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This journal slates lliat his regiment (ist R. 1.) was tomniandcd by Col. Israel Angell.
Mrs. Kohr also has several pay-rolls of Capt. William Humphrey's company, the first being
for the month of Aug., 1776. Mrs. Kohr says he was commissioned Captain in Oct., 1775. It is
also said that he was a member of the "Society of the Cincinnati "; for several years a Senator,
and a Deacon in the Baptist Church.
Childreti (all bom at Tiverton, R. I.):
2. 1. William, = b. 26 Nov., 1784; m. (1) Eliphal Miller; m. (2) Margaret McMahon; m.
(3) Elizabeth McMahon. Family 2.
3. II. Sarah, = b. 23 Dec, 1792; m. 8 Dec, 1811, Oliver M. Remington, a school-teacher.
Removed to Ohio in 18 13. Children:
4. i. Caroline.3
5. ii. Lydia Monroe.'
6. iii. William. 3 Res. Nashville, Ohio.
7. iv. John'; died.
8. V. Thomas"; died.
9. vi. Lyman. 3 Res. at Ganz, Ohio.
10. III. Nathan, = b. 16 Feb., 1787; always resided at Tiverton, R. I.; unmarried; d. 13 Jan.,
1874, DC. 86 yrs., 10 mos., 28 days.
11. IV. Squire, = b. 20 (or 21) Sept., 1788: m. Sallie Sweet. Family 3.
12. v. Harriet,^ b. 10 Oct., 1790; m. 3 July, 1814, Dr. Richard M. Weber, of Walpole,
N. H. He died at Tiverton, R. I., in May, 1828, x£. 45 yrs.. She died at Fall
River, Mass., 7 Feb., 1870. Children:
13. i. Lucy R.3, b. 21 June, 1815: m. at Fall River, Mass., 14 Dec., 1840, William MonrOe
(a nephew of Lydia, wife of Major William). Children: (i) Thomas,* b. in -Seakonk
(now East Providence), Mass., 28 Apr., 1842; m. 29 Mch., 1874, Ruth W. Grant. He
is a coal dealer. Res. (1885) Lonsdale, R. L Clii/d:
(a) Hattie D.^ b. 13 May, 1877.
(2) William Humphrey,'' b. 17 July, 1S48; d. 10 July, 1854. (3) Allen,' b. 14 Jan.,
1853. Res. (1885) East Saginaw, Mich.
14. ii. Sarah H.3, b. 12 June, 1820; m. at Tiverton, R. L, 16 Feb., 1839, Joseph E. Dawley;
d. at East Providence, Mass., 19 Oct., 1881. Children: (l) Hattie,* b. at Newport,
R. L, in July, 1842; m. at Fall River, Mass., 17 Dec, 1868, George Humphrey
(son of George and grand-son of Major William), of Tiverton, R. L; d. at Fall River,
Mass., 4 Sept., 1875. (2) Edwin,* b. at Fall River, 17 Aug., 1851; d. I Dec, 1872.
15. VI. Lydia,= b. 10 Oct., 1794; m. 8 Aug., 1836, William Boomer; d. in Rhode Island,
19 Jan., 1881; no issue.
16. VII. Cyrus,' b. 21 Nov., 1796; became a sailor at an early age. On a return voyage from
England, the vessel sprang a leak; the passengers and crew were saved, but the
labor he underwent in pumping induced a violent illness, from which he never
recovered. He died at Tiverton, ^5 Sept., 1818, ae. 21 yrs., 10 mos.; unmarried.
17. VIII. Hannah Monroe,' b. 11 Dec, 1798; m. 12 May, 1831, Dr. L. French; d. at Fall
18.
River, Mass., 13 June, 1836. Child:
i. William.' Res. (at last accounts) Fall River, Mass.
Thomas Jefferson,' b. 7 July, 1800 (or 1801); m. Caroline Amelia Cooke. Family 4.
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(Keokuk Washincton, b. 15 .Xpr. , 1804;
m. Mary Durfce. Famii.v 5,