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1664 - 1754 (89 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Jonathan HIGGINS was born in Aug 1664 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts; died between 2 Nov 1753 and Jun 1754. 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]
Children:
- 2. Capt Joseph HIGGINS was born on 1 Oct 1690 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts; died on 21 Dec 1783 in Lyme, Connecticut.
- 3. Samuel HIGGINS was born on 5 Oct 1694 in Eastham, Massachusetts; died on 25 Jul 1776.
- 4. Jonathan HIGGINS was born about 1697 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts; died on 30 Jan 1792 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massahusetts.
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Generation: 2
2. | Capt Joseph HIGGINS (1.Jonathan1) was born on 1 Oct 1690 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts; died on 21 Dec 1783 in Lyme, Connecticut. Notes:
Name:
Joseph Higgins, son of Jonathan and Lydia (Sparrow) (Freeman) Higgins. The parentage of Joseph is proved by a deed of 9 June 1714 in which Joseph Higgins Junior sold to Jonathan Higgins Junior land "to me belonging & also all the right of my brother Beriah Higgins thereto belonging," all of "which our Honoured great-grandfather Lieutt. Joseph rogers, gave to our Honoured Grand Mother Hegggins.
Joseph married Mercy REMICK on 18 Feb 1718/9 in Eastham, Massachusetts. Mercy (daughter of Abraham REMICK and Elizabeth FREEMAN) was born on 29 Jul 1698 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts; died on 22 Nov 1768 in Lyme, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Mercy HIGGINS was born in Dec 1727; died on 20 Oct 1782; was buried in Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut.
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4. | Jonathan HIGGINS (1.Jonathan1) was born about 1697 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts; died on 30 Jan 1792 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massahusetts. Notes:
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]
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Generation: 3
5. | Mercy HIGGINS (2.Joseph2, 1.Jonathan1) was born in Dec 1727; died on 20 Oct 1782; was buried in Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut. Other Events and Attributes:
- Fact: Daughter of Capt. Joseph Higgins and Mercy Remick
Mercy married John MATHER on 13 Jun 1745. John (son of Lieut. Joseph MATHER and Phoebe DE WOLF) was born on 31 Jul 1721 in Lyme, Connecticut; died on 1 Jan 1804; was buried in Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. John MATHER was born on 4 Apr 1746.
- 8. Stephen MATHER was born on 9 Feb 1758 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 7 Jun 1837 in Ellington, Chautauqua Co., New York; was buried in Little Clear Creek Cemetery, Conewango, Cattaraugus Co., New York.
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Generation: 4
8. | Stephen MATHER (5.Mercy3, 2.Joseph2, 1.Jonathan1) was born on 9 Feb 1758 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 7 Jun 1837 in Ellington, Chautauqua Co., New York; was buried in Little Clear Creek Cemetery, Conewango, Cattaraugus Co., New York. Family/Spouse: Elizabeth PECK. Elizabeth was born on 5 Jun 1760; died on 12 Sep 1839; was buried in Little Clear Creek Cemetery, Conewango, Cattaraugus Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 10. Daniel G. MATHER was born on 12 Sep 1796 in Otsego County, New York; died on 12 Sep 1885 in Clarksville, Butler Co., Iowa; was buried in Lynwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co., Iowa.
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