He doesn't appear on the 1850 census with the family nor the 1855 census. Adopted?
1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860" citing Page: 63; Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Affiliate Film Number: 489; FHL microfilm: 803489; Record number: 16239; FamilySearch Record: MZHH-4F7 FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9B9J-SV1N Image number 00420 Saml Higgins (18) in Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Born in Mass.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Samuel: