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Capt. John Higley, Sr.

Capt. John Higley, Sr.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]

Male 1649 - 1714  (64 years)


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  • Name John Higley 
    Prefix Capt. 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 22 Jul 1649  Frimley, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 17] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 12 Aug 1649  Frimley, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 7, 9] 
    Occupation 1680  Windsor Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    constable
    Removed to 1684  Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    From: Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut
    Freeman Oct 1684  [7] 
    Inventory 26 Jan 1708/9  [16] 
    • Role: Appraiser
    Death 25 Apr 1714  Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 9, 10, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20] 
    Burial Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Cemetery:
    Hop Meadow Cemetery
    Person ID I20292  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2019 

    Father Jonathan Higley,   b. 1624   d. 1664, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Mother Katherine Brewster,   b. 1626   d. 23 Aug 1657, Frimley, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jan 1647/8  Frimley, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 7, 21] 
    Family ID F7011  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hannah Drake,   b. 8 Aug 1653, Windsor Settlement, River, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1694, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)  [14, 22, 23] 
    Marriage 9 Nov 1671  Windsor Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 24, 25, 26] 
    Children 
     1. John Higley, Jr.,   b. 6 Aug 1673, Windsor Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1741, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     2. Jonathan Higley,   b. 16 Feb 1675/6, Windsor Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1716, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
     3. Hannah Higley,   b. 13 Mar 1677/8, Windsor Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1677/8, Windsor Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     4. Katherine Higley,   b. 7 Aug 1679, Windsor Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1740/1, Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    +5. Ens. Brewster Higley, Sr.,   b. 1680/1, Windsor Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1760, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     6. Hannah Higley,   b. 22 Apr 1683, Windsor Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1768, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     7. Joseph Higley,   b. 1685, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1715, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     8. Dr. Samuel Higley,   b. 1687, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt May 1737, at sea Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     9. Mindwell Higley,   b. Abt 1689, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1769 (Age ~ 80 years)
    Family ID F7009  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Sarah Strong,   b. 14 Mar 1664/5   d. 27 May 1739, Windsor Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [27] 
    Marriage Abt 1696  [3, 4, 7, 19, 28] 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Higley,   b. 1697, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Nathaniel Higley,   b. 12 Nov 1699, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1773, North Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     3. Joshua Higley,   b. 8 Sep 1701, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Apr 1702, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     4. Sgt. Josiah Higley,   b. 8 Sep 1701, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 May 1751 (Age 49 years)
     5. Abigail Higley,   b. 4 Nov 1703, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1742, Goshen, Fairfield, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
     6. Susannah Higley,   b. 1705, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Isaac Higley,   b. 20 Jul 1707, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F7024  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Jul 1649 - Frimley, Surrey, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 12 Aug 1649 - Frimley, Surrey, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Nov 1671 - Windsor Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - constable - 1680 - Windsor Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut - 1684 - Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Apr 1714 - Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    Hop Meadow Cemetery - - Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Coats of Arms
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  • Notes 


    • ITEMS OF HISTORY OF THE HIGLEY FAMILY, AND RACE OF DESCENDANTS.
      JOHN , ESQ., was among the early settlers in Windsor, and among the early settlers in Simsbury. The place where he and his numerous descendants lived in Simsbury, was north-west from Tariffville. It was formerly called Higley town, after the name of its inhabitants. He married Hannah, daughter of John and Hannah Drake, and granddaughter of Dea. John and Hannah Moore, married, A. D. 1671. He was honored with many of the highest offices in the gift of his fellow-citizens, being the first appointed justice of the peace, and soon after, judge of the county court.
      He represented the town at the General Assembly, for many sessions, subsequent to the year 1698. He was the first military captain, being chosen in 1698, an office at that time of great dignity. His children were John Jun., or 2d, born 1673; Jonathan, born 1675; Hannah, born 1677; Rebecca, born 1679; Brewster, born 1681. Of these, Hannah, the oldest daughter, married Joseph Trumbull, in 1704, and became the mother of the first Governor Jonathan Trumbull, and his honorable descendants, who for many years held a high rank among Connecticut worthies.
      Brewster, the third son, was married A. D. 1708, to Esther, (or Hester,) daughter of Nathaniel Holcomb, and grand daughter of the first Thomas Holcomb. Their children were Brewster, Jun., born 1711; Joseph, born 1713; David, born 1715; Hannah, born 1717; Hester, born 1719; John, (the third of the name,) born 1721; Elizabeth, born 1723; Naomi, born 1725. These eight persons, who are all that are known of as belonging to this family, lived to great age; their several ages when added together make the round number of 646 years, which divided by eight, makes the average longevity to be about eighty years and nine months. There are now living in Canton several families, who, through the female line are descendants of this ancient Higley family.

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S708] Vital Records of CT Vol 39 (Barbour), 119, 00708.

    2.  2.  [S940] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 2, 414, 00191.

    3.  3.  [S492] Families of Ancient Windsor, CT, Vol. 2, 387, 00184.

    4.  4.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 369, 00395.

    5.  5.  [S743] Higleys, 1, 00743.

    6.  6.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 5:364, 00390.

    7.  7.  [S50] Penobscot Pioneers, Volume 1, 71, 00417.

    8.  8.  [S809] Early Settlers of West Simsbury, 00805.

    9.  9.  [S881] TAG 33-35, 35:21, 00877.

    10.  10.  [S858] Ricker Compilation, 6236, 00854.

    11.  11.  [S858] Ricker Compilation, 6234, 00854.

    12.  12.  [S898] West Simsbury, 86, 00894.

    13.  13.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 17973458, 00974.

    14.  14.  [S1141] Vital Records of CT, Windsor:77, 00991.

    15.  15.  [S1141] Vital Records of CT, Simsbury:74, 00991.

    16.  16.  [S867] TAG, 17:152, 00863.

    17.  17.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 120:145, 00390.

    18.  18.  [S708] Vital Records of CT Vol 39 (Barbour), 120, 00708.

    19.  19.  [S492] Families of Ancient Windsor, CT, Vol. 2, 388, 00184.

    20.  20.  [S743] Higleys, 71, 00743.

    21.  21.  [S881] TAG 33-35, 35:22, 00877.

    22.  22.  [S867] TAG, 57:71, 00863.

    23.  23.  [S1141] Vital Records of CT, Windsor:145, 00991.

    24.  24.  [S492] Families of Ancient Windsor, CT, Vol. 2, 178, 00184.

    25.  25.  [S743] Higleys, 32, 00743.

    26.  26.  [S1141] Vital Records of CT, Windsor:144, 00991.

    27.  27.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 46182153, 00974.

    28.  28.  [S743] Higleys, 63, 00743.