Prince Higgins (1741)

Born 28 Apr 1741 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Orrington, Penobscot, Maine, United States

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Descendant of Thomas Rogers.

Biography

Prince Higgins was born in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay on 28 April 1741, the son of Samuel and Mehitable (Phinney) Higgins.^[1]

He married Keziah Freeman.

From Orrington town records, children were:

• Mehitable Higgins b. 17 jul 1768
• Peggy Higgins b. 25 jul 1778
• Prince Higgins b. 19 jun 1777 and died
• Prince Higgins Jr b 1778
• Naomi b. 1781
• Ada b. 1782
• Josiah b. 1785
• Samuel 12 dec 1787
• Deborah b. 1790

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 20 May 2014, Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths 1701-1796 > image 22 of 126; town clerk offices, Massachusetts. Br/> Eastham Births, marriages, deaths 1701-1796, p. 28. (Birth of first 9 children.)

• Higgins, Katharine. Richard Higgins: A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth (K.C. Higgins, Worcester, Mass., 1918) Page 95 & Page 140

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-4RK : accessed 22 May 2022), Prince Higgins, Orrington, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing p. 91, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 218,677.