Jonathan Higley, I^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]}

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• Name	Jonathan Higley  [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Suffix	I
  Birth	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America   [9, 14]
  Christening	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
  Gender	Male
  Burial	May 1716	Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
  Death	01 May 1716	Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
  Person ID	I312684223418	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Ann Barber,   b. 07 Oct 1672, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 15 Nov 1722, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	04 Dec 1701	Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F2500	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Member of the church at Simsbury. Settl Member of the church at Simsbury. Settled at turkey Hills. BIRTH: 1. Samuel Parsons, comp., "Recor BIRTH: 1. Samuel Parsons, comp., "Record of Marriages and Births in Windsor, CT" (NEHG Register, vol 5, Jul 1851) p. 364: John, child of John HIGLY and Hanna DRAKE, born 10 Aug 1673. Unmarried. !The Higleys & Their Ancestors, Johnson !The Higleys & Their Ancestors, Johnson 1892; first 4 children were stillborn; #5 named Mercy b. 12 Nov 1712l, Simsbury lmd John Coult of Harrington, CT John was a schoolmaster at Simsbury, Lan John was a schoolmaster at Simsbury, Landholder, and public office holder. Co-executor of father's estate. did not marry. !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA Schoolmaster, landholder, public office Schoolmaster, landholder, public office holder, Co ex of fathers estate did not marry !NAME-BORN-DIED-PARENTS-SIBLINGS-ORDINAN !NAME-BORN-DIED-PARENTS-SIBLINGS-ORDINANCES: B/E/P; AFN:455M-P7 !NAME-BORN-PARENTS-SIBLINGS-BIOGRAPHY; !NAME-BORN-PARENTS-SIBLINGS-MARRIED-SPOU !NAME-BORN-PARENTS-SIBLINGS-MARRIED-SPOUSE-DIED-ORDINANCES: B/E/P: AFN:455M-QD !NAME-BORN-PARENTS-SIBLINGS-MARRIED-SPOUSE-DIED-WILL: dated 9 Apr 1716; Birth - Windsor Vital Records 0002983 pg Birth - Windsor Vital Records 0002983 pg 145 & 0002922: Born 16 Feb 1675 Windsor; Chr 20 Feb 1675 Windsor Marr - Marr.-Simsbury Vital Records 0002891 & 0002979 pg 74: Jonathan Higley s. capt. John, m. Ann Barber, d. Lieut. Thomas, b. of Simsbury, Dec 4, 1701 Death - Anc F:1 May 1716 (not in Simsbury 0002979 or 0002922) bapt - Ord Index-5 Jul 1905 end - Ord Index-6 Jul 1905, Anc F-7 Jul 1905 sld/p - Ord Index-18 Mar 1908 LOGAN, 12 Jul 1933 SLAKE, 29 Nov 1944 ARIZO, 18 Jun 1947, 22 Feb 1967 ARIZO sld/s - Ord Index-16 Feb 1973 HAWAI Note: The HIgleys and their Ancestry by Mary Coffin Johnson 929.273 H539j - page 85: It appears from the records that Jonathan, the second son of Captain John and Hannah Drake Higley, lived and died in Simsbury. There is less in his life of a conspicuous nature to record than of his brothers who lived to the same age, his walk having been in quieter and more unobtrusive channels. He was born at Windsor, February 6, 1675, and died in May 1716, at the age of forty-one years, less than two years after his father's decease. Of his earlier childhood there are found no memoranda. Captain Higley had imbedded an ambition in this boy before he was thirteen, as he did in all of his older sons, for the possession of lands, by securing for him by grant of the town in his own name two lots of land, the whole containing twenty-five acres, situated on the east side of the river. He was honored by the town meeting with sundry local appointments in the town and neighborhood while yet a young man, and served in matters concerning the Church. ... On the 4th of December, 1701, Jonathan Higley married Ann Barher, the daughter of Lieutenant Thomas Barber. Lieutenant Barber was at that time in command under Captain John Higley of the Simsbury militia. The family of Barbers were, if not the leaders, among the most prominent citizens, and founders of the town. Jonathan and Ann settled upon their home farm at the "N. E. Corner," afterwards called Turkey Hills. An unusual fatality appears to have overtaken their children. The successive births and deaths of four infants occurred. Except one, a daughter, none lived beyond babyhood. This daughter, who was named Me'rcy--a family name among the Barbers--was born November 12, 1712, and baptized on the i3th of the following June. At the age of twenty the town meeting ordered lands "laid out" to her. She afterward married John Coult and resided at Harwinton, Conn., and became the mother of a family; her eldest son, born October 13, 1735, bearing his grandfather's name--Jonathan Higley Coult. Jonathan Higley's name frequently appears upon the Land Records, in the purchase and sale of lands, and in this connection it may be remarked that repeated transactions in business, as well as social relations between his brothers and himself, indicate a beautiful harmony and kindly family feeling existing between them, which commands hearty admiration. In the sharp divergence and bitter contest between the proprietors of the town and the townspeople over the Copper-Hill lands, he represented the family in the peole's meetings. As has been previously stated the Higleys were careful that some one of their number should be present at all public discussions where measures concerning these lands were likely to be taken. He died in May, 1716. Jonathan Higley's will was dated April 9, 1716, one month before his death. The main bequests were to his "beloved wife Ann," and to his "only daughter Mercy." He gave legacies in land to his "six brothers," and divides'his Windsor property between his "three eldest brothers, John,Brewster, and Samuel," and remembered in his bequests David, the second son of Brewster, who was then but a lad. ... Ann Higley survived her husband but six years, and died November 15, 1722, leaving their only child an orphan ten years of age. The child became heir to all of the property that belonged to both of her parents. ... BIRTH: 1. Samuel Parsons, comp., "Recor BIRTH: 1. Samuel Parsons, comp., "Record of Marriages and Births in Windsor, CT" (NEHG Register, vol 5, Jul 1851) p. 364: Jonathan, child of John HIGLY and Hanna DRAKE, born 16 Feb 1675. member of church at Simsbury member of church at Simsbury "Descendants of John Drake", A8D5, P.5, "Descendants of John Drake", A8D5, P.5, 15-23. The Higleys and Their Ancestry, an Old Colonial Family by M.C. Johnson p1,2 From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

  
  

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