Jonas L. Higgins & Margaret Sears

Anglican church in Dunham

Jonas Laraway Higgins, my 4th Great Grandfather and father of William Higgins was born in Dunham, Missisquoi, Quebec on April 18, 1813.  Dunham is just north of the border of New Hampshire.  He was baptized in the Church of England (Anglican) in Dunham.

In 1842 he married Margaret Sears (formerly Cyre).  Margaret was born November 24, 1820 in Canada.  I have seen a note that Jonas was married briefly to a woman named Martha before marrying Margaret.

They had seven children; William, Jonas, Almon, Susan, Jane, Mary Ann, and Emily.

Jonas lived in Canada, Essex county New York, and Vergennes, Vt.  In 1870 he was working as a Carpenter.

As a child the Cyre family lived next door to the Beliveau family ;)

Jonas passed away after falling from a barn on October 10, 1876 in Vergennes.  Margaret died two years later on December 12, 1878.