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Descendant of Mayflower passenger Francis Cooke
Descendant of Mayflower passengers Thomas Rogers and Joseph Rogers
AKA Desiah
Born 10 AUG 1724. Truro MA. [1][2][3]
Desiah Higgins married Hezekiah Sumner on 10 Feb 1743 at Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut[4] Among their children are:
Samuel, b. 25 Sep 1744[5] Clemence, b. 26 Sep 1748[6] Tabitha, b. 16 Jul 1750[7] Abigail, b. 13 Jun 1752[8] Desiah, b. 15 Sep 1754[9] Hezekiah, b. 13 Aug 1757[10] Daniel, b. 26 May 1759[11]
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Higgins-4073
Desire Sumner formerly Higgins
Born 10 Aug 1724 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay
Daughter of Beriah Higgins and Desire (Cooke) Higgins
Sister of Thankful (Higgins) Rathbone, Jemima Higgins, Deborah (Higgins) Sedgwick, Beriah Higgins and Phoebe Higgins
Wife of Hezekiah Sumner — married 10 Feb 1744 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
Mother of Samuel Sumner, Tabitha Sumner, Clement Sumner, Tabitha (Sumner) Haven, Abigail (Sumner) Kibbe, Desire Sumner, Hezekiah Sumner, Daniel Sumner and Desire (Sumner) Manley
Died 24 Feb 1794 in Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified 23 Dec 2020 | Created 23 Apr 2016
Sources
↑ Source: #S011364 99 ↑ Source: #S008240 435 ↑ Source: #S008270 215 1724 ↑ Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939 ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906
Source: S008240 Mayflower Families Five Generations Stephen Hopkins Vol. 6 John D. Austin F.A.S.G. Publication: 1992 Repository: Note: #NS082403 Call Number: R929.1 M453m Media: Book No NOTE record found with id NS082403.
Source: S008270 Mayflower Families for Five Generations Vol 2 Robert M. Sherman, F.A.S.G. Publication: Thomas Rogers Repository: Note: #NS082703 Call Number: R292.1 Media: Book No NOTE record found with id NS082703.
Source: S011364 Richard Higgins of Plymouth, Eastham and Piscataway and His Descendants Mrs. Katherine Chapin Higgins Publication: 1918 Repository: Note: #NS113643 Call Number: Media: Book No NOTE record found with id NS113643.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCW5-VRH : 10 February 2018), Desire Higgins, 10 Aug 1724; citing TRURO,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 911,761.
1724 |
August 10, 1724
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Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, British America
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1748 |
September 26, 1748
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Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
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1750 |
1750
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1752 |
June 13, 1752
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Bradford, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
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1752
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Wales
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1759 |
May 26, 1759
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Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, British Colonial America
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1765 |
January 7, 1765
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Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
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1794 |
February 24, 1794
Age 69
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Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
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