Ebenezer Humphrey

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Ebenezer Humphrey
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Of Windham County, Connecticut, who married Lucy Robbins at Ashford in 1781, his second marriage, and was probably the father of her son Joseph Humphrey, born in 1782, the father of Caroline (Humphrey) Adams. Said to have been born about 1725, in Connecticut or Massachusetts; his parents are unknown, and the family history only suggests he may belong to the Humphreys of Oxford, Massachusetts.
spouses
name
Betsy
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-humphreys-1883-humphreys-family]
note
His first wife; surname unknown.
id
lucy-robbins-1750
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[book-bailey-1904-early-connecticut-marriages]
married
date
19 Jun 1781
place
Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[book-bailey-1904-early-connecticut-marriages]

Of Windham County, Connecticut. "Ebenezer Humphrey & Lucy Robbins, June 19, 1781," married at the Second Church at Westford in Ashford (source). Humphreys (1883) says he was born, "according to some accounts," in Windham or Tolland County about 1725, or in Massachusetts, and married first Betsy —, by whom he had Ebenezer (later of Attica, New York) and Betsey (Mrs. Kingsbury); by Lucy, Joseph (1782) and John (about 1784, later of Pulaski County, Indiana). "There is a tradition that Ebenezer Humphrey had brothers in Massachusetts." The book puts him in a section headed "may belong to the Capt. Ebenezer Humphrey family, of Oxford, Massachusetts," a family "thought to be" from Arthur Humphrey of Woodstock (source). His parents are unknown.

Research: McMillan, Humphrey-Enos and Bell-Gerow: Notable Connections Research.

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  2. name: Ebenezer Humphrey
  3. sex: male
  4. access: public
  5. summary: >-
  6. Of Windham County, Connecticut, who married Lucy Robbins at Ashford in 1781, his second marriage,
  7. and was probably the father of her son Joseph Humphrey, born in 1782, the father of Caroline
  8. (Humphrey) Adams. Said to have been born about 1725, in Connecticut or Massachusetts; his parents
  9. are unknown, and the family history only suggests he may belong to the Humphreys of Oxford,
  10. Massachusetts.
  11. spouses:
  12. - name: Betsy
  13. basis: compiled
  14. confidence: probable
  15. sources: [book-humphreys-1883-humphreys-family]
  16. note: His first wife; surname unknown.
  17. - id: lucy-robbins-1750
  18. basis: documented
  19. confidence: proven
  20. sources: [book-bailey-1904-early-connecticut-marriages]
  21. married:
  22. date: 19 Jun 1781
  23. place: "Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut"
  24. basis: documented
  25. confidence: proven
  26. sources: [book-bailey-1904-early-connecticut-marriages]
  27. ---
  29. Of Windham County, Connecticut. "Ebenezer Humphrey & Lucy Robbins, June 19, 1781," married at the Second
  30. Church at Westford in Ashford ([source](/files/sources/book-bailey-1904-early-connecticut-marriages/)). Humphreys (1883) says he was born, "according to
  31. some accounts," in Windham or Tolland County about 1725, or in Massachusetts, and married first Betsy —,
  32. by whom he had Ebenezer (later of Attica, New York) and Betsey (Mrs. Kingsbury); by Lucy, Joseph (1782)
  33. and John (about 1784, later of Pulaski County, Indiana). "There is a tradition that Ebenezer Humphrey had
  34. brothers in Massachusetts." The book puts him in a section headed "may belong to the Capt. Ebenezer
  35. Humphrey family, of Oxford, Massachusetts," a family "thought to be" from Arthur Humphrey of Woodstock
  36. ([source](/files/sources/book-humphreys-1883-humphreys-family/)). His parents are unknown.
  38. Research: `research/mcmillan/McMillan_Humphrey_Bell_Connections.md`.
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