Eastham Town (part 6 of 9)

473. ALVIN^ HIGGINS {Eleazer\ Reuben\ Reuben\ Richard^ Benjamin", Richard^), born May 12, 1813, at Gray, Maine; died May 31, 1890, at New York City; married June, 1841, Hannah Johnson, born 1823, in Portsmouth, N. H.; died Jan. 28, 1906, at New York City.

Alvin Higgins at the age of twenty-three went to Portland, Maine, and engaged as clerk in a store and a little later through the interest of a friend learned the weaving of rag carpeting on a hand loom, working evenings. He was very industrious and prudent and by strict economy soon saved two hundred dollars. He started out for himself and persuaded his brother, Elias Smith Higgins, to borrow a sum equal to his own and join him in the manufacture of carpeting. They went to Haverstraw, N. Y., and commenced making rag carpeting on one hand loom. Soon another loom was added and this small beginning grew into the great carpet works and was the foundation of the great fortunes of later years. By their energy and shrewd management their business constantly expanded and in 1840 they located in Astoria, N. Y., with enlarged facilities and power looms. They began the manufacture of ingrain carpeting, and the third brother, Nathaniel D. Higgins, was taken into partnership. The business continued to expand and in 1847-8 they built a large factory on 43d Street, New York City, between 11th Avenue and the Hudson River. Here the works remained, continually expanding until 1890. Then, needing more room and the original founders having died, the remaining members of the firm effected a consolidation with another company and located at Thompson ville. Conn., where the great works now are. The company manufactured all kinds of carpeting, ingrain, body and tapestry Brussels, Wilton and velvet rugs and the like, from their locating in New York City to the present time. During the Civil War the company manufactured great quantities of army blankets for the government, at great profit to themselves.

Alvin Higgins was a man of remarkable business ability, in fact he developed into a business genius and a wizard in finance. He was extremely successful and amassed a fortune. His rapid rise and phenomenal success in many ventures led him into speculation and finally into dissipation. This resulted in friction with his brothers ai^d he withdrew from the firm and became heavy owner and speculator in real estate and general merchandise. He later owned and lived in the most magnificent mansion in Manhattanville and later still bought Hunter's Island, which comprised more than three hundred acres, and the Hunter mansion, built of stone quarried on the island. His gardens, parks, lodges, stables and equipages were of the finest and it was his greatest pleasure to entertain his relatives and friends here. During his early married life he lived at the Astor House and the couple were often remarked for their stately appearance. As he grow older he became more dissipated and speculated more heavily. In 1878 he became so heavily involved in real estate that he had to make an assignment and lost all he had, about two million dollars. After that he lived in a house provided by his brother, Elias S. Higgins. He did not return to his native state until 1889, when he and his wife visited every relative in Maine. His ready wit and jovial disposition admitted him at once into the good graces of his relatives and they treated him royally. Although he had traveled extensively throughout the world in his younger days, he said he had the "time of his life" on his trip to the scenes of his

474. ELIAS SMITH^ HIGGINS {Eleazer\ Reuhen\ Reuben\ Richard^, Benjamin'^, Richard^), born March 29, 1815, at Gray, Mame; died Aug. 18, 1889, in New York City; married Ella M. Baldwin, born 1827 in New York City; died June 23, 1890; sister of Rear Admiral Charles H. Baldwin, U. S. N.

Elias Smith Higgins at the age of twenty-one was persuaded to enter on the weaving of carpeting, as already related in the sketch of his brother Alvin. It was the master mind of Ehas S. Higgins that developed the carpet business and with it the fortunes of the Higgins family. He was a very remarkable man in every respect, his great ambition being to amass wealth. He was always respected as a man of the strictest integrity, a very keen student of men, sharp and shrewd in business and an indomitable worker, often the first man at business in the morning and the last to leave at night. He was very unpretentious, even to being plain, but always bore an air of refinement and intelligence. He was a firm believer and advocate of the growth of the city of New York and beside his large manufacturing interests, dealt very extensively in real estate and stocks, all of which proved his wisdom and contributed largely to his immense wealth.

In early life he hved at the Astor House, later he had a city house on Fifth Avenue and a magnificent country home at Morristown, N. J. He never returned to his native state, often giving as an excuse that he could not afford the time, and was not intimate with his relatives. He showed decided interest ia the welfare of his nephews who were in his employ and was always ready to help them. He was not a member of any church, but often attended St. Thomas Episcopal Church. His wife was a Roman Catholic, but he never attended her church. He was worth about twelve 'millions of dollars when he died, and he willed the bulk of his estate to his wife, son and daughter.

iii. Eugene, b. 1858. He received a controlling interest in the great Higgins carpet firm and other valuable property from his father's estate by will. He gave very little personal attention to the business and in 1899 sold his interest to Robert P. Perkins, who became president of the company, on condition that the name Higgins should not be used in connection with the firm name. After that he resided chiefly in Paris. He is unmarried.

475. NATHANIEL DYER^ HIGGINS {Eleazer\ Reuben\ Reuben^, Richard^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Dec. 18, 1823, at Gray, Maine; died Jan. 12, 1882, in New York City; married .

Nathaniel Dyer Higgins remained on his father's farm at Gray, Maine, until his twenty-first year, when he was taken into partnership with his two older brothers, Alvin and Elias Smith. He was successful from the first and proved his abihty to master the details of the business. As their business increased and their interests multiplied, he was put in charge of the manufacturing as general manager. He was a man of much refinement of character and of a sensitive nature. He loved his relatives, took his nephews into their business and helped them on to success. He was in poor health the last twenty years of his life and was a great sufferer. He traveled the world over for relief and was operated on in Paris, but with little success. He lived at the Astor House for a number of years and later on Madison Avenue. He also had a magnificent country home at White Plains, extensive gardens and nurseries, fast horses and a private racing track.

He was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church and a Republican in politics. He was unfortunate in marriage and lived with his wife but a short time. He left a fortune of six million dollars and in his will remembered his brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces and other relatives handsomely. He also left fifty thousand dollars to be divided among ten charitable and religious corporations of New York City. His daughter and her husband received the most of the estate.

i. Nathalie Florence, b. Dec. 6, 1846; d. May 2, 1901; married Jules Reynal de Saint Michel and had several children. They lived in New York City and his will was dated June 25, 1894, He d. not long after.

479. MICAH^ HIGGINS (Micah\ Reuben^ Reuben\ Richard\ Benjamin"^, Richard^), born Jan. 22, 1822; died April 18, 1901; married April 30, 1846, Mary Ann Whitney, daughter of Stephen and Abigail (Maybury) Whitney of Windham, Maine, born March 9, 1827; died March 4, 1908.

New York, ii. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 30, 1850; married Frederick Strout. iii. Edwin Roscoe, b. Nov. 13, 1852; d. unmarried, iv. Ada Almeda, b. Jan. 28, 1855; married Harry Herbert

Strout, son of Judge Strout of Portland, Maine. vii. Frederick Augustus, b. July 1, 1863; married Jan. 14, 1885, Emma Louise York of Boston, Mass.

there Nov. 8, 1881, aged 85 years, 8 months, and 8 days; married Sept. 4, 1817, Alice Linnell, born December, 1797, at Orleans; died there March 16, 1878, aged 80 years, 4 months, daughter of Edmund and Sarah Linnell.

married Mr. Kauler and lived at Somerville, Mass. V. Hannah F., b. Aug. 20, 1826; d. at Orleans, Jan. 28, 1905; married Feb. 20, 1848, Alfred Rogers of Brewster, Mass.; no children.

484. BENJAMIN^ HIGGINS {Moses\ Elnathan\ Moses\ Richard^, Benjamin'^, Richard^), born March 26, 1800; died in December, 1833; married Jan. 2, 1822, Tamzin Rogers, daughter of Eleazer Rogers.

486. HANSON ROBESON^ HIGGINS {Richard\ David\ Hoses'^, Richard^, Benjamin}, Richard^), born Feb. 13, 1816; died Oct. 11, 1896; married (1) Sept. 17, 1837, Louisianna Mayo, born Oct. 8, 1817; died July 31, 1878; daughter of Theophilus and Olive Mayo; married (2) Feb. 2, 1879, Mrs. Mary A. (Palmer) Charles, born in England in 1831; died at Orleans, Mass., Oct. 3, 1907, aged 66 years, 6 months; daughter of William (or Robert) and Jane (or Margaret) Palmer of England.

North Ellsworth, Maine; married (1) Oct. 17, 1820, Lois Reed, daughter of Wilham and Rachel (Somes) Reed of Somesville, Mount Desert, Maine; married (2) in Ellsworth, Adeline Atherton of Beech Hill, Mount Desert, Maine.

He was a veterinary surgeon in Eden, Maine. He enlisted in 1862 in the First Maine Heavy Artillery and was killed in front of Petersburg in 1864.

490. CALVIN KITTREDGE^ HIGGINS {Oliver^ DavidK Hoses'^, Richard^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born about 1819, at Mount Desert, Maine; died in 1867, at Jaffa, Palestine; married (1) Sophia Heath of Mount Desert, Maine; married (2) EHzabeth Helen Thompson.

Calvin K. Higgins's early home was at Indian Point, Mt. Desert; later he was a physician at Blue Hill, Brooklin and Surrey, Maine. On Aug. 11, 1866, he sailed with his wife Elizabeth and two children in the barque Nellie Chapin from Jonesport, Maine, in company with the ill-fated "Palestine Emigration" of members of the Church of the Messiah. He reached Jaffa, where he died of smallpox and was buried.

494. SAMUEL^ HIGGINS (Samuel\ Jacob\ Isaac\ Isaac\ Benjamin'^, Richard^), born March 10, 1812, at Brewster; died Aug. 12, 1881, at Chatham; married Oct. 20, 1834, Abbie E. Hallett, born Oct. 26, 1814, at Yarmouth, died June 5, 1897; daughter of Samuel and Abigail E. Hallett.

He resided at Chatham, Mass., as a blacksmith, stove and tinware dealer. He was also a member of the General Court, 1861-2, County Treasurer six years, member of school board four years and active in the Congregational Church.

He was a prominent physician for more than forty years and a member of the faculty. College of Medicine, Syracuse University. He was buried in the Higgins plot, Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, N. Y.

He was a carriage builder at Syracuse, with residence at Onondaga Hill, four miles distant. Of his entire family, parents and eight children, his was the first death until his youngest brother was 27 years of age.

497. BENJAISHN LUCIUS^ HIGGINS (Samuel\ Jacob\ Isaac^, Isaac^, Benjamin'^, Richard}), born Oct. 14, 1826, in Brewster, Mass.; died Nov. 19, 1891, at Syracuse, N. Y.; married June 13, 1847, Mary Jane Clark, daughter of John M. Clark of Syracuse. Mrs. Higgins was still living in Syracuse in 1905, aged 77 years. No children.

He resided in Syracuse and learned the moulders' trade but health failed. Established "daguerreotype gallery" before the days of photography; a member of Syracuse City Council several terms; elected Chief Engirieer Volunteer Fire Department and continued till the War, when he raised a company among the firemen, and entered the 86th Regiment, N. Y. Vol. Infantry, Co. A. He became successively Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel. Was in many engagements including Gettysburg, July 1, 2 and 3, 1863, when the regiment suffered severely and he was wounded. Had been twice wounded before. Later was discharged because of disability. He never fully recovered. At the dedication of the monument at Gettysburg, July 2, 1888, of the 86th Regt., N. Y. Vol. Infantry - 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 3d Corps, General Sickles, Mr. Charles H. McMaster in his address said: - "Your own gallant Colonel was severely, and it was thought fatally wounded, but he is with you hale and hearty to-day, and all will wish that Colonel Higgins may be permitted to enjoy' many anniversaries of the day." {New York at Gettysburg, Vol. I.)

"Colonel Benjamin L. Higgins of this city, commandant of the Eighty-sixth N. Y. Volunteers - who has lain in hospital at Alexandria for some time past, suffering from wounds and fever, has so far recovered as to be able to come home, though he is still in a very weak state. A few days ago we announced that his case was considered hopeless by his physicians, and his relations were called to his bedside; but a happy turn in his disease has led to rapid recovery, and on Friday last he was able for the first time in many weeks to sit up. On Sunday night, accompanied by his wife, he left Alexandria, and by resting at Washington, New York and Albany, he was enabled to reach this city last evening. It being understood that he was to arrive here at that time, his former comrades of the Fire Department and many other citizens joined in giving him a hearty reception. At half past five o'clock a large representation of firemen from the several companies, preceded by a band, marched to the Central Station to welcome home their former Chief Engineer. As the train entered the station, the band struck up 'Hail to the Chief,' accompanied by the cheers of the large concourse of citizens. Colonel Higgins, being in a very feeble condition, was placed in a carriage and driven through the open ranks of his friends of the Fire Department, who closed in and followed him to the residence of his brother, Mr. Alfred Higgins. The Colonel was in such an exhausted condition that it was not in his power to make a formal acknowledgment of this general welcome; and we are desired both by him and his brother, to return their thanks for this most kindly and generous demonstration of friendship and regard.

