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Colonel John Humphrey 1650 – 1698 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Jun 1650

Birth Location: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Death Date: 14 Jan 1698

Death Location: Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut

Father: William Humphreys

Mother: Priscilla Grant-Humphrey

Spouse(s): Hannah Humphrey

Children(s): Hugh HUMPHREY

Colonel John Humphrey was born in 1650 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, the child of William Michael Humphreys and Priscilla Grant-Humphrey. Colonel John Humphrey married Hannah Griffin Humphrey, and had children including Hugh HUMPHREY. Colonel John Humphrey passed away in 1698 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut.

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Biography

  • Colonel John Humphrey was born in 1650 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, the child of William Michael Humphreys and Priscilla Grant-Humphrey.
  • Colonel John Humphrey married Hannah Griffin Humphrey, and had children including Hugh HUMPHREY.
  • Colonel John Humphrey passed away in 1698 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Humphreys
1620 – 1695
Birth Location: Lyme Regis, Dorset, England
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Priscilla Grant-Humphrey
1626 – 1669
Birth Location: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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Spouses(s)

Hannah Humphrey
1649 – 1736
Birth Location: End, Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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Children(s)

Hugh HUMPHREY
1670 – 1748
Birth Location: Glamorgan, Wales
HH

Colonel Humphrey's Ancestors

Self
Colonel Humphrey
1650 – 1698
Birth Place: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Parents
William Michael Humphreys
1620 – 1695
Lyme Regis, Dorset, England
Priscilla Grant-Humphrey
1626 – 1669
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Grandparents
John Humphrey
1596 – 1648
Lyme Regis, Dorset, England
Priscilla (Edith Grey-Grant) (Immigrant)
1601 – 1644
Woolbridge, Dorsetshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Michael Dorset
1560 – 1626
Anna Bawler
1567 – 1599
Anthony DeGrey
1557 – 1643
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Christopher Humfrey
1525 – 1597
Eliz Humphrey
1540 – 1600
William Bawler
1540 – 1620
Lord Branspeth
1520 – 1565

Colonel Humphrey's Descendants

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Colonel (John) Humphrey (7 Jun 1650 – 14 Jan 1698) m. Hannah (Griffin) Humphrey (04 Jul 1649 – 16 Feb 1736)
  1. 1. Hugh HUMPHREY (1670 – 1748) m. Elizabeth (B Lowry-Humphrey) (Immigrant) (1670 – 1748)
    1. 1. Lauretha (“Lowry”) Humphrey (11 April 1700 – 11 Nov 1748)
      1. 1. Eleanor (Anna Maria Moon) Bowen (1722 or 2 Apr 1729 – 3 Aug 1789) m. Henry (Owen) Bowen (1715 – 3 Aug 1784)
        1. 1. John Bowen (6 March 1756 – 11 April 1817) m. Mary (Elizabeth 'Betsy') Lafon (1754 – 1834)

Colonel Humphrey's Timeline

2 Records

1650
7 Jun 1650
Birth of Colonel John Humphrey in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
1698
14 Jan 1698
Age 48
Death of Colonel John Humphrey in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut
Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Jun 1650
    Event Place: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Jan 1698
    Event Place: Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut
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