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Captain John HIGLEY and Hannah (Hanna) DRAKE



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Captain John HIGLEY and Hannah (Hanna) DRAKE


Husband Captain John HIGLEY 77 

           Born: 22 Jul 1649 - Frimley, Surrey, England 77
       Baptized: 
           Died: 25 Aug 1714 - Simsbury, Hartford, Connectcut, USA 151
         Buried:  - Simsbury, Hartford, Connectcut, USA 151


         Father: Jonathan HIGLEY (Abt 1624-Abt 1664) 77
         Mother: Katherine BREWSTER (      -      ) 77


       Marriage: 9 Nov 1671 - Windsor, Connecticut 152

   Other Spouse: Sarah STRONG (1666-1739) 139
Noted events in his life were:

• He was baptized on 12 Aug 1649 in Frimley, Surrey, England. 77


Wife Hannah (Hanna) DRAKE 78 

           Born: 5 Aug 1653 - Windsor, Connecticut 78
       Baptized: 
           Died: 4 Aug 1694 - Simsbury, Hartford, Connectcut, USA 79
         Buried: 


         Father: John DRAKE 2d (      -1689) 152
         Mother: Hannah MOORE (      -      ) 215

Noted events in her life were:

• She was baptized on 15 Apr 1655 in Windsor, Connecticut. 78

Children
1 M John HIGLEY 2d 76 

           Born: 16 Aug 1673 76
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 






2  M  Jonathan HIGLEY 76





           Born: 16 Feb 1674/75 79
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Ann BARBER (      -      ) 79
           Marr: 1701 79








3  F  Elizabeth HIGLEY 76





           Born: 13 Mar 1676/77 76
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Nathaniel BANCROFT (      -      ) 75
           Marr: 1701 75








4  F  Katherine HIGLEY 76





           Born: 7 Aug 1679 - Windsor, Connecticut 76
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



         Spouse: James NOBLE (      -      ) 216
           Marr: 1704 79








5  M  Ensign Brewster HIGLEY Sen. 76





           Born: Mar 1679/80 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA 76
       Baptized: 
           Died: 5 Nov 1760 - Simsbury, Hartford, Connectcut, USA 217
         Buried: 7 Nov 1760 - Simsbury, Hartford, Connectcut, USA 217



         Spouse: Hester (Esther) HOLCOMBE (1683-1775) 217
           Marr: 17 Feb 1708/09 - Simsbury, Hartford, Connectcut, USA 217








6  F  Hannah HIGLEY 76





           Born: 22 Aug 1683 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA 76
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Joseph TRUMBULL (      -      ) 218
           Marr: 1704 218








7  M  Joseph HIGLEY 76





           Born: Abt 1685 76
       Baptized: 
           Died: 3 May 1715 - Simsbury, Hartford, Connectcut, USA 79
         Buried: 








8  M  Samuel HIGLEY 76





           Born: Abt 1687 76
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 








9  F  Mindwell HIGLEY 76





           Born: Abt 1689 76
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Jonathan HUTCHINSON (      -1717) 219
           Marr: 2 Sep 1714 219



         Spouse: James TISDALE (      -1727) 219
           Marr: 2 Feb 1726/27 219



         Spouse: Captain Nathaniel FITCH (1680-1759) 219











General Notes (Husband)



Witnessed Great Plague (1665) the summer previous to leaving London.

Moved to Simsbury 1684, purchasing the Wolcott farm from George Griswoldof Windsor Connecticut.

Tradition says had 2 sisters whom he left behind in England with hismother.

The love story is well documented by living descendants. That is, in the19th century Higley book (see citations, p 32), the author spoke withpeople who got the story directly from Higleys' children. Briefly, afterCapt John's father Jonathan died at an early age, Capt John's motherapprenticed him out. He fled to the Colonies ca. 1666, indenturedpassage, became part of Drake household.

He could not marry the Drake daughter because apprentices cannot marrywithout permission. The Colony remained subject to British law. Hereturned to England and his mother; they bought off the apprenticeship;he returned and married the Drake daughter.

Granted land adjacent to George Griswold and Benjamin Newberry.

1698 promoted from Lieutenant to Captain, the highest rank then known inthe colony save one.

Higley book, p 57: Higley family documents state Capt John Higley escapedwith the Charter, hid it for six weeks, before it was hidden in theCharter Oak. An emissary from England had been sent to confiscate andrevoke the Charter, which would have dissolved the Colonial government.The Charter was produced and placed on the table. The lights (candles)suddenly went out; the Charter disappeared. Since the sealed Charter wasnever actually surrendered, they legally continued as a Colony.

Details remain hazy because of the need at the time to keep allparticipants' names a secret.

John Higley is laid to rest beside John Drake at Simsbury Connecticut.


General Notes (Wife)



BURIAL: Higley p 62: No gravestone has been found.


General Notes for Child Katherine HIGLEY



Higley p 66: A gifted girl. 1704 Married James Noble of Westfield Mass.


General Notes for Child Ensign Brewster HIGLEY Sen.



NAME: Given John's mother's maiden name (Higley p 43).

John Higley 3d married at the age of twenty-two, the fact of which is setforth in the Town Records of Simsbury, thus:

"Aprill 7, A. D. 1757. Brewster Higley the 3d, son of Brewster Higley the2d, and Esther Owen, daughter of John Owen and Esther his wife, wereJoined in marriage by John Humphrey Esqr. Their grandfather's name isBrewster Higley and Grandmother's name is Esther. Their father's name isBrewster Higley and mother's name is Esther, so that there are threegenerations from Grandfather and Grandmother down to Grandson andgrad-daughter, all of one name for male, and one name for female -- threegenerations now living. May the divine blessing rest on them and theirsto the latest posterity."

The father of the bride, Deacon John Owen, was at that time the townclerk, and made the record.

They settled at Simsbury, where they resided for twenty-two years, thenremoved to Castleton, Vt.


General Notes for Child Joseph HIGLEY



Higley, p 63: 7th child of John Higley. Never married.







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