Ruth Higgins

Descendant of Mayflower passengers Stephen Hopkins and Constance (Hopkins) Snow

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Ruth Higgins formerly Brown

Born 6 Oct 1710 in Orleans, Massachusetts

Daughter of James Brown and Ruth (Snow) Brown

Sister of Joseph Brown, Jesse Brown Sr., Zilpha Brown, Jane Brown, James Brown III, George Brown, Rebecca Brown and Benjamin Brown

Wife of Israel Higgins Sr. — married about 1728 in Massachusetts

Mother of Israel Higgins, Jesse Higgins, Ruth (Higgins) Stocking, Sylvanus Higgins and Hannah Higgins

Died 13 Jun 1768 in Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Profile last modified 27 Feb 2020 | Created 25 Oct 2013

Biography

Ruth Brown was born on October 6, 1710, in Orleans, Massachusetts, to James and Ruth (Snow) Brown.[1] She is known to have had 6 children, all born in Eastham, Massachusetts, with her husband Israel Higgins:

Israel (b. Oct, 3, 1728)[2] Jesse (b. June 26[3]/28[4], 1731) Ruth (b. June 5, 1733)[5] Sylvanus (b. June 8, 1735)[6] Sylvania (b. June 8, 1735)[7] Lydia (b. Oct. 9, 1737)[8] She died on June 13, 1768, and was buried at Hog Hill Cemetery in East Hampton, Connecticut.[9] [10]

Sources

↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-69D : accessed 9 August 2015), Ruth Brown in entry for Israel Higgins, 03 Oct 1728; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ8-BX5 : accessed 9 August 2015), Ruth Brown in entry for Jesse Higgins, 26 Jun 1731; citing , EASTHAM, BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 2:179F4QG; FHL microfilm 905,406. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-6RD : accessed 9 August 2015), Ruth Brown in entry for Jesse Higgins, 28 Jun 1731; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 907,350. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-SY7 : accessed 9 August 2015), Ruth Brown in entry for Ruth Higgins, 05 Jun 1733; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-6L3 : accessed 9 August 2015), Ruth Brown in entry for Sylvanus Higgins, 08 Jun 1735; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 907,350. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-WM1 : accessed 9 August 2015), Ruth Brown in entry for Sylvania Higgins, 08 Jun 1735; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-3R4 : accessed 9 August 2015), Ruth Brown in entry for Lydia Higgins, 09 Oct 1737; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406. ↑ The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library. Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial #3617263.

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