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Persoonlijke gegevens John Higley 

• Hij is geboren op 22 juli 1649 in Surrey, England.Bronnen 2, 3
• Hij is overleden op 25 augustus 1714, hij was toen 65 jaar oud.Bron 2
• Een kind van Jonathan Higley en Katherine Brewster
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 22 november 2012.

Gezin van John Higley

(1) Hij is getrouwd met Hannah Drake.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 9 november 1671 te Windsor, CT, hij was toen 22 jaar oud.Bronnen 1, 3

Kind(eren):

1. John Higley  1673-????
2. Jonathan Higley  1675-????
3. Hannah Higley  1677-????
4. Rebecca Higley  1679-????
5. Brewster Higley  1681-???? 

(2) Hij is getrouwd met Sarah Strong Bissell.

Zij zijn getrouwd rond 1696.Bron 2

Notities over John Higley

Genealogical history: with short sketches and family records, of the early settlers of West Simsbury, now Canton, Conn
by: Abiel Brown
Pg 86-88

ITEMS OF HISTORY OF THE HIGLEY FAMILY, AND RACE OF DESCENDANTS.

JOHN HIGLEY, 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 granddaughter 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. Hannah, the oldest daughter, became the wife of Elijah Owen, the first, about the year 1734. She had by him, Rebecca, who married Benedict Alford, and removed to Vermont. She lived to the age of 95 years. One child died in infancy; Elijah Jun., or 2d, who died at Otis, in 1814, aged 76; Hannah, was the wife of Capt. John Brown, and the mother of the Brown family in Canton, and died there in the year 1831, aged 91 years. The aforementioned Hannah Higley, widow of Elijah Owen, for a second mariage, married Peletiah Mills, Esq., in the year 1748. Their children were Peletiah, Samuel, Roger, Martha, Eli, Frederick, Susanna and Elihu, the father of the Mills in the town of Bloomfield. Martha married a Barnard; Susanna married a Hubbard; Hester married Capt. Josiah Case, and was the mother of the late Capt. Fithen Case, and that connection; Elizabeth married Rev. Gideon Mills, minister of West Simsbury; Naomi married Solomon Humphrey, Sen., or 1st, and was the mother of Solomon Humphrey, Jun., or 2d, and that connection. Brewster, Jun., the oldest son, was the father of the wife of Abel Case, Sen., and that connection, also grand parent of the wife of the late Plinny Humphrey, and the mother of Norman Case. John, the fourth son of Brewster, Sen., and the third of the name of John, married Apphia, daughter of Jonathan Humphrey, the first, and great granddaughter of the first Michael Humphrey. He resided a part of his family state in Canton, though mostly in Old Simsbury. His sons were John, Carmi, Obed, Isaac, Eber, Roger, and Job. His daughters were the wife of Dea. Jared Mills, and the wife of Job Mills. John, Jun., or John the 4th, resided in the north-west part of the Farms school-district, in Canton, on land now owned by the heirs of the late Asaph Tuller, Esq. Among his children were the wife of Abraham Barber, Jun., John, Timothy and Dan. The father died May, 1802. The family are now extinct in Canton. Carmi, another son of John Higley, 3d, married Hestor, widow of Thomas Case, 2d, and daughter of Capt. Josiah Case. He was in the American army in the autumn of 1776; was taken a prisoner by the British, and with many others, confined in one of the New York churches, then made a prison of, for the purpose of starving soldiers to death, where he died under British cruelty. He left an infant son of his own name; that son was lost at sea when a man, some forty years of age or more. Obed Higley, son of John Higley, of the fourth degree inclusive from the first John Higley, married Miss Rebecca Mills. He resided most of his family state upon the premises now owned by his son, Alson Higley.

The Descendants of John Porter of Windsor, Conn. 1635-9, Volume 1
G.W. Ball
pg 118

John Higley came from England, and was an early settler at Windsor, Conn. Representative, judge of county court. He married November 9, 1671, Hannah Drake.

