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Carney & Wehofer Family
Genealogy Pages
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 1763 - 1848 (85 years)
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| Name |
Phebe HUMPHREY |
| Born |
1763 |
Canton, Hartford, Connecticut  |
| Gender |
Female |
| _UID |
FE9BF7AC44254E9D892C615F638D34E30CA6 |
| Died |
20 Feb 1848 |
Berlin, Connecticut |
| Person ID |
I23348 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
5 Feb 2012 |
| Father |
Samuel HUMPHREY, b. 17 Nov 1734, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut , d. 10 Jun 1804, Canton, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 69 years) |
| Mother |
Prudence MILLS, b. 1734, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut , d. 14 Feb 1808, Canton, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 74 years) |
| Married |
2 Jun 1755 |
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut |
| Family ID |
F10805 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- BIOGRAPHY: Phebe Humphreys is buried in Canton Center Cemetery and her grave is marked by a large boulder to which the inscription plate has been attached by the Phebe Humphrey Chapter of Collinsville, a chapter of the Daughters fot the American Revolution, named in her memory. When Phebe Mills Humphreys was sixteen years old she demonstrated her courage and patriotism to the cause of the Colonists by refusing entrance of the British soldiers to her home, which later became famous as the "Phebe Humprey House". This house in which she was born no longer stands, but on the site at the northwest corner of Hartford Road and Bristol Drive, has been built the home of Howard A. Bristol. The Canton Sesquicentennial Booklet, supplies the following: "Phebe Humphrey was born in 1763 in the house that was situated on the old Albany Turnpike, near Suffrage Village Phebe was thirteen when the Declaration of Independence was signed. Her parents were Samuel and Prudence Mills Humphreys-- On the day when Phebe was sixteen years old, it happened that Phebe was alone. Her mother had left bread for Phebe to bake in the old Dutch oven with a warning to look out for the bread and herself" as it had been reported that British soldiers had been seen in another part of the town the night before. Phebe was watching her bread when she was surprised by two soldiers, one demanding some bread. She refused. As she parleyed with the soldiers, she saw the long iron poker in the fireplace. She snatched the hot poker and swinging it in the air bade them ' be gone'. the soldiers did not stop long for bread but vanished along the highway. Phebe won honor for herself and family..."
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