Abijah Humphrey

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Abijah (Brown) Humphrey (1717 - 1801)

Abijah Humphrey formerly Brown
Born 17 Oct 1717 in Swansea, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of James Brown and Elizabeth (Bowen) Brown
Sister of Mary (Hunt) Remington [half], Enoch Hunt [half], Elizabeth (Brown) Adams, James Brown, Micah Brown and Lydia (Brown) Pierce
Wife of Josiah Humphrey — married 12 Jan 1738 in Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Islandmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Elkanah Humphrey, Rachel (Humphrey) Allen and Lillis (Humphrey) Smith
Died 22 Jun 1801 at age 83 in Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Islandmap
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Biography

Abijah was born in 1717 at Swansea, Massachusetts, the daughter of James Brown and Elizabeth Bowen.[1] She was named in her father's will.

Abijah married Josiah Humphrey at Barrington in 1738.[2][3] They had children:[4]

Elkanah b. 18 February 1739
Rachel b. 16 April 1742
Lillis b. 7 May 1745
Josiah b. ~1753
She passed away in 1801 and is buried at Prince's Hill Burial Ground in Barrington.[5]

Sources

↑ Mayflower Families, John Howland v.23 part 2, page 15
↑ Arnold: Vol. 6, Barrington Marriages, page 11
↑ Arnold: Vol. 10, page 232
↑ The first three are recorded: see Arnold: Vol. 6, Barrington Births, page 28. Josiah is buried next to his mother. Mayflower Families and census records suggest there may be additional children.
↑ Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission, image online
Lainhart, Ann Smith. Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 23, Part 1, Family of John Howland, General Society of Mayflower Descendents, Plymouth, MA., 2004.
Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , Providence, R.I., 1891)
Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-<2015>.