Oliver Higgins (1781 - 1870)

Born 3 Apr 1781 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Mayo) Higgins — married 11 Oct 1802 in Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Feb 1870 at age 88 in Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Biography

Oliver Higgins; b. 3 Apr 1781 at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts; baptized 15 Apr 1781 at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts;

m. Ruth Mayo, daughter of Joseph Mayo and Ruth Snow, 11 Oct 1802 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; d. 6 Feb 1870 at Eden, Hancock, Maine, at age 88.

Ruth Mayo was born on 27 Jan 1782 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine. She died on 10 Oct 1849 at age 67.

Known children of Oliver Higgins and Ruth Mayo were as follows:

• i. Sylvanus Higgins; b. 1 May 1803 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; m. Abigail Knowles Salsbury, daughter of Ephraim Salisbury and Fanny Knowles, 24 Nov 1831 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; m. Mehitable Salisbury, daughter of Reuben Salisbury and Bathsheba Cousins, 2 Oct 1857 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; d. 4 Sep 1883 at West Eden, Hancock, Maine, at age 80; age 80 years, 2 months; he was buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

• ii. Nancy Higgins; b. 16 Oct 1804 at Eden, Hancock, Maine.

• iii. Jane Higgins; b. 16 Oct 1806 at Eden, Hancock, Maine.

• iv. Sally Higgins; b. 27 May 1807 at Eden, Hancock, Maine.

• v. Olive H. Higgins; b. 6 Aug 1810 at Indian Point, Cape Rosier, Hancock, Maine; b. 6 Aug 1811 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; m. Joseph H. Rand 6 Jul 1834 at Hancock, Maine.

• vi. Joseph Higgins; b. 24 Sep 1812 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; m. Vienna Higgins, daughter of John Higgins and Margaret Flynn, 23 Aug 1838 at Eden, Hancock, Maine.

• vii. Fidelia Higgins; b. 27 Jan 1813 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; m. Prince Mayo.

• viii. Andrew Higgins; b. 14 Mar 1816 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; d. 18 Sep 1837 at age 21.

• ix. Ruth Mayo Higgins; b. 23 Mar 1818 at Eden, Hancock, Maine.

• x. Calvin Kitteridge Higgins; b. 14 Jun 1819 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; m. Sophia Heath, daughter of Richard Heath and Tamison Freeman, circa 1846 at Hancock, Maine; m. Elizabeth Holden Thompson, daughter of Adam Thompson and Lucy Davis Haskell, 27 May 1856 at Brooklin, Hancock, Maine; d. 1867 at Tel Aviv, Israel.

• xi. Oliver Higgins; b. 28 Feb 1821 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; m. Elizabeth Higgins, daughter of Jesse Higgins and Betsey Richardson, 3 Apr 1842 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; d. 26 Apr 1898 at Eden, Hancock, Maine, at age 77.

• xii. Willard C. Higgins; b. 28 Jan 1824 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; m. Abigail B. Salisbury at Hancock, Maine; d. 20 Mar 1892 at age 68.

Sources

• Mayo-Rodwick, Jean M. Rev. John Mayo and His Descendants. Fruita, Colo: Blood Ties, 2010. Print.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 August 2019), memorial page for Deacon Oliver Higgins (1780–6 Feb 1870), Find A Grave Memorial no. 87492819, citing Deacon Oliver's Cemetery, Town Hill, Hancock County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Wildflower (contributor 47716214) .
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-G5X : 10 February 2018), Oliver Higgens, 03 Apr 1781; citing ORLEANS,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 905,406.