John HIGLEY

Birth:
22 Jul 1649
Frimley, Sussex, England
Death:
25 Aug 1714
Marriage:
9 Nov 1671
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Usa
Notes:
                   John Higley is noted as the first progenitor in the Higley line to live in America.

John Higley married twice.  He and first wife Hannah Drake married 9 Nov. 1671 and had ten children, she died in 1694 and he remarried in 1696 to Sarah Strong Bissell.  It was a second marriage for her also she had married Joseph Bissell 7 July,1686.  John and Sarah had seven children and some one had them sealed to Sarah Strong Bissell and her first husband Joseph Bissell.  The note on the family group record says:  These children were sealed to Joseph Bissell first husband and to their mother Sarah Strong Date 24 June 1947 S.L.  Sarah sealed to first husband 24 June 1947 S.L.   Approved Joseph Fielding Smith, Pres.
Hannah DRAKE
Birth:
8 Aug 1653
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Usa
Death:
4 Aug 1694
Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, Usa
Children
Marriage
1
John HIGLEY, JR.
Birth:
16 Mar 1673
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Usa
Death:
1 Dec 1741
 
Marr:
 
2
Jonathan HIGLEY
Birth:
16 Feb 1675
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Usa
Death:
May 1716
Ann BARBER 
Marr:
4 Dec 1701
Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticu 
3
Elizabeth HIGLEY
Birth:
13 Mar 1677
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Usa
Death:
Nathaniel BANCROFT 
Marr:
1706/10
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut 
4
Hannah HIGLEY
Birth:
13 Mar 1677
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Usa
Death:
 
Marr:
 
5
Katherine HIGLEY
Birth:
7 Aug 1679
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Usa
Death:
7 Mar 1741
James NOBLE 
Marr:
24 Feb 1704
Prob, Windsor, Hartford, Conne 
6
Brewster HIGLEY, 2ND
Birth:
Mar 1680
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Usa
Death:
5 Nov 1760
Hester or Esther HOLCOMB 
Marr:
17 Feb 1709
West Simsbury, Hartford, Conne 
7
Hannah HIGLEY
Birth:
22 Apr 1683
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Usa
Death:
8 Nov 1768
Joseph TURNBALL 
Marr:
31 Aug 1704
Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticu 
8
Joseph HIGLEY
Birth:
Abt 1685
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Usa
Death:
3 May 1715
 
Marr:
 
9
Samuel HIGLEY
Birth:
Abt 1687
Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, Usa
Death:
May 1737
Shipwreck on Atlantic Ocean Enroute To, England
Abigail BEMAN 
Marr:
19 Sep 1719
Westfield, Massachusetts 
10
Mindwell HIGLEY
Birth:
Abt 1689
Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, Usa
Death:
Jonathan HUTCHENSON 
Marr:
4 Sep 1714
Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticu 
FCID:16089:112
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John Higley - Hannah Drake

John Higley was born at Frimley, Sussex, England 22 Jul 1649. His parents were Jonathan Higley and Katherine Brewster.

He married Hannah Drake 9 Nov 1671 at Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Usa . Hannah Drake was born at Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Usa 8 Aug 1653 daughter of John Drake, Jr. and Hannah Moore .

They were the parents of 10 children:
John Higley, Jr. born 16 Mar 1673.
Jonathan Higley born 16 Feb 1675.
Elizabeth Higley born 13 Mar 1677.
Hannah Higley born 13 Mar 1677.
Katherine Higley born 7 Aug 1679.
Brewster Higley, 2nd born Mar 1680.
Hannah Higley born 22 Apr 1683.
Joseph Higley born Abt 1685.
Samuel Higley born Abt 1687.
Mindwell Higley born Abt 1689.

John Higley died 25 Aug 1714 .

Hannah Drake died 4 Aug 1694 at Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, Usa .