John Drake, with his wife Elizabeth, came from England in the fleet with Winthrop in 1629. Removed to Windsor, Conn., where he was accidentally killed August 17, 1659. Mrs. Elizabeth Drake died October 7, 1681.

Second Generation, John Drake, born in England, married November 30, 1648, Hannah Moore, born in England, daughter of John Moore, a deacon of the church, gathered in England, who came to Dorchester, Mass., May 30, 1630; removed to Windsor in 1635, and died April 18, 1677. John Drake died 1680. She died February 15, 1686.

Third Generation, Hannah Drake, born August 8, 1653, married November 9, 1671, John Higley.

Second and Fourth Generations, Brewster Higley, born 1681, married Elizabeth Holcomb.

Thomas Holcomb came from England to Dorchester, Mass., in 1633. He removed with Rev. John Warham to Windsor, Conn., in 1635-36, and died September 7, 1657.

Second Generation, Joshna Holcomb, born September 27, 1640, married January 4, 1663, Ruth Sherwood, daughter probably of Thomas Sherwood, from England, in the ship "Francis," with his wife Alice, to Dorchester, Mass., in 1634. Joshua Holcomb removed to Simsbury, Conn., and died December 1, 1690.

Third Generation, Elizabeth Holcomb, born about 1686, married Brewster Higley.

Harker-Higley Ancestry
Margaret Pfeiffer Brown
Pg 105-107

JOHN HIGLEY, the first American ancestor, was the son of Jonathan and Katherine Brewster Higley, born July 22, 1649, as taken from the old church records at Frimley, Surrey, England. His mother was clearly of the same family to which Elder William Brewster, of the "Mayflower", belonged. The said Wm. Brewster was born in last of 1566, or first of 1567, in Scrooby, Notinghamshire, Eng.

In the year 1666, this boy John, went aboard a trading vessel, setting sail for America. As was the custom with minors in those days, he was given his passage, with the understanding that he would be bound out upon the arrival of the ship in port, for, at least, a sufficient amount to pay for his passage across the ocean.

On her arrival, the ship sailed up the Connecticut River to Dorchester, later called Windsor, the oldest settlement in the Colony of Connecticut, situated 57 miles from its mouth. Here, it is thought he entered the family of John Drake, where he soon became a favorite in the household. He was married to Hannah Drake on Nov. 9, 1671, in Windsor, Conn. Then on the east side of the river, they founded their home, and lived the pioneer life.

At this time, all the men were impressed into military service, on sentinel duty, to guard against the Indians. John Higley is soon found to be acquiring lands, and beginning commercial transactions, which in time caused him to be one of the heaviest taxpayers in the Colony. In the year 1684, he removed his family to Simsbury, Conn. Here he owned much land, and the old home was only torn down in the year 1827.

On August 4, 1694, his wife, Hannah Drake Higley died, leaving him with nine children to care for. Captain Higley did not resume his seat in the General Assembly again until the year 1698.

His second marriage took place about 1696, to Mrs. Sarah Strong Bissell, of a distinguished Colonial family. They began life together, with a household of eleven children. Altogether, Capt. John Higley was the father of sixteen children, fifteen of whom lived to over twentyone years of age, and thirteen married and had families.

In the midst of a strenuous life, Captain Higley passed peacefully into the silent land, having lived three weeks beyond his sixty-fifth birthday. He died Aug. 25, 1714, and his grave is yet to be seen in the old Hop Meadow (Simsbury) burying ground. His tombstone is a neat red sandstone slab, standing two feet high.

His children were: John, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Katherine, Brewster, Hannah, Joseph, Samuel, Mindwell, Sarah, Nathaniel, Joshua and Josiah, twins, Abigal, Susanah, Isaac.

His name, as the founder of the family in America, will be held in honor and sacred possession, in their many gathered households to their latest day."

For a full account of the life and achievements of Captain John Higley, and his numerous descendants, such as the Charter Oak, page 57, Yale College, page 65, First Copper money, page 126, John Brown, page 380, and Brother Jonathan, page 451, the Kith and Kin are urged to read a volume of "The Higleys and Their Ancestry" which may be found in the Peoria Public Library.

