John Higley^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]}

1649 - 1714  (65 years)

• Name	John Higley
  Born	22 Jul 1649	Frimley, Ash, Surrey, England
  Christened	12 Aug 1649	Frimley, Ash, Surrey, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Aug 1714	Simsbury, Hartford County, Province of Connecticut, (Present USA)
  Buried	Abt 28 Aug 1714	Hop Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
  Person ID	I1573	Alford Hathaway
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Higley,   b. 20 Jun 1624, Frimley, Surrey, England ,   d. 1664, Frimley, Surrey, England  (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Katherine Brewster,   b. 22 Jul 1626,   d. 23 Aug 1657, Frimley, Surrey, England  (Age 31 years)
  Married	3 Jan 1647	Frimley, Surrey, England
  	Spouse: Katherine Higley (born Brewster)
  Family ID	F600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	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)
  Children	1. John Higley,   b. 16 Aug 1673, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony ,   d. 1 Dec 1741, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony  (Age 68 years)   2. Jonathon Higley,   b. 16 Feb 1675, Windsor, Connecticut Colony ,   d. May 1716, Simsbury, Connecticut Colony  (Age 41 years)   3. Elizabeth Higley,   b. 13 Mar 1677, Windsor, Connecticut Colony ,   d. 7 Dec 1743, Westfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age 66 years)   4. Katherine Higley,   b. 7 Aug 1678, Windsor, Connecticut Colony ,   d. 7 Mar 1741, Westfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age 62 years) + 5. Brewster Higley,   b. 10 Jan 1680, Windsor, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut ,   d. 5 Nov 1760, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 80 years) + 6. Hannah Higley,   b. 22 Apr 1683, Simsbury, Ct. ,   d. 8 Nov 1768, New London, Connecticut  (Age 85 years)   7. Joseph Higley,   b. 1685,   d. 3 May 1714/15  (Age 30 years)   8. Samuel Higley,   b. 1687, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony ,   d. 1737, Atlantic Ocean enroute to England  (Age 50 years)   9. Mindwell Higley,   b. 1689, Simsbury, Connecticut Colony ,   d. 1 Sep 1769, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Strong,   b. 14 Mar 1665, Windsor, Connecticut Colony ,   d. 27 May 1739, Windsor, Connecticut Colony  (Age 74 years)
  Married	7 Jul 1687	Windsor, Hartford County, Province of Connecticut, (Present USA), Windsor, Province of Connecticut, (Present USA)
  Children	1. Sarah Higley,   b. Abt 1697, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 24 Dec 1773, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age 76 years)   2. Nathaniel Higley,   b. 12 Nov 1699, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 17 Sep 1773, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 73 years)   3. Josiah Higley,   b. 8 Sep 1701, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 31 May 1751, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age 49 years)   4. Joshua Higley,   b. 8 Sep 1701, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British America ,   d. 2 Apr 1702, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age 0 years)   5. Abigail Higley,   b. 4 Nov 1703, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Ameria ,   d. Jul 1742, Goshen, Connecticut  (Age 38 years)   6. Susannah Higley,   b. 1705, Simsbury, Hartford, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America ,   d. After 1748, Connecticut, United States  (Age 44 years)   7. Isaac Higley,   b. 20 Jul 1707, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. Dec 1771, Torrington, Litchfield, Conneticut, United States  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2021
  Family ID	F601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  A Higley Copper In the early 1700s, rich copper deposits were discovered in Simsbury. On July 29, 1728, Samuel, John and Hannah's son, purchased multiple tracts of land adjacent to his own for five hundred pounds. That may not seem like much today, but in 1728, it was more than the total net worth of most colonists. More significantly, on this land was what…

  
  

  Documents

  Probate Records for John Higley

  
  

  Biographies

  The story of John Higley and Hannah Drake John Higley was sold into indentured servitude in England by his widowed mother. He escaped to Connecticut, where he became part of John Darke and Hannah Moore's family. As an adult, he became one of the richest and most influential people in the Colony.

  
  

  Timelines

  John and Hannah Higley Timeline

  
  

  Maps

  Old Simsbury map showing the location of Higley homestead

  
  

• Sources

  [S193] The Higleys and Their Ancestry, an Old Colonial Family, Mary Coffin Johnson, (D Appleton and Company, New York, 1896). [S194] Drakes in America, George Coolidge, August 1845. [S120] A New History of Old Windsor, Daniel Howard, (The Journel Press, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, 1935). [S107] History of Ancient Windsor, Henry R. Stiles, M.D., (Charles B. Norton, 348 Broadway, Nwe Yory, NY, 1859). [S190] First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut, R.R. Hinman, (Case, Tiffany, and Company, Hartford, 1852.). [S163] The Public Records of the Connecticut , J Hammond Trumbull, (Brown and Parsons, Hartford, Connecticut, 1850.). [S201] Early Settlers of West Simsbury, Abiel Brown, Esq, (The Abigail Phelps Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Simsbury, Connecticut, 1931). [S160] History of Simsbury, Granby, and Canton, Noah Phelps. [S169] Simsbury, Being a Brief Historical Sketch , John E. Ellsworth, (The Simsbury Committee for the Tercentenary 1935). [S152] Hartford County Court Minutes, Helen Scharvet Ullmann, CG, FSCG, (NEHGS). [S153] Connecticut: Minutes of the Court of Assistants, 1669-1711, Helen Schatvet Ullmann, CG, FASG, (NEHGS). [S128] Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut , J. Hammond Trumbell, (Brown & Parsons, Hartford, 1850).