Musquodoboit Pioneers a record of Seventy Families, Their Homesteads and Genealogies

Higgins) md. James B. Martin in Haverhill, Mass. No issue. They

are buried in Epping, New Hampshire.
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400-5 Caroline (3rd dau. of Alexander and Elizabeth Higgins) md.

Henry Cole of Greenfield, N.S. in 1896. They had 3 daus.

402-1 Muriel b Aug. 23, 1899

403-2 Eunice b Oct. 30, 1902

404-3 Ida b Nov. 7, 1906

402-1 Muriel md. Elden McCabe. They have 1 dau.

405-1 Audrey who is md. and lived in Fort Worth, Texas.

403-2 Eunice md. ----- Peterson. She lives in Epping, New

Hampshire. They have 1 son and 3 daus.

404-3 Ida md. ---- ----- from Nashua, New hampshire. They had 1

son.
401-6 Alma (4th dau. Of Alexander and Elizabeth Murchy Higgins)

md. James Hawes, a sea captain, they had 3 daus.

406-1 Bessie

407-2 Pauline

408-3 Georgie

406-1 Bessie md. Albert Evans and went to Winnipeg. They had 3

sons.

407-2 Pauline md. John Ellis of Fremont.

409-1 Percy, unmarried and lives in Mass.

Julia Wilson Archibald (June 5, 1849 - May 6, 1928) on Dec. 26,

1872. They had 5 daus. And 2 sons.

*410-1 Harriet Jane b Oct. 26, 1873 - July 18, 1953

*411-2 William George b Aug. 4, 1875 - July 6, 1880

*412-3 Caleb b Apr. 2, 1877 - July 12, 1880

*413-4 Louise Alberta b May 17, 1879 - Oct. 19, 1935

*414-5 Elsie Gertrude b Jan. 15, 1882

*415-6 Addie Blanchard b. July 14, 1886

*416-7 Emma Agnes b Oct. 3 1888

Higgins) md. Theodore Leslie on Sept. 29, 1897. Theodore died in

1904. They had 1 son and 1 dau.

417-1 George Lawrence b July 1898

418-2 Winifred Marguerite b April 1901

417-1 George Lawrence is a medical doctor. He md. Hazel V. Wood

of Moncton in Jan. 1943. They live in Pittsburg, Pa.

418-2 Winnifred md. Stuart Gould Archibald. They have 1 son.

419-1 William Edward

Mrs. Harriett Jan Leslie md. 2nd Gasper J. Leslie in 1913. No

issue.
414-5 Elsie Gertrude (3rd dau. Of Robert and Julia Archibald

Higgins) md. Peter M. Nickerson of Clarkes Harbour in 1907. They

had 1 son and 1 dau. Peter Nickerson died

in 1939.

421-2 Elsie Jane

420-1 Frank Leroy md. Gertrude Lunt in 1934. They have 3 sons

and 2 daus.

422-1 John Lawrence md.

423-2 Robert Leroy md. and living in Wash., D.C.

424-3 Alice Anita md.

425-4 Elsie Lorraine

426-5 George William

421-2 Elsie Jane md. Frederick Hauser. They have 1 son and 1

dau.

427-1 Richard Clement

415-6 Addie Blanchard (4th dau. Of Robert and Julia Archibald

Higgins) md. Burke Tays. They have 6 daus. and 2 sons.

429-1 Vera Irene

430-2 Emma Alberta

431-3 Ferne

433-5 Gertrude Hazel

434-6 Charles Raymond

435-7 Freda Bernice

436-8 William Robert

429-1 Vera Irene md. Frank B. Baker. They have 2 daus. And 1

son.

437-1 Mary md. Gordon Patton of California

439-3 Barry **

[Typist's note: 438-2 & 439-3 can be presumed to be twins since

in the original they have identical birth dates]cja.

and 1 dau.

440-1 Robert Burke

441-2 William Horace

442-3 Julia Addie Louise

431-[3] Ferne md. Reginald Duncan Bayer. They had 1 son and 2

daus.

443-1 Nancy Clare

445-3 Gertrude Ellen

432-4 Jean Archibald md. Dr. Carl Creelman Stoddard. They have 4

sons and 1 dau.

