Born in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Higgins
and Sarah (Mayo) Higgins
Sister of
Phoebe (Higgins) Cole, Sarah (Higgins) Crosby, Hannah (Higgins) Mayo, Rebecca (Higgins) Knowles, Elkanah Higgins, Benjamin Higgins and Mercy (Higgins) Paine
Wife of
Samuel Dill
— married
16 Mar 1762 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Wife of
Nehemiah Doane
— married
25 Jan 1766 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Mar 2018
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Biography
Lydia Higgins is the daughter of Benjamin Higgins (1701-bef.1760) and Sarah (Mayo) Higgins (1703-aft.1765) [1]
Lydia was born in 1741/42.
Sources
- ↑ Lydia is mentioned in the published reference Descendants of Richard Higgins:
- Mercy,
- Pheobe, born Sept 24, 1727; married Nov 16, 1749, Nathaniel Cole
- Sarah, born April 28, 1730; married about 1757, Timothy Doane. He died May 6, 1759.
- Hannah, born April 29, 1732; married Jan 3, 1750, Joseph Mayo, Jr., son of Joseph and Hannah (Atwood) Mayo. Children: Abigail, Theophilus, Rebecca, Mary and perhaps others born between 1750 1760.
- Rebecca, born May 1, 1734; married Oct 29, 1761, Josiah Knowles. Children, born between 1762 and 1774: Elkanah, Josiah, Alice, and Rebecca.
- Elkanah, born Nov 10, 1737; died between March 12, 1760 and Feb 14, 1765, unmarried.
- Benjamin, born Dec. 11, 1739; living as of April 23, 1765
- Lydia, born March 11, 1741-2; married (1) March 16, 1762, Samuel Dill; (2) about 1766, Nehemiah Doane. Child: Benjamin Dill, born July 5, 1763
- Https://archive.org/stream/richardhigginsre00higg#page/84/mode/2up
- Collins, Jr., Stanley Newcomb. Joseph Collins of Eastham and Three Generations of His Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 7
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lydia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lydia:
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~0.78%
Eunice (Poland) Ballam
:
23andMe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #12946
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~0.78%
Judie (Harjung) Waldert :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A058263 [compare], Ancestry member Judie2520
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A058263 [compare]
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~0.78%
Catherine Doane :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #998773
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