Born about in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Colony
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Humphreys Sr.
— married
11 Feb 1773 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
John Humphreys Jr., Sally Humphreys, Polly Humphreys, Daniel Humphreys, Anne Humphreys, Susan Humphreys, David Humphreys and William H Humphrey Sr.
Died
at about age 85
in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Nov 2012
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Biography
Rachel DURAND was born calculated 1747. She died 11 Dec 1832 and was buried in Derby Colonial Cemetery, Derby, New Haven, CT. Rachel married Sergeant John HUMPHREYS on 11 Feb 1773.
Sources
- Tom Bredehoft, Pettibone Registry, page , see K. Pontius.
- Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, p. 24. . http://www.oxfordpast.com/trcemscan38.html.
- Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 736.
- Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901.), 480, 481. . "Church Records." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/480.html.
- John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 25. " ... celebrated for efficiency in the management of her household on a large scale."
- Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 254. http://oxfordpast.net/dccemscan254.html.
- Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 809.
- Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 254. http://oxfordpast.net/dccemscan254.html.
- Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 809. "In | memory of | Rachel Humphreys | wife of | John Humphreys | who died | Dec 11 1832 | aged 85 years."
- Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem3667.html.
- Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 220.
- John H. Wallace, The Riggs Family, p. 25.
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