The Humphreys family in America - citizen hylbom blog

Ill llic DoRCHF.sTKR AMI Wkvmoutii (M.iss.) Families dip. 841 908), (.Il'sccihIcJ from Jonas, of Dorchester, we
have a record of 281 males and 279 females, born l>y the name of Iliiiiiphrey, viz: second generation, two sons and
three daughters; third, seven sons and two daughters; fourlh, 14 sons and 17 daughters; fifth, 17 sons and 25 daughters;
sixth, 35 sons and 43 daughters; seventh, 63 sons and 75 daughters; eighth, 61 sons an(l 52 daughters; ninth, 59 sons
and 44 daughters; tenth, 22 sons and 18 daughters; eleventh, one son. Total, 560.
Of these, five were Graduates of Harvard College; two were Clergymen; one a Ruling Elder; nine Deacons;
two Doctors; one Lawyer; one Justice of the Peace; one Town Clerk; one Major; two Captains; one served in the
Indian Wars; one (as Captain) in the Revolutionary War; two in the War of 1812; three in the Civil War; 13 were
Manufacturers; 10 Merchants; one a Consul-General.
Uf the descendants of Humphrey daughters, and born by other names, there were 185 males and 203 females,
y'u: fifth generation, nine sons and 13 daughters; sixth, 15 sons and 19 daughters; seventh, 46 sons and 39 daughters;
eighth, 69 sons and 62 daughters; 7iinth, 35 sons and 49 daughters; tenth, nine sons and 12 daughters; eleventh, nine
sons and nine daughters. Toi'AL, 388. {Daughters predominating.)
Of these, three were Clergymen; five Graduates of College; one Soldier of the Revolution; one Captain; one
Town Clerk; one Bank President.
In the HiNGHAM (Mas-;.) ANn Nnuiii ^"\l nmi mi (Mi.) Families (pp. 925-947), we have a record of 133 males
and 133 females, born by the name m1 //v / . / 'generation, four sons and three daughters; third, nine
sons and 15 daughters; /owr//;, 13 mmi^ ami •
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daughters; seventh, 29 sons and 31 daughters .,,;'/, mm mjus and six daughters. TOTAL, 266.
Of these, one was a Member of the State Legislature; four were Merchants; one a Captain in the Civil War;
one a Clergyman; eight Ship-masters.-
Of the descendants of Humphrey daughters, and iorn by other names, there were 93 males and 85 females, viz:
fifth generation, four sons and three daughters; sixth, 17 sons and 20 daughters; seventh, 51 sons and 43 daughters;
eighth, 21 sons and 19 daughters. TulAL, 178.
The preponderating occupation of this line is that of Seafaring, as Sailors and Ship-masters.
Major William HuMriluEV, head of the Tiverton, R. I., Family (pp. 957-972), had 65 male and 64 female
descendants, born by the name of Humphrey, viz: second generation, six sons and four daughters; third, 22 sons and
18 daughters; fourlh, 32 sons and 35 daughters; fifth, five sons and seven daughters. Toial, 129.
Of these, three were College Graduates; one a State Representative; one Lieut. -Col.; two Captains; one Major;
one Minister; one Deacon; one Sheriff; one Lawyer; one Journalist; two served in the War of Civil Rebellion.
Of the descendants of Humphrey daughters, and born by other names, there were 51 males and 41 females, viz: third
generation, five sons and four daughters; fourth, 25 sons and 22 daughters; fifth, 21 sons and 15 daughters. Total, 92.
Of these, one was a Clergyman, and one a Lieutenant in the War of Civil Rebellion.
The record of descendants of James Hu.mi'Iirev, of Rhode Island (pp. 972-4), comprises 22 males and II females,
born by the name of Humphrey, viz: second generation, seven sons and four daughters; third, 12 sons and six daughters;
fourth, three sons and one daughter. Total, 33. This little family embraced two physicians; one Judge; one Soldier
of 1812, while the Ancestor was a brave Soldier of the Revolution.
Of the Londonderry (N. H.) Family (pp. 977-983), there were 22 males and 14 females, born by the name of
Humphrey, viz: second generation, two sons and one daughter; third, four sons and nine daughters; fourth, 10 sons
and two daughters; fijth, six sons and two daughters. ToiAL, 36.
Of these, one served in the Revolutionary War; one in War of Civil Rebellion; one was a State Representative;
one a Ruling Elder; one a Deacon; two Clergymen; one a Doctor of Divinity; four College Graduates; one Editor;
one Lawyer and Judge; one Teacher.
Of the descendants of Humphrey daughters, and born by other names, there were 12 sons and 24 daughters, viz:
fourth generation, five sons and 12 daughters; fifth, seven sons and 12 daughters. Total, 36. There were two
teachers in this family.
The little family of 29 (in 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th generations) descended from John Humphrey, of Little
Britain, N. Y., shows a roll of three Captains in the Revolutionary and 1812 Wars; one Lieut.; one County Surrogate;
one Lawyer, and a Teacher—all born by the name of Humphrey.
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The Chester Colntv (Pa.) Family (pp. 989-1011) of 40 born by the name of Humph r. iH 11
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other names, shows a most interesting example of intellectual heredity in certain lines of < ni i:Mic
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service, viz: two U. S. Naval-ship Builders and Contractors; one Midshipman; one Graduate U. S M , \ ii my.
West Point; one General; one Major; one Captain; three Lieutenants; three served in War of Rein In n; i, li ,. _;.ite
to Continental Congress; one in the Provincial Assembly; one Lawyer; one Doctor; two Civil Engineers.
The John Humphrey Family, of Pennsylvania and Virginia (pp. 1012 13), among 15 recorded names, comprises
two (one a High) Sheriffs; one Lawyer; one Lieut. U. S. Army; one Soldier of 1812.
Of the II recorded sons of the Virginia Family (p. 1014), .six served in the Revolution; one in the War of
1812; two in Civil War; one was a Captain; one a Lawyer; one a Clergyman.
The 38 sons and the children of the 37 daughters, descendants of the CoUNTV Armagh (Ireland) Humphreys
(p. loi6), comprise two clergymen; four Elders (and three married to Elders) of the Presbyterian Church; one Judge;
one Lawyer; four Physicians; one Surgeon; one Soldier of the Revolution; nine of the Civil War; one of the War of
l8i2; one Captain; one Lieutenant; one College President; one Author; one College Professor; one College Graduate;
one Civil Engineer; two Justices of the Peace.
The Greenbrier County (Va.) Family (p. 1032) of 18 sons and 13 daughters, born by the name of Humphrey,
comprises one Clergyman; two College Graduates; one College Professor; three Soldiers in Civil War.