Brief Life History of Thankful
When Thankful Higgins was born on 24 August 1696, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Ichabod Higgins, was 33 and her mother, Melatiah Hamblin, was 28. She married James Robbins on 15 April 1714, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 28 February 1771, in her hometown, at the age of 74.
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Sources (13)
- Thankful Higgins, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Thankful Higgins, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Thankful Higgins, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1697–1778 Male
1696–1771 Female
Children (5)
1722–1797 Male
1723–1768 Female
1726–1772 Female
1732–1759 Male
1739– Female
Parents and Siblings
1662–1728 Male
1668–1744 Female
Siblings (6)
1692–1787 Male
1694–1758 Male
1696–1771 Female
1698–1756 Female
1701–1778 Male
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Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUiginn ‘descendant of Uiginn’, a byname meaning ‘viking, sea-rover’ (from Old Norse víkingr). Compare McGuigan .
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): variant of Higgin, itself either a Lancashire variant of Huggin (from a pet form of Hugh ), or a variant of Hickin (from a pet form of Richard ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. See Hick and compare Higson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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