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Abigail was the first wife of Edward Higbee. Her grandfather was Jeremy Adams, one of the original proprietors of Hartford, Connecticut.
1660
Feb
| 1660 • King Charles II of England arrives in London and assumes the throne, marking the beginning of the English Restoration. |
1684
Mar 29
Age: 24y
marriageEdward Higbee II Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1684 • Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmund Halley. |
1685
Age: 24y
birth of childEdward Higbee III Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1685 • The Chinese army of the Qing Dynasty attacks a Russian post at Albazin, during the reigns of the Kangxi Emperor and the dual Russian rulers Ivan V of Russia and Peter I of Russia. The events lead to the Treaty of Nerchinsk.Roberts, J: History of the World, Penguin, 1994. |
1692
Age: 31y
| 1692 • Massacre of Glencoe: The forces of Robert Campbell slaughter 38 members of the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe for allegedly refusing to sign an oath of allegiance to King William III of England. |