304. Ens. Brewster Higley Sr.209,211,468,807,808,809,810,811,812,813,814,815 was born in 1680 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.468,473,812 He signed a will on 27 Oct 1760.816 He died on 5 Nov 1760 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.468,473,816 Ens. Brewster Higley Sr. and Hester Holcomb were married on 17 Feb 1708/9 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.211,468,469,473,808,809,810,811,813
305. Hester Holcomb211,468,469,473,808,809,810,811,813
was born in Feb 1684 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.468 She died on 17 Dec 1775 in Simsbury, Hartford County,
Connecticut.468,817 Children were:
i. | Ens. Brewster Higley Jr.468,469,818 was born on 12 Dec 1709 in Simsbury, Hartford County,
Connecticut.468,469,813 He
signed a will on 21 Jun 1793 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.813 The will of Brewster Higley
2nd, written 21 June 1793, provides for
'My loving wife Mindwell, a garden plot of half an acre of plow lands in the most convenient place near my dwelling, also, a third part of my cellar with liberty to pass to and from the same, and the well, for her use & benefit, with liberty of cutting fire wood enough to support a fire for her benefit, & liberty to pasture one cow on the farme, & liberty to cut 2 loads of hay in my meadow annually during her natural life, with what I gave her by a marriage settlement as by a written agreement may appear is to be in full of her Dowery in my estate. Also liberty to put her bay in my North barn & stable for a cow in winter.' He died on 21 Mar 1794.468,813,819 | |
ii. | David Higley468,469,820 was born in 1712.468,820 He died about 1790.821 | |
iii. | Capt. Joseph Higley Sr.468,469,822 was born on 21 Oct 1715.468,822 He died in May 1790 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.468,822 | |
iv. | Hannah Higley468,469,814,823 was born on 17 Dec 1717 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.468,814,823 She died on 26 Jan 1806.468,814,823 | |
v. | Hester Higley468,469,807,824 was born on 3 Dec 1719.468,807,824 She died on 15 Sep 1807.468,824 | |
152 | vi. | John Higley Sr.. |
vii. | Elizabeth Higley468,469,825 was born in 1723 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.468,825 She died on 27 Jul 1774 in West Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.468,826 | |
viii. | Naomi Higley211,468,469,810,826 was born in 1726.468,810,826 She died in 1817.468,810,826 |