William Humphrey (1730 - 1786)

Born 5 Mar 1730 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Died 1 Jan 1786 at age 55 in Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA

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William Humphrey was born on 5 March 1729/30 to John and Hannah (Bird) Humphrey in Dorchester, Massachusetts.^[1]

William's father died shortly after he was born, and his mother married, second, Josiah Kingsbury, and lived in Needham.

William served as a Lieutenant, and then Captain, under Col. Timothy Ruggles in the French and Indian War, and enlisted a class of soldiers "for his Majestys Service for the Total Reduction of Cainadae" in February and March 1760.^[2]

Capt. William Humphrey of Needham married Olive Pratt on 28 June 1757 in Newtown (now Newton).^[3]

William and Olive removed from Needham to Winchester, New Hampshire around 1768, as per the birth records of their children.

Children of William and Olive (Pratt) Humphrey:

• Willard Humphrey, b. 26 December 1757^[4]
• Olive Humphrey, b. 28 January 1759^[4]
• Hannah Humphrey, b. 5 March 1760 (twin)^[5]
• Sarah Humphrey ("Sally"), b. 5 March 1760 (twin)^[5][6]
• William Humphrey, b. 18 October 1762^[7]
• Amherst Humphrey, b. 5 July 1763^[7][8]
• Lydia Humphrey, b. 23 January 1765^[9]
• Esther Humphrey, b. 10 May 1767 in Needham^[7]
• Massy Humphrey, b. 18 July 1768 in Winchester (name may have been Mercy)^[10]
• Joseph Humphrey, b. 20 March 1770^[11]
• Julia Humphrey ("Juliette"), b. 25 May 1772^[12]
• Susanna Humphrey, b. 26 October 1773, d.s.p. 8 May 1793^[13][14]
• Oliver Humphrey, b. 17 June 1775^[15]
• Euseba Humphrey, b. 12 February 1777^[16]
• Jonas Humphrey, b. 12 April 1778 James Humphrey, b. 19 April 1778^[17][18]

A number of the children removed to western New York. As many as three of them may have married children of Thomas and Sarah (Vary or Verry) Lee, though this is not yet confirmed.

Olive (Pratt) Humphrey died on 12 June 1779.^[19]

William married, second, Mary Frink, daughter of Rev. Thomas and Isabel (Wright) Frink,^[20] on 22 August 1782 in Barre, Massachusetts.^[21]

William died on 1 January 1786,^[22] intestate. His son William administered the estate, which was found to be insolvent. William showed evidence that he had purchased half of his father's land before his decease, which remained undivided. The widow Mary still received her third, and the residuum was divided among his creditors.^[23]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth of William Humphrey, 5 March 1729/30. Dorchester Births, Marriages and Deaths to the End of 1825, [1].
2. ↑ Clarke, George K. History of Needham, Massachusetts, 1711-1911... Cambridge: Priv. Print. at the University Press, 1912, pp. 429-36.
3. ↑ Marriage of William Humphrey and Olive Pratt, 28 June 1757. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, p. 313.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Willard Humphrey the son of William Humphrey and Olive Humphrey his wife was born on 26 December 1757; Olive Humphrey the daughter of William Humphrey and Olive Humphrey his wife was born January ye 28 1759. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Norfolk > Needham > Births, marriages, deaths 1711-1801 > image 169 of 202; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Hannah Humphrey & Sarah Humphrey the daughters of William Humphrey & Olive Humphrey his wife were born March ye 5th 1760. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Norfolk > Needham > Births, marriages, deaths 1711-1801 > image 171 of 202; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
6. ↑ - "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6K-7R7 : 15 January 2020), Sarah Humphrey, 1760.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} William Humphrey, 18 October 1762; Amherst Humphrey, 5 July 1763; Esther Humphrey,, 10 May 1767, all ch. Capt. William and Olive Humphrey. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Norfolk > Needham > Births, deaths 1762-1844 > image 6 of 211; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
8. ↑ Amherst Humphrey was apparently named after Field Marshal Jeffrey Amherst, born a few years after he led the Siege of Louisbourg.
9. ↑ Lydia Humphrey, ch. Capt. William and Olive, b. 23 January 1765. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Norfolk > Needham > Births, deaths 1762-1844 > image 3 of 211; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
10. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (10 March 2018), Massy Humphry, 18 Jul 1768; citing Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,003.
11. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (10 March 2018), Joseph Humphrey, 20 Mar 1770; citing Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,003.
12. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (10 March 2018), Julia Humphrey, 25 May 1772; citing Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,003.
13. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (10 March 2018), Susanna Humphrey, 26 Oct 1773; citing Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,003.
14. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (10 March 2018), Sussannah Humphry, 08 May 1793; citing Winchester, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,084.
15. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (10 March 2018), Oliver Humphrey, 17 Jun 1775; citing Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,003.
16. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (10 March 2018), Eufeba Humphrey, 12 Feb 1777; citing Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,003.
17. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (10 March 2018), James Humphrey, 19 Apr 1778; citing Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,003.
18. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 08 October 2018), memorial page for Deacon Jonas Humphrey (12 Apr 1778–18 Dec 1855), Find A Grave Memorial no. 15316352, citing North Underhill Cemetery, North Underhill, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Barb Destromp (contributor 46785064).
19. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 08 October 2018), memorial page for Olive Pratt Humphrey (1735–12 Jun 1779), Find A Grave Memorial no. 61956301, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by Richard Rhode (contributor 46552979).
20. ↑ Birth of Mary Frink, 1733. Vital Records of Barre, Massachusetts, p. 43.
21. ↑ Marriage of Mary Frink and William Humfrey, 1782. Vital Records of Barre, Massachusetts, p. 139.
22. ↑ "Here lies buried Capt. William Humphrey who died Jan'ry 1st 1786 in the 57th year of his aged." Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 08 October 2018), memorial page for Capt William Humphrey (5 Mar 1730–1 Jan 1786), Find A Grave Memorial no. 61956121, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by Richard Rhode (contributor 46552979).
23. ↑ Estate of William Humphrey, 1786. New Hampshire County, District and Probate Courts; Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Cheshire Estate Files, G532, G546, G156, 1885, 1824; Estate Files, H1-H63, 1771-1792, images 489-529.

• A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston: Containing Dorchester Births, Marriages and Deaths to the End of 1825. Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, 1891.
• Vital Records of Barre, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Worcester, Mass: Franklin P. Rice, 1903.
• Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905.