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Katherine Higley (Brewster)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Frimley, Surrey, England
Death: August 23, 1657
Frimley, Surrey, , England
Place of Burial: Frimley, Surrey Heath Borough, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Reverend John Brewster of Surrey; wife of Rev. John Brewster, of Surrey and Unknown/ Brewster
Wife of Jonathon Higley
Mother of Capt. John Higley; Mindwell Higley and Higley
Sister of Jane (Joane) Brewster; Richard Brewster; James Brewster; John Ii Brewster; Isaac Brewster and 1 other

Managed by: Bradley Warren Elliott
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About Katherine Higley

Katherine Brewster

  • Birth: abt 1626 Frimley, Surrey, England
  • Death: 23 Feb 1657

Katherine was the daughter of Rev. John Brewster (d 1657) of Surrey. (There is no known relationship with the Brewsters of Scrooby ... And the Mayflower).

Katherine married Jonathan HIGLEY on 3 Jan 1646/47 in Frimley, Surrey, England.63 Jonathan was born about 1624 and died about 1664 73 about age 40.

A child from this marriage was:

1907 M    i. Captain John HIGLEY 63 was born on 22 Jul 1649 in Frimley, Surrey, England,63 died on 25 Aug 1714 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA 64 at age 65, and was buried in Simsbury Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.64 John married Hannah (Hanna) DRAKE (b. 8 Aug 1653, d. 4 Aug 1694) on 9 Nov 1671 in Windsor, Connecticut.74 John next married Sarah STRONG (b. 14 Mar 1665/66, d. 27 May 1739) in 1696 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.29 61

Higley book, "Tradition says that John Higley had two sisters, whom he left behind with his mother when he emigrated to America."

63. Mary Coffin Johnson, The Higleys and Their Ancestry, An Old Colonial Family (New York: D. Appleton and Company, MDCCCXCVI), page 1

73. Mary Coffin Johnson, The Higleys and Their Ancestry, An Old Colonial Family (New York: D. Appleton and Company, MDCCCXCVI), page 2


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Katherine Higley's Timeline

1626
June 20, 1626
Frimley, Surrey, England
1649
July 22, 1649
Frimley, Surrey, England, (Present UK)
1650
1650
Frimley, Surrey, England
1651
1651
Frimley, Surrey, England (United Kingdom)
1657
August 23, 1657
Age 31
Frimley, Surrey, , England
1932
June 20, 1932
Age 31
1933
March 23, 1933
Age 31
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St Peter's Churchyard, Frimley, Surrey Heath Borough, England, United Kingdom