446-1 Peter Carl

447-2 Karen Jean

448-3 Paul Tays

449-4 John Frederick

450-5 Timothy Archibald

433-5 Gertrude Hazel md. Carl R. Moore. They have 2 sons and 1

dau.

451-1 Michael

453-3 Richard

434-6 Charles Raymond md. Helen Malcolm of Montreal. They have 2

sons.

455-2 James

456-1 Sally Ann

436-8 William Robert md. Olive Quinn. They have 1 son and 2

daus.

458-2 Wendy Christine

459-3 Heather Lynn
416-7 Emma Agnes (5th dau. Of Robert and Julia Archibald Higgins)

md. Roy Archibald. They had 2 daus.

460-1 Roberta Margaret d Dec. 26, 1934

461-2 Patricia Clare md. Edward Poole of Cape Breton.

They have 1 son.

462-1 Daniel Edward

222-6 Margaret (1st dau. Of George and Agnes Scott Higgins) md.

Joseph Cooper in 1848. Joseph came from Wigtownshire, Scotland.

He died in 1861. They had 3 sons and 2 daus.

463-1 Thomas b Dec 23, 1849 - no record.

*463-2 Matilda b Dec. 19, 1851 - 1886

*465-3 William J. b Feb. 8, 1854 - 1897

*466-4 Robert M. b Sept. 11, 1857 unmd.

*467-5 Agnes J. b Nov. 27, 1859 - Jan. 23, 1891.

Margaret md. 2nd in 1884 to Thomas Kellough of Lake Egmont. No

issue.

away early in life. No record.

464-2 Matilda (1st dau. Of Joseph and Margaret Higgins Cooper)

was a school teacher. She md. James Edward Vandegrift (son of

Isaac and Miriam Smith Vandegrift) of Aulac, Westmoreland Co.,

N.B. in 1873. Matilda and James had 3 sons and 3 daus. They

were all born and lived in Oldham, Halifax Co., N.S. Matilda

died in 1886 and James in 1898, the are buried in Elmsdale, Hants

Co., N.S.
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*468-1 James William b 1874-May 1949

*469-2 Ernest Joseph b 1876-Dec. 1948

*470-3 Charles Isaac b 1878

*471-4 Margaret Miriam b 1880

*472-5 Gertrude Ann b 1882

*473-6 Cynthia Ann b 1884

468-1 James William md. Maud Ferguson of Oldham in 1899. They

had 3 sons and 2 daus.

*474-1 Horace Ogden b 1900

*475-2 Claybourne Maxwell b 1902

*476-3 Dorothy May b 1904

*477-4 Ruth Gertrude b 1906

*478-5 Lloyd Fay b 1908

474-1 Horace Ogden md. Helen Bell Daniells. They have 4 sons and

3 daus.

*489-1 Lois Ruth

*491-3 Floyd Carson

*492-4 Marion Jean

*493-5 Robert Horace

494-6 Keith Garry

495-7 Cynthia Dianne

479-1 Lois md. David Montgomery. They had 1 son and 1 dau.

486-1 Rebecca Lynne

487-2 David John

480-2 Orville James md. Joan Rowson. They have 1 son and 1 dau.

488-1 Debra Lee

489-2 Bradley James

481-3 Floyd Carson md. Gladys Catherine Gersbrecht. They have 2

daus.

491-2 Janet Lee

482-4 Marion Jean md. Henry Hamm. They have 1 dau.

492-1 Cathy June

*493-1 Joyce

*494-2 Ruth

*495-3 Margaret

493-1 Joyce md. Lawrence James Miller. They have 3 sons and 1

dau.

497-2 Glenn

498-3 Danny

499-4 Larry

494-2 Ruth md. Brian F. Dickson in 1955. No issue.

495-3 Margaret md. Ralph Johnson in 1959. No issue.

476-3 Dorothy May md. Kenneth E. Cameron. They have 1 son and 2

daus.

*501-2 Kenneth William

*502-3 Louise Ann

500-1 Alice md. Howard Twizell. They have 1 son

503-1 Wayne

501-2 Kenneth William md. Jacqueline Bosomworth in 1959. No

issue.

502-3 Louise Ann md. Frank Wright in 1955. No issue.

