Robert Higgins born about 1575 in Leominster, Hertford, England. He was married about 1611 to Julia Meals born 1582 in England.
Their Children:
i Richard Higgins born 1 December 1613. Died 21 June 1675 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey. He married Lydia Chandler 11 December 1634 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachussetts. She was born 1613 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachussetts and died 1651 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts.

Richard Higgins and Lydia Chandler
Their Children:
i. Jonathan Higgins born July 1637 in Plymouth, Plymouth Massachussetts. Died 9 January 1660 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts.
ii. Benjamin Higgins born 1 July 1640 in New Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachussetts. He died 14 March 1690 in Eastham, Barnstable, Masssachussetts. He was married 24 December 1641 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts to Lydia Bangs born 1642 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. She died 13 February 1706 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts.

Benjamin Higgins and Lydia Bangs
Their Children:
i.Ichabod Higgins born 16 November 1662 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts. Died 1 June 1728 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts
ii. Richard Higgins born 15 October 1664 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts. Died 15 March 1732 or 27 April 1723 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts. He was married about 1691 to Sarah Bearse Hamblin born about 1671 in Eastham, Barnstable Massachussetts.
iii. John Higgins born 20 November 1666 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts. Died 13 June 1669 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts.
iv. Joshua Higgins born 1 October 1668 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts. Died 3 May 1757 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts.
v. Lydia Higgins born 25 May 1670 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts.
vi. Isaac Higgins born 31 August 1672 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts. Died in Lebanon Co., Connecticut.
vii. Benjamin Higgins born 14 June 1674 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts. Died 15 September 1681.
viii. Rebeckah Higgins born 14 June 1674 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts. Died March 1675 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts.
ix. Samuel Higgins born 7 March 1676 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts. Died 10 December 1761 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts.

Richard Higgins and Sarah Bearse Hamblin
Their Children:
i. David Higgins born 5 April 1706 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts. Died July 1771 in Middle Haddam, Connecticut. He was married 15 October 1727 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts to Mercy Twining, born 20 February 1708 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts.
ii. Reuben Higgins born 16 January 1708 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts. Died 22 July 1749 in Massachussetts.

David Higgins and Mercy Twining
Their Children:
i. Lemuel or Samuel Higgins born 28 January 1728 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts.
ii. Dorothy Higgins born 16 March 1731 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts. Died 19 May 1808.
iii.Jedidiah Higgins born 16 April 1733 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts. Died 14 December 1809. He was married about 1755 to Dorothy Cone born 10 September 1732 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut. She died 6 February 1813.
iv. Anna Higgins born 6 June 1735 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts.
v. Elkanah Higgins born 13 October 1737 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts.
vi. Nehemiah Higgins born 1739 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts.
vii. Moses Higgins born about 1742 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts. Died 12 February 1818.
viii.Phoebe Higgins born about 1744 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachussetts.

Jedidiah Higgins and Dorothy Cone
Their Children:
i. Stephen Higgins born 1756 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut. Died 27 May 1791.
ii. Dyer Higgins born 19 June 1768 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut. Died 2 November 1847 in Perry, Wyoming CO., New York. He was married 17 November 1791 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut to Phoebe Mack born 19 February 1769 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut. She died 21 November 1852 in Perry, Wyoming Co., New York.

Dyer Higgins and Phoebe Mack
Their Children:
i. Stephen Higgins born about 1793 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
ii.Julius Higgins born about 1795 in Ogden, Monroe Co., New York. Died 2 November 1845 in Allens Grove, Scott Co., Iowa. He was married about 1826 to Jane Hearst born 1802 in South Carolina. She died 3 November 1879 in Allens Grove, Scott Co., Iowa.
iii. Dyer Higgins born about 1798 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut. Died 29 February 1808 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
iv. William Bradford Higgins born about 1800 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
v. Hugh M. Higgins born about 1804 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
vi. Edmund Cone Higgins born 25 February 1807 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut. Died 13 August 1864.
vii. Jirah or Zerah A. Higgins born about 1809 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
viii. Fuller Higgins born about 1810 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut. Died 21 April 1810 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
ix. Phoebe Ann Higgins born about 1812 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.

