Humphrey, John

Humphrey, John

Male Bef 1745 - Abt 1815  (> 70 years)

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  • Name Humphrey, John  [1
    Born Bef 1745  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt 1815  Hardin Co., Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I18713  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 

    Father Humphrey, William,   b. 2 Sep 1721, King George County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1800, Stafford County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Wood, Sarah Ann,   d. Between 1758 and 1762 
    Relationship natural 
    Married May 1742  [2
    Documents
    William Humphrey - Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800
    William Humphrey - Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800
    Family ID F7487  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Forbes, Elizabeth,   d. Abt 1799 
    Married Abt 1775  [1
    Children 
     1. Humphrey, Raleigh,   b. Abt 1777, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1824, Hardin Co., Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)  [natural]
     2. Humphrey, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1778, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. Humphrey, John,   b. Abt 1779, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     4. Humphrey, Abijah,   b. Abt 1780  [natural]
     5. Humphrey, Dr. Benjamin,   b. Abt 1784, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1847, Ohio Co., Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)  [natural]
     6. Humphrey, George,   b. 22 Aug 1789,   d. 22 May 1834, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F7495  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Brown, Betsy 
    Married 15 May 1801  Hardin Co., Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Humphrey, Sarah P.,   b. 22 Mar 1804, Hardin Co., Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1878, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)  [natural]
     2. Humphrey, Susannah,   b. 1806, Hardin, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1880, Burkesville,Cumberland,Kentucky,USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)  [natural]
     3. Humphrey, Jemima,   b. Abt 1812  [natural]
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F7496  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Bef 1745 - Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 May 1801 - Hardin Co., Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Abt 1815 - Hardin Co., Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Revolutionary rifle
    Revolutionary rifle

  • Notes 
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      JOHN HUMPHREY WILL-KY Wills Index, By Accelerated Indexing Sys, 1977 (KR 976.9) Hardin Co Ky
      Will Book B , page 220, 1815

      My last will and request is that my executors, Rawley, Benjamin, and George Humphreys, who I doubt not will manage with prudence as to my worldly estate, I will and positively order, that all my debts be paid first.I give to my dear wife for the term of her life, this house where I now live in with all the furniture and the lands and tenements that lie about it, likewise all my Negroes whilst she lives single.if married, or at her death, my wish is that my son Rawley should have Bristow when paying one hundred dollars backto my estate.My son, Benjamin, I wish for to have Bill.My son, George, I wish for to have Lewis `.My daughter Betsy, ten pounds in money.My son Bijes, youngest daughter, called Catherine, I wish her to have Charlots youngest chid, called Ephraim.I wish my daughter Sally to have Clara and My daughter Mimey, I wish her to have Mary Charlots increase, if she has any.I wish my daughters, Sally, Susannah and Mimey for to have it at my wife death.I wish this place that I live on now withall its utensils and household furniture to be sold and equally divided between my four youngest children, George, Sally, Susannah and Mimey.My land on Rock Creek, seven hundred and seventy seven acres, now in dispute, as soon as the dispute is ended, if gained, I wish it be sold and money for to pay my debts,My son, Jackies two little sons, Jesse and Bessey Humphrey, I wish them for to have five pounds a pease.If my wife should marry, I would wish her to have the third of the horses, cows sheep, and hogs and the balance to be sold and divided amongst the four youngest children.If not married, she is for to have them to her death.My still, I wish sold at my death, likewise the tubs and divided amongst my four youngest children.When my accounts is all settled, if there is any balance, I wish my Executor, Rawleigh Humphrey, Benjamin Humphrey and George Humphrey, my three sons now living for to divide it between my four youngest children now living.This my last Will and Testament.I have hereunto set my hand this Eighteenth day of October, 1813.
      Teste,John Humphrey(seal)
      William Kirkpatrick
      William Hoback
      William Morrison
      At a County Court began and held for Hardin County at the Court House in Elizabethtown on Monday, the 13 day of February, 1815.The within Instrument of writing was produced in court and proven by the Oaths of William Morrison and William Kirkpatrick to be the last Will and Testament of John Humphrey, Deceased and ordered to record.
      Attest,
      Saml Haycraft, Jr. D.C.H.C.C.

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      Office, Secretary of State, Frankfort, KY, signed 22, May, 1786 by Patrick Henry, Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia, for 600 acres tract lying in what was then, Jefferson County and based on Treasury Warrant # 43, signed 15 Oct. 1879, and tract survey dated 22 April, 1784.
      On 19 Sept. 1796, James Garrard, Governor of Ky, signed a Land Grant to John Humphreys for a tract or parcel of land lying on Rock Creek in Hardin County, KY, containing 1078 2/3 acres by survey dated 4 Nov. 1795. by virtue of Land Office Treasury Warrant # 11602.
      KY Marriage Records May 15, 1801 marriage between John Humphrey and Betsy Brown, Daughter of Mary Brown.
      More About John Humphrey:
      Fact 1: DAR Book 1966 Page 354 has 1745 as birthdate

  • Sources 
    1. [S281] Personal Records of Peggy Atteberry, Peggy Atteberry, (Name: published on line at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GED&db=attebaby;).
      Peggy extensively researched this line for many years but apparently did not make her sources public.

    2. [S982] Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Humphries, [fnu] & WOOD, Ann; bef. 17 Dec 1758; Jn. WOOD in his w. (17 Dec 1758 - 8 Jan 1759) ment. his dau. Ann Humphries; his frien Jn. Humphries was the ex.; (NC RB 5:32)
      William Humphrey - Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800
      William Humphrey - Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800