Eldest child of 7 (Higley p 9). Mother of 7 children.
Higley, p. 64: Sarah Strong Bissell, granddaughter of Elder John Strong, was eldest child of Return Strong and Sarah Wareham (daughter Return Strong was the sixth child of Elder John Strong (Higley p 64).
Dwight only mentions the husband, Bissell, the Diana book mentions the other husband, Higley; it is likely that as early as Bissell died, that Sarah would have remarried.
Citations
1. [S82] Gary Boyd Roberts and William Addams Reitwiesner, Princess Di, Page 51..
2. [S84] Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight Elder John Strong, Vol. II:Pg. 1077..
3. [S121] Judge Pelham St. George Bissell, The Descendants of Captain John Bissell, Page 7/Item m3-13..
4. [S506] Leroy E. Higley, John Higley, CD Supplement #1.
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Higley, p. 63: Joseph Bissell was first cousin to John Higley's first wife Hannah.
Citations
1. [S121] Judge Pelham St. George Bissell, The Descendants of Captain John Bissell, Page 7/Item 3-13. 29
Witnessed Great Plague (1665) the summer previous to leaving London.
Moved to Simsbury 1684, purchasing the Wolcott farm from George Griswold of Windsor Connecticut.
Tradition says had 2 sisters whom he left behind in England with his mother.
The love story is well documented by living descendants. That is, in the 19th century Higley book (see citations, p 32), the author spoke with people who got the story directly from Higleys' children. Briefly, after Capt John's father Jonathan died at an early age, Capt John's mother apprenticed him out. He fled to the Colonies ca. 1666, indentured passage, became part of Drake household.
He could not marry the Drake daughter because apprentices cannot marry without permission. The Colony remained subject to British law. He returned 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 escaped with the Charter, hid it for six weeks, before it was hidden in the Charter Oak. An emissary from England had been sent to confiscate and revoke 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 was never actually surrendered, they legally continued as a Colony.
Details remain hazy because of the need at the time to keep all participants' names a secret.
John Higley is laid to rest beside John Drake at Simsbury Connecticut.
Citations
1. [S506] Leroy E. Higley, John Higley, Page 1.
2. [S578] Frank B. Gay, John Drake, Page 16.
3. [S506] Leroy E. Higley, John Higley, CD Supplement #1.
4. [S344] Joyce A. Cahill Simsbury Cemetery.
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1824. Sarah STRONG 61 (Return3, John (Elder)2, Father of Elder John1) was born on 14 Mar 1665/66 in Windsor, Connecticut 47 and died on 27 May 1739 in Windsor, Connecticut 62 at age 73.
Sarah married Joseph BISSELL,29 son of Thomas BISSELL and Abigail MOORE, on 7 Jul 1687.29 47 Joseph was born on 18 Apr 1663 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut 29 and died on 23 Aug 1689 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut 29 47 at age 26.
Children from this marriage were:
1827 M i. Joseph BISSELL 2d 47 was born on 21 Mar 1686/87.47
1828 M ii. Benoni BISSELL 47 was born on 7 Dec 1689 47 and died on 26 Aug 1761 47 at age 71.
Sarah next married Captain John HIGLEY, son of Jonathan HIGLEY and Katherine BREWSTER, in 1696 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.29 61 John was born on 22 Jul 1649 in Frimley, Surrey, England,63 died on 25 Aug 1714 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA 64 at age 65, and was buried in Simsbury Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.64
Noted events in his life were:
• He was baptized on 12 Aug 1649 in Frimley, Surrey, England. 63
Children from this marriage were:
1829 F i. Sarah HIGLEY 62 was born about 1697.62
1830 M ii. Nathaniel HIGLEY 29 47 was born on 12 Nov 1699 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA 29 47 62 and died in Sep 1773 in Granby, Hartford, Connecticut 29 60 at age 73.
Nathaniel married Abigail FILER 29 (b. 6 Feb 1702/03, d. Abt 1761) on 29 Mar 1720 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.29
1831 M iii. Joshuah HIGLEY 62 was born on 8 Sep 1701 62 and died about Jun 1702.62
1832 M iv. Josiah HIGLEY 62 was born on 8 Sep 1701.62
1833 F v. Abigail HIGLEY 62 was born on 4 Nov 1703.62
1834 F vi. Susannah HIGLEY 62 was born in 1705.62
1835 M vii. Isaac HIGLEY 62 was born on 20 Jul 1707.62
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