Julius Higgins and Jane Hearst
Their Children:
i. Phoebe Ann Higgins born 1827 in Big River Township, Jefferson Co., Missouri. Died 23 December 1901 in Holstein Iowa.
ii. William B. Higgins born 1830 in Big River Township, Jefferson Co., Missouri.
iii. Mary Jane Higgins born 1832 in Big River Township, Jefferson Co., Missouri. Died 30 April 1850 in Allens Grove, Scott Co., Iowa.
iv. Margaret Higgins born 1834 in Big River Township, Jefferson Co., Missouri. Died 1902 in Rock, Minnesota.
v. Sarah E. Higgins born 1837 in Big River Township, Jefferson Co., Missouri. Died 1911.
vi. Julius Cohen Higgins born 23 October 1840 in Big River Township, Jefferson Co., Missouri. Died 4 July 1905 in Ida Grove, Ida Co., Iowa. He was married May 1861 in Allens Grove, Scott Co., Iowa to Nancy Jane Conner born 16 March 1842 in Pennsylvania. She died 13 March 1898 in Ida Grove, Ida Co.., Iowa.

Julius Cohen Higgins and Nancy Jane Conner
Their Children:
i. John Julius Higgins born 11 June 1865 in Ida Grove, Ida Co., Iowa. Died 29 July 1913 in Ida Grove, Ida Co., Iowa.
ii. Mary Alberta Higgins born 19 January 1868 in Ida Grove, Ida Co., Iowa. Died 30 June 1934 in Ida Grove, Ida Co., Iowa.
iii. Margaret Elizabeth Higgins born 1874 in Ida Grove, Ida Co., Iowa. Died 1926 in Ida Grove, Ida Co., Iowa.
iv.Aleena Higgins born 25 September 1880 in Ida Grove, Ida Co., Iowa. Died 14 March 1964 in Torrance, Los Angeles Co., California. Buried 18 March 1964 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, CA. She was married 6 June 1900 in Ida Grove, Ida Co., Iowa to Otis Homer Cole born 1 July 1876 in Lake City, Calhoun Co., Iowa. Died 19 July 1963 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California.

Dyer Higgins: Name Suffix:Dr. Source for this Family Group Sheet: Two internet sites, and LDS Ordinance Index. 1810 census East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, page 307. On 31 Mar 1815 he sold land in East Haddam, Connecticut, 118 acres, to George Higgins and Joseph Whitmore and probably removed to Perry, New York in that year. Dyer was a physician. Will of Dyer Higgins, probated 22 Nov 1847.

Phoebe Ann Higgins: 38 years of age in the 1850 census, Wyoming County, New York, page 275. Residing in Castile, Wyoming County, New York at the time of execution of father's will.

Julius Higgins: Headstone found in Allens Grove Cemetery, Allens Grove, Scott,Iowa. 1850, l860, l870 census Scott Co., Iowa. Julius Higgins died 2 years prior to his father's death. All of his children, with the exception of Sarah, were mentioned in his father's, (Dyer) will.

Sarah E. Higgins: l860, l870, l880 census Scott Co., Iowa. History of Scott County, Iowa. Was not mentioned in the will of her grandfather, Dyer Higgins.

Margaret Higgins: l850, l860, l870 census Scott County, Iowa.

Mary Jane Higgins: Headstone found in Allens Grove Cemetery, Allens Grove, Scott, Iowa.

William B. Higgins: l860, l870 census Scott Co., Iowa. l880 census Franklin Twp. Green Co., Iowa.

Julius Cohen Higgins: Marriage license of Julius Higgins and Nancy J. Conner. Military records of Civil War. Newspaper article from Ida Grove Pioneer, Ida Grove, Ida, Iowa. Obituary found in Ida County Pioneer, Ida Grove, Ida, Iowa. Headstone found in Ida Grove Cemetery, Ida Grove, Ida, Iowa. John Julius Higgins: Obituary of John J. Higgins, August l9l3, Ida County Pioneer, Ida Grove, Ida, Iowa. Headstone from Ida Grove Cemetery, Ida Grove, Ida, Iowa.

Margaret Elizabeth Higgins: Headstone found in Ida Grove Cemetery, Ida Grove, Ida, Iowa. 1900, 1910 census, Ida Grove, Ida, Iowa

Allena Higgins: Personal knowledge of granddaughter, Dian C. Cole Danner. Certificate of Birth of Aleena Higgins. Certificate of Marriage of Otis H. Cole and Eliza A. Higgin. Numerous newspaper articles. Newspaper articles on marriage and golden anniversary of Otis Homer Cole and Aleena Higgins Cole. Certificate of Death. Obituary of Allene Cole. She was known by several names and variations of spelling: Alene, Aleena, Alleena, Allena, Ilene, Elizabeth, Eliza, etc. Buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, CA.