Individual Notes
Note for: Edward Higby, 2 FEB 1615/16 - 23 SEP 1699
Index
Christening: Date: 2 FEB 1615/16
Place: Parish Of, Ivinghoe, Co. Bucks, England
Christening: Date: 2 FEB 1615/16
Place: Ivinghoe, Bucks, Eng
Event: Type: Ancestral File Number
Place: C50D-MM
Burial: Date: UNKNOWN
Place: Jamaica, Queens Co., Long Island, N.Y.
Burial: Date: 1649
Place: Jamaica, Queens Co., Long Island, N.Y.
Individual Note: 1648 Edward Higby lived in New London, Conn.
1656 Edward lived in Jamaica, Long Island
1674 he was an innholder at Middletown Conn. and probably of Long Island
in 1686.
1694 Oct. 17, Will of Edward Higby (Higbey) of Jamaica, Long Island (will
proved Sept. 23, 1699) mentioned:
"Son Thomas received lands in Jamaica.
Son Edward, received 5 shillings
Daughter Mary, wife of Edward Burroughs (Burrowes) received 5 shillings.
Son-in-law, Joseph Phillips, received 5 shillings 'in respect for my
dafter.'
rebecca Higbey, relect of John Higbey, received 12 shillings" (an aunt?)
"Daughter Lideah Higbey received a feather bed, bolster, etc.
Son Samuel Higbey received 5 shillings.
Son Nathaniel Higbey, received lands, etc. at Jamaica.
Wife Lidiah (?)
SOURCE: historical and Genealogical Miscellany; Early Settleres of New
Jersey and their Descendants. Author: John E. Stilllwell, M..D. Vol.
III, New York, 1914. Obtained from the Matawan, New Jersey Public
Library, 165 Main Street. Matawan, N.J. 07747
H-1a-1
1647: Pequot Harbor, Conn. Lot #13 was for Thomas Skidmore(
Father-in-law of Edward Higby)
Lot #23 awas for Edward Higby and his family. Edward built a house on
lot #23, but 2 years he sold the house and 6 acres of land. House was
probably only a hut of braches and turf. For first few years the
settlement of Pequot Harbor did not flourish. Edward Higby and Thomas
Skidmore left Pequot ca 1648.
1649: Stratford, Conneticut Edward Higby owned Lot #23 on Main street;
He didn't stay long in Stratford. He and Thomas Skidmore were active in
trading along the coast and were often at landing places along Long
Island, NY.
1653: Huntington, Long Island. Hes land was located probably near where
Centerport is now. Two years later he moved to Cold Spring Harbor, 8
miles to the West. He had trading business with West Indies -- shipping
barrel staves to the West Indies and returning with rum, sac, and other.
( Huntington was under jurisdiction of New York, 1666). In 1659 Edward
failed to return from one of his trading voyages. He was thought to be
lost at sea. However, he returned eventually and arrived home on a
Sunday. He searched for his wife who as staying with friends, and when
he found his family, he embraced and kissed his wife which was against
the law to kiss his wife on the Sabbath. The story goes that he was
arrested and paid a fine.
1662: Married 2nd wife Lydia and moved West of Middleton to Higby
Mountain 1663.
1677: Lived Jamaica, Long Island until his death a few days before Sept
23 1699
[higby.GED]
Name Suffix:
II
Individual Notes
Note for: John (Higby) Hygebed, 30 NOV 1585 - 1641 Index
Christening:
Date: 30 NOV 1585
Place: Parish Of, Ivinghoe, Co. Bucks, England
Christening:
Date: 30 NOV 1585
Place: , Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England
Christening:
Date: 30 NOV 1585
Place: Ivinghoe, Bucks, Eng
Event:
Type: Ancestral File Number
Place: G8T2-27
Burial:
Date: 27 MAR 1647
Place: Churchyard, Ivinghoe, Co. Bucks, England
Burial:
Date: 27 MAR 1647
Place: Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England
Individual Note:
[higby.GED]
[1.ged.ged]
The surname wae changed from HIGBED to HIGBY
Individual Notes
Note for: Alice Unknown, ABT 1539 - UNKNOWN Index
Event:
Type: Ancestral File Number
Place: GJ2N-RH
Individual Notes
Note for: Thomas (Higbed) Hygebed, ABT 1535 - 26 FEB 1606/07 Index
Event:
Type: Ancestral File Number
Place: G8T1-QJ
Burial:
Date: 26 FEB 1606/07
Place: Ivinghoe, Bucks, England
Burial:
Date: 26 FEB 1605/06
Place: , Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England
Burial:
Date: 26 FEB 1606/07
Place: Ivinghoe, Bucks Co., Eng.
Individual Notes
Note for: John Hygbed (Higby), ABT 1480 - 26 MAY 1535 Index
Burial:
Date: 26 MAY 1535
Individual Notes
Note for: Jedidiah Skidmore, 1624 - ABT 1660 Index
Event:
Type: Ancestral File Number
Place: 3926-G5
Burial:
Date: ABT 1658
Place: Huntington, Long Island, New York
Individual Note:
[higby.GED]
Married Name:<_MARNM> HIGBY