Individual Details
Richard Higgins
( - )
New England Families Volume III
Published 1996
Richard Higgins, the immigrant ancestor, was in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1633, when his name appears among the taxpayers. He was a tailor by trade; was admitted a freeman in 1634, and was one of the first seven settlers in Eastham, Massachusetts, in 1644. He served that town as selectman for seven years, and was deputy to the general court in 1649-61-67. He married (first) at Plymouth, November 23, 1634, Lydia, daughter of Edmund Chandler, of Scituate. He married (second) October 15, 1651, Mary Yates, widow of John Yates, of Duxbury. Children: Jonathan, born in July, 1637; Benjamin, mentioned below; Mary, September 27, 1652; Eliakim, October 20, 1654: William, December 15, 1655; Jedediah, March 5, 1657; Zerviah, in June, 1658; Thomas, in January, 1661; Lydia, in July, 1664.
Published 1996
Richard Higgins, the immigrant ancestor, was in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1633, when his name appears among the taxpayers. He was a tailor by trade; was admitted a freeman in 1634, and was one of the first seven settlers in Eastham, Massachusetts, in 1644. He served that town as selectman for seven years, and was deputy to the general court in 1649-61-67. He married (first) at Plymouth, November 23, 1634, Lydia, daughter of Edmund Chandler, of Scituate. He married (second) October 15, 1651, Mary Yates, widow of John Yates, of Duxbury. Children: Jonathan, born in July, 1637; Benjamin, mentioned below; Mary, September 27, 1652; Eliakim, October 20, 1654: William, December 15, 1655; Jedediah, March 5, 1657; Zerviah, in June, 1658; Thomas, in January, 1661; Lydia, in July, 1664.
Families
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