"These honors were most worthily bestowed upon a gallant and heroic officer, whose services in the field and camp have been of the highest merit and value. We join with his friends in the hope that he may have a full and speedy recovery from his wounds and illness, and soon again be able to lead his command."

498. EBEN^ HIGGINS (Eben\ Jacoh\ Isaac\ Isaac\ Benjami-n}, Richard^), born May 12, 1818; died at Brewster, Mass., May 23, 1880; married July 15, 1841, Lydia Ann Tucker of Gloucester, Mass.

(1) May 3, 1846, Louisa W. Higgins, born April 25, 1826; died 1869; daughter of Samuel S. and Olive E. Higgins; married (2) Mrs. Lydia (Vickery) Ferguson, daughter of Elie Vickery of Unity, Maine.

Joseph Higgins was born at Lincoln Plantation, now Thorndike, and lived there all his life (living 1906). He secured such education as the common schools of those early days afforded and soon became interested in public affairs. He always did his own thinking and had the independence to act upon his own convictions. This he showed by his first vote in 1840, when he supported the Whig candidates for state and nation. He thus antagonized the overwhelming sentiment' of his town, including those of his own family, who were then Democrats, but soon to become Abolitionists. In 1842 he supported the candidates of the Liberal party. In 1854 Joseph Higgins was among those who organized the Waldo County Republican Club. He never swerved from his allegiance to the principles and candidates of the Republican party. For sixty -five years he never failed to vote in all elections, general, special, or town meetings, a record which would be hard to match in the entire country. He was clerk, treasurer and selectman of his town upon frequent occasion.

was the deacon and Sunday school superintendent for most of the time. He saw generations come and go until he was left practically alone, head and front of the society and church. In late years the removal of the early families of the town to other places left the church in a much weakened condition, 5,nd unable to maintain a pastor and Sunday services. Notwithstanding this discouragement. Deacon Higgins held steadfastly to his post, keeping up the Sunday school and watching over the younger portion of the jflock. For twenty-five years he was clerk of the Free Will Baptist Quarterly Conference, never failing to be present in the face of long distances to travel, rough roads and inclement weather. He was modest in his old age and disliked to talk of himself. During his long life he was content to till the soil and bring up his children to walk in his ways.

504\ JARED^ HIGGINS {Israel\ Israeli Israel\ Samuel^ Benjamin"^, Richard^), born Dec. 25, 1790; died Jan. 20, 1876, at Berlin, Conn.; married Nov. 26, 1811, at Glastonbury, Conn., Harriet Hurlburt, born Oct. 22, 1791 ; died Oct. 16, 1874; daughter of Capt. Stephen and Phoebe (Pel ton) Hurlburt.

Jared Higgins resided in Glastonbury, Conn., until 1834, when he removed to Beckley Quarter in the town of Berlin, Conn., where he died and was buried.

Naomi Lankton; (2) Emily Maria King. ix. Ellen, b. April 30, 1832; d. April 7, 1903, in Fairhaven, Conn.; married May 30, 1860, Robert Woolworth, b. Jan. 20, 1824, at Waterbury, Conn., son of Azariah and Rebecca (Allen) Woolworth of Waterbury. Azariah Woolworth was b. Sept. 25, 1779, at Longmeadow, Mass. Rebecca Allen was b. May 25, 1784, at- Woodbridge, Conn. Children: Lena Gertrude Woolworth, b. May 8, 1861,

505. DUEU HIGGINS {Israel\ Israel^ Israeli Samuel\ Benjamin^, Richard^), born April 6, 1792; died Nov. 19, 1871, in Glastonbury, Conn.; married (1) March 24, 1819, Fannie Blinn, born in 1797; died July 16, 1849; daughter of Theodore Bhnn^of Rocky Hill, Conn.; married (2) Elizabeth Bigelow, born in 1806; died April 10, 1881; daughter of John Bigelow of Marlborough, Conn.

Duel Higgins resided in the town of Glastonbury, Conn., and was a farmer. He was for many years deacon of the Congregational Church at Buckingham, formerly called Eastbury. He was buried at East Glastonbury.

i. Henrietta, b. Dec. 14, 1819; d. Aug. 31, 1891; married Jan. 1, 1843, Arad W. Clark, b. - - ; d. Dec. 29, 1883. Residence, East Glastonbury, occupying a part of the original Higgins farm, purchased by IsraeP Higgins. Children: Kate D. Clark, b. Oct. 21," 1843, married Theron L. Curtis and had George, Villa, EfBe, and Clayton Curtis; Charles Clark, b. Sept. 30, 1845; d. Jan. 13, 1846; John Duel Clark, b. Aug. 8, 1847; married Kate Manderville of Albany, N. Y., and had: Frank M., Ada H., and Florence B. Clark of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Dwight A. Clark, b. Oct. 20, 1850; married Emma Fick of Vernon, Conn., and

Alden Higgins resided in Connecticut and then in Batavia, N. Y. ; was a carriage maker. Mrs. Higgins was a lineal descendant of Rev. Cotton Mather, the Boston divine.

Timothy Higgins studied medicine and became an eminent physician. He went to Rushford, Allegany County, N. Y., in company with his two brothers before the Erie Canal was opened, and resided there the remainder of his life.

509. HUGH JOHNSON^ HIGGINS {William\ Israeli Israel^ SamueP, Benjamin'^, Richard^), born June 24, 1797; died at Friendship, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1876; married Feb. 11, 1818, Eliza Osgood, born December, 1800, in Concord, N. H.; died at Friendship, viii. Marvin Gilbert, b. Nov. 7, 1833; living July, 1906, at Otsego, Mich. ; married Harriet Eldred. ix. Zenas Aldrich, b. Sept. 1, 1838; living 1906, at Stockton, Kan.

511. WILLIAM^ HIGGINS (William^ Israel\ Israel\ Samuel^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born April 15, 1810, at Windham, N. Y.; died Feb. 21, 1890, at Otsego, Mich.; married Dec. 11, 1839, at Amity, Allegany County, N. Y., Emily Ann Norton, born May 16, 1819, at Easton, Washington County, N. Y.; died March 5, 1888, at Otsego, Mich.; daughter of Ebenezer and Phoebe (Sparks) Norton.

V. Wilham, b. April 11, 1846; went to Kansas in 1870. vi. Julia Ida, b. Nov. 2, 1850; married Sylvanus James Betts in Otsego, Mich.; removed to Minneapolis, Minn., in 1882.

512. SYLVESTER WESLEY^ HIGGINS gameH\ Sylvanus\ Israel^, SamueP, Benjamin^, Richard^), bom March 24, 1798; died ; married (date not found), Beckwith.

Francois De Nogue Higgins learned the trade of cabinetmaker of his father, but afterward became a Methodist circuit rider, some years traveling a hundred-mile circuit, which was in Madison County, N. Y. He was called the boy preacher, as he was an exhorter at nineteen, deacon at twenty-two, elder at thirty-five, and until his death a most successful preacher. He was captain of the militia in Madison County when a young man, and going West, owned land there for a time. His pastorates were in Madison County from 1838 to 1864. In the last years of his life he kept a store at Madison village for five years.

Alvin Higgins resided at Waterbury, Conn., and removed to Camden, N. Y., when about twenty-five years old. Afterward he lived at Salina and Syracuse, N. Y. He was first a farmer and then a salt manufacturer.

515. ETHEL^ HIGGINS (Jehiel^ Heman\ Israeli Samuel\ Benjamiv?, Richard}), born in 1807 at Watertown, Conn.; died June 24, 1872, at Florence, N. Y.; married in 1827 Clarissa Johnson, daughter of Russell Johnson of Amboy, Oswego County, N. Y.

Ethel Higgins was a farmer and was prominent in the affairs of his town and of the Methodist Church, to which he belonged. He died at Florence, but was buried at Camden, N. Y.

- 516. SELDEN^ HIGGINS {Sylvester^ Heman\ Israel\ SamueP, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Nov. 6, 1806, in East Haddam, Conn.; died in 1887, in Oregon; married (date not found) Susan M. McClinch.

517. SILAS'' HIGGINS {Sylvester\ Heman\ Israel\ Samuel\ Benjamin^, Richard^), born Sept. 3, 1817, at South Hadley, Mass.; died Aug. 29, 1888, at Norwich, Conn.; married July, 1835, Susannah Montgomery (Turner) Ives, born Nov. 22, 1808; died Oct. 22, 1894; daughter of Edward Turner of Middlefield, Conn., and widow of Charles Ives.

Silas Higgins was about eight years old when his father died. His mother being left with nine children, several of whom were quite young, sent Silas to live with his grandfather Selden at Middle Haddam, Conn. He received a common school education and at seventeen went as a clerk to the store of Edward Turner at Middlefield, Conn., whose daughter he married. After a year or two he removed to Clinton, Conn., and engaged for himself in a wholesale dry goods business. In May, 1859, he removed to Norwich, Conn,, where he continued and enlarged his business. He early embraced the cause of anti-slavery and of temperance, devoting his spare time to writing and lecturing. He was also active in educational and Sunday school work, influencing the lives of many young rnen for good. He continued his interest in these activities, until in 1879 blindness compelled him to put an end to his business and other work.

ii. Sarah Josephine, b. Nov. 17, 1838; d. June 11, 1894, at Norwich, Conn.; married Thomas H. King, a shipmaster and deputy consul at Hong Kong under President Grant's administration. No children.

v. Susan Montgomery, b. Oct. 14, 1845; residence Pro\adence,R.I.; married Oct. 26, 1865,Gilbert Johnson, b. April 4, 1838, at Lebanon, Conn.; d. March 6, 1914, son of Ebenezer and Ruby (Clark) Johnson of Lebanon, Conn. Children:

518. CHARLES SNOW^ HIGGINS {Bela\ Nehemiah\ Ichabod^, SamueP, Benjamin^, Richard^), born July 1, 1807, at New Haven, Conn.; died Oct. 14, 1890, at Cincinnatus, N. Y.; married (1) Mary Northrop; married (2) Oct. 1, 1861, at Pitcher, N. Y., Elizabeth Dye, born Oct. 1, 1830; died Jan. 12, 1908; daughter of Joshua and Martha (Kenyon) Dye.

Simeon Higgins resided all his life at Orleans, Mass. He was an innholder, and kept the celebrated Higgins Tavern, mentioned by Thoreau. His will was dated Aug. 9, 1861, and proved Dec. 10, 1861.

530. ROBERT^ HIGGINS (Seth\ Nathan\ Simeon\ SamueP, Benjamin'^, Richard^), born Jan. 6, 1803, at Orleans, Mass.; died there June 19, 1857; married Nov. 30, 1822, Ehza Snow, born 1805; died in Charlestown, Mass., Jan. 29, 1874, aged 69 years; daughter of Josiah and Eliza Snow of Orleans.

Robert Higgins was a sea captain and when on land lived at Orleans, Mass. His will, dated April, 1857, names wife Eliza and three youngest children.

533. SOLON^ HIGGINS (Seth\ Nathan\ Simeon\ Samuel\ Benjamin^, Richard^), born Sept. 18, 1808, at Orleans, Mass.; died there April 11, 1869; married (1) Dec. 22, 1836, Mrs. Almira (Higgins) Taylor, born Sept. 3, 1808; died Aug. 3, 1882; daughter of Moses and Hannah (Rogers) Higgins of Orleans.

Solon Higgins resided at Orleans, Mass. His will, dated Feb. 3, 1869, proved May 18, 1869, mentions wife Almira and two children here given.

534. SIMEON^ HIGGINS (Reuben^ Philip\ Thomas', Benjamin^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born March 20,1777, in Georgetown (now Bath or West Bath); died June 3, 1862, at Georgetown, Maine; married March 24, 1803, Margaret Hogan, born Nov. 28, 1778; died Jan. 19, 1832, at Georgetown, Maine.

