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Jonathan HUMPHREY

Jonathan HUMPHREY[1]

Male 1688 - 1749  (60 years)

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  • Name Jonathan HUMPHREY 
    Born 2 Dec 1688  Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 9B9DA674D9374CF18067AD57409AB888A42D 
    Died 14 Jun 1749  Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I16958  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2006 

    Father Lt. Samuel HUMPHREY,   b. 15 May 1656, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1736, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Mary Buell MILLS,   b. 8 Dec 1662, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1730, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 15 Jun 1686  Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8398  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mercy RUGGLES,   b. 6 Nov 1697, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1761, Of Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 30 Jun 1714  Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Solomon HUMPHREY,   b. 2 May 1724, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1798  (Age 73 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F8423  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BIOGRAPHY: He settled in Simsbury,Hartford,Connecticut 14 Jun 1749, where he was much esteemed as a worth and influential citizen. Among his numerous and respectable descendants are several whose names will long be remembered as associated with great and varied public interests. From the TOWN RECORDS: 20 Dec, 1714 "Jonathan Humphris had a grant of land; was to pay 3 pounds; the survey was made 7 Nov 1715; June 15, 1716, he received a deed of land in "long meadow at Weatouge: from "Samuel Humphris, Justice." He owned land which lay "next to that his father bought of John Clarke." Nov 22, 1718, he purchased land of Simon Mills. May 27, 1729 and April 7, 1735 he received a deed of land from his father. March 19, 1741 his brother Ensign Samuel Humphreys, of Gloshen,Connecticut acknowledged the receipt of a valuable sum of money for which he quitclaimed to him and to his brothers Charles and Noah "all his right to certain lands of their honored father, Samuel Humphrey of Simsbury, deceased." December 1713, "Jonathan Humphries" was chosen "haward"; was sworn March 19 1714. May 20 1714, he witnessed a deed; Dec 6 1714, was chosen "waywarden"; 1715/16, had an ear-mark for his cattle; Dec 18 1716, was chosen collector of the meeting-house rate; Dec 26, 1717, was "remitted from gathering the said Rates then dew to the town from Thomas Bakon and John Bell;" Dec 16, 171? was fence-viewer for the south end of the town. BIOGRAPHY: Bir-Mar-Ord, FGR Film# 1274379

  • Sources 
    1. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.