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The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Volume 2
Henry Reed Stiles
pg387-389

HIGLEY, Capt, John, the American progenitor of all bearing the name in this country, came from Frimley, Surrey, England, to Windsor, in 1666, when about 17 years of age. His father was Jonathan Higley, who died in 1664, and his mother, before her marriage, was Katherine Brewster, daughter of the Rev. John Brewster, who died in Eng. 23 Aug., 1657. They were of the lineage of the ancient Brewster family of Mayflower fame.

John Higley, born 22 July, bp. 12 Aug., 1649; m. (1) Hannah (dau. of John and Hannah Moore) Drake of Windsor, 9 Nov., 1671 (0. G. JR). He m. (2) Wid. Sarah (Strong) Bissell, dau. of Return Strong, and the grand-dau. of Rev. John Warham. Soon after his first marriage he appears to have taken up his residence upon the eastern side of "ye Great River." In 1672 Major Pyncheon hired him "to view and search for a place" for the location of a saw-mill on " Stoney River." In June of the same year he is found in the list of persons who were appointed to make some improvements upon a road upon the "east side" of the Connecticut. It is supposed that he removed with his young family for safety to the main settlement when the general order was given during the Indian troubles, in 1675, for the families on the eastern shore to remove "forthwith, with their cattle and grain, to the west side into places of best security."

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Capt. John Higley d. 25 Aug., 1714, leaving- a large estate. His first wife, Hannah (dau. John2 and Hannah Moore) Drake, he m. 9 Nov., 1671(O.C.R.); she d, 4 Aug., 1694; his second wife, Sarah Strong, whom he m. abt. the year 1690, after his death ret. to Windsor, her native town, with the six younger children, where they were brought up and where several of them settled; she d. at Windsor 27 May, 1739. Children:
I. John, b. at W. 10 Aug., 1673 (0. C. R.)\ was a man of wealth, and rep. to the Gen. Assem.; d. 1 Dec, 1741; unm'd.

II. Jonathan, b. at W. 16 Feb., 1675 (bp. 20 Feb., 1675 0. G. I); m. Ann (dau.Lieut. Thos.) Barber, 4 Dec, 1701; d. May, 1716; she d. 15Nov., 1722. All of their ch. d. in inf. except Mercy, b. Nov. 1, 1712, who m. as 2d wife, Jonathan Court, res. at Harwinton.

III. Hannah, b. 13 Mch.. 1677; "bp. the 17 day, dead." O. G.R.

IV. Elizabeth, b. W. 13 Mich., 1677; m. as 2d wife, Nathaniel Bancroft, b. 25 Sept., 1680, at W., and whose 1st wife was Elizabeth Root; he d. 30 June, 1740; shed. 9 Dec, 1744; rem. to Westfid.
1. - (Bancroft), inf., b. 12 Oct., 1711.
2. (Bancroft), b. and d. 26 Dec, 1712.
3. Desire (Bancroft), b. 14Nov., 1713; d. 7 Dec, 1736.
4. Susannah (Bancroft), b. 30 Jan., 1716; d. 17 May, 1740.
5. Nathaniel (Bancroft), b. 23 July, 1720; d. 23 Oct., 1721.
6. Mercy (Bancroft), twins, b. 17 Id. 27 Nov., 1736.
7. Experience" $ May, 1723; jd. 17 June, 1723.
8. Elizabeth (Bancroft), b. 17 Mich., 1729; prob. d. young.
9. Tereza (Bancroft), d. 2 Dec, 1736.

V. Katherine, b. at W. 7 Aug.,- 1679; m. 24 Feb., 1704, James Noble of Westfield, Mass., b. 1 Oct., 1677; he d. 22 Apr., 1712; she was the first school-teacher at Westfield. Issue:
1. Lydia (Noble), b: 7 Dec, 1704; m. Stephen Kelsey
2. James (Noble), b. 12 Jan., 1707; d. 1739.
3. David (Noble), b. 3 Mch., 1709.

