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Hannah Higgins (Cole)

Also Known As: "widow Clark"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Eastham, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: after February 25, 1717
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Israel Cole; Israel Cole; Mary Cole and Mary Paine
Wife of Samuel Higgins; John Clark and Samuel Higgins
Mother of Ichabod Higgins, I; Capt. Israel Higgins, Sr.; Theodore Higgins and Samuel Higgins
Sister of Israel Cole and Cole Cole
Half sister of John Rogers; Joseph Rogers; James Rogers; Mary Cole; Abigail Yates and 2 others

Managed by: Chad Bouldin
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About Hannah Higgins

Descendant of Mayflower passengers Stephen and Elizabeth Hopkins and Constance Sow (Hopkins), also descendant of Mayflower passengers William and Mary Brewster


Hannah Cole

  • Born 28 Jun 1681 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
  • Died after 1719 after age 37 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  • Wife of John Clark — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
  • Wife of Samuel Higgins — married before 4 Nov 1703 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cole-921

Hannah (Cole) Higgins was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Biography

Hannah COLE Birth: 28 June 1681 Eastham, Massachusetts Death: aft 1719, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Marriage & Family

Hannah married as her first husband John Clark, son of Uriah & Joanna (Holbrook) Clark about 1700 in MA - parents of

  1. John &
  2. Hannah (both children born at Eastham, Barnstable, MA)

She married Samuel Higgins — m. 4 Nov 1703, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Children:

  1. Israel Higgins
  2. Theodore Higgins
  3. Ichabod Higgins
  4. Samuel Higgins
  5. William Higgins
  • 'Full text of "Richard Higgins : a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants"
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/richardhigginsre00higg/richardhiggins...
  • 3. BENJAMIN^ HIGGINS (Richard'), born July, 1640, at Plymouth; "deceased on ye 14th of March, 1690-1," at Eastham; married Dec. 24, 1661, Lydia Bangs, born ; died after Feb. 13, 1706-7; daughter of Edward and Lydia (Hicks) Bangs of Eastham. Benjamin Higgins resided at Eastham, probably on lands which had belonged to his father at Pochet, now in East Orleans. ...................
  • An inventory of the estate of Benjamin Higgins, amounting to £85 in real estate and £206.06.00 in personal estate, was rendered June 19, 1691, and sworn to by Mrs. Lydia Higgins, administratrix, five days later. "Memorandum: that Ichabod Higgins hath already had £10 and a piece of land on which his house stood, appraised at £9." An agreement was made that Ichabod should have in cattle, bedding, boards, shingles and cash £20.05.00; Richard the loom and gears, 7 acres of land, a cutlass, cartridge box, cattle and cash £20.18.00; Joshua a gun, rapier, cartridge box, bedding, wearing clothes, powder and bullets, saddle and cloth, cattle, sheep and cash £20.05.00; Lydia should have cattle, sheep, an iron pot, books, cloth and cash £20; Isaac a gun, ammunition, a cutlass, cartridge box, bedding, clothing, cattle, sheep and cash £20.05.00; 'Samuel was to have a gun, sword, cartridgebox, a book, bedding, clothes, ammunition, cattle, sheep and cash £20.05.00'; Benjamin was to have two-thirds of the housing and one-third of the lands and meadows; the widow to have her legal third part. She was living Feb. 13, 1706-7, when her brother, Joshua Bangs, willed to her one-eighth part of such personal estate of his as might remain after the death of his wife. Aug. 20, 1711, town of Eastham "Laid out to widdow Lidia Higgins for her natural life and then returns to the town, a parcel of land near the head of Namskaket on the Eastern side of the first lot which is the lot of Daniel Cole Sr." The date of her death is unknown. She married (2) Nicholas Snow.
  • Children born at Eastham.
    • 20. viii. 'Samuel, b. March 7, 1676-7; married (1) Hannah Cole; (2) Thankful Mayo; (3) Elizabeth Hardmg.

Sources

  1. Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9XH5 : 2 October 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 148, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 83.
  2. Sources: Hannah Cole. Ancestral Family Trees View Individual Member Trees Source Information: Title: Ancestry Family Trees; Publisher: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Repository Information: Ancestry.com
  3. Source: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Name Hannah Cole; Birth Date: 1681; Birthplace: Massachusetts; Volume: 32; Page number: 131; Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.(The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 12 Nov 1902, 4694; 11 Feb 1903, 5899
  4. Source: Family Data Collection - Individual Records: Name: Hannah Cole; Spouse: Samuel Higgins; Parents: Israel, Mary Cole, Paine; Birth Place: Eastham, MA; Birth Date: 28 June 1681; Marriage Place: Eastham, MA; Marriage Date: 4 November 1703; Death Place: Eastham, MA; Death Date: 25 February 1716
  5. Source: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Name: Hannah Cole; Event Type: Birth; Birth Date: 28 Jun 1681; Birth Place: Orleans, Massachusetts; Father Name Israel Cole; Mother Name: Mary Cole
  6. Source: Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2: Name Hannah Cole; Birth Date: 28 Jun 1681; Death Date: 25 Feb 1717; Death Place: Eastham; Relationship: Child; Father: Israel Cole; Mother: Mary Paine; Household Members: Name: Israel Cole; Mary Paine; Hannah Cole; Israel Cole
  7. Source: Millennium File: Name: Hannah Cole; Gender: Female; Birth Date: 28 Jun 1681; Birth Place: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; Death Date: 25 Feb 1716; Death Place: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; Father: Israel Cole; Spouse: Samuel Higgins; Children: Israel Higgins; Household Members: Name: Samuel Higgins; Hannah Cole
  8. Source: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Name: Hannah Cole; Gender: Female; Birth Place: MA; Birth Year: 1681; Spouse Name: Samuel Higgins; Spouse Birth Place: MA; Spouse Birth Year: 1676; Marriage Year: 1703; Marriage State: MA; Number Pages: 1;Household Members: Name: Hannah Cole; Samuel Higgins
  9. Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current: Name Hannah Higgins; Birth Date: 28 Jun 1681; Birth Place: Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Death Date: 25 Feb 1717; Death Place: Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Cemetery: Cove Burying Ground; Burial or Cremation Place: Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Has Bio? N
  10. Source: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970: Household Members: Name: Hannah Cole; Birth Date: 1681; Death Date: 23 Feb 1716; SAR Membership 67497; Role: Ancestor; Application Date: 12 Sep 1946; Name: Walter Lloyd Thomas; William F Thomas; Ida Mac Higgins; Marosa L Suero; Walter S Higgins; Eiza Osgood; Hugh J Higgins; Abigail Strong; William Higgins; Elizabeth Aiken; Israel Higgins; Ruth Brown; Captain Israel Higgins; Hannah Cole; Samuel Higgins; Lydia Bangs; Benjamin Higgin See also:
  11. Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol 6, Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition], pages 37-38, 157-158.
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Hannah Higgins's Timeline

1681
June 28, 1681
Eastham, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1706
April 26, 1706
Eastham, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts
1707
October 26, 1707
Eastham, Barnstable, MA
1709
June 1709
Eastham, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
1713
July 19, 1713
Eastham, Barnstable, MA
1717
February 25, 1717
Age 35
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
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