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Jane Higgins (Collins)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Eastham, Cape Cod, Plymouth Colony
Death: circa 1739 (51-60)
Eastham, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Joseph Collins, of Eastham and Ruth Collins
Wife of Elisha Higgins
Mother of Judith Boulton; Elisha Higgins, II; Martha Doane; Beriah Higgins, I; Alice Doane and 8 others
Sister of Sarah Smith; John Collins; Lydia Higgins; Joseph Collins; Hannah Harding and 3 others

Managed by: Chad Bouldin
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About Jane Higgins

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Jane Higgins formerly Collins was born on 3 Mar 1684 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts to Joseph Collins and Ruth (Knowles) Collins. She is the sister of Sarah Collins, John Collins, Lydia (Collins) Higgins, Joseph Collins, Hannah (Collins) Harding, Jonathan Collins, Benjamin Collins and James Collins. She married Elisha Higgins 1st 30 Sep 1701 in Eastham, Barnstable, Masssachusetts. She is the mother of Elisha Higgins Jr, Martha (Higgins) Doane, Beriah Higgins, Alice Higgins, Apphia Higgins, Jonathan Higgins, Elisabeth (Higgins) Mayo, Joseph Higgins, Ruth Higgins and Barnabas Higgins. Jane died about 1738 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Profile last modified 10 Jan 2019 | Created 1 Mar 2011

Biography

Jane Collins was born March 3, 1684, the daughter of Joseph Collins

and Ruby Knowles of Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts.[1] [2] [3]

On September 30, 1701, she married Elisha Higgins, son of Jonathan[4] and had children[4] [5]

She died before November 1739, when Elisha remarried[4] [5]

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-75K : 4 December 2014), Jane Collins, 31 Mar 1684; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). see page 230 of Eastham and Orleans for Jane ↑ Genealogical notes of Cape Cod families by Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V.; Publication date 1967; Publisher Lydia B. Brownson; Digitizing sponsor Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners; Contributor Sturgis Library; Volume 47 ((Thaxter to Twining), see page 211 for Joseph son of Joseph born 1632, and Jane daughter of Joseph who matches this profile ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Genealogical notes of Cape Cod families by Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V.; Publication date 1967; Publisher Lydia B. Brownson; Digitizing sponsor Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners; Contributor Sturgis Library; Volume 27 (Hawes to Hillman), see page 27 for the children of Elisha Higgins and Jane Collins ↑ 5.0 5.1 Richard Higgins : a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants by Higgins, Katharine Elizabeth Chapin, 1847-1925; Publication date 1918; Publisher Worcester, Mass. : K.C. Higgins; Digitizing sponsor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center; Contributor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center, see page 71 for Jane and Elisha See also

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Jane Higgins's Timeline

1683
March 3, 1683
Eastham, Cape Cod, Plymouth Colony
1701
January 3, 1701
Eastham, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America
September 30, 1701
Age 18
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
1701
Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1703
January 5, 1703
Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts
1705
January 15, 1705
Eastham, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
1707
November 22, 1707
1709
November 22, 1709
Eastham, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1711
October 8, 1711
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States