The Humphreys family in America - citizen hylbom blog

ly. Sermon at' the Funeral of Miss Mary Lyon, South HaJley "The Shining Path." North-
ampton, 1849.
20. "The [Missouri Compromise." Pittsfield, 1S54.
21. Sermon on the Day of National Fast. Pittsfield, 1861.
His published works, in volumes, are:
1. Prize Essa3s on the Sabbath. 1830.
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2. Miscellaneous Discourses and Reviews. 1834.
3. Christian Memoirs. 1836.
4. Tour in France, Great Britain and Belgium, 2 vols. 1838.
5. Domestic Education. 1840.
6. Revival Conversations. 1844.
7. Letters to a Son in the Ministry. 1845.
8. Life and Writings of Prof. N. W. Fiske. 1850.
9. Life and Writings of Rev. T. H. Gallaudet. 1857.
[o. Sketches of the History of Revivals. 1859.*
ChiUren:
5730. L Edward Porter,' b. 28 Jan., 1S09; m. (i) Caroline Catherine Prather; m. (2) Martha
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Pope. F.\MiLY 395.
Jamf.s,7 b. 9 Oct., 181 1; d. 16 June, 1866, a'. 54; m. Urania Battell. Family 391!.
Sophia,' born in January, 1814, Fairfield, Ct. ; died in Amherst, Mass., 17 Mch.,
1827, K. 13 years, and was there buried.
John,' b. 17 Mch., 1816; d. 2 Dec, 1854, a-. 38; married Lucy Vose Henderson.
Family 397.
Lucy,' b. 19 May, 1818, Pittsfield, Mass.; married, in Amherst, Mass., 12 Aug.,
184 1, Rev. Henry (second son of Dr. Henry and RLartha Rutter Duflield) Neill,
D. D.,t of Hatfield, Mass., b. 16 Oct., 18 15, Philadelphia, Pa.; and baptized in
the First Presbyterian Church, by Rev. James P. Wilson, 3 Feb., 1816. Mrs.
Neill died in Philadelphia, Pa., 20 Apr., 1873, k. 55 years. We can convey no
better impression of her character than by adding the following tribute to her
worth, prepared by her husband :
"From her childhood she was regarded by her father's friends, and by her
own, as possessing rare qualities of mind and heart. Her countenance w^as sug-
gestive of hidden power and resource, reminding one of the vibration and light
of the sea. Her eyes were dark and full of meaning: and when she spoke, her
truth was in her words. Thus it was in Pittsfield, in her early youth; thus, when
* Communicated by Miss Sarah W. Humphrey.
t John Neill, the first ascertained American ancestor of Dr. Henry Neill, entered upon the practice of the law, in the county of
Sussex, in the Slate of Delaware, as early as the year 1739. The courts of Sussex were held at Lewes, and at thai town he established
his residence. He married Elizabeth , who survived him, and died 26 May, 1771. There is a tradition in the family that John
Neill emigrated from Tyrone, Province of Ulster, Ireland.
Dr. John Neill, their son, and the grandfather of Dr. Henry Neill, was bom 3 June, 1749, Lewes, Delaware; and died in June,
1816. He married, 16 June, 1773, Elizabeth Martin, of Snow Hill, Md., where they resided.
Dr. Henry Neill, their son, and the father of Dr. Henry Neill, was bom 12 Mch. 1783, Snow Hill, Md.; d. 7 Oct. 1845, Belviderc,
N. J. He was an eminent physician in Philadelphia; was married in that city, in April, 1806, to Martha Rutter Duflield, b. 5 Aug. 1780,
daughter of Dr. Benjamin and Rebecca i'Pottsj Duflield, of Philadelphia: and granddaughter of Edward and Catherine 'Parry) Duffield,
of Moreland Manor, Bucks Co., Pa. Catherine Parry was daughter of David and Mary (Humphrey' Parry; and grauddauchter of Owen
Humphrey. [See the genealogy of the Humphreys of Pennsylvania ]
For an account of the families of Martin, Duflield, Potts, Handy, Rutter, and Savage, from which Dr. Henry Neill was descend«^d,
lee his «ork entitled John Neill and his Descendants.
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