Jonathan Higley III (1781 - 1866)

Born 17 Mar 1781 in East Granby, Simsbury, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Kesiah Griswold — married 17 Jan 1807 in Windsor, Trumbull, Ohio

Descendants

Died 13 Aug 1866 at age 85 in Windsor, Ohio

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Biography

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)

1. ↑ The Higleys and their ancestry : an old colonial family. Page 500.
2. ↑ The Higleys and their ancestry : an old colonial family. Page 516.