John was the son of Gervase and Katherine Digby Umfreville, born at Ewall, Surrey, England about 1600. He was an innkeeper like his parents and married a woman whose identity is unknown. They had nine known children together who were all baptised at Ewell:[1]
1623 Nov 28 Son's Baptism: Thomas; Ewell, Surrey; Thomas Humberfeilde the Sonne of John Humberfeilde; abbreviation mark probably indicating double-l[2]
1625 Oct 10 Son's Baptism: Edwarde; Ewell, Surrey; Edward Humberfeylde the Sonne of John Humberfeylde; abbreviation mark probably indicating double-l[3]
1629 Aug 07 Daughter's Baptism: Elizabethe; Ewell, Surrey; Elizabethe Umberfeylde the daughter of John Umberfeylde; abbreviation mark probably indicating double-l[4]
1629 Aug 27 Daughter's Burial: Elizabethe; Ewell, Surrey; Elizabethe Humberfeylde the daughter of John Humberfeylde; abbreviation mark probably indicating double-l[5]
1630 Jul 11 Son's Baptism: John; Ewell, Surrey; John Humberfeylde the Sonne of John Humberfeylde; abbreviation mark probably indicating double-l[6]
1632 May 17 Son's Baptism: Jarvis; Ewell, Surrey; Jarvis Humberfeylde the Sonne of John Humberfeylde; abbreviation mark probably indicating double-l[7]
1633 Oct 14 Daughter's Baptism: Joyce; Ewell, Surrey; Joyce the daughter of John Humberfiel[d[; entry disappears into the binding[8]
1635 Dec 10 Son's Baptism: William[us]; Ewell, Surrey; William[us] filius Jo[han]ni Umfrevell[9]
1639 Feb 06 Daughter's Baptism: Elizabeth; Ewell, Surrey; Elizabeth the Daughter of John Umfreville; 1639/40[10]
1641 Oct 10 Daughter's Baptism: Joane; Ewell, Surrey; Joane the daughter of John Umfrevile[11]
Research Notes
Thanks to the variety of his children's baprisms, we can say quite certainly that Humberfield and Umfreville are contempary varinats.
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 Hoskins, Anthony. "The English Origin of John1 Umfreville of New Haven, Connecticut.." The American Genealogist, Volume 72. New Haven, CT: 1997. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Subscription Link $. Page 17.
↑ 2.02.1
Ewell Parish Registers; 2492/1/1; Surrey Archives
Ancestry.com. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013; Entry for Thomas Humberfeilde (accessed 25 Oct 2023) Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ 3.03.1
Ewell Parish Registers; 2492/1/1; Surrey Archives
Ancestry.com. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013; Entry for Edwarde Humberfeylde (accessed 26 Oct 2023) Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ 4.04.1
Ewell Parish Registers; 2492/1/1; Surrey Archives
Ancestry.com. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013; Entry for Elizabethe Humberfeylde (accessed 26 Oct 2023) Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ 5.05.1
Ewell Parish Registers; 2492/1/1; Surrey Archives
Ancestry.com. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013; Entry for Elizabethe Humberfeylde (accessed 26 Oct 2023) Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ 6.06.1
Ewell Parish Registers; 2492/1/1; Surrey Archives
Ancestry.com. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013; Entry for John Humberfeylde (accessed 26 Oct 2023) Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ 7.07.1
Ewell Parish Registers; 2492/1/1; Surrey Archives
Ancestry.com. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013; Entry for Jarvis Humberfeylde (accessed 26 Oct 2023) Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ 8.08.1
Ewell Parish Registers; 2492/1/1; Surrey Archives
Ancestry.com. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013; Entry for Joyce Humberfiel[d] (accessed 26 Oct 2023) Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ 9.09.1
Ewell Parish Registers; 2492/1/1; Surrey Archives
Ancestry.com. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013; Entry for William[us] Umfrevell (accessed 26 Oct 2023) Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ 10.010.1
Ewell Parish Registers; 2492/1/1; Surrey Archives
Ancestry.com. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013; Entry for Elizabeth Umfreville (accessed 26 Oct 2023) Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ 11.011.1
Ewell Parish Registers; 2492/1/1; Surrey Archives
Ancestry.com. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013; Entry for Joane Umfrevile (accessed 26 Oct 2023) Ancestry Sharing Link
Simon Segar's [undocumented] Umfreville genealogy … states that John Umfreville was Gervase's eldest son.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 530.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, (2009), 405.
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