535. REUBEN^ HIGGmS (Reuben^ PhilipK Thomas\ Benjamin^, Benjamin"^, Richard^), born April 3, 1785, at W^est Bath, Maine; died at Barnard, Maine, March 18, 1876; married Jan. 2, 1814, Rachel Carey of Brunswick, Maine.

ii. Mary Ann, b. July 7, 1821; d. June 27, 1903, at Chelmsford, Mass.; married John Thompson Cross of Barnard, Maine. Children: Sarah, b. 1840; Edwin, b. 1841; married Margaret Morse of New York City and had : Frederick

537. ELISHA HOPKINS^ HIGGINS {Reuhen\ PhilipK Thomas'^, Benjamin^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Dec. 8, 1801, at Bath, Maine; died there Sept. 30, 1848; married Aug. 10, 1828, Sarah Donnell Storey, born at Brunswick, Maine, Dec. 10, 1806; died Oct. 2, 1878, at Bath, Maine, daughter of William and Mary (Donnell) Storey of Brunswick, Maine.

Elisha H. Higgins was a shipbuilder in his early days; on retiring from the sea he was interested in shipbuilding. His residence was West Bath, Maine.

538. JEREMIAH^ HIGGINS {Philip\ Philip', Thomas\ Benjamin^, Benjamin'^, Richard^), born February, 1787, at West Bath, Maine; died July 25, 1867, at West Bowdom or Lisbon, Maine, aged 81 years, 5 months; married (1) Mehitabel Grover,

Jeremiah Higgins is called c 'ptain and probably followed the sea, although the title may have been military. He served as a private in Captain Willson's company at Bath, June 20-22, 1814, and Sept. 10-18, 1814, in the W^ar of 1812, probably in connection with the coast defenses. He spent his life at Bath, Topsham, and that part of Bowdoin which was later Lisbon. His first wife was buried at Bowdoin, in the Old North churchyard. He and his second wife were buried at West Bowdoin.

iii. Andrew Grover, b. Oct. 11, 1813, at Topsham; married (int. October, 1838) Eliza Coombs of Lisbon, Maine. He d. at sea of yellow fever, aged 30.

X. Delphina Adelaide, b. July 14, 1833; d. November, 1900, aged 67 years, 4 months; married Mr. Dearborn and had two daughters: Mrs. Bertha Vaughn of Worcester, Mass., and Mrs. Flora A. Smith, Lewiston, Maine.

Wilds of Kennebunk, Maine; married (2) Eliza Wilds, sister of his first wife; married (3) Charlotte Higgins, daughter of Thomas and Sophia (Merrill) Higgins of West Bath, Maine.

iv. Maria Theresa, b. April 1, 1828; married (1) Jan. 7, 1847, Jesse Hamhn. Children: Jessie, Joshua, Maria Hamlin; married (2) April 24, 1864, Jeremiah Howes and had eight children.

542. NOAH SWETT^ HIGGINS {Thomas\ Thomas', Thomas\ Thomas^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born March 23, 1802; died Dec. 4, 1885; married Aug. 18, 1825, Anna Kemp Norton. He resided at Wellfleet.

543. JOHN^ SWETT HIGGINS (Thomas^ Thomas\ Thomas\ Thomas^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born July 18, 1808; died July 29, 1866, at Melrose, Mass.; married at Wellfleet, Nov. 18, 1828, Betsey R. Freeman, daughter of Edward and Priscilla (Rich) Freeman, born ; died July, 1895.

He resided at Wellfleet, and at Melrose, Mass. He removed to Boston in 1828 and founded the pioneer oyster and lobster business in that city, which was largely wholesale in his time.

viii. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Sept. 9, 1845; married George C. Sargent, son of Amasa and Abigail Sargent. Children: Frank Everett Sargent, b. Nov. 15, 1865, in Wyoming; married his cousin, Lulie Evelyn Higgins, daughter of John Swett Higgins and had one child; George Nichols Sargent, b. July 25, 1867; married Alice Poore, daughter of Augustus and Harriet Poore and had Vera Dubois, b. March 14, 1895, EHzabeth Proctor, b. Dec. 22, 1896; Frederick Amasa Sargent, b. Oct. 2, 1870; Wilham Edward Sargent, b. July 3, 1872; Lucille Elaine Sargent, b. March 14, 1876.

544. SAMUEL^ HIGGINS {Paine\ Jonathan^ Thomas\ Benjamin^, Benjamin'^, Richard^), born May 27, 1786, at Wellfleet, Mass.; died there June 20, 1842; married Dec. 29, 1808, Lucy Newcomb, of Wellfleet.

Samuel Higgins resided at Wellfleet. The will of Samuel Higgins of Wellfleet, dated June 5, 1863, proved Nov. 2, 1864, mentions wife Abigail and most of the children here named except the first three.

Newcomb. viii. Pame Warren, b. July 22, 1825; married May 9, 1850, Maria P. Freeman, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Atkins) (Newcomb) Freeman; no children. ix. Martha, b. Aug. 24, 1827; married Nov. 14, 1847, Benjamin H. Brown.

545. NATHANIEL SNOW^ HIGGINS (Nathaniel Snow\ Jonathan^, Thomas'^, Benjamin^, Benjamin}, Richard}), born March 2, 1811, at Duxbury, Mass.; died Jan. 20, 1898, at Chicago, 111.; married Elizabeth .

546. GEORGE LEWIS^ HIGGINS {Nathaniel Snow\ Jonathan^, Thomas'^, Benjamin^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Dec. 8, 1819, at Duxbury, Mass.; died there Feb. 16, 1907; married (1) (date not found) Sarah Pratt Briggs, born in 1821 ; died Sept. 29, 1850, at Duxbury; daughter of Capt. James and Elizabeth T. (Robinson) Briggs of Cohasset; married (2) about 1855, Mrs. Sarah Chamberlain Hayden, born Nov. 23, 1825; died Sept. 13, 1894; daughter of John Hamilton.

John Swett Higgins resided at WeMeet, Mass. Mrs. Achsah (Snow) Higgins was engaged to, and perhaps married, Benjamin^ Higgins, son of Elnathan®, but Benjamin dying soon, she married his brother, John S. Higgins.

549. CLEMENT MESERVE^ HIGGINS (Elnathan^ Jonathan^, Thomas'^, Benjamin^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Sept. 17, 1825; died Sept. 17, 1887; married (date not found), Dorcas Collins, born ; died Sept. 16, 1904.

551. NATHAN^ HIGGINS {Judah\ SamueV>, Paul\ Benjamin^, Benjamin"^, Richard^), born Feb. 28, 1813, at Orleans, Mass.; died there Sept. 14, 1876; married Jan. 1, 1851, Charlotte Small, born about 1816; died at Orleans in 1889, aged 72 years, 10 months, 29 days; daughter of Eldredge and Hannah Small.

died March 2, 1849; daughter of Solomon Nickerson; married (2) Nov. 28, 1850, Mehitabel Rogers, born May 5, 1830; died Jan. 3, 1877; daughter of Adnah and Mehitabel Rogers.

Eli S. Higgins resided at South Orleans, Mass., and was a seafaring man. He bought of Adnah Rogers a portion of the original estate of Lieut. Joseph Rogers at South Orleans.

556. LOT^ HIGGINS {Lot\ Lot\. Benjamin^ Benjamin\ Benjamin^, Richard^), born Sept. 10, 1809, at Orleans, Mass.; died there April 16, 1896; married there Feb. 9, 1832, Sevilla Snow, born Aug. 26, 1807, at Orleans; died there April 5, 1900; daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Freeman) Snow, of Orleans.

557. CHARLES^ HIGGINS {Elis]ia\ Elisha\ Benjamin", Benjamin^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Oct. 27, 1809, at Westbrook, Maine; died , at Lewiston, Maine; married Feb.

He was brought up to the trade of tinsmith, learning the trade from his father and succeeding him. After his marriage he removed to Bath and carried on his trade, later to Turner Village, then to Auburn and finally to Lewiston. He was a member of the Whig party, later a Free-soiler and finally a Republican.

Foss of Biddeford, Maine, born Nov. 19, 1826; died July 21, 1859; married (3) April 12, 1863, Elizabeth (Stimpson) Sinclair of Limerick, Maine.

562. ELISHA^ HIGGINS {Elisha\ Elisha\ Benjamin^ Benjamin^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Feb. 9, 1823; died March 26, 1892; married (1) Martha Leighton of Falmouth, Maine; married (2) OUve Dearborn of Biddeford, Maine.

563. FREEMAN^ HIGGINS (Elisha\ Elisha\ Benjamin\ Benjamin^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born May 22, 1825; died Oct. 12, 1895; married Ellen Twiney of Standish or Buxton, Maine.

565. STEPHEN^ HIGGINS {Henry\ Israeli Zaccheus\ Benjamin^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born May 14, 1794, at Bar Harbor, Maine; died at Trenton, Maine; married (date not fomid) Prudence Abbott.

566. HENRY^ HIGGINS (Stephen\ Israel\ Zaccheus\ Benjamin^, Benjamin"^, Richard^), born July 2, 1790, at Bar Harbor, Maine; died there July 3, 1843; married (date not found) Huldah Leland, born about 1797; died Jan. 9, 1882; daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Hamor) Leland.

daughter of John and Dorcas (Rodick) Suminsby of Eden, Maine; married (2) (dafe not. found) Mary Frances Snow, born Dec. 25, 1839, at West Eden, Maine; living in 1909, at Bar Harbor, Maine; daughter of Giles and Cordelia (Higgins) Snow.

569A. WARREN^ HIGGINS {Israeli Israel^ Zaccheus\ Benjamin^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Feb. 27, 1814, at Bar Harbor, Maine; died ; married Mary A. Manchester, daughter of Major John Manchester.

Solomon Higgins lived with Hatsel Higgins until his marriage when twenty-one years old. Solomon's mother, Hannah Mayo Higgins, and his maternal grandmother, Sarah (Mayo) (Higgins) (Higgins) Rogers, lived with him after his marriage in his home on the road to Barley Neck, East Orleans, near Capt. Harvey Sparrow's (the house has since burned down).

iii. Lucinda Linnell, b. Jan. 29, 1843; married Aug. 13, 1862, Andrew Campbell Berry, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Berry, b. Aug. 23, 1839; residence Charlestown and Boston, Mass. Mrs. Berry has always been active in business and church affairs; has been associated with Baptists, Christian Scientists and Spiritualists; has been officer of many societies engaged in social work. Children: Elizabeth Olive, b. April 25, 1866, at Charlestown, Mass.; married Oct. 21, 1890, William Sharp of Enfield, England; three children: Charles William, b. May 21, 1872, at Charlestown, Mass.; married April 17, 1903, Lexie Macdonald, b. 1876, at Hearts ville, P. E. I., formerly Strathalbyn. Charles W. Berry graduated, 1895, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology; studied two years at Gottingen on a fellowship; is now (1908) Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the M. I. T.; author of books and articles in the line of his profession; three children.

ix. Adeline Davis, b. Aug. 20, 1859; married Sept. 29, 1887, Thomas F. Eldredge, son of Thomas and Mary (Winslow) Eldredge. Children: Olive Madelme, b. March 3, 1891; Marion Franklin, b. May 3, 1893. Adeline Davis Higgins was a dressmaker before her marriage; since then she has lived at Orleans in the old homestead.

571. AMBROSE^ HIGGINS {Josiah S.\ James Dean\ Solomon^, Benjamin^, Benjamin}, Richard}), born Sept. 18, 1844, in New York City; living in 1912 at Jewett City, Conn.; married Oct, 5, 1872, at Norwich, Conn., Mary Jane Underwood, born June 14, 1844, at Colchester, Conn.; living in 1912; daughter of Thomas H. and Abby Jane (Shaler) Underwood of Colchester, Conn.

572. LEWIS^ HIGGINS {Prince\ Timothy^ Freeman^ Benjamin^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Jan. 18, 1803, at Standish, Maine; died at Manchester, N. H., March 11, 1888; married March 25, 1828, Susan Whitney, born at Gorham, Maine, Jan. 23, 1804; died March 9, 1879, at Manchester, N. H.; daughter of Edmund and Martha (Meserve) Whitney of Gorham, Maine.

Lewis Higgins inherited his father's abihty. He was vigorous and possessed a strong individuality. At the beginning of his married life he built a house on land adjoining his father's farm, but the soil was so barren that after his children began to grow a much better farm in White Rock and moving his family from Standish to the new farm. He showed his mechanical abiUty by building a machine shop near his house and he was noted throughout the region for his fine collection of farming tools, which he was wilhng to lend once, but if the borrower did not return the borrowed article promptly, the privilege was forfeited. The sons were always anxious to work in the shop and when engaged in farm work in the absence of their father they would flee to this shop, to leave only when one of the younger brothers announced that father was coming, when tliey would leap from door or window and rush back to their appointed task. The influence which this small machine shop had upon these active boys appeared later in their efficient lives, spent in important mechanical industries of our country.

