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Jedediah HIGGINS
1656 - 1715 (59 years)-
Name Jedediah HIGGINS Birth 5 Mar 1656 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America 
[1] Christening 12 May 1684 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America [1] Gender Male Name Jedediah “Jediah” Higgins [1] _FSFTID 97J4-QVT _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/97J4-QVT _UID 568C31ED42124377AB1C9E4D069E25E26B65 Death 23 Apr 1715 Kingston, South Brunswick Township, Middlesex, New Jersey, British Colonial America [1] Person ID I2025 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
Father Richard HIGGINS, b. 1 Aug 1603, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England d. 21 Jun 1675, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, British Colonial America (Age 71 years) Mother Mary BROWN, b. 1628, New Haven, New Haven, British Colonial America, Connecticut, USA d. 2 Dec 1702, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, British Colonial America (Age 74 years) Family ID F536732510 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary NEWBOLD, b. 23 May 1661, Eckington, England d. 25 Apr 1715, Piscataway, Middelsex, New Jersey (Age 53 years) Marriage 12 May 1684 Eastham, Massachusetts Children 1. Anne Newbold HIGGINS, b. 8 Mar 1684, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States d. Yes, date unknown2. Rose HIGGINS, b. 6 Nov 1685, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 23 Apr 1715, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States (Age 29 years)3. Mary Jane HIGGINS, b. 22 Jan 1688, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 2 Jun 1750, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 62 years)4. Mary HIGGINS, b. 25 Oct 1688, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States d. 1699, Amwel, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States (Age 10 years)5. Zerah HIGGINS, b. 2 Jun 1689, New Jersey, United States d. 12 Dec 1695 (Age 6 years)6. Thomas HIGGINS, b. Abt 1690, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States d. 23 Apr 1715, Somerset, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States (Age ~ 25 years)7. Robert HIGGINS, b. 1690, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland d. 1800, Mercer, Kentucky, United States (Age 110 years)8. John HIGGINS, b. 11 Apr 1690, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States d. 23 Apr 1715, Somerset, New Jersey, United States (Age 25 years)9. Jediah H HIGGINS, II, b. 11 Apr 1691, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 19 Jan 1772, Kingston, South Brunswick Township, Middlesex, New Jersey, British Colonial America (Age 80 years)10. Benjamin HIGGINS, b. 19 Apr 1691, Somerset, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States d. Somerset, New Jersey, United States 11. Rachel HIGGINS, b. 16 Jul 1692, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, British Colonial America d. Middlesex, New Jersey, British Colonial America 12. James HIGGINS, b. 7 Aug 1692, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States d. 10 May 1718, Somerset, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States (Age 25 years)13. Phebe HIGGINS, b. 11 Oct 1696, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. Bef 23 Apr 1715, Somerset, Mercer, New Jersey, United States (Age 18 years)14. Mary HIGGINS, b. 24 Jan 1698, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, British Colonial America d. 11 Apr 1773, Cloverhill, Hunterdon, New Jersey, British Colonial America (Age 75 years)15. Mary HIGGINS, b. 24 Jan 1700, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States d. 5 Aug 1700, Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States (Age 0 years)Family ID F999 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
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Notes - Jediah's name has appeared on different records as Jodiah, Jodia, Judiah,and Jedediah.
Jan. 1, 1682. The first land record in Piscataway Township Book shows 2 acres of land granted to Jodiah Higgins. Registered June 25, 1682-83.
In 1683 or 1685, he was Ensign of the Piscataway trainband.- NJA, vol. xiii, p. 16;
Journal of the Governor and Clerk of East Jersey, p. 9. Dec. 23, 1683. Jediah Higgins was appointed administrator on the estate of Francis Drake.- NJA, vol. xxi, p. 56; EJD, Liber D, p. 340.
Oct. 26, 1685. Jediah Higgins sells house and lot in Piscataway to Peter Eleston of Woodbridge.- EJD, Liber F, p. 216. Feb. 23, 1688-89. John Gillman of Chohanzy River, West Jersey, sells 33 and 1-2 acres of land in Piscataway to Jediah Higgins. Land joins that of Thomas Higgins on the north.- NJA, vol. xxi, p. 269.; EJD, Liber F, p. 391.
In 1692 Jediah Higgins served as surveyor of highways in the township of Piscataway. In 1695-1698 he was elected at least twice as member of the General Assembly of New Jersey. About that same time, he is mentioned as the owner of a 500 acre tract on the West Branch of the Passaic River.- NJA, vol.xxi, pp. 161, 162, 282; EJD, Liber F, p. 565; Elizabethtown Bill in Chancery,
p. 89. Jun. 23, 1698, he was appointed administrator on the estate of his brother Eliakim Higgins of Woodbridge.
In 1700, he signed along with others, a petition to the Governor of the Province, served on the Grand Inquest for the Superior Court, and again in
1709 as grand juror. About this time, he was entrusted with a message to the Governor.- New Jersey Colonial Documents, vol. ii, p. 226; vol. iii, pp. 458,459, 484.
About the year 1703, Jediah fixed his residence near the village of Kingston.
- Jediah's name has appeared on different records as Jodiah, Jodia, Judiah,and Jedediah.
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Sources - [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 16 Nov 2024), entry for Jedediah HIGGINS, person ID 97J4-QVT. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 16 Nov 2024), entry for Jedediah HIGGINS, person ID 97J4-QVT. (Reliability: 3).