Solomon Higgins

Higgins Massachusetts To Maine Migration

Solomon Higgins participated in the American Revolution Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed August 17, 2016), "Record of Solomon Higgins", Ancestor # A055337

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Solomon Higgins

Solomon Higgins (1721 - aft. 1780)

Born 8 Sep 1721 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

ANCESTORS

Son of Benjamin Higgins and Sarah (Freeman) Higgins

Brother of Priscilla Higgins, Thomas Higgins Sr, Sarah (Higgins) Smith,

Paul Higgins, Reliance Higgins, Elizabeth (Higgins) Young, Experience (Higgins) Coombs,

Benjamin Higgins, Thankful (Higgins) Mayo, 

William Higgins [half], Zaccheus Higgins,

Lois Higgins, Isaac Higgins and Freeman Higgins

Husband of Bethiah (Chase) Higgins —

married 13 Jan 1758 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

DESCENDANTS

Father of Rebekah (Higgins) Hopkins, Dean Higgins, Relians Higgins and Abijah Higgins

Died after 1780 in Bar Harbor, Mt. Desert Island, Hancock, Maine

Profile manager: Charles Sartelle

Profile last modified 16 Dec 2018 | Created 14 Sep 2010

Categories: American Revolution.

Solomon Higgins participated in the American Revolution Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed August 17, 2016), "Record of Solomon Higgins", Ancestor # A055337.

Biography

Solomon Higgins was born on 8 Sept 1721.

He was the son of Benjamin Higgins and Sarah Freeman. [1] [2] [3][4]

He married (1) Bethia Chase [5]and married (2) Esther Dean. [6]

Children with Bethia Chase [5]:

Solomon Higgins, b. 4 July 1758; d. 25 Mar 1838

Obadiah Higgins, b. 21 Mar 1761, d. 1784, age 23 at Eastham, Mass. Henry Higgins, b. 15 Dec 1762; d. 4 Jan 1768 Mary Higgins, b. 10 Dec 1765 Bethia Higgins, b. 15 Apr 1769 Rebecca Higgins, b. 26 Jan 1771; m. 4 Nov 1789, (1) Smith Hopkins and (2) Joseph Gould Zaccheus Higgins, b. 28 Nov 1772, Eastham, Mass. m. 24 May 1792, Martha Children born at Eden, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, are listed with mother of Bethia, but they may be children of Esther Dean if Bethia died in 1772: James Dean Higgins, b. Eden, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, 11 Sept 1774 [7]; d. 16 Jan 1852 Abijah Higgins, b. Eden, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, 12 May 1779, Eastham, Mass.; m. 7 July 1805, Nancy Buckley Reliance Higgins, b. Eden, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, 12 Sept 1777; [8]m. 2 Mar 1793, William Leland Sources

↑ Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. 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.): 17 Feb 1915, 8790 ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-8XD : accessed 17 May 2016), Benjamin Higgins in entry for Solomon Higgins, 08 Sep 1721; citing Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. ↑ DAR Lineage records ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. Higgins, Rich:129, 203 ↑ Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll #: 52 Source: Richard Higgins A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and At Piscataway, New Jersey and His Descendants, By Mrs. Katharine Chapin Higgins, Worcester, Massachusetts: Printed for the Author, 1918. Pages 54,86-89.:# Source: Freeman Genealogy : Freeman, Frederick in three parts, Viz : I Memorial of Edmund Freeman of Sandwich See also: MA SOLS & SAILS VOL 7 P. 850 There is a Solomon Higgins living in Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine. This could be a son of grandson as well. [9] [10] [11]

Solomon HIGGINS Given Name: Solomon Surname: Higgins Sex: M Birth: 8 Sep 1721

Father: Benjamin HIGGINS b: 15 Sep 1681 Mother: Sarah FREEMAN

Marriage 1 Bethiah CHASE

   Married: 13 Jan 1758 in Eastham, MA

Children

   Has No Children Solomon HIGGINS b: 4 Jul 1758

   Has No Children Obadiah HIGGINS b: 21 Mar 1761

   Has No Children Henry HIGGINS b: 15 Dec 1762

   Has No Children Mary HIGGINS b: 10 Dec 1765

   Has No Children Bethiah HIGGINS b: 15 Apr 1769

   Has No Children Rebecca HIGGINS b: 26 Jan 1771

   Has No Children Zaccheus HIGGINS b: 28 Nov 1772

Marriage 2 Esther DEAN

   Married: 1 Jan 1774

Children

   Has No Children James Dean HIGGINS b: 11 Sep 1774

   Has Children Reliance HIGGINS b: 12 Sep 1777

   Has No Children Abijah HIGGINS b: 12 May 1779

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