The Humphreys family in America - citizen hylbom blog

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William Humphrey rc-ided in Virginia; had four soils Samifi., Simeon, John and
Thomas. He also had a brother named Rollv. All died in Nelson County, Ky. Samukl, son
of William, removed from Virginia in 1787, and settled in Nelson County, Ky. ; has a son Simon,
sheriflF of the county, residing in Bardstown, Ky.
Stephen Humphrey ^^'^s born about 1744; came to America, from England, when a
young man; brought a race-horse with him, with which he was very successful, winning a large
amount of money; became very wealthy, and bought a farm in Hunterdon County, N. J.; married
, and had one child. He was about eighty years of age at the time of his death, which
occurred about the year 1824.
Child:
I. John; m. E.xperience, dau. of and (Blackwall,* who was a second cousin
of Lord Blackwall) Dunn. He resided (1869) in Tompkins County, N. Y., aged
about 90 years. They had eleven children, f)nly five of whom were living in 1869
— three sons and two daughters. Children (as far as known):
i. George. Res. (1869) Philadelphia, Pa., aged about 64 years.
ii. Samuel B.; m. . Res. (1869) Milwaukee, Wis., aged 50 years. Children: (i) Sey-
mour P..; living in 1869, aged 21 years. (2) Willard F.; living in 1869, aged II years.
Nicholas Humphries, a physician, was a surgeon in the New Jersey Vols.; settled in
New Brunswick, and died at Sugar Island, in the year 1822. Sabine's American Loyalists, pub. 1847.
Nicholas Humphries was an ensign in the New York Vols.
James Humphrey ^^^s in Derby, Ct., as early as 1710, and was "felt maker," or hatter,
at the "north end," or on Beaver Brook, back of Ansonia. He came, probably, from Milford.
In the "List of Estates in Derby in 1718, by authority of the town," is "James Humphreys, ;^i8."
A division of a tract of land "at Great Hill, consisting of something over one hundred acres,"
was made on the 20th of March, 1756, "to the proprietors, which meant all who had paid toward
the original purchases of the Indians, and none others except by a special vote of the town. Hence
rights are named to the original settlers who had been deceased many years; and hence there are
many deeds recorded signed by the heirs of such original proprietors." James Humphrey was
number 60, the highest number being 83, and the lots containing about one and a half acres. I
The name of James H.'s wife was not given in the History of Derby, but his children were.
Children:
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Idem.
I. Sami-el, b. 24 Dec, 171 1; m. 18 Aug., 1735, Susannah Thomas, of Woodbury, Ct.
II. James, b. 10 Nov., 17 15; m. 15 Mch., 1750, Submit Stevens. Children:
i. Mary, b. 23 Dec, 1750.
ii. James, b. 10 Dec., 1752. April 13th, 1778, James Humphrey took the "oath of fidi-lity "
in Derby. This may have been his father. James Humphrey also served in the Revo-
lutionary war; his name is found in the list of sea captains and seafaring men who
resided in Derby Narrows. The following inscription is copied from a tombstone in
the Kpiscopal burying-ground at Derby:
In memory of
Mrs. Sarah B. Humphreys,
Capl. James Humphreys,
who departed this life
May II, 1786. 10 days after the birth and death
of her first child, in the 24th year of her age,
• Annals 0/ Xrjfttrti'n gives the liislnry of Ihu r.l;*clcwall family.
t }littory p/ Der/'V. pp. 130, 1S7-