Elkanah
Higgins
Born in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of Ebenezer Higgins
and Abigail (Cole) Higgins
Brother of
Cornelius Higgins, Experience (Higgins) Newcomb, Asenath (Higgins) Atwood, Isaiah Higgins and Ebenezer Higgins
Husband of
Sarah (Knowles) Higgins
— married
about 17 Sep 1757 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Abigail Higgins, Elkanah Higgins, Lydia (Higgins) Doane, Jedidah (Higgins) Doane, Benjamin Higgins, Asenath (Higgins) Paine, Susanna (Higgins) Walker, Sarah (Higgins) Knowles and Joshua Higgins Sr.
Died
at age 85
in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Aug 2013
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Biography
Elkanah Higgins was born in 1729[1]. Intentions for marriage to Sarah Knowles were published 17 Sep 1757[2]. He served as a constable and surveyor of highways. [3]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCQ8-TGZ : 4 December 2014), Ekenah Higgins, 12 Apr 1729; citing , EASTHAM, BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 2:179F6L0; FHL microfilm 905,406.
- ↑ Higgins, Katherine Chapin. Richard Higgins and His Descendants. Worcester, MA: 1918. Pp 159.
- ↑ Entered by Martha Horgan, Tuesday, August 6, 2013.
- "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-8TR : accessed 11 June 2022), Elkanah Higgins, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 78, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 205,611.
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Martha Horgan for creating Higgins-2067 on 6 Aug 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Martha and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elkanah 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 Elkanah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elkanah 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 Elkanah:
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~1.56%
Sandy Higgins
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~0.78%
Leah Worster :
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~0.78%
Jacquelin (Haslinger) Webster :
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~0.39%
Patti Stacy :
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