Jonathan HIGGINS

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Name:
Jonathan Higgins, the son of Jonathan Higgins' he may have been the son of an unnamed first wife or of Jonathan's wife Lydia (Sparrow) (Freeman) Higgins. HIs parentage is confirmed by an unrecorded deed of 25 June 1754 in which "Jonathan Higgins Junior, Yeoman, sold to Samuel Higgins Junior, carpenter, for L4, a quarter part of that lot in Cedar Swamp, in the south part of Eastham, near his dwelling house, it being the one quarter part of the lot laid out to his father Jonathan Higgins."

Jonathan married Rebecca HOPKINS on 5 Apr 1722 in Harwich, Massachusetts. Rebecca (daughter of Stephen HOPKINS and Sarah HOWES) was born about 1697; died on 19 Mar 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Lydia SPARROW after 27 Apr 1696. Lydia (daughter of Capt. Jonathan SPARROW and Rebecca BANGS) was born after 19 Nov 1660 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Mar 1708/9. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Richard Higgins and Lydia Chandler

Notes:

Excerpt from Mayflower Increasings: 4 July 1679, Jonathan was fined for his relationship with Hannah who was his dec'd wife's sister; their first child was b. Feb. 1680/1681.

Jonathan married Elizabeth ROGERS on 09 Jan 1660 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Lieut. Joseph ROGERS and Hannah ?) was born on 19 Sep 1639 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died between 02 Jan 1677 and 04 Jul 1679 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Excerpt from Genealogical Records: Pilgrim genealogies and Histories": Jonathan held numerous public offices, including that of school master, and acted as an attorney for townsmen. He was a deputy at 19 sessions of the Colonial Court, and commanded a troop of horse. He left a will, and much land.

Name:
Jonathan Sparrow son of Richard and Pandora Sparrow was born in England, and died at Eastham on 21 March 1706/7. On 28 October 1654 he married for his first wife, Rebecca, who was born at Plymouth about 1635, and died at Eastham, Massachusetts before 1667. She was the daughter of Edward Bangs. Jonathan's second wife was Hannah Prence, widow of Nathaniel Mayo and they were married after 5 June 1667 and probably before 1669.

Jonathan Sparrow was a Lieutenant in Captain John Gorham's company in the Narragansett fight during King Philip's War being promoted from Ensign on 4 October 1675. His heirs received a share in Narragansett Township No. 7 now Gorham, Maine for his services then. By 6 June 1677, he was a Captain, which commission was renewed in October 1689. He became a freeman in June 166 although he was listed as a legal voter in Eastham as early as May 1655. He moved with his parents to Eastham and thereafter took an active part in town affairs being Deputy to the General Court at Plymouth at least 19 years and later for at least eight years representative to the General Court at Boston. He acquired much land and in a deed by his heirs dated 5 October 1708, children and grandchildren are mentioned.

Jonathan Sparrow's will was dated 10 March 1706/7 and was probated on 3 April 1707. Jonathan and Rebecca had six children of whom the oldest was REBECCA, who was born at Eastham, Massachusetts, on 30 October 1655, and died on 17 February 1740. She married THOMAS FREEMAN on 31 December 1673. Jonathan and Hannah Sparrow's daughter PATIENCE was born at Eastham, Massachusetts, about 1670, and died at Harwich, Massachusetts on 25 October 1745. She married JOSEPH PAINE on 27 May 1691. Jonathan Sparrow married Sarah (Lewis) Cobb, widow of James Cobb on 23 November 1698 for his third wife.

Jonathan married Rebecca BANGS on 28 Oct 1654 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Rebecca (daughter of Edward BANGS and Rebecca HOBART) was born about 1635/6 in Plymouth, Massachusetts; died before 1667 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Lydia CHANDLER on 23 Nov 1634 in Eastham, Massachusetts. Lydia died before 1650. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Edmund Chandler, of Duxbury and Scituate

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: Between 12 and 25 Jan 1678
• Will: 02 Jan 1677/8
• Fact: 15 Jan 1677/8, Inventory of estate

Notes:

Came with his fathr to America in the 'Mayflower' in 1620, when a lad of 12 to 13 yrs old; and his father dying early in 1621, left the boy upon his own resources. He settled at Duxbury and later went to Sandwich where he resided for a time; and in 1655, he removed to Eastham, Mass., permanently locating thre - where he died.

