Brief Life History of Reuben
When Reuben Higgins was born on 6 January 1708, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Richard Higgins, was 43 and his mother, Sarah Hamblin, was 36. He married Hannah Cole on 29 November 1733, in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 22 July 1749, in his hometown, at the age of 41, and was buried in Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Reuben Higgins, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Reuben Higgins, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Reuben Higgins, "Find A Grave Index"
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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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