Brief Life History of Theophilus
When Theophilus Higgins was born on 6 May 1698, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Richard Higgins, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Hamblin, was 26. He married Joanna Young on 8 March 1724, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 12 December 1780, in his hometown, at the age of 82.
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- Theophilus Higgins, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Theophilus Higgins, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Legacy NFS Source: Theophilas Higgins - birth: 6 May 1698;
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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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