Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND Capt. John HIGLEY82,83,134,265,266,268,269,415,1045
 Birth

22 July 1649

Frimley, Surrey, , England83,266,267,268,414,415,1045
Baptism

12 August 1649

Frimley, Surrey, , England83,414
Arrival

between 1664 and 1666

at about 15 years old after running from a cruel master; Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA83,267,268,414,415
Occupation

about 1664

An apprentice manufacturing gloves; Frimley, Surrey, , England414
Misc

about 1664

Was sold to John Drake to pay off his debt from sailing from England; Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA414
Occupation

after 1664

he engaged in the coast shipping trade, eventually making trading voyages to the West Indies.; West Indies415
Residence

1677

Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA83,415
Property

1680

Purchased land in Simsbury; Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA415
Occupation

30 December 1680

was a constable; Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA83,1484
Residence

1684

He was one of the original proprietors of the town of Simsbury; Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA83,268,415
Occupation

October 1684

term of the General Court; Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA83
Occupation

December 1685

Selectman; Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA83,415
Military

1687

Ensign to Captain in the train band of the military; Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA83,268,415
Occupation

May 1688

Commissioner; Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA83
Occupation

1691

Commissioner; Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA83
Elected

between 1698 and 1710

Commission for Justice; Hartford, Connecticut, USA83
Elected

between 1698 and 1711

member of the Colonial Legislature; Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA82,83,268
Misc

between 1705 and 1707

 83
Death

25 August 1714

Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA83,265,266,267,1045
Burial

 

Hop Meadow Cemetery (aka Center Cemetery), Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA1045
Misc

 

Hid the charter of Connecticut to prevent it from being seized by Governor Edmund Andross; Connecticut, USA415
Occupation

 

Officer of Customs; Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA83
Marriage

1696

 82,83,266,267
Marriage

9 November 1671

Hannah DRAKE; Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA83,134,266,267,268,415,1047
FatherJonathan HIGLEY
MotherKatherine BREWSTER
WIFE Sarah STRONG34,82,83,264,265,266,267,268
 Birth

14 March 1665

 34,82,264,266
Residence

between 1714 and 1739

she returned to Windsor after John Higley's death; Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA83,267
Death

27 May 1739

Age: 74, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA83,266
Marriage

7 July 1686

Joseph BISSELL; 34,82,264
FatherReturn STRONG
MotherSarah WARHAM
CHILDREN

F

Sarah HIGLEY82,83
 Birth

1697

Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA82,83
Residence

 

Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA83
Marriage

24 December 1723

Jonathan LOOMIS; 83

M

Nathaniel HIGLEY82,83,1045
 Birth

12 November 1699

Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA82,83,1045
Death

1773

North Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA1045
Burial

 

Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA1045

M

Josiah HIGLEY82,83
 Birth

1701

 82
Birth

8 September 1701

Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA1045
Death

31 May 1751

Hartford County, Connecticut, USA1045
Burial

 

East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA1045

M

Joshua HIGLEY82,83
 Birth

8 September 1701

 82,83
Death

2 April 1702

died at 7 months old; 82,83

F

Abigail HIGLEY83,265
 Birth

4 November 1703

 82,83
Marriage

 

 83

F

Susanna HIGLEY52,125,180,265,269,270,272,283,284
 Birth

1697

 82
Birth

1705

Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA83,265,283,284
Residence

after 1723

Lebanon, Connecticut, USA265
Death

after March 1748

 265
Probate

 

 265
Marriage

3 January 1724

Elisha BLACKMAN; Or Jan 2 or 1723, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA52,83,125,134,265,269,270,272,282,283,284

M

Isaac HIGLEY82,83
 Birth

20 July 1707

Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA82,83
Residence

before 1739

Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA83
Residence

1739

Among the first founders of Torrington, buying land in 1732 and moving there in 1739; Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA83
Death

after 1757

 83
Marriage

13 February 1735

Sarah PORTER; 83
Marriage

24 February 1757

Sarah LOOMIS; 83