♂ Edward Higby

1615 - 1699

Edward Higby
Parents
John Hygebed
John Hygebed
1585 - 1647
Ursula Blacknell
Ursula Blacknell
1589 - 1684
Spouse
Jedidiah Skidmore
Jedidiah Skidmore
1624 - 1660
Children
Edward Higbee II
Edward Higbee II
1652 - 1717
 

Timeline

1615


Feb 2
Age: 2m
1615 Wilson's School in Wallington, England, is founded by Royal Charter.

1647


Age: 32y

marriage


Jedidiah Skidmore
Him and Thomas Skidmore appeared to know eachother very well, they are mentioned many times together and in records.
1647 1647 Santiago earthquake rattles Chile.

1652


Age: 37y
1652 First Anglo-Dutch WarBattle of the Kentish Knock: The battle is fought near the shoal called the Kentish Knock in the North Sea, about 30 km from the mouth of the River Thames.

1654


Age: 39y

occupation


Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA ⇓
Higbee purchases a boat and moves to Huntington. He was the captain of the boat doing extensive bussiness with the West indies to where he made several trips. In 1660, his boat was presumed lost at sea. His wife passed away, and his children were moved to the custody of Thomas Skidmore Jr. (their uncle.) Higbee ended up returning safely, and there on he gave up the sea as a career.
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1654 13 – The Treaty of Pereyaslav is concluded in the city of Pereyaslav during the meeting between the Cossacks of the Zaporozhian Host and Tsar Alexey I of Russia, following the end to the Khmelnytsky Uprising in Ukraine, which had started in 1648 and had resulted in the massacre of an estimated 100,000 Jews.

1699


Sep
Age: 84y

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