504-1 Fay Fern

504-1 Fay Fern md. Dwain Clease. They have 1 dau.

505-1 Larusa Ann

Vandergrift) He md. Sarah Florence Edgett. 2 sons and 2 daus.

*506-1 Florence Vivian

*507-2 Evelyn Marion

*508-3 Lorne Edward

*509-4 Cecil Edgett

506-1 Florence Vivian md. Rueben Randolph McCandlesh. They have

2 sons.

511-2 Mark Robert

507-2 Evelyn Marion md. Henry E. Mayberry in 1951. No issue.

508-3 Lorne Edward served in World War II. He md. Jessie Harrof

in 1951. No issue.

509-4 Cecil Edgett served in World War II. He md. an English

girl . . . , and they live in England. They have 2 sons.

512-1 Bruce

513-2 Paul
470-3 Charles Isaac (3rd son of James and Matilda Cooper

Vandergrift) md. Frances Veronica McDonald in 1907. No issue.

Spent the remainder of his life in New Denver, B.C. He md. 2nd

Frances Harriett Lowe. They had 1 son.

514-1 James Cooper md. Pearl Mary Barry. They have 3 sons

and 3 daus.

515-1 James Rodney

516-2 Charles Irving

517-3 Diana Lynne

518-4 Karen Anne

519-5 Lawrence Barry

520-6 Valarie Pearl

471-4 Margaret Miriam (1st dau. of James and Matilda Cooper

Vandergrift) md. Charles Edgar Lindsay on Oct. 29, 1935. They

were married in New York in the “Little Church Around the

Corner”. They now reside . . . Mass., U.S.A. No issue.

Vandergrift) md. Oscar W. Duncan. They have 2 daus.

521-1 Ruby Vandergrift - unmarried

522-2 Pearl Marguerite md. Raymond A. Rosborough. No

issue.

473-6 Cynthia Anne (3rd dau. of James and Matilda Cooper

issue.
465-3 William (2nd son of Joseph and Margaret Higgins Cooper) md.

Margaret Ervin 1852-1913 in 1888. 2 daus.

*523-1 Janet b 1891

*524-2 Margaret b 1893

523-1 Janet - Medical Doctor living in Melbourne, Australia. She

md. Robert Jensen and has 1 dau.

525-1 Margaret

525-1 Margaret is an M.D. She md. Francis Ashburner and has 3

sons and 1 dau.

526-1 James

527-2 Janet

528-3 Alison

529-4 Richard

524-2 Margaret is a Registered Nurse. She is unmarried. Miss

Margaret J. Cooper, Hyannis, Mass.

467-5 Agnes J. (2nd dau. of Joseph and Margaret Higgins Cooper)

md. John George Isenor of Dutch Settlement, N.S. (the original

correct spelling of the name was Eisenhauer). They had 2 sons

and 2 daus.

*530-1 Byron Cameron b 1881-1882

*531-2 Miles Dickey b Sept. 25, 1883

*532-3 Daisy Luella b July 4, 1885-1891

*533-4 Lillian Matilda b Aug. 22, 1886

Mary Gould of Stewiacke, N.S.. They had 2 sons and 5 daus.

*534-1 Emma May

*535-2 John Samuel

*536-3 Margaret Cooper d. Nov. 4, 1941

*537-4 Mary Florence

*538-5 Alice Agnes

*539-6 Janet Frances

*540-7 Dickey Ervin

534-1 Emma May md. ----- -----. He died and she md. 2nd A.H.

Ahern. No issue.

535-2 John Samuel md. Pheobe Jones, Comox, B.C. They have 2

sons.

541-1 John Miles

537-4 Mary Florence md. Walter Carter. 2 sons and 1 dau.

543-1 Vivian Margaret

544-2 Frank Bruce

545-3 Larry Peter

538-5 Alice Agnes md. Roy Herman Tilbey, he died in 1954. 3

daus.

546-1 Eleanor Louise

548-3 Shirley Mae

539-6 Janet Frances md. Edward Gerard Vaughn, Victoria, B.C.

they have 1 son and 3 daus.

549-1 Gerald Arthur

550-2 Gail Patricia

551-3 Catherine Ann

552-4 Rose Mary Evelyn

540-7 Dickey Ervin md. Alice Hogg. They have 5 sons and 1 dau.

