Johanas (John) HUMPHREY b. Abt 1620 Kingsbury Episcopi, Somersetshire, ENG d. Jan 1682 Drayton Parish, Somerset, England: Our Family History

Abt 1620 - 1682 (~ 62 years)

Name	Johanas (John) HUMPHREY [2]
Born	Abt 1620	Kingsbury Episcopi, Somersetshire, ENG
Gender	Male
Died	Jan 1682	Drayton Parish, Somerset, England
Buried	9 Jan 1682	Drayton Parish, Somerset, England
Person ID	I13414	Ancestrees
Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

Father	Jacob (James) HUMPHREY, b. 1595, Kingsbury Episcopi, Somersetshire, ENG , d. Yes, date unknown
Mother	Johane DENMAN, b. Abt 1593, Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset, England , d. Yes, date unknown
Married	14 Nov 1614	Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset, England [2, 3, 4]
Family ID	F3714	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Joan, b. Bef 1632, Of Wiltshire, England , d. 3 Aug 1679, Drayton Parish, Somerset, England (Age ~ 47 years)

Married Bef 1647

Children

	1. Elizabeth HUMPHREYS, c. 11 Jul 1647, , Somerset, ENG , d. Bef 1686, Kingsbury, Somerset, England (Age ~ 38 years)
	2. James HUMPRHEYS, b. 1649, , Somerset, England , d. Aft 1669, Of Kingsbury Episcopi Monthly Meeting, Somerset, England (Age 21 years)
	3. Peter HUMPHREYS, b. 1658, Kingsbury Episcopi, Somersetshire, ENG , d. Yes, date unknown
	4. Joane HUMPHRY, c. 13 Jan 1676, Drayton Parish, Somerset, England , d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 8 Jul 2022

Family ID F1064 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

We know that John is the father of our Elizabeth Humphries because he is listed as her father in her brother James' christening record. We knew her birthdate from Somerset Quaker records previously. I have found only a few other siblings for them in the records in Kingsbury or Drayton where Joane died. With the gap in their ages, it's highly likely that they had other siblings not in the published records or that their mother had a series of miscarriages.

John is listed as the son of a Humfrie in the Kingsbury Episcopi records if he is the Johannes baptized in 1620 there. Kingsbury Episcopi is where most of the earliest Humfry's in co. Somerset, England can be found. There are several possible father's of this John in Kingsbury at the time. They are George, b. 1597, son of Thomas; Peeter b. 1597, son of William; and James b. 1595 who married Johane Denman in 1614. James was the son of William b. 1595 according to Somerset baptismal records. Both the names James and Peter are repeated in this family with James being the more common choice and Peter repeated only once.

I'm working off the theory that our John is the son of James as he names his first born son James. The only other possibilities I've found are 1) a John and Mary that married in 1613 in Drayton, Somerset, England, 2) a John and Agnis Humfry that married in Drayton in 1610 or 3) An Edward and Havis Hue Humfrey who married in Drayton in 1623. The best fit and theory is that John is the son of James b. 1595.

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