Freeman Higgins

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Freeman Higgins (1727 - 1804) was born 28 on July 1727 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts to Benjamin Higgins and Sarah (Freeman) Higgins. He died in 1804 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. His siblings are: Brother of Priscilla Higgins, Thomas Higgins Sr, Sarah (Higgins) Smith, Paul Higgins, Reliance Higgins, Elizabeth (Higgins) Young, Experience (Higgins) Coombs, Benjamin Higgins, Thankful (Higgins) Mayo, William Higgins [half], Zaccheus Higgins, Solomon Higgins, Lois Higgins and Isaac Higgins Freeman married Martha (Cole) Higgins — on 3 Nov 1747 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Freeman married Thankful (Hopkins) Paine — on14 Jul 1757 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts His descendants are: Timothy Higgins, Apphia (Higgins) Blake, Martha Higgins, Thankfull Higgins, Zedekiah Higgins, Priscilla Higgins, Marcy Higgins and Elisha Higgins Profile manager: Charles SartelleProfile last modified 30 Sep 2018 | Created 13 Oct 2015

Biography

Freeman was born 28 Jul 1727 at Eastham[1] He was the son of Benjamin Higgins and Sarah Freeman

Marriage to Martha Cole “Fabruary ye 20th 1746/7 then entred the intentions of Freeman Higgens and Martha Cole both of Eastham to proceed in marriage” [2]

“freeman higgens and marther Cole boath of Eastham were marrid in Eastham by Joseph Crocker Clark in novembar : 13: 1747” [3]

Children

Timothy Higgins b. 28 march 1749 Apphia Higgins, b. 1 Oct 1752 Marriage to Thankful Hopkins He married 14 Jul 1757 Thankful Hopkins the daughter of Caleb Hopkins and Mercy Freeman.[4]

Children:

Martha (twin) b: 09 Apr 1758 Thankful (Twin) b: 09 Apr 1758 m: Thomas Stoddard Boardman Zedekiah b: 11 Apr 1760 Priscilla b: 01 Mar 1762 m: Caleb Hayden of Dorchester Marcy b: 09 Aug 1764 Elisha b: 09 Nov 1766 d: Baltimore Maryland Freeman Higgins resided at Eastham-Orleans, He served as a juryman at Eastham in 1758 and again in 1771. In 1790 his family consisted of four persons, probably himself, wife, and one son and one daughter. In 1774, Mrs. Thankful Higgins was a member of the First Church of Christ at Eastham-Orleans, but Freeman Higgins was not a member. [5]

Death

He died 1804 at Eastham[6][7]

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-8JV : 4 December 2014), Freeman Higgins, 28 Jul 1727; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406. ↑ VR of the towns of Eastham and Orleans, MA, vol xxix (1931) ↑ VR of the towns of Eastham and Orleans, MA, vol xxiv (1922) ↑ American Ancestors Marriage Record Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Eastham-Orleans -V1 Page MD V.16, p.76 of NEHGR V.123, p.204 (Membership Required) ↑ Higgins: Page 130 ↑ American Ancestors Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 Hopkins Stephen (Vol 6) page 432 (Subscription site) ↑ Higgins: Page 130 See also:

Higgins, Katharine. Richard Higgins: A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth (K.C. Higgins, Worcester, Mass., 1918)