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PVT Josiah Higley II

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PVT Josiah Higley II Veteran

Birth
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death
17 Nov 1778 (aged 53)
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
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Veteran of the Revolutionary War, 3rd Connecticut Reg; under Captain William Judd, served 3 years (DAR #1090766) who was with George Washington Army at White Plains and the battle of Monmouth. Killed in Action, drowned in the Skuykill River, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Burial unknown. Rank Private.
Josiah's family turned to the English church, or Episcopal faith, his young children was baptized at St. Andrew. He received two and half acres by his father's will. He lived at Turkey Hills, and Westfield, Massachusetts, and later at Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, and then back to Turkey Hills. Josiah's Military; Veteran of the Revolution War, 3rd Connecticut Reg, under Captain William Judd, served 3 years (DAR # 190766), who was with George Washington Army at White Plains and in the battle of Monmouth; rank private Killed in action, drowned in the Skuykill River, at Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, while "Wrastling" wagons to safety in the dark of night after Washington's defend as the Battle of Brandywine. A man of "guts" to enlisted for the duration while he was in his fifty's. Hephzibah's parent's were born in Connecticut.
They had seven children. Charity, Anna, Josiah 3rd, Jesse, Philander, Sylvester, and Theodocia.
Veteran of the Revolutionary War, 3rd Connecticut Reg; under Captain William Judd, served 3 years (DAR #1090766) who was with George Washington Army at White Plains and the battle of Monmouth. Killed in Action, drowned in the Skuykill River, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Burial unknown. Rank Private.
Josiah's family turned to the English church, or Episcopal faith, his young children was baptized at St. Andrew. He received two and half acres by his father's will. He lived at Turkey Hills, and Westfield, Massachusetts, and later at Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, and then back to Turkey Hills. Josiah's Military; Veteran of the Revolution War, 3rd Connecticut Reg, under Captain William Judd, served 3 years (DAR # 190766), who was with George Washington Army at White Plains and in the battle of Monmouth; rank private Killed in action, drowned in the Skuykill River, at Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, while "Wrastling" wagons to safety in the dark of night after Washington's defend as the Battle of Brandywine. A man of "guts" to enlisted for the duration while he was in his fifty's. Hephzibah's parent's were born in Connecticut.
They had seven children. Charity, Anna, Josiah 3rd, Jesse, Philander, Sylvester, and Theodocia.


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