The Humphreys family in America - citizen hylbom blog

Nordheimer;" Philadelphia, New Englander, 1S74. "John Neill and his Descend-
ants;" Philadelphia, 1875. Children.
2735. i- I'^ev. Heman Humphrey," b. 28 Aug. 1842, Hatfield, Mass.; became a member of the
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church, at Detroit, Mich., in 1858. He graduated at Amherst College, in 1866, and at
Princeton Seminary, in 1S69; was installed pastor of the church at Fort Edward, New
York, June 19th, 1869, and there continued until 1874, having been elected Professor
of Rhetoric, English Literature and Oratory, at Amherst College, November 3d, of
that year. He married, in Pittsfield, Mass., 22 Dec. 1875, Abby Wilcox (dau. of
Charles B.) Redfidd, of Pittsfield, born in 1850, at Albany, N. Y. Res. {1884) Am-
herst, Mas?.
2736. ii. Rev. Henry, f b. 20 Jan. 1845, Amherst, Mass.; entered Centre College, at Danville, Ky.,
in 1864, and Princeton Seminary, in 1866, where he graduated in 1868. He was installed
pastor of the church in Schaghticoke, N. Y., June 4th, 1872, continuing there until
September, 1880. In February, 1881, he became pastor of the Church of Christ
(Congregational) in Westfield, New Jersey, where he still remains (1884). He married
(I) in Amherst, Mass., 13 June, 1872, Catherine (dau. of Frederick and Fanny Hosmer)
Hastings, of Brainard, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. Mrs. Neill died in Amherst, Mass. He
married (2) in Schaghticoke, N. Y., Eliza Congdon, of that town, who died, Monday,
19 June, 1882, at Westfield, N. J. Children (by ist marriage}: (i) Henry,' b. 11
Aug. 1874, Schaghticoke, N. Y, (2) Catherine Hastings,' b. 16 Sept. 1875, Amherst,
Mass. (By 2d marriage): (3) Mather Humphrey,' born in May, 1882, Westfield, N. J.
2737. iii. Albert Barnes,* b. 13 Apr. 1847, Lenox, Mass.; united with the Presbyterian church in
1863; received his academical education in the Synodical Seminary at Geneseo, N. Y.
He entered the freight ofiice of the New York Central Railroad, in 1S65, and became
assistant cashier; in 1882, was cashier of the Gilbert Car Works at Buffalo, N. Y.
Res. (1884) at Buffalo, N. Y.;—unmarried.
2738. iv. Lucy Humphrey, 8 b. 5 May, 1854, Pittsfield, Mass.; was baptized at Lenox, Mass., in
September, 1854. Res. (1884) at Buffalo, N. Y.;—unmarried.
2739. v. John," b. 30 June, 1856, Detroit, Mich.; died 7 Sept. 1857, x. I year, and 2 months.
He was buried at Pittsfield, Mass.
2740. VI. Mary,7 b. 6 Oct., 1S20, Pittsfield, Mass.; died in Amherst, Mass., 27 Feb., 1825,
te. "4 3'ears, and was there buried.
2741. VII. Henry Martyn,' b. 21 Sept., 1822, Pittsfield, Mass.; died in Amherst, Mass., 4
July, 1840, a;. 17 years, and was there buried.
2742. VIII. Zephaniah Moore,? b. 30 Aug., 1S24; d. 13 Nov., i88i, oc. 57; married Harriclta
L. Sykes. Family 398.
2743. IX. Mary Elizabeth,' b. 6 Sept., 1826, Amherst, Mass.; pursued her studies at INIount
Ilolyoke Female Seminary two years, but did not graduate on account of ill
health. She married, in Pittsfield, I\Iass., 3 Oct., 1848, Rev. David (son of Jason*
• Jason Torrey was bom 20 June, 1772, at Williamstown, Mass. He went, in 1793, at the age of twenty, to the wilderness of
North-liastern Pennsylvania, and was very prominent in developing the country. After the death of his first wife, he married, in 1S16,
Achsah Tyler.
His earliest ancestor in this country was William Torrey, from Combe St. Nicholas, Somersetshire, England, who was settled at
Weymouth, Mass., about 1640. Mary, the niece of this William, after the death, at Scituate, Mass., of her father James Torrey, (who
was progenitor of Charles T. Torrey, the "martyr,") became his ward. She married Samuel (son of Jonas) Humphrey. [See the genealogy
of the Humphreys of Weymouth, Mass.]
Samuel Torrey, (son of William,) born in 1632, in England, was pastor in Weymouth, in 1664, and onward. He three times
preached the annual election sermon, and was twice offered the presidency of Harvard College, where he graduated in very nearly, if
not quite, the first college class. He died 21 April, 1707, aged about 75 years. He had been in the ministry fifty years, and was an
able and faithful preacher. His predecessor in the Weymouth pastorate was Rev. Thomas Thacher, who removed from thence to the