Major William Humphrey, Sr.
1752 - 1832 (80 years)-
Name William Humphrey Title Major Suffix Sr. Born 1752 Swansea, MA 
[1] Gender Male Died 1 Jul 1832 Tiverton, Newport Co., RI [2] Buried William Humphrey Lot, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Person ID I10720 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Jonas Humphrey, d. 1759 Mother Mary Sharp Family ID F07832 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lydia Munroe, b. 5 Jun 1760, Seekonk, MA , d. 26 Sep 1843, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI (Age 83 years) Married 4 Dec 1783 Seekonk, MA [3] Notes - At the time of their marriage, William & Lydia were both of Rehoboth.
Children 1. William Humphrey, Jr., b. 26 Nov 1784, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI , d. 28 Jan 1865, Tiverton Township, Coshocton Co., OH (Age 80 years)2. Nathan Humphrey, b. 16 Feb 1787, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI , d. 13 Jan 1874, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI (Age 86 years)3. Squire Humphrey, b. 20 Sep 1788, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI , d. 4 Apr 1843, Tuscarawas Co., OH (Age 54 years)4. Harriet Humphrey, b. 10 Oct 1790, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI , d. 7 Feb 1870 (Age 79 years)5. Sarah Sally Humphrey, b. 25 Dec 1792, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI , d. 20 Oct 1863, Holmes County, Ohio (Age 70 years)6. Lydia Humphrey, b. 10 Oct 1794, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI , d. 19 Jan 1881 (Age 86 years)7. Cyrus Humphrey, b. 21 Nov 1796, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI , d. 25 Sep 1808, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI (Age 11 years)8. Hannah Humphrey, b. 11 Dec 1798, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI , d. 13 Jun 1836 (Age 37 years)9. Thomas Jefferson Humphrey, b. 7 Jul 1801, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI , d. 1843 (Age 41 years)10. George Washington Humphrey, b. 15 Apr 1804, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI , d. 21 Jul 1882 (Age 78 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F04229 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - The following information is from Pam Amari, a descendant:
"William was an orphan and Nathan Monroe had the care of him; he bound him out to a man in Swansea, MA, but William was treated so badly that the neighbors wrote to Nathan Munro, who went over to Swansea and took him home and brought him up as one of his own. He later married Lydia, one of Nathan's daughters, at Seekonk, MA, Dec. 4, 1783. They moved to Tiverton, R. I., about 1787 and remained there the rest of their lives.
"William Humphrey, son of Jonas Humphrey and Mary Sharp, was the last child born to this family. Jonas died in 1759 and there is a will. Mary (Sharp) Humphrey married 2nd a Joseph Allen, uncle to Hannah Allen who married Nathan Monroe (parents of Lydia [Monroe] Humphrey. William Humphrey and three of his other siblings were orphaned, by his mother who married Joseph Allen. I think orphaned in this era means she gave them up to another family. William went to live with Nathan & Hannah Monroe, as well as Williams siblings Silence, Jonas and Sarah. I don't know what happened to Mary. William was sent by Nathan Monro to live with a person in Swansea. The neighbors in Swansea wrote Nathan and said that William was being mistreated, so Nathan went there to get him and thereafter William grew up in the Monroe household. These excerpts are taken from Lucy (Weber) Monroe, daughter of Harriet Humphrey. Harriet is Major
William Humphrey's daughter. Though there are no letters in "Lydia's Letters" from Lucy Weber, there are letters from Harriet Weber Dawley who is Lucy's sister. Lucy married William Smith Monroe. William Smith is Thomas and Lydia (Smith) Monroe's son and Nathan Monroe's grandson."
- The following information is from Pam Amari, a descendant:
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