553-1 Dickey Bruce

554-2 Robert Karl

555-3 Sheila Lynn

556-4 Glen Allen

557-5 Daniel Gordon

558-6 Darryl Wayne
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Miles Dickey Isenor’s wife, Mary b Mar. 21, 1883 died on Jan. 21,

1961. Miles is a veteran of World War I.

533-4 Lillian Matilda (2nd dau. of John and Agnes Cooper Isenor)

md. Everett Sargent on Sept. 29, 1905. He died in Oct. 1950.

They had 1 son and 1 dau.

559-1 Leonard Everett b Sept. 10, 1906

560-2 Bernice Frances b Sept. 18, 1908

559-1 Leonard Everett md. Doris Fuller of Montague, Mass. 2

daus.

561-1 Jean

561-1 Jean md. David MacGown Morgan, they have a son.

563-1 Douglas Alden

560-2 Bernice Frances md. Earl Philbrick MacCabe of Bermont.

They have 1 son and 1 dau.

564-1 Bruce Sargent

565-2 Pamela Ann
223-7 Agnes (2nd dau. of George and Agnes Scott Higgins) md.

William Lindsay. Her descendants are listed in the Lindsay

history.

224-8 Esther (3rd dau of George and Agnes Scott Higgins) md.

Robert Archibald Logan. They had 2 sons.

566-1 William Charles

567-2 Alfred

566-1 William Charles (1st son of Robert and Esther Scott

Higgins) Logan) md. Jessie Layton MacKenzie. She was the dau. of

William MacKenzie and Jean Burnett born 1859. They have 3 sons.

568-1 Robert Archibald b 1892

569-2 Arthur Earle b 1893

570-3 Clarence Pryor b -
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568-1 Robert Archibald Logan md. Molly Daisy Barrett. No issue.

Col. R.A. Logan has placed the Logan history in Public Archives,

Halifax.

569-2 Arthur Earle md. Greta McCurdy. They lived in Middle

Musquodoboit and had 2 daus.

571-1 Frances

572-2 Eva

571-1 Frances md. Reginald Higgins. They have 3 sons.

573-1 Thomas

574-2 Paul

575-3 Ivan

572-2 Eva md. Herbert McDonald. They have 5 sons and 3 daus.

576-1 Elaine Michael John Gail

577-2 Vernon Robert Douglas Barbara

571-3 Clarence Pryor md. Kathleen Power of Edmonton ,Alberta. 1

son and 1 dau.

578-1 June (Mrs. Alton Tyler of California)

579-2 Robert Power lives in Edmonton, Alta.

567-2 Alfred (2nd son of Robert and Esther Higgins Logan) md.

Anna Hall. She died in 1960. They had 1 son and 2 daus.

580-1 Jean (Mrs. Clark Brunton of Toronto) No issue.

581-2 Lloyd md. Frances -----. No issue.

582-3 Mary E. lived in Pembroke, Ont.
5-4 Robert (4th son of John and Hester Carmichael Higgins) md.

Margaret McKeen 1786-July 1860. She was a dau. of William and

Ann McKeen. They had 2 sons and 2 daus.

*583-1 John died when about 30 years old, unmarried,

called John 6th.

*584-2 William died young

*585-3 Jane died when 18 yrs. old.

*586-4 Eliza Ann died May 1, 1905

Robert settled on the Robert Fraser farm, owned by Lorne Fraser,

1980. His 2nd wife was Abbie Whidden Reid, mother of D.W.B

Reid. No issue.
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586-4 Eliza Ann (2nd dau. of Robert and Margaret McKeen Higgins)

md. James Kent (youngest son of Colonel James Kent of Upper

Musquodoboit) on June 8, 1857. They had 2 sons and 3 daus.

*587-1 Anna Jane b Nov. 30, 1858-Sept. 29, 1947 -

unmarried.

*588-2 Ida Marguerite b Oct 18, 1860 -July 21, 1939

*589-3 James Harold b Sept. 7, 1862 - Aug. 18, 1888

*590-4 Nina Hanna Swinburn b Apr. 28, 1865 - Dec. 17,

1956.

