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John Higbee (1658 - 1688)

Also Known As: "Higby"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Huntington, Long Island
Death: December 1688 (29-30)
Middletown, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
Place of Burial: Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Edward Higby, of Jamaica and Jedidiah Higby
Husband of Rebecca Treadwell and Ruth / Rebeccah Higby
Father of Ebenezer Higby; Samuel Higby; Edward Higby; John Higby and Thomas Higby
Brother of Jedidiah Jackson; Thomas Higby; Edward Higbee, II; Mary Oakley; Patience Higby and 3 others
Half brother of Samuel Higby and William Higby

Managed by: Gene Daniell
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About John Higbee

Was one of six appointed special guard for ship "Bell" in 1675 during King Philip's War; left estate valued over 107 pounds; lived at Middletown, Conn.



John Higby was born in 1658 in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. His parents were Edward Higby and Jedidah Skidmore.

       John married Rebecca Treadwell, daughter of Samuel Treadwell and Ruth Wheeler, on 1 May 1679 in Middletown, New Jersey. Rebecca had been born the same year as John — in 1658 — so they were both 21.

Rebecca and John spent much of their married lives in Middletown, Connecticut, but they also lived in New Jersey briefly. The land on the western bank of the Connecticut River where Middletown now lies was home to the Mattabesett Indians when Europeans established a settlement there in 1650. Colonists arrived shortly after and later in the 1700’s, John and Rebecca would have seen much of the trouble between the colonists and the Mohegans, who moved into the area from the Hudson River Valley.
John and Rebecca had five sons: •John b. 27 Feb 1680 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut •Ebenezer b. 25 Dec 1681 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut •Samuel b. 17 Feb 1683 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut •Edward b. 24 Aug 1684 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut •Thomas b. ABT 1686 in Fairfield, Connecticut
John died just two years after Thomas was born — in 1688 in Middletown, New Jersey. Rebecca, at the age of 30, was left to raise her sons — ages 8, 7, 5, 4, and 2. There is no evidence — yet — that she ever remarried, though it seems unlikely she could have managed on her own with such small children. She was 50 when she died on 1 Mar 1708. Her youngest son, Thomas, would have been 22.
Source: http://www.ingraham.ca/susan/The_Brands/The_Higby_Family,_Part_1.html



John Higby was born in 1658 in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. His parents were Edward Higby and Jedidah Skidmore.

       John married Rebecca Treadwell, daughter of Samuel Treadwell and Ruth Wheeler, on 1 May 1679 in Middletown, New Jersey. Rebecca had been born the same year as John — in 1658 — so they were both 21.

Rebecca and John spent much of their married lives in Middletown, Connecticut, but they also lived in New Jersey briefly. The land on the western bank of the Connecticut River where Middletown now lies was home to the Mattabesett Indians when Europeans established a settlement there in 1650. Colonists arrived shortly after and later in the 1700’s, John and Rebecca would have seen much of the trouble between the colonists and the Mohegans, who moved into the area from the Hudson River Valley.
John and Rebecca had five sons: •John b. 27 Feb 1680 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut •Ebenezer b. 25 Dec 1681 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut •Samuel b. 17 Feb 1683 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut •Edward b. 24 Aug 1684 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut •Thomas b. ABT 1686 in Fairfield, Connecticut
John died just two years after Thomas was born — in 1688 in Middletown, New Jersey. Rebecca, at the age of 30, was left to raise her sons — ages 8, 7, 5, 4, and 2. There is no evidence — yet — that she ever remarried, though it seems unlikely she could have managed on her own with such small children. She was 50 when she died on 1 Mar 1708. Her youngest son, Thomas, would have been 22.
Source: http://www.ingraham.ca/susan/The_Brands/The_Higby_Family,_Part_1.html


GEDCOM Note

Category: Old West Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut

Biography ==John was born in 1658, in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. He wasthe son of Edward Higby and Jedidah Skidmore. He passed away in 1688.

JOHN HIGBY (1658-1688) and REBECCA TREADWELL (1658-1708)
John married Rebecca Treadwell, daughter of Samuel Treadwell and Ruth Wheeler, on 1 May 1679 in Middletown, New Jersey. Rebecca had been born the same year as John — in 1658 — so they were both 21.
Rebecca and John spent much of their married lives in Middletown, Connecticut, but they also lived in New Jersey briefly. The land on the western bank of the Connecticut River where Middletown now lies was hometo the Mattabesett Indians when Europeans established a settlement there in 1650. Colonists arrived shortly after and later in the 1700’s, John and Rebecca would have seen much of the trouble between the colonists and the Mohegans, who moved into the area from the Hudson RiverValley.

John and Rebecca had five sons: •John b. 27 Feb 1680 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut •Ebenezer b. 25 Dec 1681 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut •Samuel b. 17 Feb 1683 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut•Edward b. 24 Aug 1684 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut [See Edward Higby and Rebecca Wheeler below.] •Thomas b. ABT 1686 in Fairfield, Connecticut John died just two years after Thomas was born — in 1688 in Middletown, New Jersey. Rebecca, at the age of 30, was left to raise her sons — ages 8, 7, 5, 4, and 2. There is no evidence — yet — that she ever remarried, though it seems unlikely she could have managed on herown with such small children. She was 50 when she died on 1 Mar 1708.Her youngest son, Thomas, would have been 22. JOHN HIGBY (1658-1688) and REBECCA TREADWELL (1658-1708)

Find a Grave; this memorial is no longer found on the FAG site John Higby Memorial Birth: 1658 Huntington Suffolk County New York, USA Death: 1688 Middletown Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA (II) John Higby, son of Edward Higby or Higbee, was born about 1658, died about 1688. His inventory was dated December 28, 1688, by John Hall, Francis Whitemore, and Nathaniel Stow. (P. 7, Vol. ii, Hartford Probate Records) He married Rebecca Treadwell, at Middletown, daughter of Samuel Treadwell, of Fairfield. She died 1707-08, and was succeeded in the administration of her husband's estate by her son Edward, appointed March 1, 1707-08. Family links: Parents: Edward Higby (1616 - 1699) Jeddidah Skidmore Higby (1624 - 1660) Spouse: Rebecca Treadwell Higby (1658 - 1708)* Children: Edward Higby (1684 - 1775)* Burial: Old Westfield Cemetery Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA

Sources

<references />* "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7LW-ZTB : accessed 29 September 2015), John Higby and Rebecca Tredwell, 01 May 1679; citing Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, reference item 1 p 40; FHL microfilm 1,513,707.* Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, Connecticut, Down to 1721 (n.d.) Page 170: "1684 Higby,John, called grandson by Thos. Skidmore of Fairfield, he having married his wives daughter."

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John Higbee's Timeline

1658
1658
Huntington, Long Island
1678
February 27, 1678
Middleton, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
1681
December 25, 1681
Middletown,Middlesex,Ct
1683
February 7, 1683
Middletown,,Ct
1684
August 24, 1684
Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States
1688
December 1688
Age 30
Middletown, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
1929
January 16, 1929
Age 30
January 25, 1929
Age 30
1950
April 12, 1950
Age 30