Susan Whitney, mother of these remarkable boys, was greatly esteemed for her housekeeping ability and her wonderful graciousness. Her father, Edmund Whitney, was the son of Isaac who fought in the Revolutionary War. He was the son of another Isaac Whitney, whose father, Nathaniel Whitney, was in the military company for defense against the Indians. Nathaniel Whitney's father was Benjamin, who was son of John and Elinor Whitney, who settled at Watertown, Mass., in 1635. Their ancestry has been traced back by Mr. Melville through members of Parliament and kings to Edward I of England, William the Conqueror, and Philip III of France.

i. Ivory Fessenden, b. Aug. 15, 1828; d. Oct. 12, 1847; unmarried. He was a remarkably promising young man and his death was greatly lamented. He went to Lawrence, Mass., to start in his career, taking his younger brother, Freeman. He died soon after of typhoid fever, and was buried in the family lot at White Rock, Maine.

V. Martha Ellen, b. June 7, 1835; d. Nov. 13, 1904; unmarried. She was one of the most remarkable members of the family. For many years she taught in the country schools, and at the same time she encouraged her brothers to go to college and was always ready to inspire them to renewed interest in their studies and work. For a long time after she resigned from teaching she had a fancy goods store in Manchester, N. H., finally selling out to return to the old homestead to care for her father and mother. To her indomitable will and unfaiUng good advice her brothers owe much of their success in life.

573. CHESLEY^ HIGGINS (Prince\ Timothy\ Freeman\ Benjamin^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born July 4, 1816, at Standish, Maine; died Aug. 5, 1889, at Portland, Maine; married (1) June 2, 1838, Abigail Marean, born July 15, 1816; died Oct. 4, 1855; daughter of John and Anna (Shaw) Marean; married (2) May 2, 1856, Isabel Paine of Standish, Maine; married (3) Mrs. Eliza (Thorn) Blake.

Chesley Higgins resided at Standish, Maine, during all but the last years of his life. As a boy he was very ingenious and desired to learn the machinist's trade. When nineteen years old he planned to leave home for that purpose, but was persuaded by his mother to remain on the farm. He was fond of hunting and fishing and had many adventures while thus engaged, accounts of which he was fond of relating. He was an obhging neighbor, a devoted husband and father and kept his youthful spirits and tastes until late in life. He spent his last days with his son, Henry Harrison Higgins, at Portland, Maine.

574. TIMOTHY^ HIGGINS {Ephraim\ Timothy\ Freeman\ Benjamin^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born March 8, 1802; died Oct. 26, 1887; married Feb. 9, 1830, at Buxton, Maine, Jane Came, daughter of Samuel and Ruth Kimball Came.

lost on the Isadore, 1853; son of Leander Foss; no children, iii. Frances Maria, b. Oct. 20, 1835; married Uriah Berry. Children : Almeda Estelle, b. July 24, 1858; married George ii. Rebecca, b. Nov. 6, 1837; married Joseph G. Harmon, son of Joel and Eleanor (Berry) Harmon. Children: Josiah L., b. March 13, 1863; married June 13 or 23, 1892, Frances Tebedore; Frederick Oscar, b. June 8, 1865.

. 580. JOHN^ HIGGINS {Judiah\ Judiah\ Jonathan\ Jediah\ Jediah?, Richard^), born Aug. 11, 1813; died June 26, 1889; married April 30, 1836, Rhoda Carkhuff, born July 16, 1814; died Feb. 28, 1895; daughter of John G. and Mary (Dilts) CarkhuflF. John Higgins lived at or near Flemington, N. J. Both he and his wife were buried in the Baptist Cemetery at Flemington.

Cornelius Q. Higgins resided at Sargeantville, Hunterdon Co., N. J. He was a member of the Sandy Ridge Baptist Church. Mrs. Higgins's father was a Baptist minister at Flemington, or Sandy Ridge, and probably at other places in the county.

582. JUDIAH J.7 HIGGINS {Judiah\ Judiah\ Jonathan^ Jediah^, JediaK^, Richard^), born May 8, 1820, at Flemington, N. J.; died April 27, 1882, at Los Angeles, Cal.; married Phoebe Ann Mulford, daughter of Clarence W. Mulford.

Judiah J. Higgins lived at Los Angeles, Cal., with his son Frank, at least in his later years. Mrs. Higgins's father. Rev. Clarence W. Mulford, was pastor of the Baptist Church at Flemington, N. J.

i. Frank, b. April 1, 1860; niarried (1) Annie Dilworth; (2) Oct. 6, 1891, Mary E. Thayer, daughter of Isaiah and Mary (Locklin) Thayer. Residence, Los Angeles, Cal. No children.

i. William, b. Nov. 24, 1848; d. March 29, 1894; married May 23, 1876, Susie Sharp Young, b. Oct. 26, 1857, daughter of Nathaniel Wilson and Sarah (Dilts) Young. No children. She married (2) George D. Dalley of Three Bridges, N. J.

William Bishop Higgins was a prosperous farmer, living in the township of Branchburg, Somerset County, some seven or eight miles from Flemington, where he and his wife were buried. He left a will, dated May 20, 1869, proved Nov. 10, 1869, m which he left legacies to his six sons, daughter Rebecca and two grandchildren, children of son Jesse Higgins.

John Schenck Higgins was a graduate of Rochester University, 1853; was a farmer and surveyor. He lived near Flemington. His children were all well educated, the sons at college.

believed to be living in Utah; no further information, iv. Ella Winner, b. March, 1859; Uving 1914, unmarried. V. Susan Campbell, b. Feb. 14, 1862; married June 8, 1892,

588. RICHARD^ HIGGINS {Richard\ Judiah\ Jonathan^ Jediah^y Jediah^, Richard^), born Nov. 30, 1829; died March 10, 1904; married July 17, 1851, Lydia Haines Thatcher, daughter of Jonas Thatcher, born Nov. 9, 1827; died March 28, 1895.

Richard Higgins lived near Flemington, N. J., where he was buried. He was for a long time a manufacturer at Stockton, N. J. Afterward he lived in West Virginia and at Lambertville, N. J. He was a private of Co, I, 38th New Jersey Volunteers, in the Civil War.

1865, at Bedminster, N. J., Lydia Jeroloraon, bom Sept. 2, 1832; daughter of James and Christiana (Cole) Jerolomon. Jonathan Higgins lived at Flemington, N. J.

Archibald A. Higgins graduated with honors from Princeton College in 1846 at the age of eighteen. He then studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1854, and located at Freehold, N. J. He afterward migrated to Squan village (Manasquan), N. J., where he devoted a half century to his ministrations among the fishermen, farmers, seafaring men, volunteer life saving coast guards and their families. He was elected to the New Jersey legislature by the Democrats and later was appointed county judge by Governor Leon Abbott.

John DeMott Higgins was a carpenter by trade and during all his working life followed this trade with vigor. When he was eight}^ years old he fell from a ladder and completely shattered his right elbow. But such was the good condition of his health and constitution that the splintered bones knitted together as readily as they would have done in a young person. In May, 1916, Mr. Higgins was living at Plainfield, N. J., tending his garden and following all his usual customs, although he had given up his trade. In previous years he had lived near Stanton, N. J., and probably at other places.

In 1910 John C. Higgins was living at Belle Mead, near Skillman Station, N. J. He served in the Fifth and Thirty-fifth regiments of New Jersey Volunteers in the Civil War.

605. JAMES" HIGGINS (Lewis^ James\ Azariah\ Joseph^, JediaJi^, Richard^), born Oct. 11, 1846, at Clinton township, Hunterdon County, N. J.; married June 21 (or Sept. 11), 1871, Mary L. Cleveland, born June 7, 1849, at Perry, 111.; daughter of John Kent and Emeline (Canfield) Cleveland of Perry, 111.

Enlisted July 27, 1865, in Co. A, Thirty-fifth New Jersey Volunteers, which was included in the 1st Division of the 17th Army Corps. Service principally with Sherman, including the March to the Sea. In 1879 he was residing at Perry, Pike County, 111., and was a jeweler and watchmaker.

i. Mary Catherine, b. Feb. 12, 1885; married May 18, 1904, William Kentner Drake, b. Oct. 14, 1877, son of Smith Whitefield and Elizabeth (Kentner) Drake. Residence East Amwell township, one mile northeast of Flemington, N. J. Mr. Drake is a farmer. Children: Evelyn May, b. May 30, 1905; Howard Jefferson, b. May 28, 1910.

608. VANDERVIER^ HIGGINS {Mahlon\ Gideon\ Azanah\ Joseph^, Jediah^, Richard^), born Feb. 8, 1837; married (1) Sept. 13, 1865, Mary Margaret Merrell, born Jan. 4, 1839; died June 13, 1896; daughter of John C. and EUzabeth (Dayton) Merrell; married (2) April 14, 1900, Mrs. Rachel Ann (Merrell) Dilts, sister of his first wife and widow of John Dilts.

611. DAVID SAYRE^ HIGGINS (Jarnes^ Samuel\ Jonathan\ Richard^, Zerah'^, Richard^), born July 26, 1804; died Oct. 31, 1871; married Feb. 24, 1827, Margaret Searing, daughter of Jacob Searing, a Revolutionary soldier.

In 1857 he resided on Union Street in township of Rahway, as his will, dated Jan. 1, 1857, shows. Will mentions wife Elizabeth, children named below, and real estate in Rahway.

614. JOHN« HIGGINS {Seih\ Seth\ Ehenezer\ 8amuel\ Jonathan"^, Jonathan"^, Richard^), born September, 1803, at Standish, Maine; died Sept. 27, 1885; married Martha Tappan, born iii. Emeline, b. March 13, 1845; married Jan. 2, 1873, Levi H. Bean, son of William and Mary (Waterhouse) Bean, of Limington, Maine; resided in Gorham in 1900 near the R. R. Station.

He resided in Standish, Maine. He was a blacksmith at West Gorham, and built the brick house on the road which runs from Standish village to Fort Hill.

"The oldest student attending a university in the United States is said to be Rev. David Jordan Higgins, a nonagenarian preacher and former colonel in the United States Army, who is attending the classes in philosophy conducted by Prof. J. H. Hoose of the college of liberal arts. University of Southern California. The incident of an octogenarian teaching a nonagenarian probably has no parallel in the world." - G/o6e, Nov. 29, 1910.

Children: Howard Burton, b. June 17, 1877; married June 17, 1899, Cora E. Moody, and had one child, Earle Francis Hilton, b. Aug. 20, 1900. Mrs. Nancy Ellen (Higgins) Hilton married (2) Jan. 1, 1888, Charles A. Leigh ton.

620A. SAMUEL HOWARD » HIGGINS (DavW, Ebenezer\ Ehenezer^, Samuel'^, Jonathan^, Jonathan^, Richard^), born June 1, 1833, at Gorham, Maine; died Dec. 7, 1864, at Murfreesborough, Tenn.; married, about 1858, Hannah Elizabeth Flanders.

623. ZEBINA^ HIGGINS iJames\ Jonathan^ Ehenezer\ Samuel'^, Jonathan^, Jonathan"^, Richard^), born March 19, 1815, at Orleans, Mass.; died there Aug. 19, 1897; married (1) (int. Feb. 11, 1836), Mercena Nickerson, born Feb. 1, 1819, in Harwich, Mass.; died Oct. 9, 1893, at Orleans, Mass.; daughter of Silas and Susan Nickerson of Harwich; married (2) Jan. 1, 1894, Mrs. Sarah (Holman) Nickerson, daughter of Wilham and Mary (Gibbs) Holman.

625. FREEMAN A.^ HIGGINS (Abner\ Jonathan^ Jonathan^ Samuel'^, Jonathan^, Jonathan^, Richard^), bom August 15, 1819, in Brewster, Mass.; died Feb. 17, 1897, at Orleans, Mass.; married April 17, 1839, Mary Ann Eldredge, born Aug. 10, 1819, at Harwich, Mass.; died Feb. 15, 1901, at Orleans; daughter of Oliver and Huldah (Chase) Eldredge of Harwich.

Roxanna Nickerson of Chatham, Mass. 866. ii. Freeman, b, Dec. 12, 1843; married Almira Y. Mallows, iii. Mary E., b. Oct. 23, 1850; married Nov. 28, 1871, Braddock P. Allen of Harwich, Mass., mariner, son of Elisha

626. ABNERs HIGGINS (Abner\ Jonathan^ Jonathan\ Samuel^, Jonathan^, Jonathan^, Richard^), born Feb. 24, 1822, at Brewster, Mass.; died Aug. 15, 1901, at Orleans; married March 29, 1849, Asenath Burgess, born Nov. 1, 1830, at Harwich, Mass.; died Dec. 3, 1915, at Orleans; daughter of Stephen and Mercy C. (Ellis) Burgess of Harwich.

