Joseph Elisha Higgins

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Joseph Higgins (1702 - 1782)

Joseph Higgins

Born 1702 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Son of Jediah Higgins Sr and Mary (Newbold) Higgins

Brother of Anne Higgins, Rose (Higgins) Bloomfield, Mary Higgins, Thomas Higgins, Jediah Higgins Jr, James Higgins, Joshua Higgins, Phoebe Higgins, Michael Higgins and Mary (Higgins) Stout

Husband of Unknown (Unknown) Higgins — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Husband of Sarah (UNKNOWN) Higgins — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of Elizabeth Higgins, Joshua Higgins, Anna (Higgins) Runyon, Azariah Higgins, Ruth (Higgins) Carle, Hannah (Higgins) Rittenhouse and Jediah Higgins

Died 27 May 1782 at about age 80 in Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States

Profile last modified 2 Aug 2022 | Created 14 Sep 2010

Biography

Joseph Higgins (Jediah, Richard), born about 1702; died at Amwell, N.J. between May 27, 1781 and June 13, 1782. [1]

He married ________. [2]

Joseph Higgins settled at Amwell in Hunterdon County before March 25, 1737, for on that date he secured a loan from the Hunterdon County Loan Office for 24 pounds, which he had paid or cancelled by April 3, 1741, when he secured a second loan on 110 acres for 36 pounds.....

His will is dated May 17, 1782, and was probated June 13, 1782. It names his sons Joshua, Azariah and Jediah and living daughters Ruth Carle, Hannah Rittenhouse (wife of Lot), and Elizabeth Holliday. [3]

Research Notes

Higgins Notes
GJ Appendix Select Higgins Sources
Carle-Higgins Children
2022 Noes on Joseph Higgins' Child List

Sources

↑ Source S352 Abbreviation: Richard Higgins Title: Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. Author: Higgins, Katharine Elizabeth Chapin. Publication: Worchester, Mass, Higgins, 1918.
↑ Source S370 Media: Internet. Abbreviation: New Jersey Marriages, Colonial Era, 1665-1800 Title: New Jersey Marriages, Colonial Era, 1665-1800. Author: Ancestry.com Publication: [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997. Original data: Nelson, William. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Vol. XXII: Marriage Records 1665-1800. Patterson, NJ, USA: Press Printing and Publishing, 1900.
↑ Source S367 Abbreviation: New Jersey Colonial Documents, Vol. ??, Calendar of Wills, Vol. 6 1781-1785. Title: New Jersey Colonial Documents, Vol. ??, Calendar of Wills, Vol. 6 1781-1785
See also--
Katharine Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins ... (1918), 92-93 (25. Joseph Higgins); digital images, InternetArchive.
Katharine Chapin Higgins, Supplement to Richard Higgins and his descendants (Worcester, Mass. : K. Higgins, 1924); digital images, Hathi Trust Catalog entry.