in Wellfleet):[3]
- Abigail, b. 8 Jul 1759; d. 20 Mar 1760
- Abigail, b. 23 Mar 1761
- Isaac, b. 11 Aug 1763
- Seth, b. 30 Jan 1766
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:MPG8-TS2 : 15 January 2020), Entry for Marcy Higgins, 1733.
- ↑ Mayflower Descendant: A Journal of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
- ↑ Mayflower Descendant: A Journal of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
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