When Susannah Higley was born in 1769, in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Higley Sr, was 54 and her mother, Eunice Smith, was 46. She married Alexander Campbell Humphrey about 1788, in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 25 January 1855, in Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Simsbury Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
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English: habitational name from Highley (Shropshire), recorded as Hugelei in 1086, from an Old English personal name Hugga + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The modern form Highley is probably due to folk etymology (see Highley ).
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