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Ens. Brewster Higley, Jr.[1, 2, 3]

Male 1709 - 1794  (84 years)


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  • Name Brewster Higley 
    Prefix Ens. 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 12 Dec 1709  Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    Gender Male 
    Will 21 Jun 1793  Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • 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.'
    Death 21 Mar 1794  [1, 4, 5
    Person ID I20369  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 21 Dec 2008 

    Father Ens. Brewster Higley, Sr.,   b. 1680/1, Windsor Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1760, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Hester Holcomb,   b. Feb 1684, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1775, Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 91 years) 
    Marriage 17 Feb 1708/9  Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
    Family ID F7008  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Dec 1709 - Simsbury Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 21 Jun 1793 - Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

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

    2.  2.  [S743] Higleys, 100, 00743.

    3.  3.  [S743] Higleys, 162, 00743.

    4.  4.  [S758] Bull Descendants, 28, 00758.

    5.  5.  [S743] Higleys, 167, 00743.

    6.  6.  [S708] Vital Records of CT Vol 39 (Barbour), 119, 00708.

    7.  7.  [S492] Families of Ancient Windsor, CT, Vol. 2, 395, 00184.

    8.  8.  [S719] NGS Quarterly, 24:132, 00718.

    9.  9.  [S741] Humphreys Family in America, 260, 00740.

    10.  10.  [S741] Humphreys Family in America, 316, 00740.

    11.  11.  [S742] Holcomb(e)s, 41, 00738.

    12.  12.  [S881] TAG 33-35, 35:20, 00877.

    13.  13.  [S858] Ricker Compilation, 6235, 00854.

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

    15.  15.  [S867] TAG, 57:71, 00863.

    16.  16.  [S1141] Vital Records of CT, Simsbury:73, 00991.