See also
Husband: | Jonas * HUMPHREY (1587-1662) | |
Wife: | Frances * COLEY (1591-1676) | |
Children: | Susanna * HUMPHREY (1613-1652) | |
Marriage | 11 Jun 1607 | Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England1 |
Name: | Jonas * HUMPHREY | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | - | |
Mother: | - | |
Birth | 9 Sep 1587 | Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England |
Immigration | 1639 (age 51-52) | to Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, US |
Death | 19 Mar 1662 (age 74) | Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, US |
Burial | North Weymouth Cemetary | |
Weymouth, Norfolk, MA, US |
Name: | Frances * COLEY | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | - | |
Mother: | - | |
Birth | 1591 | Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England |
Death | 18 Nov 1676 (age 84-85) | Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, US |
Name: | Susanna * HUMPHREY | |
Sex: | Female | |
Spouse: | Joseph * WHITE (1599- ) | |
Birth | 1613 | Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England |
Death | May 1652 (age 38-39) | Taunton, Bristol, MA, US2 |
This last will and testament is sourced in the book "Suffolk County Wills" Abstracts of the Earliest Wills Upon Record in the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts From the New England Historical and Geneaological Register, With an Index by Judith McGhan. This book was published by The Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore 1984
His will, as recorded by the above source exactly as published:
Joans Humfrey, [of Dorchester.] Will.--March 12: 1661-62.--Being weake in body by reason of old age & other infirmities, but of perfect vnderstanding & memory. To my wife, all ye Goods, that is now in being, which she brought with her. Alsoe, a third pt of that foure Ackers of Land, yt lyether in the great lots, & a third pt of seuen Ackers & a halfe in the 20 Acker lots, and a third pt of two Ackers at the 8 Acker lots, during her life. After here decease, all those parcels of Land to returne to my son, James Humpfrey Alsoe, I giue my wife one Cow, on new Chest, on Blanket one paier of Sheetes, & half ye hempe. I giue to my son Jonas Humfrey, on bed, on Couerlet, & on flocke Bolster. Alsoe my Cloake, and my gray coate. To my Grandchild, Elizabeth Frie, @4. & ye Chest yt was her grandmothers. to my dau. Susanna White, wife to Nicholas White, 10. All the rest of my Estate, both Land & goods, to my son, James Humfrey, whom I make my whole Executor. Jonas Humfrey.
Witnesses, Thomas Joans, William Sumner, Edward Clap.
William Sumner and Edward Clap, deposed, 17 April 1662.
Inventory of the estate of Jonas Humphreys, who dep'ted this life the 19th of March 1662, taken by Thomas Joanes, Edward Clap, William Sumner. Amt. @104.13.03. James Humfreys, of Dorchester, son to ye late Jonas, deposed, 17 April 1662.
[The above abstract of the Will of Jonas Humfrey, was made from a copy, evidently in the hand-writing of Elder James Humfrey, who was the eldest son of Jonas, and, as will be seen, his executor. This copy is in possession of the family at Dorchester, and is doubtless a correct transcript of the original. There are many errors in the Will, as recorded in Suffolk Probate Records, Vol. I. p. 382.
Jonas Humfrey was a Constable in Wendover, Co. Bucks, Eng. He brought to this country a curious copy of Instructions and queries in twelve Articles. To these questions he was required to give answers in writing, after having faithfully fulfilled the duties incumbent on him as an officer of that borough. This paper is extant.]"
1 | "US and International Marriage Records, 1550-1900" (on-line, Yates Publishing, Provo, UT). |
2 | Edmund West, "Family Data Collection - Death" (Generations Network, Inc 2001). |