Brewster Higley^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1680 - 1760  (80 years)

• Name	Brewster Higley
  Born	10 Jan 1680	Windsor, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Nov 1760	Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  Buried	7 Nov 1760	Simsbury Burying Ground, Hartford, Connecticut
  Person ID	I1571	Alford Hathaway
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	John Higley,   b. 22 Jul 1649, Frimley, Ash, Surrey, England ,   d. 25 Aug 1714, Simsbury, Hartford County, Province of Connecticut, (Present USA)  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Hannah Drake,   b. 8 Aug 1653, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Windsor, Connecticut ,   d. 4 Aug 1694, Higleytown, Hartford, Connecticut, Higleytown, Connecticut  (Age 40 years)
  Married	9 Nov 1671	Windsor, Hartford County, Province of Connecticut, (Present USA)
  	Spouse: Sarah Higley (born Strong)
  Family ID	F598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hester or Esther Holcombe,   b. 3 Feb 1684, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony ,   d. 17 Dec 1775, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony  (Age 91 years)
  Married	17 Feb 1708	Simsbury, Connecticut, United States
  Children	1. Brewster Higley, II,   b. 12 Dec 1709, Simsbury, Connecticut Colony ,   d. 21 Mar 1794  (Age 84 years)   2. David Higley,   b. 1712, Simsbury ,   d. 1790  (Age 78 years)   3. Joseph Higley,   b. 15 Oct 1715, Simsbury, Connecticut Colony ,   d. May 1790, Simsbury, Connecticut, USA  (Age 74 years)   4. Hannah Higley,   b. 17 Dec 1717, Simsbury, Connecticut Colony ,   d. 25 Jan 1806, Bloomfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 88 years)   5. Esther Higley,   b. 3 Dec 1719, Simsbury, Connecticut Colony ,   d. 15 Sep 1807  (Age 87 years)   6. John Higley,   b. 17 Feb 1722, Simsbury, Connecticut Colony ,   d. 2 May 1802  (Age 80 years)   7. Elizabeth Higley,   b. 1723, Simsbury, Connecticut Colony ,   d. 1774  (Age 51 years)   8. Naomi Higley,   b. 21 May 1728, Simsbury, Connecticut Colony
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Picture of Brewster Higley's House

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Brewster Higley Will
  		Hester Holcomb Higley Will (image of original)
  		Signature of Brewster from 1725

  
  

  Headstones		Brewster Higley Tombstone
  		Esther Holcomb Higley Tombstone

  
  

  Family

  Holcomb Family Chart

  
  

  Biographies

  The story of Brewster Higley and Esther Holcomb Brewster Higley was born in Windsor, Connecticut, in January 1679/80 and was the third son and fifth child of John Higley Sr. and Hannah Drake. On February 17, 1708/09, Brewster Higley married Hester Holcomb, the sixth child and third daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Holcomb.

  
  

  Timelines

  Timeline of the lives of Brewster and Esther Higley

  
  

• Sources

  [S193] The Higleys and Their Ancestry, an Old Colonial Family, Mary Coffin Johnson, (D Appleton and Company, New York, 1896). [S163] The Public Records of the Connecticut , J Hammond Trumbull, (Brown and Parsons, Hartford, Connecticut, 1850.). [S202] Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880, Connecticut State Library , (Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Wills, and Probate Records, 1609-1999 ). [S201] Early Settlers of West Simsbury, Abiel Brown, Esq, (The Abigail Phelps Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Simsbury, Connecticut, 1931).