The Humphreys family in America - citizen hylbom blog

6i7. I. Ai.MA 1.. 13 Mch., J.',
1857.
618. n. Mable C.8, b. 4 Mch., 1S59.
619. III. William ].\ h. 31 Dec, 1S60.
620. IV. IIkrman a.", 1). 18 Apr., 1S63; J. 12 Jan., 1866.
621. A*. Glenms IL", h. 15 Apr., 1S66.
FAMILY 46.
622. Amherst' Humphrey, (377] f-^f"- /ojms,^ Capt. William,^ John,* HopesUU,^ Elder
Janies," Jo7ias') born in 1S24. He married . They settled in Winters, Jo Daviess Co., 111.
Child:
623. I. William.^
FA:\IILY 47.
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624. Andrew Jackson' Humphrey, [3S2] (Dea. jonas,'' dpi. wiiiiam,^ /ohn,^ mpe-
slill,^ Elder James,- Jonas' J was born 9 Dec, 1831. He went to California in 1852, where he
lived eight years, and then went to Oregon. In the fall of 1866 he went to Wisconsin. He
married 20 Dec, 1866, Alta Dudley, of Waterloo, Wis. They settled in Waterloo, Jefferson Co.,
\\'is., where they res. in 18S4. He is a druggist.
Children:
ri25. I. Dudley,^ b. 9 Oct., 1867.
626. II. Hattie Emeline,^ b. 7 Apr., 1S71.
627. III. Mabel, ^ b. 25 Sept., 1874.
628. IV. Clifford Wayne.s b. 19 Mch., 1878.
FA:MILY 48.
629. Deacon Henry' Humphreys, [447] ( Den. Ja?nes/' Henry,'= Jotias,* Hopestill,^ Eider
James,- Jonas^ ) the twell'th child of his parents, was born in Dorchester, jNIass., 8 Apr., 1801. He
married (1)2 Dec, 1S30, Sarah Blake (eldest child of Richard and IMary Blake) Clapp, of Dorchester,
now South Boston, a direct descendant from the Clapps who came in the ship, "Mary
and John," the Roger Clapp family. She was born 29 July, 1808. He married (2) 14 July,
1851, Catherine (sister of his first wife) Clapp, born 26 Nov., 1815.
In 1884 he was in good health, and living in the house in which he was born, never
having slept out of it a dozen nights in nearly eighty-two years. Four generations have lived in
this house, on the corner of Stoughton and Humphreys streets, Dorchester. There was formerly
an extensive tannery on the premises, which has been relinquished within a few years, and given
place to other improvements.* He is Deacon of the Unitarian Church, at Dorchester, as was his
father before him. He and his wife are both of the seventh generation (Humphreys and Clapp),
from the first settlers in Dorchester of their respective families, and these families have never
intermarried with any but natives of the town, except in two cases,! one to the daughter of Rev.
William Thompson, first minister to Braintree (now Quincy); and the other, to a daughter of Rev.
Samuel Dexter, of Dedham.
Three of his sons have built houses, and have families on the spot where the ancestor Jonas
settled in 1634.
* "They were glovers by occupation, but coming to tliis country, their Ir.itle was of little consequence. They turned their attention
to tanning, and set down a yard in front of the huuic, which has been occupied by ircven generations." (See p. ; also note X on
same page. 1 Blake Genealogy, 1837.