Twelfth Generation


3740. Richard Higgins154 was born about 1603 in Leominster, England (Hereford).147 He lived in Cape Cod, Massachusetts (Barnstable) in 1644.506 He died before 1 June 1675 at the age of 72 in Piscataway, New Jersey (Middlesex).147 From: "Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine", George Thomas Little, A. M., Litt. D., Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York 1909, volume 4, page 1784

"Richard Higgins, the ancestor, was of Celtic origin, but seems to emigrated to America from the south of England, though some of his descendants claim that he came from the north of Ireland. By trade he was a tailor. He was a man of great strength and integrity of characther. His name appears in the Plymouth records as early as 1633, and he was one of the original settlers at Eastham, Cape Cod, in 1644. He married (first) November 23, 1634, Lydia Chandler; married (second) October, 1651, Mary Yates. Children of the first marraige: 1. Johnathan, born July, 1637. 2 Benjamin, born July, 1640. Children of second wife: 3. Mary, born September 27, 1652. 4. Eliakim, born October 20, 1654. 5. William, born December 15, 1655. 6. Judah, born March 5, 1657. 7. Zerma, born June, 1658. 8. Thomas, born June, 1661. 9. Lydia, born July, 1664."


Richard HIGGINS
Birth: ABT. 1603, Leominster, Hereford Co., England
World Family Tree CD #3, Pedigree #3334

Was of Celtic origin.

Death: BEF. 1 Jun 1675, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., New Jersey
"Richard Higgins & His Desc.," Katherine Chapin Higgins, 1918, pg. 37

Family 1: Lydia CHANDLER
Marriage: 23 Nov 1634, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts
"Richard Higgins & His Desc.," Katherine Chapin Higgins, 1918, pg. 27 & "Gen. Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862.
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Family 2: MARY
Marriage: Oct 1651, Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
"Richard Higgins & His Desc.," Katherine Chapin Higgins, 1918, pg. 32 & "Gen. Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "First Settlers of Eastham, Mass.," NEHGS "Reg ister," Vol 6, pg. 45.
[S600938] Lydia Chandler and Richard Higgins had marriage banns published on 23 November 1634 in Plymouth, Massachusetts (Plymouth). They were married on 11 December 1634 in Plymouth, Massachusetts (Plymouth).147,154,506

3741. Lydia Chandler154 was born in 1613 in England.147 She died before 1650 at the age of 37 in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable).147 Lydia CHANDLER
Birth: UNKNOWN, England
Death: BEF. 1650, Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
"Richard Higgins & His Desc.," Katherine Chapin Higgins, 1918, pg. 30

Family 1: Richard HIGGINS
Marriage: 23 Nov 1634, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts
"Richard Higgins & His Desc.," Katherine Chapin Higgins, 1918, pg. 27 & "Gen. Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862.
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Jonathan HIGGINS
+Benjamin HIGGINS

Children were:

i.

Owen Higgins was born in 1636 in Providence, Rhode Island (Providence).

1870

ii.

Jonathan Higgins-31119.

1856

iii.

Benjamin Higgins-31077.