Abner Higgins resided at Orleans, Mass., and apparently for a time at Wareham in the same state. He left a wiU dated March 2, 1893, naming wife Asenath.

i. Clementme B., b. July 2, 1850; married Nov. 24, 1871, Luther Hurd, son of Luther and Elizabeth Hurd; residence Providence, R. I.; had four children, ii. George W., b. Aug. 26, 1852; married June 6, 1883, Etta B. Carlisle, daughter of William and Mary (Forbes) Carlisle of Everett, Mass.; no children.

Temperance C. Newcomb, daughter of Elnathan S. Newcomb; married (2) March 7, 1867, Emily A. Garran of Boston, daughter of George and Mary Garran.

Joseph B. Higgins resided at Orleans, Mass., and was a mariner. He enlisted June 24, 1864, in Co. F, Third Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, and was discharged August 24. Mrs. Temperance Higgins died Nov. 2, 1865, aged 27 years, 7 months.

629. GIDEON^ HIGGINS {Constant, Heman\ Ehenezer\ Samuel^, Jonathan^, Jonathan'^, Richard^), born Oct. 16, 1808, at Rochester, Mass.; died at date unknown; married at Rochester, April 17, 1831, Ruth Edwards, born April 17, 1807, at Rochester,

632. JEFFERSON^ HIGGINS (Curtis\ Elhanah\ Ehenezer\ Samuel^, Jonathan^, Jonathan"^, Richard}), born Dec. 10, 1833, at Smithfield, Maine; died March 16, 1896, at Gaffney, S. C; married (1) May 12, 1849, Helen Sexton, born July 6, 1833, at Halifax, Nova Scotia; died Sept. 9, 1884, at Dodgeville, R. I.; daughter of Edward and Mary (Saxton) Sexton; married (2) Caroline Owens of Laurel, Md.

Jefferson Higgins resided at Augusta, Maine, Dodgeville, R. I., and at Gaffney, S. C. He was a cotton manufacturer and was considered an expert authority on the industry. He built and equipped cotton mills. He was chosen by a syndicate to start the business in China, using American machinery and help, but declined the offer because he would have been obliged to agree to remaia in China ten years.

iii. Harriet Francis, b. Nov. 25, 1854; married Dec. 24, 1874, Charles Otis Tibbetts of Augusta, Maine, b. Aug. 5, 1851; son of John A. and Sarah (Whittemore) Tibbetts.

vi. Elida Estelle, b. Nov. 7, 1876; married Jan. 7, 1914, Wellington Bond, b. May 30, 1874; son of George and Martha (Perry) Bond of Boston, Mass.; residence Winthrop, Mass.

633. HENRY CURTIS^ HIGGINS {Curtis'', Elkanah\ Ebenezer^, Samuel'^, Jonathan^, Jonathan^, Richard^), born April 16, 1838, at Smithfield, Maine; died Nov, 1886, at Winona, Minn.; married Jan. 1, 1856, at Augusta, Maine, Eliza Pendleton Thurston of Skowhegan, Maine.

634. THOMAS WILLARD^ HIGGINS (Thomas'', Thmnas\ Samuel^, Samuel^, Jonathan^, Jonathan^, Richard}), bom May 25, 1842, at Orleans, Mass.; living there in 1916; married Feb. 2, 1870, Deborah Crosby Sparrow, born Jan. 21, 1849, at Orleans; living there in 1916; daughter of Samuel and Deborah Sparrow.

635. LEANDER FREEMAN^ HIGGINS {Thomas\ Thomas^ Samuel^, Samuel'^, Jonathan^, Jonathan^, Richard^), bom Oct. 18, 1849; married Jan. 1, 1878, Arsenoe Bertha Cheney, daughter of Leonard and Lucinda (Bass) Cheney of Southbridge, Mass.

636. GEORGE CLEVELAND ^ HIGGINS (Jonathan'', Thomas^, Samuel'', Samuel^, Jonathan^, Jonathan^, Richard^), born Nov. 19, 1845; married Jan. 1, 1868, Ellen S. Irving, daughter of Asa and Abigail (Childs) Irving of Lynn, Mass.

Freeman Higgms resided at Orleans, but during some portion of his Ufe at Cambridge, Mass. Both his parents were descendants of passengers of the Mayflower in 1620, and both his wife's parents were such descendants, being in the direct hne from Richard Warren and Edward Doty.

i. Ahce Herbert, b. Nov. 26, 1873, at Cambridge, Mass.; married Feb. 21, 1903, Washington Whitcomb Marrs, son of John H. and Lucy A. (Stoddard) Marrs; residence Milton, Mass., where Mr. Marrs is a civil engineer.

639. JOSEPH SQUIRE s HAGANS (Joseph"^, George- J osiah\ Elisha^, Elisha'^, Elisha^, Jonathan^, Richard^), born Aug. 10, 1812, "on Otter Creek," that is, at Charlotte, or Vergennes, Vt.; died Oct. 17, 1887, at Uniontown, Penn.; married (1) Aug. 17,

Joseph S. Hagans, his parents havmg died at or near Mt. Carmel, 111., in 1817, was taken by his grandparents to Brandonville, Va., where he was brought up. Later he settled at Uniontown, Penn., where he spent most of his life.

iv. Adelia Jenkins, b. June 1, 1839; d. at Wheeling, W. Va., Aug. 19, 1910; married in Fairmont, W. Va., April 14, 1857, Thomas R. Jackson and had children (order unknown) : Nannie, Florence, Harrison Hagans, Clara Louise, Julia and Wilbur E. Jackson, all dead, also Florence, second, who married John Ollum, and Mary Kate, who married WilHam Nesbit. V. Wilham Henry, b. Oct. 13, 1841; d. at Oakland, Md., May 7, 1902; married in Maryland, May 16, 1866, Lucretia Tasker. No children.

vi. Howard Lynn, b. Dec. 25, 1843; d. Feb. 24, 1844. vii. Mary Virginia, b. Jan. 15, 1848; d. at Lake Park, Md., July, 1910; married in Maryland, July 26, 1869, Charles West and had children (order and dates unknown) : Lula, Maud, George, Zalmon, Albert, William, Annie, Clara, Florence, Bessie, viii. Margaret Jane, b. June 18, 1855, in Fairmont, Va.; Hving, unmarried.

Children. i. A child, b. about 1847; d. in infancy, ii. Catherine Baldwin, b. Feb. 10, 1850; married T. Sampson. Children: Alpheus, Kenneth, Harry, Irene.

645. LUCIAN ADAMS« HAGANS {Harrison', George-Jodah\ Elisha^, Elisha^, Elisha^, Jonathan"^, Richard^), born Jan. 31, 1825; died June 6, 1890, at Chicago, III.; married April 19, 1848, Lovila Hagans, born May 27, 1829; died Jan. 3, 1917, at Chicago, 111.; daughter of Elisha Merrill and Anne M. (Brown) Hagans.

i. Laura Blanche, b. Oct. 19, 1850; married March 17, 1870, A. Marshall Ross. Children: Laura Hagans Ross, married Oct. IS, 1893, Rev. Joseph Duxbury; Ethel Ross; Sullivan Ross.

Francis E. Higgins was educated in the Worcester public schools and after leaving school worked in the office of the Ames Plow Company for a while. In 1869 he went to work for his father and in 1873 became a partner with him in his decorating and wall paper business. A wholesale department was added and the business prospered and grew to large proportions. In 1893, the firm became a corporation, Mr. Higgins being treasurer and general manager.

Mr. Higgins is proficient with his brush in oils and water colors and has studied abroad the subject of interior decoration. After his father's death he became sole owner of the business and expanded it in many directions. A fire in 1902 destroyed the large stock, but as soon as possible the business was resumed, continued and enlarged.

Mr. Higgins is a member of the Commonwealth Club, the Builders Exchange and of the Worcester Board of Trade. He is also a member of Quinsigamond Lodge, Ancient Free and

653. JAMES HAYDEN^ HIGGINS {David James Monroe\ James H. iV.^, David^, Philip'^, Elisha^, Jonathan^, Richard^), born Feb. 2, 1871, at Marshfield, Mo.; married Sept. 17, 1895, at Boston, Mass., Grace Goodwin Babbitt, born Aug. 5, 1869, at Columbus, O.; daughter of Henry Smith and Harriet M. (Smith) Babbitt.

James Hayden Higgins is a physician, but has retired from active practice. He lived at Marston's Mills, town of Barnstable, Mass., until after 1904, and now resides at Union Village, Vt.

He resided at Perry and Castile, N. Y.; was a farmer. He united with the Presbyterian Church in early manhood and at the time of his death was the oldest member. His farm was part of an original Indian reservation.

659. GALEN HYDE^ HIGGINS {Otis'^, Ehenezer\ Cornelius\ Ehenezer^, Ichabod^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Nov. 10, 1825, at Perry, N. Y.; died Sept. 1, 1888, at Painesville, Ohio; married Dec. 31, 1848, at Castile, N. Y., Mary Ann Bacon, born March 21, 1828, at Rochester, Vt.; died June 23, 1904, at Castile, N. Y.; daughter of Horace and Hannah (Belden) Bacon.

He graduated from Hamilton College in class of 1848 and with thirteen others of the class lived to celebrate its fiftieth annual reunion in 1898. He was superintendent of the gas manufactory and later a banker. He possessed a clear mind, and like others of his family a rarely beautiful character. No children.

married (2) Sept. 6, 1881, EHza M. Pendleton, born 1832; died Nov. 17, 1896, at Hotel San Remo, N. Y.; daughter of John B. and Eliza Matilda (Blydenburgh) Pendleton.

He resided at Dixon, 111., Rochester and Yonkers, N. Y. No children by second marriage, He was of Rochester, N. Y., at time of his second marriage. Afterward he was a member of the firm of Higgins and Seiter, dealers in china and glassware, located in 22d Street, New York City. Afterwards they moved further up town and were unsuccessful in business.

V. Joy Roy, b. Jan. 29, 1872; married Nov. 1, 1899, Catherine Mitchell. He was bookkeeper in freight department of New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, Geneva, N. Y.

Jason L. Higgins was store agent for a coal company at Arnot, Penn., for twenty years or more, then at Peele and Gazzan, Penn., and again at Arnot for a while. In July, 1906, he was living at Watkins, N. Y. No children.

i. Florence Esther, b. Nov. 19, 1875; married Jan. 12, 1897, Nathan S. Sterling. She was adopted by her uncle, Frank Amando Higgins. Child: Florence, b. Aug. 16, 1898.

He was a farmer; enlisted August, 1862, in the Fifteenth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers; wounded at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863, in hospital nine months, then returned to regiment and, after expiration of term, re-enlisted and remained in service until end of war. He died very suddenly of pneumonia.

671. BARNABAS ATWOOD^ HIGGINS {Aaron\ Richard\ Isaiah°, Ehenezer^, Ichabod^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Sept. 27, 1812, at Stark, Maine; died in New Portland, Maine; married

Soon after his marriage Barnabas A. Higgins settled at Allen's Mills, Maine, where he remained until after the outbreak of the Civil War. He was a carpenter by trade and during his residence at Allen's Mills built several houses in Industry. He eventually moved to New Portland, where he died. No children.

672. JOHN CHANDLERS HIGGINS {Aaron', Richard^ Isaiah^, Ehenezer'^, Ichabod^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born July 19, 1824; died Oct. 5, 1886, at Allen's Mills, Mame; married Feb. 23, 1844, Cordelia Oliver, daughter of John and Jane (OKver) Oliver.

i. Apphia Jane, b. Oct. 23, 1846; married Albert J. Gerry of Farmington, a hardware dealer, and had one daughter; she was living at Farmington, Maine, in 1911, ii. Mary Ann, b. March 2, 1848; married Charles E. Wheeler of Farmington.

vii. Estella, b. Nov. 22, 1854; resided in Bath, Maine, viii. Edwin Manning, b. June 6, 1856; married June 16, 1887, Florida E. DiU, and had one son; resided in Farmington, Maine.

673. WILBUR TINKHAM^ HIGGINS {John Gill\ Richard^ Isaiah^, Ebenezer"^, Ichahod^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born July 6, 1835, at Stark, Maine; living in 1910;' married March 4, 1867, at Long Lake, Minn., Hannah Janet Lydiard, born June 6, 1840; daughter of William and Hannah (Archibald) Lydiard.

