Mary Buell MILLS

1662 - 1730  (67 years)

• Name	Mary Buell MILLS
  Born	8 Dec 1662	Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Gender	Female
  _UID	6B2C309DF7204666873AD1E93EDB018E4A7D
  Died	4 Apr 1730	Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Person ID	I16914	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2006

  
  

  Father	Simon MILLS,   b. 16 Sep 1637, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. 8 Jun 1683, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Mary BUELL,   b. 3 Sep 1642, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. 24 Jun 1718, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age 75 years)
  Married	23 Feb 1659	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F10778	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lt. Samuel HUMPHREY,   b. 15 May 1656, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. 15 Jun 1736, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age 80 years)
  Married	15 Jun 1686	Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Children	1. Mary HUMPHREY,   b. 16 Nov 1681, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. 18 Jul 1737, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age 55 years)   2. Elizabeth HUMPHREY,   b. 22 Apr 1684, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. Abt 1778  (Age 93 years)   3. Ensign Samuel HUMPHREY,   b. 17 May 1686, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. 16 Oct 1759, Goshen, Litchfield County, Connecticutt  (Age 73 years)   4. Jonathan HUMPHREY,   b. 2 Dec 1688, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. 14 Jun 1749, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age 60 years)   5. Charles HUMPHREY,   b. Abt 1693, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. 14 May 1774, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age ~ 81 years)   6. Hannah HUMPHREY,   b. 6 Apr 1697, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Abigail HUMPHREY,   b. 13 Jan 1698, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. 17 Mar 1760, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age 62 years)   8. Capt. Noah HUMPHREY,   b. 30 Mar 1707, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. Jul 1785, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F8398	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: "Having been given a grant of land in the new plantation, at that time called Massaco,(after 1670) Marys' father Simon took his family consisting of himself and wife Mary, children Mary, Hannah, John and Sarah, over the Talcott Mountains, to a new home in the undeveloped plantation, later named Simsbury, Connecticut. Michael Humphreys, father of Samuel, was also one of the early Grantees at Massaco. Mary and her future husband Samuel Humphreys, grew up in Simsbury under similar conditions, both experienceing the hardships of pioneer living, and the concern caused by the Indian hostilities to be followed by the burning of Simsbury on 26 March 1676 (History of Hartford County, 1633-1884 by J. Hammond Trumbull, Vol. II, p 342). Mary and her parents lived in Simsbury about five years before, in response to a town warning, caused by an expected Indian attack, the family returned to Windsor. On this return trip, Mary then about fourteen years of age, must have shared with her mother, the care of the six other children, all younger. It may have been after Mary's brother Simon Mills Jr. was born about 1678, that the Mills family went back to continue their residence in Simsbury. By this time it is assumed that a new house had been built. A short time after their return, probably 1680, Mary married Samuel Humphreys". BIOGRAPHY: About the time of their marriage, Mary's father gave land to his son-in-law, Samuel: "Saml Humphries House lott; Land in Simsbury...belonging to Saml Humphries..one parcell which he ye sd Saml Humphries have on his father mils; fer a House lot; which house lot is Scituate at wetoug...and is by estimation four accres one rodd and Tweenty perches be it more or les s..." BIOGRAPHY: It is thought that Samuel and Mary Humphreys lived in that part of Simsbury, east of the Farmington River, known as Weatogue Houses, and that their home lot may have adjoined that of Mary's brother Simon who, in accord with the final order of distribution inherited his father's home lot." BIOGRAPHY: On 6 July 1683, Mary's father died. Mary's share of her father's Estate signed for by her husband Samuel Humphreys, as given on the original papers, is itemized and reads, in part, as follows; To Samuel Humfrys Husband to Mary the eldest dayghter--a home lott; a cow.. a rug; a bedstead; one chest...two pewter; a great kettle... two smoothing Irons; a cradle... The value totaled 13 pounds, 16 shillins and 3 pence. BIOGRAPHY: Mary's mother married Samuel Bissell of Windsor and upon her death on 24 Jun 1718 read; "Group 1 unto my eldest daughter Mary the wife of Samuel Humphreys, my pillion 2 & to said Mary, & to My Daughters Hannah and Elizabeth all my waring cloaths to be divided equally amongst them thre". BIOGRAPHY: It appears that a close relationship between the Mills and Humphreys families continued through many generations, and several Humphreys-Mills marriages are recored. dl