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Lieut. Joseph Rogers went to Eastham soon after the settlement opened, paid his proportion of the purchase money, and at once took a leading part in the affairs of the new township. He came over in the Mayflower, with his father,Thomas Rogers, and appears to have been the only member of his father's family that ventured in that famous vessel. At the time, it appears, he was a lad. He doubtless was the eldest of his father's children, and, perhaps, came to have care of his father, who, it is inferred from what Bradford has stated, was a widower. His father did not survive the first winter; he took the distemper which carried off so many of that noble band, died, and was buried, as is supposed, with the other victims on Cole's Hill. Some years afterwards the remaining portion of his family found their way to this country, where they married and settled. With whom Lieut. Joseph lived during that terrible winter and spring, after burying his father, does not appear. It certainly must have been a dreary winter to him as well as to the other survivors. the bill of mortality as given by Prince, the chronologist, as gathered from Bradford's papers, shows that the little band of worthies was incapable of doing much more than to attend to the sick and to bury the dead, for the first four months. the number of deaths occurring in December was six; January, eight; February, seventeen and in March thirteen. Elder Brewster and Captain Standish were among the very few that escaped the sickness. They have been highly spoken of by the Pilgrim historian for their great services during the sickness.....

In 1647, at the June session of the Old Colony court, he was proposed as a suitable person for a lieutenant at Nausett to "exercise the men" in arms, and was appointed. He held this position till 166, when his lieutenancy was revoked, and he was released from further duty as militia officer. He was however, reappointed lieutenant of the Eastham Company in 1664, succeeding Lieut. Wm Merrick or Myrick. In February, 1652, with other persons from various parts of the colony, he was appointed to la out the way fro Sandwich to near Eel River in Plymouth. In 1658, he was one of the Council of War, and that year had liberty to purchase tracts of meadow at Pottonumecot, near the mouth of the river.

Joseph married Hannah ? about 1632. Hannah died between 02 Jan 1677 and 1678. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 19 Nov 1660

Notes:

Excerpt from "Genealogical Records: Pilgrim Genealogies and Histories": Certain members of the Sparrow family of England owned shares in the Virginia Company, and were probably among the early planters of Jamestown, but had become discouraged about conditins in that settlement previous to 1630, therefore, it is not surprising to find Richard Sparrow, his wife and son Jonathan residents of Plymouth as early as 1632.

Excerpt from "Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines":
Richard Sparrow, with his wife Pandora (?) and son Jonathan, emigrated from England and became a resident of Plymouth, Massachusetts, as early as 1632. In 1633 he became a freeman; in that year, as well as in the following one, he paid a tax of nine shillings; in 1640 he appointed to view the meadows; and from 1640 to 1653 he was a surveyor of highways at least seven times. He must have displayed either a special fitness or an especial likeing for jury service for he is found to have assisted in the deliberations of twenty-eight diferent juries between 1640 and 1658; he was also on five grand juries and on two coroners' juries. He held the position of constable in 1640 and 1641, was one of the receivers of "Exsise" in 1650, and was the recipient of seven or more tracts of land between 1636 and 1642.

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Richard Sparrow was in Plymouth as early as 1633. In 1638, he had forty acres of land granted him on the north end of Fresh lake. The same year he was one of those who investigated the cause of the death of John England, whose body had been found upon the flats about Plymouth. In 1639 he was one of the grand jurors for Plymouth; and is mentioned as having taken a fatherless girl as an "apprentice" for nine years, her former friend and stepfather consenting. The same year, he is reported as having had four steers sold him, by John Barnes, which were being wintered at Yarmouth, where they were to be delivered. In 1640, he was a constable and surveyor at Plymouth, and had meadow granted him at that place. In 1643, he was a grand juror, and in 1647 a surveyor at Plymouth, In 1650 he was a resident in that town, and had a cow stolen by one called in the record Thomas Sherne. He was in Eastham in 1655, and a surveyor. In 1656 he represented Eastham in the colony court, showing that after so short a residence the good people of Nausett had full confidence in his abilities, and that they were willing to entrust him with official honors. In 1657, with John Doane, Josiah cooke, Richard Higgins, and John Smalley, he had land granted him between Bridgewater and Weymouth. The same year, with Thomas Clark, the accommodation of Mr. Prence, who had been chosen governor, and from court, while he had his home in Nausett. He was a surveyor in 1658, and a grand juror in 1659. He died at Eastham, "the 8th of Jan. in the year one thousand six hundred and sixty" say the Eastham records. His will was made Nov. 9, 1660, and presented at Plymouth march 5, 1660/1. It was witnessed by Samuel Freeman and Josiah Cooke. He mentions wife Pandora, son Jonathan, granddaughters Priscilla and Rebecca, and a grandson, John Sparrow. He gave to the church at Eastham, "one ewe sheep," which his executors were to dispose of to the best advantage. He gave his place, etc., to his wife during her life, and at her decease, to his son Jonathan. this place was situated in the present town of Eastham, near the old burying-ground of the first settlers. A Short time after his death, the mother and son sold out to Mr. Thomas Crosby, the religious teacher, and removed to the highlands of Porchet, within what is now called East Orleans, where the son Jonathan had made several purchases. Here the widow, it is supposed, lived until her death. He had a son but not daughters to survive him. the son, Captain Jonathan Sparrow, was a prominent man in Eastham.