VI. Brewster, b. at W. 1680. Fam. 2.

VII. Hannah, b. at W. 22 Apl., 1683;. m. Joseph Trumbull, 31 Aug., 1704; he b. 16 Jan., 1679, d. 16 June, 1755; she d. 7 Nov., 1768; rem. Lebanon, Conn., and were the founders of the L. Sr. of the Trumbull family. Issue:
1. Joseph (Trumbull), b. 27 Mich., 1705.
2. Jonathan (Trumbull), b. 12 Oct., 1710; the Rev. War Gov. of Conn., and the "Bro. Jonathan" ?of American history.
3. Mary (Trumbull), b. 21 Aug., 1713.
4. Hannah (Trumbull), b. 1715.
5. Hannah (Trumbull), b. 18 Sept., 1717.
6. Abigail (Trumbull), b. 6 Mich., 1719.
7. John (Trumbull), b. 1722.
8. David (Trumbull), b. 8 Sept., 1723. ?[Hannah Higley's s., gr.-s., and grt.-gr.-s. all had the distoguished honor of filling the Chief Executive chair of the State of Conn.]

VII. Joseph, b. at Sims. 1685; d. 3 May, 1715; nnm'd.

IX. Samuel, b. at Sims. 1687. Fam. 3.
?X: Mind well, b. at Sims. abt. 1689; m. (1) Jonathan Hutchinson of Lebanon, Conn., fl Sept., 1714, who d. 10 Sept., 1717; (2) 2 Feb., 1727, James Teasdale, who d. 2 May, 1729; (3) 17 Sept., 1729, Capt. Nath'l Fitch, s. of the distinguished pastor of 1st ch. of Norwich, Conn., Eev. Jas. Fitch. Capt. Fitch d. 4 May, 1759. Issue (by 1st mar):
1. Hannah (Hutchinson), b. 23 May, 1715; d. 26 May, 1725. {By M Mar.):
2. Jabez (Fitch), b. 4 Oct., 1730; d. 14 Nov., 1736,
3. Ezekiel (Fitch), b. 11 Mich., 1732.
4. Isaac (Fitch), b. 10 May, 1734.

XI. Sarah, b. at Sims.v Conn., 1697; m. Jonathan Loom is of Windsor, 24 Dec, 1723, who was b. 1 Feb., 1695; res. W. (See Loomis.)

XII. Nathaniel, b. at Sims. 12 Nov., 1699. Fajsi. 4.

XII. Joshua, b. 8 Sept., 1701; d. 2 Apl., 1702.

XIV. Josiah (twin to Joshua). Fam. 5.

XV. Abigail, b. 4Nov., 1703; m. Peter Thorpe, who d. 1 Sept., 1734. Issue:
1. James. I 3. Ruth. I 5. Peter.
2. Aaron. | 4. Sarah. | 6. Abigail. ? [This family may not be correctly given. It is possible that Abigail H. m. Peter Thorpe, Jr.see Prob. Bee. Windham Co., ii. 63].

XVI. Susannah, b. 1705; m. Elisha Blackman of Lebanon, Conn., 2 Jan., 1724. Issue: ?1. Joseph (Blackman), b. 26 Nov., 1724. ?2; Elisha (Blackman), b. 19 Sept., 1727; m. Lucy [Polly] Smith, wid., 22 Mich., 1753.
3. Jonathan (Blackman), b. 12 May, 1729; m. Sarah Comstock, 7 Nov., 1751.
4. Susan (Blackman), b. 12 Aug., 1733.

XVII. Isaac, b. Sims., 20 July, 1707; m. (1) 13 Feb., 1735, "Sarah Porter, who d. 19 July, 1753; (2) 24 Feb.,
1757, Sarah Loomis. Issue {by 1st mar.):
1. Sarah, b. 23 Nov., 1735.
2. Susannah, b. 8 Dec, 1741. ?[Isaac Higley was a resident of W. from his boyhood, and among the first to f ound the town of Torrmgton, his first purchase there being Feb. 2,1732, and he rem. to T. abt."1739; supp. to have d. soon after his 2d marriage.]

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