*591-5 Robert Fenwick Williams b Nov. 28, 1867- Dec. 25,

588-2 Ida Marguerite (2nd dau. of James and Eliza Ann Higgins

Kent) md. Hedley Vickers MacKay of Halifax on March 10, 1886.

Later they moved to a farm in Gays River, Col. Co. He died July

5, 1910. They had 4 daus. and 3 sons.

*592-1 Annie Lyle b Jan 4, 1887 - Jan. 24, 1952

*593-2 Violet Kent b Feb. 6, 1890

*594-3 Hazel Granite b May 30, 1893

*595-4 Harold Keith b July 11, 1895

*596-5 Helen Wing b July 31, 1897

*597-6 John Myron b Mar. 9, 1900

*598-7 Reginald Swinburn b July 11, 1903

592-1 Annie Lyle md. George Earl Kellough of Cook’s Brook, N.S.

on. They had 4 sons and 1 dau.

*599-1 Lorne Graham

*600-2 Douglas MacKay

*601-3 Helen Margaret

*602-4 George Earl

*603-4 Donald MacLean

599-1 Lorne Graham is unmarried

600-2 Douglas MacKay is unmarried
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601-3 Helen Margaret md. Frederick Drew Glover. They have 3 sons

and 1 dau.

604-1 Frederick Drew

605-2 Gerald Lee

606-3 Jeffrey Richard

607-4 Lynn Ann

602-4 George Earl md. Evelyn McAlister. No issue.

603-5 Donald Maclean md. Nancy Wilson of Evanston. They have 1

dau. and 2 sons.

608-1 Linda Susan

609-2 Douglas Drew

610-3 Donald MacLean

593-2 Violet Kent md. William A. Green. They had 3 daus.

*611-1 Florence MacKay

*612-2 Ann Marguerite

*613-3 Betty Marie

611-1 Florence MacKay md. Frederick DeForest Williams of Palmer,

Mass. They live in Lansing, Michigan. They have 1 son and 3

daus.

614-1 Sandi - Sue

616-3 Julianne

617-4 Kathy Marie

612-2 Ann Marguerite md. William A. Bove, Of Bridgeport,

Connecticut. They have 1 son.

618-1 William Robert

613-3 Betty Marie md. James Patrick Counihan Jr. of New Haven,

Connecticut. They have 2 sons.

619-1 James Patrick III

620-2 Corey MacKay

594-3 Hazel Granite MacKay was born in Granite, Montana. She md.

Dr. William Jennings Bryan McAuliffe. 1 dau.

621-1 Joan
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595-4 Harold Keith md. Lavinia Blazer. They live in Milford,

N.S. They have 1 son and 6 daus.

622-1 Harold Keith

623-2 Pauline Frances

624-3 Ruth Blazer

625-4 Jena Maxwell

626-5 Mary Hazel

627-6 Sheila Lois

628-7 Shirley Louise

622-1 Harold Keith md. Catherine Wilson of Glace Bay. They have

2 sons.

629-1 Harold Keith

623-2 Pauline Frances md. Allison Walter Burke, in Halifax. They

have 2 sons and 1 dau.

631-1 Walter Edward

632-2 Bette Joan

633-3 Sean Kevin

624-3 Ruth Blazer md. Dr. Cecil Day of Moncton, N.B. They live

in California and have 1 son and 2 daus.

634-1 Joan Ann

635-2 Sandra Lee

636-3 Robert Stewart

625-4 Jean Maxwell is on the staff of the Board of Education,

Halifax, N.S.

626-5 Mary Hazel is a nurse, she md. Larry Tannery of Los

Angeles. They have 2 sons.

637-1 Larry Philip

638-2 Thomas Alan

627-6 Sheila Lois md. Ray Giffen. They live in Milford, N.S. and

have 2 daus.

639-1 Cynthia Shirley

640-2 Sheila Jill
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628-7 Shirley Louise md. Dr. Charles Morgan of Washington, D.C.

They have 1 son and 1 dau.

641-1 Patricia Jo.

642-2 Charles Alex

596-5 Helen Wing md. George Andras on Sept. 30, 1933. No issue.

597-6 John Myron md. Ruth McMenamin in 1935. They live in

Martinez, California. They have 2 daus.

