Israel HIGGINS

1728 - 1790  (61 years)

• Name	Israel HIGGINS
  Birth	3 Oct 1728	Eastham, Barnstable Co, MA
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Aug 1790	Middle Haddam, Middlesex, CT
  Person ID	I5197	adkinshorton
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Israel HIGGINS,   b. 26 Apr 1706, Eastham, Barnstable Co, MA d. 7 Feb 1788, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, CT (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Ruth BROWN
  Family ID	F24965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth AIKEN,   b. 3 Apr 1733, Eastham, Barnstable Co, MA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	15 Feb 1753	Middletown, Middlesex Co, CT   [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. George W. Higgins,   b. 20 Oct 1756, Middletown, Middlesex Co, CT d. 1820, Wabash Co, IL (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F24964	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Israel Higgins is a D.A.R. certified veteran of the American Revolutionary War, serving for Connecticut: A055292 Israel was a Revolutionary War soldier for two months in 1778 or 79. He was involved with special forces in an effort to dislodge a British military group in Maine near the Penobscott River, The effort was unsuccessful and subsequently there was an investigation of the failure.

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] Connecticut, All Town Birth Records, Pre-1870 (Vital Stats), Middletown, p268. [S17] Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, East Hampton, p118.