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Benjamin Higgins

Male 1640 - 1691  (50 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin Higgins was born in Jul 1640 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (son of Richard Higgins and Lydia Chandler); died on 14 Mar 1691 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Old Address: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
    • Occupation: Constable at Plymouth
    • Occupation: Juryman at Plymouth
    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent
    • Occupation: 1675; Served in King Philips War

    Benjamin married Lydia Lidia Bangs on 24 Dec 1661 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Lydia (daughter of Captain Edward Bangs and Lydia Hicks) was born in 1642 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died in 1707 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Ichabod Higgins was born on 14 Nov 1662 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died in 1728.
    2. Richard Higgins was born on 14 Oct 1664 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; and died.
    3. John Higgins was born on 20 Nov 1666 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; and died.
    4. Joshua Higgins was born on 1 Oct 1668 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; and died.
    5. Lidia Higgins was born in May 1670 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; and died.
    6. Isaac Higgins was born on 31 Aug 1672 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died in 1760.
    7. Benjamin Higgins was born on 14 Jun 1674 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; and died.
    8. Samuel Higgins was born on 7 Mar 1676 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died on 10 Dec 1761 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
    9. Benjamin Higgins was born on 15 Sep 1681 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died in 1760.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Richard Higgins was born in Aug 1603 in , , England, United Kingdom (son of Robert Edward Higgins and Elizabeth Julian Meals); died on 21 Jun 1675 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Tailor
    • To Lady Kathleen: 10 x great grandfather
    • Immigration Information: 1632; Sailed from England to Plymouth, Mass
    • Occupation: 1644; Founder of Eastham, Mass
    • Occupation: 1653; Member of the Council of War

    Richard married Lydia Chandler on 11 Dec 1634 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Lydia (daughter of Edmund Chandler and 1st UnNamed, wife of Chandler) was born in 1613 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died in 1651 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Lydia Chandler was born in 1613 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (daughter of Edmund Chandler and 1st UnNamed, wife of Chandler); died in 1651 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent
    • Baptism: 6 Jun 1927

    Children:
    1. Jonathan Higgins was born in Jul 1637 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died about 1721.
    2. 1. Benjamin Higgins was born in Jul 1640 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died on 14 Mar 1691 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Robert Edward Higgins was born on 7 Sep 1545 in Widsham, Somerset, England, United Kingdom (son of John Higgins and Elizabeth Clynton); and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Robert married Elizabeth Julian Meals in 1598 in , , England, United Kingdom. Elizabeth (daughter of Christopher Meals and Elizabeth) was born in 1582 in Bridstone, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom; died on 1 Aug 1603 in Langley Parish, Stroke Hundred, Colnbrook, Hertford, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Julian Meals was born in 1582 in Bridstone, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (daughter of Christopher Meals and Elizabeth); died on 1 Aug 1603 in Langley Parish, Stroke Hundred, Colnbrook, Hertford, England, United Kingdom.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As : Julia
    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Notes:

    (Research):Julian Meals(61) was born about 1581. She died on 1 Aug 1603. Parents: Christopher Meals and Elizabeth (Meals). She was married to Edward Higgins 1596-1602. From "The Doane, Emmons, Lindner, Roney, and Stout Families", by Robert Harold Lindner: "Edward Higgins, b. 7 Sept. 1545; m. 1598 Julian Meals, b. prob. Bridstone, County Hertford, England, 1582; d. Langley Parish, Stoke-hundred, Hertfordshire, England, 1 Aug. 1603. It appears that Edward Higgins was fifty-three and Julian was sixteen when they were married. In the church yard at Langley Parish, Stoke-hundred, a brass plate bears the following inscription:
    'Here lies the body of Julian Higgins, wife to Edward Higgins, and dau. to Chris. and Elizabeth Meals, who lived in the Feare of God and died the Fayth of Christ, 1 Aug. Anno Dei 1603.'

    'A most kind child,
    A wife most mild,
    A spouse and daughter deare;
    Though young of age,
    Modest and sage,
    Behold interred here.'

    Higgins Children:

    Jonathon, b. 1599
    Thomas, b. 1600
    Julian, b. 1601
    Richard, b. 1 Aug. 1603, on the day of his mother's death"

    Children were: Jonathon Higgins, Thomas Higgins, Julian Higgins, *Richard Higgins.

    Children:
    1. 2. Richard Higgins was born in Aug 1603 in , , England, United Kingdom; died on 21 Jun 1675 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.

  3. 6.  Edmund Chandler was born in 1587 in Stokes Newington, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom (son of John Chandler and Jane Gitton); died in May 1662 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As : Edmond
    • Occupation: Edmund was a draper, say-weaver (a weaver of coarse blanket-like cloth) and a pipe- maker.
    • To Lady Kathleen: 11 x great grandfather
    • Immigration Information: 1632, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Name: Edmund Chandler Arrival year: 1632 Arrival Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts Primary Immigrant: Chandler, Edmund Source Publication Code: 1262 Annotation: Date and place of settlement or date and place of arrival. Names not restricted to the Order of Founders and Patriots of America. Source Bibliography: COLKET, MEREDITH B., JR. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657. Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975. 366p.

    Edmund married 1st UnNamed, wife of Chandler. 1st was born in 1591 in , , England, United Kingdom; died in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  1st UnNamed, wife of Chandler was born in 1591 in , , England, United Kingdom; died in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Immigration Information: Immigrant to Plymouth
    • To Lady Kathleen: 11 x great grandmother

    Children:
    1. Samuel Chandler was born on 16 May 1611; died in 1683.
    2. 3. Lydia Chandler was born in 1613 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died in 1651 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
    3. Unnamed Chandler was born in 1619 in Leiden, , Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died on 26 Mar 1619.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Higgins was born in 1520; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Notes:

    Birth:
    to 1525

    John married Elizabeth Clynton. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Clynton and Margery Tracy) was born in 1523; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Clynton was born in 1523 (daughter of Thomas Clynton and Margery Tracy); and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Children:
    1. 4. Robert Edward Higgins was born on 7 Sep 1545 in Widsham, Somerset, England, United Kingdom; and died.

  3. 10.  Christopher Meals was born in 1556 in , , England, United Kingdom; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Christopher married Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born in 1560; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth was born in 1560; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As : Elizabeth, Wife of Meals
    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Children:
    1. 5. Elizabeth Julian Meals was born in 1582 in Bridstone, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom; died on 1 Aug 1603 in Langley Parish, Stroke Hundred, Colnbrook, Hertford, England, United Kingdom.

  5. 12.  John Chandler was born in 1555 in , , England, United Kingdom; died in St. Margaret, Moyses, , England, United Kingdom.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    John married Jane Gitton. Jane was born in 1560 in , , England, United Kingdom; died in St. Margaret, Moyses, , England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Jane Gitton was born in 1560 in , , England, United Kingdom; died in St. Margaret, Moyses, , England, United Kingdom.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Children:
    1. 6. Edmund Chandler was born in 1587 in Stokes Newington, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom; died in May 1662 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.