643-1 Madelon

644-2 June

598-7 Reginald Swinburn MacKay on the family farm in Gays River.

He md. Dorothy May McAloney of Urbania, N.S. They have 4 sons

and 1 dau.

645-1 Hedley Victor

646-2 Samuel Reginald

647-3 James Kent

648-4 Sue Marilyn

649-5 Myron Richard

645-1 Hedley Victor

646-2 Samuel Reginald.

647-3 James Kent md. Eleanor Grant.

648-4 Sue Marilyn

649-5 Myron Richard

Margaret Breen in Boston, Mass. On Sept. 8, 1887. No issue.

Kent) md. George Creelman of Meadowvale, N.S. on Dec. 15, 1892.

He died in Sept. 1899 and she returned to Musquodoboit to keep

house for her brother Robert, whose wife had died the previous

year, leaving three small children.
591-5 Robert Fenwick Williams (2nd son of James and Eliza Higgins

Kent) was a carpenter and also operated the family farm. He md.

Elizabeth Gammon of West New Quoddy, N.S. on Dec. 21, 1893. She

died Nov. 12, 1898. They had 3 sons and 1 dau.

*651-2 James Harold b Sept. 25, 1896

*652-3 Cecil Swinburn b May 5, 1898

650-1 Catherine Winnifred. She died in 1962, unmarried.

651-2 James Harold lived on the family farm in Upper

Musquodoboit. He md. Laura Ethel Eisan. They have 2 daus. and 2

sons.

653-1 Mary Catherine

655-3 Arthur Williams

656-4 James Harold

653-1 Mary Catherine md. John Burton Cook of Middle Musquodoboit.

They have 2 daus.

657-1 Laura Alice

658-2 Jessie Winnifred

654-2 Dorothy Margaret md. Reginald Austin Farnell of Upper

Musquodoboi. 2 daus., 1 son, - Margaret, Rita, Raymond

652-3 Cecil Swinburn Kent md. Annabel Hamilton on Oct. 18, 1922.

They had 3 sons and 2 daus.

659-1 Douglas James

660-2 Elizabeth Anna d Apr. 1, 1954

661-3 Percy Swinburn

662-4 Rita Winnifred d May 12, 1942

663-5 Sidney Fenwick - unmd.

660-2 Elizabeth Anna md. Adam D. Burris Jr. of Upper

Musquodoboit. They had 1 son and 1 dau.

664-1 Mary Elizabeth

665-2 Douglas Archibald

have1 son and 2 daus.

666-1 Edwin Percy

667-2 Brenda Thelma

668-3 Linda Elizabeth
6-5 William (5th son of John and Hester Carmichael Higgins) md.

Burgess Crowell. They had 6 sons and 2 daus.

*669-1 George

*670-2 Louis William d 1907

671-3 Isaac - no record

672-4 John (called John 7th or “Gentlemen John”)

*673-5 Sarah

674-6 Ruth - no record

*675-7 Alexander

*676-8 James

669-1 George died young

670-2 Louis William (2nd son of William and Burgess Crowell

Higgins) was called “Louie Bill”, a nickname which he disliked.

He discovered a small lake near the Moose River road, which was

named Louis Lake after him. He md. Mary Ann Bryson of Brookvale

in 1868. They lived in Higginsville on his father’s farm until

his death in 1907. They had 4 sons and 3 daus.

*677-1 Dickie - unmarried - died at age of 27.

*678-2 Emma d 1905

*679-3 Mary

*680-4 Hayes died at 18 years.

*681-5 Lina died at 19 years.

*682-6 Norman

*683-7 Orin died young

678-2 Emma (1st dau. of Louis William and Mary Bryson Higgins)

md. Augustus Upham of Boston, Mass where they lived until her

death in 1905. They had 1 son and 2 daus.

684-1 Anna of Weston, Mass., unmarried

685-2 Lily - unmarried

686-3 George - unmarried

md. Milo Follansbee of New Hampshire. They have 1 son.

682-6 Norman md. May Miller (dau. of Jane White and

William Miller). His

descendants are listed in the John White history.

671-3 Isaac (3rd son of William and Burgess Crowell Higgins) md.

Eliza. According to Church records they had 1 son and 1 dau.