Richard married Pandora ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 19 Oct 1677

Notes:

Excerpts from Genealogical Records: Pilgrim Genealogies and Histories: He arrived at Plymouth in 1623 in the "Ann." He was made a freeman 1633, and removed to Eastham in 1644 with the planters of that town, where he served as a Grand-Juryman, overseer of the Board. He was a Deputy to the Colony Court for four or five years. The first vessel built in Plymouth was a barque of 40 or 50 tons, and Edward Bangs had charge of the construction.

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Edward Bangs, one of the seven who began the settlement at Nausett in 1645, came over from England in the Ann in 1623, a fellow passenger with Nicholas Snow. At this period he was about thirty-two years of age, but whether a married or single man is not positively known. In the beginning of the year 1624, it having been decided to allow each person who came over in the first three ships, one acre apiece to be laid out near the settlement as possible, for planting land, which each was to use for seven years, the records show that "Bangs" was assigned four acres "towards Eel River," while Nicholas Snow was allowed the use of one acre. From this fact, it has been supposed Mr. Bangs was a married man with children at this early date. Mr. Bangs is mentioned in the records as being of John Jenney's company, which numbered thirteen persons, and to which "the twelfth lot" of cattle fell at the division, May 22, 1627. to this company "fell" says the record, "the great white back cow, which was brought over with the first in the Ann." both Bradford and Morton say the first neat cattle were brought over in the year 1624....

Mr. Bangs was the first treasurer of Eastham, after the settlement in 1645. He was a surveyor of highways in 1647, 1650 and 165, and perhaps a deputy to the court in 1652, which year he was also of the Grand Inquest. In 1657 he was allowed "to draw wine" and strong water at Eastham, with instructions not to sell to the Indians. In 1658, he agreed to find "2 horses and 2 men for the country's service," upon the town providing "sufficient furniture for them." In 1659, he "promised freely" to find "a man and horse with complete furniture, for the term of one year for the country's service." Upon an order of the court to appoint overseers of the poor, with Nicholas Snow and Richard Higgins, he was appointed for Eastham in 1659. After this he took but little interest in public matters.

Whether Mr. Bangs was more than once married, it is impossible to determine. His wife, in 1651, was called Rebecca. If she were his only wife, she was a daughter of Robert Hicks, who died at Scituate in 1647, as he mentions his grandson, John Bangs, in his will, which would indicate that John Bangs' mother was a daughter and that she had been or was the wife of Edward Bangs.

Mr. Bangs died at Eastham, about the last of February in the year 1677-8, at the age of about 86 years, leaving no wife. HIs will, a lengthy document, in which he makes known his age, bears date Oct. 19, 1677. It was presented for proof at Plymouth, March 5, 1677/8, Mr. John Freeman and Mr. Thomas Crosby upon oath, testifying as to its being his last will.

Edward Bangs, son of John and Jane Bangs was born at Chichester or Chester, England and baptized on 28 October 1591. He died at Eastham in February 1677/8. He came to Plymouth in July 1623 on the ship Anne which had sailed from England in April of that year. Most of those passengers on the Anne probably had been on the ship Paragon which had attempted the voyage the year before but turned back because the ship was leaky. It is presumed Edward's wife came with him and probably two children. In any case they were not living on 22 May 1627. His second Wife was a daughter of Robert Hicks probably Lydia and they were married about 1633/4. She died soon after the birth of her son John, for John Bangs married about 1537/7 for his third wife Rebecca. She may have been the daughter of Edmund Hobart of Hingham and sister of Rev. Peter Hobart of Hingham.

Edward Bangs was active in the life of the Plymouth Colon serving on various committees such as those to fix boundaries and in January 1637/8 helped fix the limits of John Alden's land at Duxbury. In 1640 with Thomas Prence, Miles Standish, John Winslow and others he measured a meadow at Green's harbor. In 1633 he became a freeman. He contributed to the building of a bark and subscribed a sixteenth part with ten men while three men subscribed an eight part each. In 1643 with Thomas Prence, Nicholas Snow and others he viewed the land which they settled in April 1644, then called Nauset and later called Eastham. He was the first Town Treasurer and remained so for 19 yers. On 22 June 1651, stating he was a yeoman, he sold his land t Plymouth. To meet Eastham's quota of soldiers he furnished a man and horse at his expense for two years. Of the children of Edward and Rebecca Bangs, Rebecca married Jonathan Sparrow at Eastham on 28 October 1654. She was born about 1635 and died at Eastham, Massachusetts. before 1667.

Edward married Rebecca HOBART between 1635 and 1637. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Possibly the daughter of Edmund Hobart of Hingham and sister of Rev. Peter Hobart of Hinghm