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The life of Elkanah Higgins
Biography
Elkanah Higgins belonged to the household of Ebenezer Higgins and Abigail Cole at Eastham, on Cape Cod in present-day Massachusetts. Born in 1729, he married Sarah Knowles; their marriage intentions were recorded at Eastham in July 1757, according to the Mayflower Society's Patriot to Passenger compilation. Their daughter Lydia, born in 1762, later married Uriah Doane.
Elkanah lived until 1815. The Mayflower Society includes him in its compilation of Revolutionary patriots, identifying him by his parents and his marriage to Sarah.
The burial listing associates Elkanah Higgins with Bridge Road Cemetery, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Children with Sarah Knowles
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Marriage intention — Historical Nauset / Eastham township, Cape Cod.
Historical Nauset / Eastham township, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
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Probable final locality — Eastham, Massachusetts.
Eastham, Massachusetts
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Burial — Herring Pond / Bridge Road Cemetery, Eastham, Massachusetts.
Herring Pond / Bridge Road Cemetery, Eastham, Massachusetts
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Probable birth and family household — Historical Nauset / Eastham township, Cape Cod.
Historical Nauset / Eastham township, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
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Family records
- Canonical PROD, revision 116
- Location evidence: person 196
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