Ninth Generation


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

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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