12. Cornelius, b. 26 July, 1860, d. 25 Apr., 1876. Accidentally shot, "Neil found him on the shore near Dalvay." Bur. Stanhope . DAVID fflGGINS Although, as far as we know, David Higgins was never a resident of Stanhope, we are including some of his story, as he was closely connected with the affairs and fortunes of the Montgomery settlers. Born about 1730, he was married on June 3, 1773 to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Job and Elizabeth (Allen) Prince of , Mass. , by whom he had four sons, born between 1774 and 1782; these were James, David, Job Prince and Andrew Henshaw . After David's death in 1783, his widow married William Creed ; they had three sons (Job, Joseph Bennett and Samuel Prince ) and probably one daughter (Elizabeth) and they lived on David's property at Three Rivers; there are Creeds living in Montague today. David Higgins was engaged in the Island fisheries from 1764 on as a clerk and shipmaster to the London merchants, Spence and Cathcart, who had established a cod fishery with offices and a dwelling house at Three Rivers ( Georgetown ) in Lot 59. Before the Island township lottery of 1767, Lot 59 was reserved and assigned to Hutchison Mure, Robert Cathcart and David Higgins . After Spence & Cathcart went bankrupt, Higgins retained his Va of the Lot, another Va being granted to Sir James Montgomery , who already owned Lots 7, 12, 33, 34 and 51. In 1769 Sir James made David Higgins his agent for procuring tenants and managing his affairs in Lot 59, giving him a power of attorney and a letter of credit upon a merchant in for supplies; it was probably through Sir James ' influence that Higgins was appointed Naval Officer for the Island. He was also a member of Walter Patterson 's first council in September, 1770, and a member of the third Assembly in July, 1779. In November, 1775 American privateers from Marblehead raided Charlottetown , and along with the General Phillips Callbeck and Thomas Wright , the Surveyor- General, Higgins was abducted and carried off to the States, together with much loot, including the Great Silver Seal of the Island. The three men were released by George Washington , with apologies, but the Great Seal is still missing. With regard to the Montgomery settlers, David Higgins was on hand to greet the Falmouth , coming on board on June 7, 1770, and after the colonists had landed at Stanhope on the 8th, going with some of them to Three Rivers and entertaining them at his house; they then returned to Stanhope with a load of provisions for the settlers ( William Drummond 's diary). Higgins was in continual contact with the settlers, dealing with everything from millstones for the grist mill to 335