Jemima Mulford

Descendant of Mayflower passengers Thomas Rogers and Joseph Rogers

Twin of Joseph

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Jemima Mulford formerly Higgins

Born about 14 Feb 1667 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

Daughter of Jonathan Higgins and Elizabeth (Rogers) Higgins

Sister of Beriah Higgins, Jonathan Higgins, Joseph Higgins, Hannah (Higgins) Paine, Elisha Higgins, Elizabeth (Higgins) Mayo [half], Mary (Higgins) Young [half], Rebecca (Higgins) Hurd [half], James Higgins [half] and Sarah (Higgins) Mitchell [half]

Wife of John Mulford — married 1 Nov 1699 (to 8 May 1723) in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died 8 May 1723 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Jemima (Higgins) Mulford was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Biography

Jemima Higgins was probably born on 14 February 1666/7, a twin of Joseph, in Eastham, Plymouth Colony, the daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Rogers) Higgins based on her age at death.[1][2][3][4]

She married John Mulford on 01 November 1699 in Eastham, (then) Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay.[5][6] [7] He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Barnes) Mulford, born in Eastham in July 1670.[8]

Jemima died on 8 May 1723 in her 57th year, and was buried in the Ancient Cemetery at Eastham.[2] Jemima and John had no children.[1][9]

John married, secondly, Mercy Harris on 25 December 1723 in Eastham, by whom he had Jemima, Mercy and John.[1] John Mulford died on 20 April 1730 in his 59th year and was also buried in Eastham's Ancient Cemetery.[2] His widow Mercy Mulford of Eastham was granted administration on his (intestate) estate on 17 March 1730, and guardianship of her three children on 2 April 1730. In August 1743 guardianship was granted to John's brother Thomas Mulford Jr.[1]

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), pp. 11, 24. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 George Ernest Bowman, "Gravestone Records at Eastham," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 8(1906):4. Mulford, Jemima, wife of John, died 8 May, 1723, in her 57th year. Mulford, John, "of Eastham," died 20 April 1730, in his 59th year. ↑ Title: Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. ↑ Mayflower Families through Five Generations , Vol. 2 - James Chilton Richard More Thomas Rogers (General Society of Mayflower Descendants) ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 20 May 2014, Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722 > image 150 of 157; town clerk offices, Massachusetts. Land Grants 1659-1710, Births, Marriages, Deaths 1640-1722, p. 87]. John Molford and Jemima Higens ware Married the first day of November : 1699 ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 20 May 2014, Barnstable > Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths 1637-1855 > image 192 of 205; town clerk offices, Massachusetts. Births, marriages, and deaths 1637-1892, p. 345. John Mulford & Jemima Higgins Nov. 1st 1699. ↑ Bowman, "Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records," MD Vol 8(1906:245. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 20 May 2014, Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722 > image 110 of 157; town clerk offices, Massachusetts. Land Grants 1659-1710, Births, Marriages, Deaths 1640-1722, p. 12. John Mulford the son of Thomas Mulford was borne in July in the year : 1670. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 August 2019), memorial page for Jemima Higgins Mulford (1667–8 May 1723), Find A Grave: Memorial #15872115, citing Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Mary Harrell-Sesniak (contributor 46488639) . (Includes gravestone photo.) See also:

Katherine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins : a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants (Worcester, Mass. : K.C. Higgins, 1918) pp. 42-50, at 48. Donald Lines Jacobus, "Higgins-Rogers: Eastham, Mass.: A Question,"TAG Vol. 41(1965):29 (Link by $ubscription.) Anne Borden Harding, "Jonathan Higgins and his two wives," NEHGR Vol. 123(1969):147-148. (Link by $ubscription) Mayflower Project Checklist Completed

Acknowledgements

Contributors: Mike Walton, Diane Kuykendall.

Links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony

From her Thomas Rogers Society page:

http://www.thomasrogerssociety.com/p2.htm#i47

'Jemima Higgins [1]

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• b. 14 February 1666/67,
• d. 8 May 1723

Jemima Higgins was born on 14 February 1666/67 at prob., Eastham. She was the daughter of Jonathan Higgins and Elizabeth Rogers.[2]

Jemima Higgins married John Mulford, son of Thomas Mulford and Elizabeth Barnes, on 1 November 1699. Her married name was Mulford.

Jemima Higgins died on 8 May 1723 at Eastham at age 56.

Prob. a twin to Joseph. Jemima and John had no children.

Citations

• 1. [S1] Ann T. [Revised by], (Originally compiled by Alice W. A. Westgate) Reeves, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620: Family of Thomas Rogers (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p. 24. Hereinafter cited as Rogers-Silver.
• 2. [S1] Ann T. [Revised by], (Originally compiled by Alice W. A. Westgate) Reeves, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620: Family of Thomas Rogers (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p. 10. Hereinafter cited as Rogers-Silver.