Sgt. John HUMPHREY

1650 - 1697  (46 years)

• Name	John HUMPHREY
  Prefix	Sgt.
  Born	7 Jun 1650	Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  _UID	80435A5AFCC443C5B6087F1206BF27B933CA
  Died	14 Jan 1697	Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Person ID	I17347	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2006

  
  

  Father	Michael HUMPHREY,   b. 1607, Of Lyme Regis, Dorset, England ,   d. 19 Mar 1695, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Priscilla GRANT,   b. 14 Sep 1626, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. 21 Oct 1669, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age 43 years)
  Married	14 Oct 1647	Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F8589	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah GRIFFIN,   b. 4 Jul 1649, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. 16 Feb 1736, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut  (Age 86 years)
  Married	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Children	1. John II HUMPHREY,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary HUMPHREY,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Abigail HUMPHREY,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Nathaniel HUMPHREY,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Joseph HUMPHREY,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Deacon John HUMPHREY,   b. 18 Nov 1671, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. 31 Dec 1732, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age 61 years)   7. Thomas HUMPHREY,   b. 1 Sep 1676, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. Abt 1767  (Age 90 years)   8. Capt. Samuel HUMPHREY,   b. 1684, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. 19 Sep 1725, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age 41 years)
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F8593	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: Sgt. John owned a lot of land and property as noted in the many deeds and bequests of land granted him. The oldest record book in Simsbury, called the Red Book, notes that on 9 Jan 1693, land was deeded to John, on the east side of the river toward Weatogue, which was the home site of his father. On the 25th of Feb 1683, he received land west of this lot, and on the 16 Dec 1685, he received 6 or 7 acres at 'hoppe brook'. On the 20th of Dec 1693, a strip of land about 20 acres along the side of his property was deeded to him by the inhabitants of Simsbury. John was named 'vence viewer', 22 Nov, 1682 and in 1684, along with John Moses and again named to this post 1694/95. In 1685 Joshua Holcomb and John Slater with John Humphrey were named to 'run the town bounds'. His estate was assessed at his death at 24.5 pounds, with 15 acres of land, cattle, corn, 3 guns, pistol and holbard, which was inventoried 14 Jan 1697/98 by his son John II and his brother Lt. Samuel Humphrey. Hartford Probate: VI p.12, pp 31,32 and Simsbury Records Vol II. p 48.