JONATHAN HIGLEY, 3d, the second son and fourth child of Esquire Jonathan, Sr., and Rachel Negus Higley, was born in Turkey Hills (now East Granby), Simsbury, Conn., March 17, 1781.[1]
Family
By first marriage with Kesiah Griswold:
Hume, born February 17, 1807.;
Allen, " January 14, 1809.;
Achsah, " February 5, 1811.;
Mary, " February 18, 1813.;
Kesiah, " August 19, 1815.;
By second marriage with Martha (Kinney) Lewis:
Achsah, " October 26, 1819.;
Jonathan, 4th, " Thursday, June 21, 1821.;
Hector, " Tuesday, September 10, 1822.;
Ursula, " Tuesday, September 15, 1824.;
Aaron, " Monday, May 29, 1826.;
Martha, " Friday, May 24, 1828.;
Homer, " Saturday, January 30, 1830.;
Olive, " Wednesday, September 17, 1832.;
Harrison, " Saturday, May 17, 1834.;
Infant, born early in 1836, died of whooping-cough,
1836.;
Lewis, born Tuesday, May 16, 1837.;
^ Jane, " Monday, July 15, 1839. [2]
Burial
Windsor Corners, Ashtabula, Ohio
Sources
WikiTree profile Higley-68 created through the import of Forward.ged on Mar 17, 2012 by Tami Osmer. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Tami and others.
The Higleys and their ancestry : an old colonial family Author: Mary Coffin Johnson Publication: New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1896, 796 pgs.
History of Butler County, Pennsylvania Author: Sipe, C. Hale Publication: Topeka: Historical Pub. Co., 1927, 1334 pgs.
100 Years of Trumbull County, Ohio, Marriages 1800-1900 Author: Editors: Roberta Graves Hyde, Sally Bloomfield Mazer, Barbara Houser Layfield Publication: Published 1998 by Howland Printing, Cortland, Ohio, for the Trumbull County Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society
Genealogical Gleanings from Ashtabula County Ohio Author: William D. Mountain Publication: A part of the Archives of the March Family Descendants Association, undated (2007?)
Notes
(per History of Butler County)
...Moved to Windsor, Ohio on October 20, 1804 where he followed agriculture. His marriage in 1806 was the first marriage ceremony to be performed in Windsor Township
OCCUPATION: Justice of the Peace, Appraiser,
Representative to the Ohio Legislature in 1829.
Will states he leaves to his sons Hume and Allen...
Achsah (dtr)
Martha Decker (daughter, late)
Hume
Allen
Harrison
Homer
Lewis
Hector
Johnathan
Aaron
Ursula and her husband Henry Townsend
Jane
Grandson Orsin Graves
Mary Graves (late daughter)
↑ The Higleys and their ancestry : an old colonial family. Page 500.
↑ The Higleys and their ancestry : an old colonial family. Page 516.
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DNA Connections
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