1897, Florence Elliott, daughter of Charles F. and Evelyn (Calkins) Elliott; resides at Avon, Mass. vi. Emma, b. at Eastport, Maine; resides at Eastham; unmarried.

677. ALONZO R.« HIGGINS {Josiah\ Elhanah\ Elkanah\ Ehenezer^, Ichabod^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Sept. 5, 1846; married Elizabeth W. Rogers, daughter of Samuel and Eunice Rogers.

Alvin Lewis WUey. ii. Samuel Rogers, b. April 11, 1878; married Sept. 25, 1901, Almira S. Horton, daughter of Isaiah and Rachel (Wetherell) Horton.

678. ORIENT HIGGINS (Ephraim\ Elkanah\ Elkanah\ Ehenezer'^, Ichabod^, Banjamin^, Richard^), born July 9, 1830, at Eastham, Mass.; died Feb. 15, 1910, at Orleans, Mass.; married Jan. 23, 1853, Eliza Jane Smith, born Sept. 4, 1834, at Orleans; died March, 1916, at Harwich, Mass.; daughter of Alvin Smith of Orleans,

Higgins. viii. Lizzie Deborah, b. Sept. 6, 1869; married Aug. 6, 1888, William H. Quinn of Truro, N. S.; residence, Eastham. Children: Edna F. (married May 4, 1909, Ormand Howes of Easthani); Lottie M., b. 1891, d. March 3, 1912, aged 20 years, 4 months, 28 days; Clarence H.; Lester; and Clarence B. Quinn.

679. PETERS hIGGINS {John\ Benjamin\ Elkanah\ Ehenezer^, Ichabod?, Benjamin}, Richard}), born Dec. 28, 1838, at Eastham; died there in 1915; married (1) March 22, 1864, Harriet E. Baker; married (2) Nov. 24, 1868, Phoebe Burroughs; married (3; Martha Anna Mortimer, daughter of Charles and Yetta Higgins.

Peter Higgins resided in Eastham all his life and was a farmer. He was interested in the genealogy of his family and gathered a very considerable mass of records, which have been used in this book.

ii. Stella Atkins, b. June 19, 1872; married John Farr of Cambridgeport, Mass., who died in 1903; residence, Melrose, Mass. Children: Marion Althea Farr, b. Dec. 13, 1896; Richard Lynsdel Farr, b. March 12, 1901.

684. ISAAC HENRY^ HIGGINS {Andrew Walher\ Benjamin^, Elkanalv", Ebenezer^, Ichabod^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born March 16, 1838; died Jan. 9, 1909, at Gloucester, Mass.; married July 25, 1859, Harriet Nye White, born March 8, 1836, at Provincetown, Mass.; died Feb. 15, 1894, at Gloucester, Mass.; daughter of Nicholas and Hepsibeth White of Provincetown,

Isaac N. Higgins lived for years in Gloucester, Mass. He was the founder and president of the Higgins-Gifford Manufacturing Company, for many years one of the leading industries of Gloucester. He was active in church and Y. M. C. A. work, as ii. Charles Lathrop, b. April 9, 1863; residence, Boston, Mass.; unmarried. He has been a successful merchant and importer for the past thirty years. He is an active leader in Y. M. C. A. and civic work, and one of the pioneers in the field of industrial education, not only as a lecturer, but for a number of years one of the Advisory School Committee of the Trade Schools in Boston, of the Trade Shops, Union Schools, and Evening Schools for foreigners. An active member of numerous clubs and social organizations, he is perhaps better known to the public by his "Travel Talks" and Lectures on Sicily and Mediterranean Countries, illustrated by lantern slides of great artistic merit. He has an artistic summer home in Provincetown, which for many years has been a center for town and social betterment.

685. ANDREW s HIGGINS (Andrew Walker\ Benjamin^ Elkanah^, Ehenezer'^, Ichabod^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Sept. 24, 1842; died May 8, 1909; married July 2, 1868, CaroUne \^Tiitman Winsor, born Sept. 16, 1848; daughter of Whitman Sanderson and Caroline (Brown) WLnsor of Wellesley, Mass.

ii. Caroline Louise, b. June 5, 1873; married July 11, 1906, Harris C. Lovell; residence, Osterville, Mass. Child: Robert Winsor Lovell, b. Nov. 30, 1910. 900. iii. Andrew Whitman, b. March 2, 1879; married Louise S. Wilbur. iv. Beulah Wadsworth, b. Sept. 18, 1881, at Eastham; married Feb. 19, 1916, Peter Larson Smith; residence, Worcester, Mass.

vi. EjBfie Florence, b. Feb. 4, 1876; (name changed to Heath) ; married Earle Fisk ; residence, Springfield, Mass. Child: Margaret Buell Fisk, b. Aug. 19, 1909.

689. ASA^ HIGGINS {David\ Joshua\ Elkanah\ Ehenezer\ Ichahod?, Benjamin^, Richard}), born Jan. 16, 1841; died in Eastham, Aug. 17, 1897; married Dec. 2, 1865, Eunice Hattie Robbins of Brewster, Mass.; daughter of Seth and Eunice (Higgins) Robbins of Brewster.

He wgis superintendent of schools, and for twenty years chairman of the Republican Town Committee. "His word was as good as a bond." Mrs. Higgins is (in 1916) living at Attleboro Mass.

690. LEVI WALTERS HIGGINS {David\ Joshua\ Elkanah,^ Ebenezer'^, Ichabod^, Benjamin'^, Richard^), born Feb. 29, 1844; married Dec. 30, 1868, Kate A. Savage of Eastham.

ii. Minnie Anna, b. in 1860; married in 1882 Charles Milton Armstrong; lived at East Jaffrey, N. H. Children: Edward Wayland, b. in 1883; Willis Milton, b. in 1894. iii. Wayland Harding, b. in 1862. iv. Ellsworth Justin, b, in 1867; married in 1902 Clara Combs;

V. George F., b. July 28, 1866; married Sept. 14, 1889, Ellen M. Davis, daughter of George H. and Diantha (Hammond) Davis of Winchester, and lives in Marlboro, N. H. No children.

694. CHARLES WESLEY ^ HIGGINS (Isaac\ Ephraim\ Ebenezer^, Ehenezer^, Ichabod^, Benjamin'^, Richard^), born April 6, 1835; living in 1903; married June 2, 1861, at Warwick, Mass., Emeline F. Delva of Warwick, Mass., born Jan. 3, 1843; daughter of Calvin W. and Lucy M. (Fuller) Delva.

ii. Ada Florence, b. Oct. 16, 1867, at Orange, Mass; married Dec. 24, 1890, Rev. Harry W. Chamberlain, pastor of the Baptist Church at Petersham, and later at Somerville, Mass. Children: Emma Florence, b. Sept. 16, 1892; Ruth Gertrude, b. March 17, 1897 .

696. JOSIAH PARKERS HIGGINS (Josiah\ James\ Jethro\ Thomas^, Ichabod^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Feb. 8, 1841, at Bristol, Maine; died May 13, 1895, at Hyde Park, Mass.; married (1) Oct. 28, 1866, Lavina Adams of Provincetown, Mass., born

V. Fannie Blanchard, b. Nov. 19, 1862; married Oct. 21, 1885, Dr. Nehemiah Somes Hopkins, a missionary in China. Children: Paul Stanley, b. Jan. 5, 1887, in Tsun Hua, China; Ralph Harrison, b. Aug. 27, 1891; Helen Terry,

700. WILLLVM HENRY GREENOUGH^ HIGGINS (Josiah Rich', Uriah^, Enoch^, Eleazer"^, Richard^, Benjamin}, Richard^), born July 1, 1840, at Wellfleet, Mass.; died there April 2, 1873; married Feb. 10, 1863, at Wellfleet, Eusebia Sawyer Doane, born Aug. 12, 1841, at Wellfleet; died March 20, 1916, at Everett, Mass.; daughter of Jonathan and Eliza (Horton) Doane.

701. CHARLES FREEMAN^ HIGGINS (Josiah Rich', Uriah^, Enoch", Eleazer'^, Richard^, Benjamin"^, Richard^), born May, 1842; died April 1, 1889; married Jan. 24, 1865, Abigail Rich Baker, daughter of Nehemiah Murray and Abigail Swett (Rich) Baker of Wellfleet.

John R. Higgins followed the sea during early life. Retiring, he engaged in the grocery business at Wellfleet, Mass., until 1870, when he removed to Providence, R. I., engaging in business there for twenty -five years, until his death.

708. ALLEN 8 HIGGINS (Enoch\ Ephraim\ Enoch\ Eleazer\ Richard?, Benjamin}, Richard^), born March 28, 1827; died July 20, 1910; married Dec. 5, 1850, Sarah P. Hatch, daughter of Stephen A. and Rebecca P. Hatch.

717A. NATHAN^ HIGGINS {Nathan\ Elkanah\ Levi\ Theophilus'^, Richard^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born about 1824 at Machias or Cooper, Maine; died Oct. 1, 1864; married about 1848 .

Nathan Higgins, Jr., served in the Civil War and was wounded, resulting in his death within a short time. The record of his family is very incomplete. It is said that there were ten children in his family, but only three are known, of whom William Clifford Higgins was the youngest.

iii. William Clifford, b. Sept. 23, 1860, at Cooper, Maine; married in 1883 Dora Lund of Nashua, N. H. He settled in Nashua, N. H., in 1880 and died there Dec. 8, 1905. No children mentioned in Mrs. Dora L. Higgins' letter of December, 1910.

718. EDWIN G.8 HIGGINS {Levi\ Elkanah\ Levi', Theophilus^, Richard^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born February, 1829, at St. Albans, Maine; died May 5, 1882, at Corinna, Maine; married

(1) May 1, 1858, Miranda E. Jackson, born Nov. 22, 1837, at Hartland, Maine; died Nov. 27, 1860, at St. Albans, Maine; daughter of Joseph and Patience (Thompson) Jackson of Hartland, Maine; married (2) Abigail F. Mower of Dexter, Maine.

719. FORREST RICHARD^ HIGGINS (Serenus\ Richard\ Lew', Theophilus^, Richard^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born April 7, 1835, at Flushing, L. I., N. Y.; died Oct. 4, 1916; married Dec. 16, 1868, Carrie M. Stafford, born Sept. 3, 1843; died Nov. 18, 1901; daughter of Harrison S. and Hannah (Oliver) Stafford of Oldtown, Maine.

720. ORIENT C.^ HIGGINS {Josiah\ Josiah\ Levi\ Theophilus^, Richard^, Benjamin'^, Richard^), born Nov. 27, 1855; married Nov. 1, 1881, at San Francisco, Cal., Grace K. Perry of Rockland, Maine.

723. ELMER ELLSWORTH^ HIGGINS (Eben L.\ Levi\ Levi^, Theophilus'^, Richard^, Benjamin'^, Richard^), born Dec. 9, 1863, at Trenton, Maine; married May, 1887, Effie Williams of Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada.

724. ARTHUR MINOT^ HIGGINS (Charles Howard\ Levi\ Levi^, Theophilus^, Richard^, Benjamin}, Richard^), born June 18, 1867, at Ellsworth, Maine; married May 17, 1892, at Excelsior,

725. ALFRED SMITH^ HIGGINS (Winslow\ - Stephen^ JedidiaJv', David^, Richard^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born 1813; died Sept. 3, 1849; married Lydia Gilmour Arthur, born May 27, 1822; died at Middletown, Conn,, Sept. 25, 1853; daughter of Alexander and Sarah L. (Smith) Arthur* of Middletown-Portland, or Middle Haddam, Conn.

AKred S. Higgins was probably a merchant, but perhaps a mariner. The will of Mrs. Lydia G. Higgins, dated Oct. 30, 1851, probated Oct. 17, 1853, is on record at Middletown, Conn. She makes bequests to her mother-in-law, Lydia S. Higgins, and to her children. In a codicil she bequeaths $1,500 to her sister, Sarah L. Arthur, and $30 per annum to her mother, Rebecca Arthur. All the rest of her estate she left to her mother-in-law, Lydia S. Higgins, for her life; the remainder to "my children unless they become addicted to bad habits; if one becomes so, the rest goes to the other; if both become so, then the rest goes to the American Home Missionary Society, to the American Bible Society, and to the American Tract Society." Date of the codicil, Sept. 24, 1853.

* Alexander Arthur, a Scotchman from Edinborough, came to Connecticut. He married Sept. 10, 1821, Sarah Lewis Smith of Chatham, Conn. He came to work in the quarries at Portland. He died at Middle Haddam, Conn., Sept. 15, 1848, age 56 years. Sarah L. Arthur, his wiie, died at Middle Haddam, Conn., Nov. 29, 1830, age 32 years. He married (2) in 1831 Rebecca Robbins Worthington, born in Colchester, Conn., in 1795, daughter of Joshua and Rebecca (Robbins) Worthington of Colchester, afterwards of East Haddam. Mrs. Rebecca Arthur died at Middle Haddam, Conn., Sept. 27, 1853, aged 58 years.

