 1640 - 1691 (~ 50 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Benjamin HIGGINS was born in Jun 1640 in Eastham, Barnstable Co, MA; died on 14 Mar 1690/91 in Eastham, Barnstable Co, MA. Notes:
Marriage year also given as 1666. Benjamin and Lydia are said to have had 7 sons together.
Benjamin married Lydia BANGS on 24 Dec 1661 in Eastham, Barnstable Co, MA. Lydia (daughter of Edward BANGS and Rebecca HOBART) was born after 1640. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 2. Ichabod HIGGINS
 was born on 14 Nov 1662 in Eastham, Barnstable Co, MA; died on 1 Jun 1728 in Eastham, Barnstable Co, MA.
- 3. Samuel HIGGINS was born on 7 Mar 1676 in Eastham, Barnstable Co, MA; died on 10 Dec 1761 in Eastham, Barnstable Co, MA.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Ichabod HIGGINS (1.Benjamin1) was born on 14 Nov 1662 in Eastham, Barnstable Co, MA; died on 1 Jun 1728 in Eastham, Barnstable Co, MA. Notes:
Children of Ichabod Higgins were: John Higgins , *Nathaniel Higgins , Thankful Higgins , Lydia Higgins , Ebenezer Higgins , Thomas Higgins .
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Generation: 3
| 4. | Israel HIGGINS (3.Samuel2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 26 Apr 1706 in Eastham, Barnstable Co, MA; died on 7 Feb 1788 in Middle Haddam, Middlesex, CT. Israel married Ruth BROWN. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 5. Israel HIGGINS was born on 3 Oct 1728 in Eastham, Barnstable Co, MA; died on 4 Aug 1790 in Middle Haddam, Middlesex, CT.
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Generation: 4
| 5. | Israel HIGGINS (4.Israel3, 3.Samuel2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 3 Oct 1728 in Eastham, Barnstable Co, MA; died on 4 Aug 1790 in Middle Haddam, Middlesex, CT. 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.
Israel married Elizabeth AIKEN on 15 Feb 1753 in Middletown, Middlesex Co, CT. Elizabeth was born on 3 Apr 1733 in Eastham, Barnstable Co, MA; and died. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 6. George W. Higgins was born on 20 Oct 1756 in Middletown, Middlesex Co, CT; was christened on 26 Nov 1756 in East Hampton, Middlesex Co, CT; died in 1820 in Wabash Co, IL.
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