Elisha
Higgins
Jr
Born in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Elisha Higgins
and Jane (Collins) Higgins
Brother of
Martha (Higgins) Doane, Beriah Higgins, Alice (Higgins) Doane, Apphia (Higgins) Doane, Jonathan Higgins, Elisabeth (Higgins) Mayo, Joseph Higgins, Ruth Higgins, Barnabas Higgins and Philip Higgins
Husband of
Sarah (Lewis) Higgins
— married
19 Oct 1721 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Husband of
Hannah (Doane) Higgins
— married
24 Jan 1733 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Jane (Higgins) Chamberlain, Sarah Higgins, Elisha Higgins, Joseph Higgins, Abigail Higgins, Abial Higgins and Uriah Higgins
Died
at age 75
in Bennington, Bennington, Republic of Vermont
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Biography
Elisha & his Wife left Hardwick,MA circa 1750 having separated from their church. They joined another group that formed another which became the First Congregational Church in Bennington,VT circa 1762.(source "Simon Giffin")
Name
- Elisha Higgins, Jr.
Birth
- 03 JAN 1701/2 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Marriage
- 19 OCT 1721 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
- Wife: Sarah Lewis
- 24 JAN 1733 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
- Wife: Hannah Doane
- Child: Abigail Higgins
- 19 OCT 1721 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Death
- 22 JAN 1777 Bennington, Bennington, Vermont
Sources
- 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
- Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14498/MD V.16, p.27/264886946
- Cassano, Lynne M., ed. Title: Bennington, Vermont Cemetery Inscriptions Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999
- Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elisha by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 Elisha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elisha by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 Elisha:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Clinton Thompson 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T416147 [compare], FTDNA kit #164860
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~0.78%
Bill Polmanteer :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Jane (Thompson) Kuitems :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T455726 [compare], FTDNA kit #381968
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~0.39%
Elwin C. Nickerson :
23andMe
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~0.39%
~1.56%
C Ohman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A003901 [compare], Ancestry member CGuy001
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~0.39%
Rahn Price :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EW6450189 [compare], yourDNAportal RAHbaa0520d, Ancestry member rahn_price
+
Living DNA, GEDmatch EW6450189 [compare], yourDNAportal RAHbaa0520d
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~0.39%
Duncan Maloch :
Living DNA
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Sharon Casteel
Higgins-4590 and Higgins-997 appear to represent the same person because: Same wife; same father; same death date; same birth day & month; birth year off by one. If uncertain about mother, unlink her after the merge and make a note in the bio.
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Elisha is 11 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 21 degrees from Carl Sagan, 19 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 27 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 22 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 18 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 24 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 11 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 14 degrees from Isaac Newton, 22 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 18 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 13 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.