729. AMOS DYER8 HIGGINS (Amos', Eleazer\ Reuhen\ Reuben^, Richard^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born July 27, 1825, at Garland, Maine; died Feb. 11, 1894, at Charleston, Maine; married Flora Wilbur, who was living at Charleston, Maine, in 1916.

Amos D. Higgins was very industrious and hard working as a young man. He spent a number of years lumbering and in a large sawmill at Orono, Maine. He accumulated considerable money and bought a farm in Charleston known as the "Edward Page Place," where several of his brothers and sisters then lived. In 1880 he sold his farm to his sister Jane and bought a place in

West Charleston. This he kept but two years, and then bought a place in Charleston Village, and lived there the remainder of his days in ease and comfort.

He was a man of strict integrity and noted for his shrewdness. He often visited New York to see his son, brothers, and uncles, with whom he was always a welcome guest. He had a remarkable, ready wit and was a good story teller, and fond of a joke. He was decidedly original and many of his jokes and tricks are still repeated. In politics he was a Republican. He was not a member of any church, but contributed to the support of the Free-Will Baptist Church of his town.

730. ALVIN HAMILTON^ HIGGINS (Amos\ Eleazer\ Reuben^, Reuben^, Richard^, Benjamiii^, Richard^), born March 28, 1832, at Garland, Maine; died July 20, 1909, in New York City; married July 27, 1872, Helen Augusta Clapp of Charleston, born in Brownville, Maine.

Alvin H. Higgins was educated in the town schools and at Foxcroft Academy; went to New York in 1850 and entered the employ of his uncles in their large carpet factory. He remained there two years and then went to their salesrooms and finally became their head salesman in the United States. His great success was largely due to his tremendous energy and devotion to duty. He never failed to grasp the slightest opportunity and by his unique genius and enterprise developed enormous business that most other men would have passed unnoticed. He was a man of strictest integrity, had utmost confidence in the goods he offered or whatever enterprise he was engaged in and his earnestness and personaHty won the confidence of his customers and all his associates. He developed into an athlete of marked abihty as a wrestler, and gave instruction in that art. He made some very profitable deals in real estate. When he went to New York he boarded with his uncle George in his palatial home at 59th Street and Tenth Avenue, which at that time was a suburb of the city. Later he bought a house on 42d Street and was married there. Later still he owned a magnificent home at Yonkers, N. Y., but returned to New York and bought the Colonial Hotel where he lived for a number of years, disposing of it at an enormous profit.

He was a man of retiring disposition, seldom visited any relatives or friends, but was a most genial host, always delighted to have his friends visit him. He retained a keen interest in his native state and town, although he did not visit there during the last forty years of his Ufe. He was very kindly and charitable to his friends and relatives and was one of the principal benefactors of the Higgins Classical Institute. He retired from active business in 1905 and established a private office with the firm of Shepard, Knapp & Co. He lost very heavily in Wall Street during the panic of 1907 and later. In his will he remembered his relatives generously. No children.

731. ELIAS SMITHS HIGGINS (Amos', Eleazer\ Reuben^ Reuben'^, Richard^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Feb. 22, 1837, at Garland, Maine; living in 1917; married (1) m 1858 Martha J. Hichborn, born Sept. 30, 1838, in Medford, Maine; died March 22, 1877, at Charleston, Maine; only daughter of John Edward and Jane Hichborn of Medford, Maine; married (2) Aug. 3, 1879, Mrs. Louise A. Lougee of Dexter, Maine.

Elias Smith Higgins was educated in the schools of Charleston and of Sebec, and when a mere boy determined to go to California, where many of the older boys of his town had gone in search for gold. He got as far as New York, where he stopped off to see his brother and uncles, and was persuaded by them to return to Maine, finish his education and then come to New York and enter their Carpet Works. Their agreement and inducements prevailed and he returned to Maine, entered the academy in Corinth and shortly afterward was taken sick and had a protracted illness. He gave the money which had been furnished him to his younger brother, John Hamilton Higgins, who took his place in school, and later the position in New York which he had started to prepare for. In speaking of his start for California, he said: "I have never regretted that I did not go but once, and that has been all my life."

Elias S. Higgins was a very energetic young man and when in his twenties owned a sawmill and gristmill in Orneville, which he later traded for a hotel in Charleston (at that time called a tavern). As a hotel proprietor he was very popular and to this day is a very genial host.

In 1864 he was drafted for service in the Civil War, but on account of his business interests, sickness, and family of small children, he hired a substitute. In 1865 he sold the tavern and bought a large farm a mile west of Charleston Village, which he improved and developed into one of the best farms in town. He was noted for having the best draft oxen in the state of Maine, as shown by their success in winning premiums against all comers at the various State Fairs. In October, 1888, he sold his farm, and has since lived in Charleston Village. He has always been respected as a man of strict integrity, kind and charitable, a ready wit, and of jovial disposition. He is a prominent member of the Baptist Church and a Republican in politics.

Henry T. Sally, b. April 14, 1860, at Madison, Maine, a blacksmith and farmer at Bradford and East Corinth, Maine. Children: Harry Livingston Sally, b. July 28, 1888; Harold EUas Sally, b. Jan. 16, 1890; Sadie AmeHa SaUy, b. Sept. 4, 1891; Franklin Higgins Sally, b. Oct. 13, 1897; Carl Henry Sally, b. July 9, 1900.

Charleston, Maine; died there April 16, 1910; married (1) July 18, 1866, Frances E. Perley, born June 17, 1846, at Gray, Maine; died Jan. 8, 1869, at New York City ; daughter of Isaac and Ellen W. (Higgins) Perley of Gray, Maine; married (2) Oct. 22, 1872, Emma L. Perley, born March 30, 1851, in Gray, Maine; died Jan. 12, 1894, at Charleston, Maine; sister of his first wife; married (3) March 12, 1895, Mrs. Ellen (Harvey) McCuUey, widow of Judge Lawrence McCulIey, late of Honolulu, Hawaii, and daughter of Greenleaf P. and Abigail Lois (Dexter) Harvey.

He was educated in the schools of his native town and at Corinth, Maine. At the age of sixteen he went to New York and entered the Carpet Works of his uncles. Diligently applying himseK to the task of mastering the carpet business, in five years he was advanced to the position of manager, and retained that responsible position for twenty years, directing the affairs of the firm with marked ability and advancing still further the high reputation enjoyed by the firm.

In 1874 he left the Carpet Works, returned to Charleston, Maine, and for a number of years engaged in religious work as evangelist and pastor in small communities unable to support a settled minister.

In 1888 at the urgent appeal of his uncle, Elias Smith Higgins, he returned to New York and again became general manager of the Carpet Works, which had become very much involved through incompetent management and labor troubles. His methods at this time were quiet, deliberate, well planned, to the minutest detail, and very determined. The masterly manner in which he rehabilitated the business, crushed the labor organizations which had been a constant menace, and placed every department on a sound and equitable basis of work and production was a revelation to every one who knew of his accomplishment. A year after his uncle's death, which occurred Aug. 18, 1889, he resigned and returned to Maine and in the next and succeeding years proceeded to erect what is now known as the Higgins Classical Institute, an incorporated institution for the promotion of Christian education and instruction of youth in the languages, arts, and sciences. This was opened in 1901 and comprised a main building and a dormitory and grounds of twenty acres. The total cost was one hundred thousand dollars. The institution is thoroughly equipped for its purpose, has five or more regular instructors, and accommodations for two hundred and fifty students. It offers college preparatory, English, normal and musical courses, and

In 1906 Mr. Higgins relinquished active ministerial work and lived in retirement at his home in Charleston the remainder of his days. He retained the presidency of the board of trustees and active headship of the Higgins Classical Institute until failing health obliged him to resign. He was a member of the Baptist Church. His labors in the interests of religion and education have left an impress upon the lives of the men and women of his native state. In his own town he was universally loved and esteemed.

vi. Alice Emma, b. Dec. 14, 1882; married (1) Sept. 17, 1902, Odber Boadway of Charleston, Maine. She divorced him Oct. 15, 1913, and he married (2) May 6, 1915, Pearl A. Bennett of Newport and Charleston, Maine. Residence, Charleston Village, Child: Lucile Higgins Boadway, b. Dec. 30, 1903.

733. GEORGE^ HIGGINS {Amos', Eleazer\ Reuhen\ Reuben\ Richard^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Oct. 4, 1843, at Charleston, Maine; died Sept. 27, 1886, in New York City; married Sept. 22, 1869, Maria Rosahe Terry of New York City.

George Higgins was educated in the schools of his native town and worked on the home farm until President Lincoln's first call for volunteers in 1861. Then without his parents' consent, he ran away from home and enlisted in the 6th Maine Cavalry in Washington, D. C. He remained in active service until September, 1863, when during a charge of his regiment he was badly injured by his horse falling and stepping upon him. After many months and the best possible care from his brother, Alvin Hamilton Higgins, and his uncle, George Higgins, in New York, he was able to return to his home in Maine, where he completely recovered. Late in 1864 he entered the employ of his uncles in their Carpet Factory. After a few months he was advised by his uncle, Nathaniel D. Higgins, to take up engineering. Accordingly, he obtained a position with the Corliss Engine Works at Providence, R. I. He then returned to the Carpet Works as chief engineer. To this was added in 1872 the position of master mechanic. On May 30, 1885, he succeeded to the position of superintendent of the works, a post he had been striving for for a long time. He was very successful and his uncles had unbounded confidence in his ability. He still carried the responsibility of the two former positions and the load proved to be too great a strain. The troubles he had suffered from since his accident in the army were aggravated and resulted in his death.

He was very fond of horses and owned many fast ones. His friends were legion and he was ever ready to help them in trouble. He kept his interest in his home town and relatives in Maine, and visited them every year. He lived in Forty-third Street for many years, where he owned considerable property. He was planning to retire and return to Maine when he died. He was a member of the Central Baptist Church and a Republican in politics. He left a considerable estate.

ii. Olney Lawrence, b. Sept. 21, 1874; educated in private schools in New York City, and spent his summers at Charleston, Maine. He became so attached to the place that he lived there nearly all the time from 1892 to 1904. Since then he has lived at Foxcroft, Maine, where he has a fine home. Devoted to horses and automobiles; he has never married, iii. Arthur Terry, b. Jan. 27, 1877; d. Oct. 17, 1897. As a boy he was full of pranks and fond of sports, but he had the good judgment to know when he had gone far enough. He was an enthusiastic hunter and spent much time at his camp on the west shore of Little Benson Pond. While there with his guide, their canoe was upset in a windstorm and he was drowned. He was not engaged in busmess and was unmarried.

Orrin Smith Higgins was educated in Gray and remained at home with his father on the old homestead, which they rebuilt and developed into one of the finest farms in the town or county. They did an extensive dairy business, selling their product in Portland at excellent prices. Orrin S. Higgins was a prominent member and trustee of the Baptist Church and a Republican in

737. NEHEMIAH TWINING ^ HIGGINS {Aquila\ Aquila\ Gideon^, Moses^, Richard^, Benjamhi^, Richard^), born Oct. 12, 1828; died Nov. 3, 1884; married Nov. 17, 1850, Lucy J. Baker, daughter of Joseph and Belinda Baker.

He resided at Provincetown, Mass. He served as a private in the 56th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, during the Civil War. Mrs. Fannie G. Higgins married (2) Dec. 11, 1877, Seth Smith of Provincetown.

He resided at Provincetown, Mass. After education in the schools of his native town, he started in life as a fisherman, but not meeting with the success he had expected, he abandoned fishing for whaling. In this he was very successful, on every voyage bringing home large quantities of oU, and on several voyages securing quantities of ambergris. On one voyage in the Adella Chase of New Bedford he brought in 128 pounds of this precious stuff, which sold for over $30,000. On his last voyage Captain Higgins sailed out of New Bedford in command of the bark Wanderer. In seventeen months he secured 2,250 barrels of sperm oil, a record catch, even in that port of famous voyages. Toward the end of this voyage his sight began failing him and he left his vessel and returned from St. Helena in a steamer, reaching his home almost blind. By skillful treatment his sight was almost restored, when he was stricken with paralysis and rapidly failed until the end. He was a member of the Boston Marine Society and of the Masons and Odd Fellows.

