Israel Higgins Sr. (1706 - 1788)

Born 26 Apr 1706 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Brown) Higgins — married 2 Nov 1727 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Husband of Ruth (Mayo) Higgins — married 9 Mar 1769 in Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 7 Feb 1788 at age 81 in Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Israel Higgins was born April 26, 1706 at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. He was the son of Samuel Higgins and Hannah Cole.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

On Nov. 2, 1727, he married Ruth Brown, with whom he had 10 children^[6][7]:

1. Israel, b. Oct. 3, 1728^[8]; m. Elizabeth Aiken In 1779, Israel Higgins served in Captain Daniel Sullivan's company of volunteers in the Bagaduce expedition. (DAR books reports his death as 1818 in Eden, Maine).^[9]
2. Jesse, b. June 26, 1731^[10]
3. Ruth, b. June 5, 1733^[11]
4. Sylvanus, b. June 8, 1735^[12]
5. Lydia,, b. Oct. 9, 1737
6. Heman, b. Nov. 25, 1740
7. Rachel, b. June 28, 1743
8. Eunice, b. Oct. 30, 1745. d. Nov. 22, 1748 (Eunice was the only Higgins child to die in childhood).
9. Hannah, b. May 22, 1748
10. Seth, b. Feb. 4, 1750/1

His first wife Ruth died June 13, 1768. On March 9, 1769, Israel married the widow, Ruth (Mayo) Smith, "daughter of Israel and Mercy (Ryder) Mayo and widow of Thomas Smith.^[5]

Israel died at Middle Haddam, Connecticut, on Feb. 7, 1788.^[5][13] He is buried at Cover Burying Ground in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^[14]

Research Notes

Captain Israel Higgins Sr. performed Patriotic Service in Connecticut in the American Revolution.

Israel Higgins Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A210193.

Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 25 July 2016), "Record of Israel Higgins, Sr.", Ancestor # A210193. Not to be confused with his son Israel Higgins: "Israel Higgins served in the French and Indian War and in the Revolution. He was a private in Capt. Elijah Robinson's co., of Col. John ELy's Connecticut regt. in 1777. His name appears on a "billeting roll" of the Company with remarks,-- "Enl. June 16, 17_., Marched from home July 22, 17_. No. of days billeted himself, 37." He resided in Middle Haddam parish, town of Middletown (lated Chatham), Conn. George Higgins was appointed administrator on estate of Israel Higgins April 1, 1793. Distribution to heirs Jan. 14, 1794."

Children

1. Timothy Higgins b: in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
2. Anna Higgins b: in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
3. William Higgins b: in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
4. Eunice Higgins b: 23 Feb 1754 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
5. George Higgins b: 20 Oct 1756 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
6. Elizabeth Higgins b: 16 Sep 1757 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
7. Israel Higgins b: 22 Feb 1761 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
8. Lydia Higgins b: 18 Apr 1763 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; m Henrietta Bradford, 28 Jun 1788 East Haddam/Chatham
9. Mollie Higgins b: 12 May 1765

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Marriage Notes (Elizabeth Aiken) Sources for KC Higgins: Middletown Ct vital records; Middle Haddam church records; "Record of Men in the War of the Revolution"; Middletown Probate Records, vi:20, 53, 64 6

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-694 : 4 December 2014), Israel Higgins, 26 Apr 1706; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406.
2. ↑ Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992.
3. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
4. ↑ Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Vol. 338.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Higgins, Katherine Chapin. Richard Higgins : a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants, 1918, pp. 119ff. Archive.org (This research is mentioned positively in the entry on Richard Higgins in The Great Migration Begins pp. 928-932).
6. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Source number: 3417.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LSS
7. ↑ Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-3RW : 4 December 2014), Israel Higgins in entry for Lydia Higgins, 09 Oct 1737; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406.
9. ↑ Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volumes 57-58. Daughters of the American Revolution, 1921. p 54.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ8-BXP : 4 December 2014), Israel Higgins in entry for Jesse Higgins, 26 Jun 1731; citing , EASTHAM, BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 2:179F4QG; FHL microfilm 905,406.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-SYQ : 4 December 2014), Israel Higgins in entry for Ruth Higgins, 05 Jun 1733; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-WMB : 4 December 2014), Israel Higgins in entry for Sylvania Higgins, 08 Jun 1735; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406.
13. ↑ Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
14. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 26 July 2016), memorial page for Israel Higgins (1706–unknown), Find A Grave Memorial no. 132,588,682, citing Cover Burying Ground in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts.; the accompanying photographs by Mary Harrell-Sesniak only provide an image of the cemetery entrance sign but no stone of inscribed data.

• Early Records of Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, and Membership of The Congregational Church, East Hampton, (Chatham,) Conn. (Pelton & King, Middletown, Connecticut, 1900) Page 115: Death record.