Oliver Higgins (1776 - 1862)

Born 22 Jan 1776 in Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 20 Jan 1862 at age 85 in Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Oliver Higgins; b. 22 Jan 1776 at Brewster or Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts; He was the son of Israel Higgins and Mary Snow.

m. Rhoda Leland, daughter of Ezra Leland and Sarah Hamor, 20 Aug 1802;

He died 30 Jan 1862 at Eden, Hancock, Maine, at age 86; he was buried at Mount Desert Street Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

Find A Grave: Memorial #77115759

Rhoda Leland was born on 1 Jul 1782 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine. She died on 13 Aug 1871 at age 89. She was buried at Mount Desert Street Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine,

Known children of Oliver Higgins and Rhoda Leland all b. at Eden, Hancock, Maine, were as follows:

• i. Hannah D. Higgins; b. 26 Sep 1803; m. Joseph C. Young, son of Robert Young and Bathsheba Cousins, 2 Apr 1825 at Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

• ii. Sally Higgins; b. 1 Sep 1805.

• iii. Zachues Higgins; b. 12 Mar 1807; d. 2 Nov 1856 at age 49; he was buried at Mount Desert Street Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

• iv. Maria Higgins; b. 1 May 1809; m. Benjamin Ash circa 1826 at Hancock, Maine; d. 10 Aug 1891 at Eden, Hancock, Maine, at age 82.

• v. Rhoda Higgins; b. 29 Sep 1811; d. 13 Aug 1811; d. 13 Aug 1871 at age 59; she was buried at Mount Desert Street Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

• vi. Ezra Leland Higgins; b. 21 Aug 1814; m. Ellen P. Freeman, daughter of Jonathan Freeman and Hannah Thompson; d. 16 Mar 1855 at Eden, Hancock, Maine, at age 40; AE 40y 1m 26d; he was buried at Mount Desert Street Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

• vii. Israel Higgins; b. circa 16 Feb 1817; d. 16 Sep 1852; Æ 35y 7m; he was buried at Mount Desert Street Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

• viii. Mary Higgins; b. 24 Apr 1819; d. 25 Mar 1899 at age 79.

• ix. Mary Higgins; b. 24 Apr 1819; m. Thomas Hill Bunker, son of Benjamin Bunker and Sarah Newman, 12 Dec 1833 at South Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine; d. 25 Mar 1899 at Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine, at age 79.

• x. Experience Leland Higgins; b. 24 Apr 1819; m. Jacob S. Suminsby, son of John Suminsby and Dorcas Rodick, 19 Jun 1857 at Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine; d. 19 Jan 1892 at Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, at age 72.

• xi. William Havens Higgins; b. 15 Nov 1822; b. 15 Nov 1825 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; m. Margarette Higgins, daughter of Daniel Higgins and Hannah Higgins, 22 Oct 1855 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; d. 12 May 1860 at Eden, Hancock, Maine, at age 37.

• xii. Oliver J. Higgins; b. circa 1825; d. 11 Nov 1853; Æ 28y; he was buried at Mount Desert Street Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

Sources

• Maine Families in 1790, Volume 4, p.127.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 May 2020), memorial page for Oliver Higgins (22 Jan 1776–30 Jan 1862), Find a Grave Memorial no. 77115759, citing Mount Desert Street Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Linda Rhoadarmer (contributor 47124308) .