741. JABEZ BRADFORD 8 HIGGINS (Jahez\ Moses\ Elnatharv', Hoses'^, Richard^, Benjami-n}, Richard^), born Jan. 31, 1831; died July 14, 1904, at Orleans, Mass.; married Dec. 19, 1862, Melissa Snow, born April 26, 1834; died Jan. 5, 1915; daughter of Deacon David and Mary (Doane) Snow of Orleans.

745. AUGUSTUS EVERETT^ HIGGINS {Hanson Roheson\ Richard^, David^, Hoses'^, Richard^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Oct. 8, 1839, at Orleans, Mass.; died April 23, 1876, at Orleans; married Nov. 15, 1861, Emeline F. Rogers, born Aug. 14, 1842; died July 19, 1909, at Orleans; daughter of Zenas and Mary- Rogers.

746. LEWIS WASHBURN^ HIGGINS {Hanson Robeson^ Richard^, David^, Moses^, Richard^, Benjamin'^, Richard^), born Jan. 9, 1842, at Orleans, Mass.; died there March 6, 1916; married (1) April 26, 1866, Matilda G. Rogers, born Aug. 15, 1847, at Orleans; died there Oct. 12, 1877; daughter of Isaiah Y. and Olive Rogers of Orleans; married (2) May 31, 1879, Melora Joseph, born Oct. 5, 1855, at Dennisport, Mass.; died April 29, 1893, at Orleans; daughter of Francis and Anna (Kelly) Joseph of W^estern Islands and Dennisport; married (3) June 9, 1908, Mrs. Maria J. (Sederquest) Miller, daughter of John and Hannah M. (McGregor) Sederquest.

747. HANSON ROBESON ^ HIGGINS {Hanson Roheson\ Richard^, David^, Moses^, Richard^, Benjamin- , Richard^), born Oct. 21, 1853; married (1) Nov. 10, 1875, Bessie E. Robinson of Framingham; daughter of David and Livina Robinson (divorced) ; married (2) Mary Lee.

He resided at Bueksport, Ellsworth, and Stonington, Maine; was drafted and served in the Civil War; was a mechanic. In April, 1907, he was at Eden or Bar Harbor.

749. EPHRAIM8 HIGGESfS (Ephraim', Sparrow\ David\ Moses'^, Richard^, Benjamin'^, Richard^), born about 1825 at Somesville, Maine; married Catherine Smith, daughter of Samuel and (Robinson) Smith of Bueksport.

Joseph M. Higgins was a mariner and ship owner, wealthy and retired, living at Ellsworth, Maine, of which city he was in 1898 elected Mayor on the Democratic ticket.

753. GEORGE EDWIN^ HIGGINS {Seabury Mayo\ Samuel^ Jacob^, Isaac^, Isaac^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born May 20, 1862, at Memphis, N. Y.; married April 29, 1888, at Syracuse, N. Y., Costella Mae Lazier, daughter of Hiram Lazier of Syracuse, N. Y.

754. SEABURY MAYO« HIGGINS (Seabury Mayo\ Samuel\ Jacob^, Isaac'^, Isaac^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born May 13, 1868, at Memphis, N. Y.; married April 18, 1896, at Elbridge, N. Y., Helena Hill.

755. EBEN« HIGGINS (Eben\ Eben\ Jacob\ Isaac\ Isaac\ Benjamin"^, Richard^), born March 31, 1845, at Gloucester; married Sept. 15, 1868, at Dover, Sarah A. Goulding, born Sept. 15, 1845, at Garland, Maine.

756. WILLARD SEARS^ HIGGINS {Eben\ Ehen\ Jacobs Isaac'^, Isaac^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born May 23, 1847, at Gloucester; married April 7, 1870, at Gloucester, H. Maria James, born March 22, 1849; died Sept. 14, 1892, at Newtonville, Mass.

760. NELSON « HIGGINS {Jared\ Israeli Israel', Israeli Samuel^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born July 6, 1817, in Glastonbury, Conn.; died Feb. 4, 1901, at Derby, Conn.; married March 3, 1844, Fidelia Bulkeley, born June 16, 1815, at Hampton, Conn.; died Feb. 14, 1911, at New Britain, Conn.; daughter of Dan and Phebe (Burnett) Bulkeley of Hampton, Conn., and descendant of Rev. Peter Bulkeley of Concord, Mass., 1635.

Nelson Higgins spent his early life at Berlin, Conn. After his marriage he was in business for some years at Hampton, Conn. In 1857 he removed to New Britain, Conn, with his son-in-law, Frederick W. Benham.

i. Eugene Bulkeley, b. Jan. 15, 1846; married Sept. 25, 1857, Laura Raymond Culver of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; residence at East Orange, N. J., in 1917. No children.

iii. Mary Estelle, b. Aug. 20, 1852; married Oct. 30, 1878, Frederick W. Benham of New Britain, Conn.; resided at Derby, Conn., and at New Britain, Conn. No children.

761. SEPTERIUS8 HIGGINS (Jared'', Israel^ Israel\ Israel\ SamueP, Benjamin-, Richard^), born July 9, 1819; died March 18, 1874, at Brooklyn, N. Y.; married (1) in New York City, Sept. 14, 1847, Mary Hay ward, born Oct. 6, 1826, in England; died July 5, 1862, in New York City; daughter of Edward and Harriet (May)

* 1902; married April 29, 1845, Wealthy Atkins, born Sept. 29, 1826, in Wolcott, Conn.; died March 18, 1903; daughter of John S. and Esther (Harrison) Atkins of Berlin, Conn.

He resided at Fair Haven, Conn.; enlisted at New Haven, Aug. 20, 1862, in Co. F., 27th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry; was wounded at battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862; mustered out July 27, 1863, at expiration of service. Later he lived at Beckley, town of Berlin, Conn.

Thompson; (2) Sadie Howard ; (3) Mrs. Susan Blaisdell. iii. Harriet Hurlburt, b. Jan. 3, 1856; married George W. Smith of New Hartford, Conn.; both deceased. Child; Harry Monroe, b. Aug. 30, 1886; unmarried in 1914.

764. DE WITT CLINTON^ HIGGINS (Alden\ Israel^ Israel^, Israel^, Samuel^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born May 8, 1837, at Batavia, N. Y.; died April 25, 1895, at Newark, N. J.; married

767. ORRIN THRALL^ HIGGINS (Timothy'', Timothy^ Israel^, Israel^, Samuel^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Aug. 14, 1826, at Centerville, N. Y.; died March 3, 1890, at Olean, N. Y.; married Sept. 25, 1851, Lucia Cornelia Hapgood, born March 27, 1831, at Rushford, N. Y.; died there Sept. 15, 1868; daughter of Bates Turner and Alzina (Taylor) Hapgood.

He also became a realty operator. He was senior partner in the firm of Higgins, Blodgett & Co., which conducted a number of grocery stores in central New York towns, and was owner of large tracts of timber land in Minnesota. In politics he was a life-long Democrat, but supported Benjamin Harrison for the presidency in 1888.

Mrs. Higgins was educated at Phipps Union Seminary, Albion, N. Y., and graduated, 1849; had many opportunities for travel and was a woman of unusual culture and attainments.

i. Clara Alzina, b. Sept. 6, 1854; educated at Mrs. Bryan's celebrated school at Batavia, N. Y., together with a three years' course at Berlin, Germany; married Oct. 17, 1877, Frank Sullivan Smith, son of William M. Smith, M.D., of Paterson, N. J., born Oct. 14, 1851, at Angelica, N. Y., residing there and in New York City. 938. ii. Frank Wayland, b. Aug. 18, 1856; married Kate C. Noble, iii. Edward Hapgood, b. Sept. 18, 1858; d. Jan. 13, 1859.

769. JAMES EMERY^ HIGGINS {WilliamJ, William\ Israel^, Israel"^, SamueP, Benjamin^, Richard^), born Dec. 19, 1844, at AngeHca, N. Y.; died Feb. 11, 1879, at Holland City, Mich.; married Jan. 1, 1870, Sarah Jane Potter of Otsego, Mich., born April 5, 1850; daughter of Josiah and Susan Jane (Carmen) Potter.

770. GEORGE DERMOTT^ HIGGINS {William'', William^ Israel'', Israel"^, Samuel^, Benjamin}, Richard}), born Dec. 27, 1859; married 1888 at Plainwell, Mich., Isa Curtis of Ottawa, 111.

771. FRANgOIS WESLEY^ HIGGINS (Fraufois De Nogue\ James^, Sylvanus^, Israel^, Samuel^, Benjamin"^, Richard^), born at Plymouth, Chenango County, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1857; died Dec. 18, 1903, at Cortland, N. Y.; married Nov. 26, 1879, Kittie Smith, born Sept. 4, 1860; daughter of Moses Gage and Polly (Doud) Smith of McGraw, N. Y.

He attended medical schools at Ann Arbor, Mich., and in New York City, and began the practice of medicine in 1881 at Truxton, N. Y. After five years he went to Chemung, N. Y., but early in 1887 he located permanently at Cortland, N. Y. He was active and studious, taking post-graduate courses in New York, Philadelphia, and in Europe. He was a member of the County Medical Society and prominent in Cortland and in the Methodist Episcopal Church there, also a Mason.

939. i. Reuben Paul, b. Sept. 27, 1880; married Mabel A. Brewer. ii. Max Smith, b. June 22, 1882; educated at Cornell, class of 1906; mechanical engineer; assistant secretary, Mesta Machine Co. of Pittsburgh, Penn.; residence, Hagerstown, Md., in 1916. iii. George Hendrick, b. July 8, 1886; married Celestia

1859, at Poolville, Madison County, N. Y.; married Oct. 7, 1885, Carrie E. Kingman, born June 16, 1858; adopted daughter of Henry Kingman of Cincinnatus, N. Y.

773. WILLL\M EDWARD » HIGGINS (Alvin^ Jehiel\ Heman^, Israel'^, Samuel^, BenjaTniv?, Richard}), born May 16, 1828, at Salina (now first ward of Syracuse), N. Y.; died Aug. 10, 1897, at Syracuse, N. Y.; married Aug. 25, 1861, at Syracuse, N. Y., Margaret E. Barrett.

774. GEORGE OSCARS HIGGINS (^Almn\ Jehiel\ Heman\ Israel^, Samuel^, Benjamin"^, Richard^), born June 9, 1831, in Salina, N. Y.; married Oct. 4, 1860, in Sacramento, CaL, Annie M. Stewart, born Jan. 23, 1842, in Allegany County, Md.

777. WERTER CHAPIN^ HIGGINS (Silas\ Sylvester^ Heman^, Israel'^, Samuel^, Benjamin^, Richard^), born March 4, 1837; died April 21, 1910; married June 26, 1860, Grace Agnes Taintor, born Aug. 26, 1835, at Clinton, Conn.; died July 14, 1916, at Hudson, N. Y.; daughter of Henry and Ann Maria (Crane) Taintor.

Werter C. Higgins resided at Norwich, Conn., but removed to Boston in 1899. Before removing to Norwich, Conn., where he was in business for many years, he was in business in New York City.

Mrs. Grace (Taintor) Higgins graduated in 1855 from the famous school founded by Catherine Beecher at Hartford. She spent her life in helpfulness and unselfish devotion to her family, but retained her interest in current afiFairs to the very last. She died at the home of her daughter in Hudson, N. Y., where she spent her winters after the death of her husband, but was interred at Norwich, Conn.

777A. HENRY CHARLES^ HIGGINS {Charles Snow\ Bela\ Nehemiah^, Ichabod'^, Samuel^, Benjamin?, Richard^), born May 6, 1865, at Cincinnatus, N. Y.; married Dec. 25, 1909, at Niagara Falls, Ontario, Henrietta Lillian Carroll, born Oct. 17, 1871, at Door Village, Ind.; daughter of Eli Pickett and Hannah Eliza (Higgins) Carroll.

Daniel F. Higgins was a lawyer and resided at Joliet, 111. He was interested in his Higgins ancestry, and in 1883 published a pamphlet of twelve pages, which he had compiled by the aid of Mies Sarah Higgins of Benson, Vt., and others, containing all he could learn of Samuel Higgins of Killingworth, Conn., and Castleboro, Vt., and his descendants. The entire contents of the pamphlet are included in this genealogy.

He sailed at the age of fourteen in a vessel going round Cape Horn to Central America and California, chiefly after hides. He kept a log book of the voyage, which he preserved as one of his most treasured possessions. In 1903 one of the Chicago newspapers published an interview with Mr. Higgins in which the latter gave an account of his life and quoted from the old log book kept on his first voyage. The book shows that the vessel, Leonesa E. Miller, sailed June 26, 1843, from Liverpool, bound