The Humphreys family in America - citizen hylbom blog

DESCENDANTS OF
EBENEZER HUMPHREY,
OF
OXFORD (EAST DOUGLASS), MASS.
Thought to be a Son of Arthur Humphrey, of Woodstock, Ct.
I- Ebenezer' Humphrey is said to have been one of thirty who came from England
and settled in Oxford, Ma-ss., in 1713. He is supposed to be the son of Arthur Humphrey, of
Woodstock, Conn.* In the copy of a deed conveying the lands in that place to the "Second
Company of Settlers, "f at that date, his name occurs as one of those to whom the grant was
made. In the "draft of y« first Division of Land voted to be drawn on January y^ iS"', 17".
To each man of the 30 to his house lot—his choice according to the lot he draws—each man's
lot to be 60 acres," Ebenezer Humphrey was number 7.- Oxford Records. His lot of land was
the same that had been previously assigned to one Boudinot or Bouderie, a French Huguenot,
who had afterward settled in Boston. The French church and burying-ground were on the same
lot, and near, the dwelling-house of Ebenezer' Humphrey. The remains of the church, a log
* Arthur Humphrey resided in Woodstock, Conn. He married Rachel : and the dates of birth of their eight children are
recorded in Woodstock. Arthur is entered as "son of Arthur," and the others as children "of Arthur and Rachel." Woodstock was
at first called "New Roxbury," and the name "Arthur Humphrey" is found in the list of those who settled there in i6S6. "These
colonists were all men of good position and character, connected with the best famihes of Roxbury" (Mass.). In distribution of house.
lots on the westward hill, Arthur Humphrey has twelve acres, " west of Peacock's, and bounded west by highway."
Mr. Humphrey removed to Ashford, Conn., about 1719-20. It is recorded that he "and other sons of Woodstock helped to lay
the foundations of Ashford." (See History of Windham County, Conn., by Miss E. D. Larned, vol. i., pp. 22, 26, 45, 233, 549. Records
furnished by Royal Paine, 51 Fort Green Place, Brooklyn, L. I. Also statement of Capt. Ebenezer Humphrey, concerning his ;
14 Mch., 1689-90.
IV. Anne, b. 3 July, 1698.
. 22 Aug., 1692. (See Family i.)
V. Mehitable, b. 22 Aug., 1700.
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William Ward, of Ashford, Ct. She was "of Woodstock" at the lime of her
VI. John, b. 15 Apr., 1702. He was living in Ashford, Ct., in 1753, and signed a petition to the General Assembly, dat
September of that year.
VII. Tabitha, b. 10 June, 1704.
VIII. Samuei., b. 17 Oct., 1711.
t The first settlement of thirty French Huguenot families, of date 1686, had been dispersed by the Indians about if..j6.—Sei
es' Mt'Dloirs of the Settlement of the French Huguenots in the ancient toiun of Oxford.