When Richard Higgins was born in 1782, in Hulls Cove, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, United States, his father, Levi Higgins Sr., was 39 and his mother, Bathsheba Young, was 40. He married Rebecca from 1805 to 1807, in Eden, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, United States in 1850 and Foxborough, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1865.
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The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Historical Boundaries: 1796: Hancock, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Hancock, Maine, United States
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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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