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About Maj. William Humphrey
DAR ID Number 17298)
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Of Major William Humphrey, of Tiverton, R. I., we have been able to get only meager records. It is stated that he was born in 1746; and it is not known where he was born nor who were his parents.
The following extract from a letter written by Mrs. Lucy Monroe, of Seekonk, Mass., grand-daughter of Major William, contains all the information we have as to his parentage:
"As to our grand-father's birth or parentage, nothing is known, with the e.xception of this, that he was an orphan, and that our great grand-father Monroe had the care of him, and that he bound him out to a man in Swanzey, Mass., but that he was treated so badly that the neighbors wrote to great grand-father Monroe, and he went over to Swanzey and took him home, and brought him up as one of his own, etc. '
He was married at Seekonk, Mass., 4 Dec, 1783, to Lydia, dau. of Nathan and Hannah (Allen), Monroe, born at Seekonk, Mass., 5 June, 1760. He moved to Tiverton, R. I., about 1787, and remained there the rest of his life. He died 3 (or i) Julv, 1832. His wife died 26 Sept., 1843.
He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war — a member of the ist R. I. Regiment It is evident thit he started out holding some subordinate office, but was soon made Captain, and later a Major, Zachary Taylor Humphrey, of Walhonding, Ohio, son of William and grand-son of Major William, has the commission issued to him as Major, and signed by George Washington. He also has a medal given him at that time, and perhaps a sash. George, of Tiverton, son of George and grand-son of Major William, has his sword and hat, as we understand.
Major William went with Arnold on the Quebec expedition; was captured, and was a pris- oner nine months at Quebec. During that time he kept a journal, in which he made daily entries. That journal is in the posses.aion of Elizabeth Kohr, daughter of Squire and grand-daughter of Major William Humphrey. The journal begins in this way:
"Sept. 9. 1775. Left Prospect Hill fort in order to join the party going on a secret expe- , " dition, under the command of Col. Benedict Arnold, consisting of two batallions, one commanded "by Lieut. -Col. Enoe, the other by Lieut. -Col. Green. The first batallion consisted of i Col., " I Maj., I Adjt., I Quartermaster, i Surgeon, 7 Capt's, viz.: Smith, Hendricks, Ward, Lopham, " McCobb, Hubbard and Thayer; the same number of officers in the other batallion, witii six " Capt's, Morgan, Williams, Harnarb, Goodrich, Dearborn and Scott."
• The Humphreys of this line are greatly indebted for this information concerning their ancestry to J. Otis Humphrey, Esq.. of the firm of Greene, Eurnett & Humphrey, attorneys and counsellors at law, of Springfield, HI.
If 1746 is the correct date, it gives use to a suspicion that he may have been the William [252] page 863. George Humphrey, of Providence, R. I, (grand-son of Maj. William), writes May 18. 1885: "I find, by an old deed, that Jonas Humphrey deeded half of his farm in Rehoboth, to my grand-father William." Could this Jonas be the Jonas [265) page 86_j, brother of William (252). If so, these clues might prove Maj. William to have been of the Weymouth (Mass.) stock.
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This journal slates lliat his regiment (1st R. I.) was commanded by Col. Israel Angell. Mrs. Kohr also has several pay-rolls of Capt. William Humphrey's company, the first being for the month of Aug., 1776. Mrs. Kohr says he was commissioned Captain in Oct., 1775. It is also said that he was a member of the "Society of the Cincinnati "; for several years a Senator, and a Deacon in the Baptist Church.
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Maj. William Humphrey's Timeline
| 1752 |
June 26, 1752
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Swansea, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
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| 1784 |
November 26, 1784
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Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
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| 1787 |
February 16, 1787
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| 1789 |
September 20, 1789
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Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
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| 1790 |
October 10, 1790
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| 1792 |
December 25, 1792
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Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
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| 1794 |
October 10, 1794
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November 21, 1796
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| 1798 |
December 11, 1798
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Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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July 7, 1801
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