Higgins-Marcyes Burial Ground
Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine

part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
V. F. Thomas Co. - P. O. Box 400 - Southwest Harbor, ME 04679
info@vfthomas.com - 207-266-5748


(updated 20 August 2011)





Location. Indian Point.

Directions. From the intersection of Routes 3 and 102/198 at the north end of Mount Desert Island (just after you cross the bridge from Thompson Island), go straight ahead (south) onto Routes 102/198. In approximately 1.9 miles, turn right onto Indian Point Road. Follow this road for about 1.8–1.9 miles to a private driveway, now called Richardson Ridge Road, on the left. The cemetery is at the end of this driveway.

History.

Notes. No fence encloses this burial ground. The grass is mowed and trimmed.

Date of most recent visit. 23 October 1999

Names and dates on gravestones and other markers. (complete as of 23 October 1999)
ATKINSON
   Sarah H. (wife of Daniel [no stone]) - d. 5 August 1851 Æ 23 y.
HIGGINS
   Ichabod (husb. of Sarah) - d. 15 April 1810 Æ 36 y.1
   Royal (husb. of Sarah G.) - d. 25 November 1878 Æ 72 y., 5 m., 9 d.
   Sally (dau. of Ichabod and Sarah) - d. November 1823 Æ 13 y., 6 m.
   Sarah (wife of Ichabod) - d. 14 October 1848 Æ 63 y.
   Sarah G. (wife of Royal) - d. 25 November 1880 Æ 70 y., 7 d.
MARCYES
   Asaph Alsen (son of William and Lydia) - d. 24 December 1851 Æ 17 y., 3 m.
   Lydia (wife of William) - d. 24 June 1873 Æ 77 y., 11 m.
   Nathaniel, Jr. - d. 24 February 1827 Æ 30 y., 11 d.
   William (husb. of Lydia) - d. 20 January 1867 Æ 60 y., 9 m., [...]2
WALLS
   Eddie L. (son of S. N. and Amanda L. [no stones]) - d. 25 December 1866 Æ 2 y., 11 m., 16 d.

Notes:
   1This stone is broken and has been moved to the garage of the resident owner of the property where the cemetery is located.
   2Inscription partly below ground.



Images and information (including corrections) should be e-mailed to info@vfthomas.com or sent by traditional mail to Bar Harbor Cemeteries, c/o V. F. Thomas Co.; P. O. Box 400; Southwest Harbor, ME 04679.