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Dr. Samuel Higley[1, 2, 3]

Male 1687 - Abt 1737  (50 years)


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  • Name Samuel Higley 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Birth 1687  Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation From 1714 to 1717  [4] 
    schoolmaster
    Occupation 1717  [5] 
    surgeon
    Death Abt May 1737  at sea Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Person ID I20360  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2016 

    Father Capt. John Higley, Sr.,   b. 22 Jul 1649, Frimley, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 1714, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Hannah Drake,   b. 8 Aug 1653, Windsor Settlement, River, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1694, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage 9 Nov 1671  Windsor Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19] 
    Family ID F7009  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1687 - Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Abt May 1737 - at sea Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Samuel Higley (1687-1737) of Simsbury (now East Granby), Connecticut was a Yale graduate who had studied medicine with Samuel Mather and Thomas Hooker. Apparently he also learned metallurgical and mining skills because in 1728 the Connecticut General Court granted Higley exclusive rights for the making of steel in the colony for a period of ten years. That same year Higley purchased 143 acres located about a mile and a half south of an area called Copper Hill, which had been a copper mining center since 1712. Higley discovered copper on his land and soon began mining ore. Apparently little else is known for certain about Higley's association with coining.

      Although no documentary evidence exists directly linking Higley to the minting of coins, since colonial times he has been associated with the Connecticut copper tokens first produced in 1737 . Also, it appears Higley had the skill to make steel dies necessary for minting. Apparently, as Samuel Higley's exclusive privilege for making steel was about to expire he decided to get into the business of minting copper coins.

      from http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Higley.intro.html

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S492] Families of Ancient Windsor, CT, Vol. 2, 389, 00184.

    2.  2.  [S743] Higleys, 115, 00743.

    3.  3.  [S50] Penobscot Pioneers, Volume 1, 71, 00417.

    4.  4.  [S743] Higleys, 116, 00743.

    5.  5.  [S743] Higleys, 118, 00743.

    6.  6.  [S492] Families of Ancient Windsor, CT, Vol. 2, 390, 00184.

    7.  7.  [S743] Higleys, 131, 00743.

    8.  8.  [S940] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 2, 414, 00191.

    9.  9.  [S492] Families of Ancient Windsor, CT, Vol. 2, 387, 00184.

    10.  10.  [S492] Families of Ancient Windsor, CT, Vol. 2, 178, 00184.

    11.  11.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 369, 00395.

    12.  12.  [S743] Higleys, 32, 00743.

    13.  13.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 5:364, 00390.

    14.  14.  [S809] Early Settlers of West Simsbury, 00805.

    15.  15.  [S881] TAG 33-35, 35:21, 00877.

    16.  16.  [S858] Ricker Compilation, 6236, 00854.

    17.  17.  [S898] West Simsbury, 86, 00894.

    18.  18.  [S1141] Vital Records of CT, Windsor:77, 00991.

    19.  19.  [S1141] Vital Records of CT, Windsor:144, 00991.