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Otis Milton 1832- Humphreys

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Description:PREFACE.This work was commenced some fifteen years ago. In early life I knew but little of the older family. My father was taciturn in his home, and what I heard him say was in his con-Vi versation to others of anecdotes of early colonial life, as learned from his grandmother, Sarah(Garret) Humphreys, who lived to ninety-nine years, and of her mother, called in her later years from her last husband, Grandmother Woodford, who lived to be one hundred and one. But frum my mother, Anna (Landon) Humphrej's, who had been brought up surrounded by the N famil}-, and whose memory and volubility were both remarkable, I learned much. Yet it wasnot until past middle life, and after the death of my parents, that my attention was fullv aroused to the subject. A few months of investigation brought me in contact with Dr. Otis M. Humphreys, who had then, for quite a time, been working the same field. His intense devotion to this subject, in connection with his professional labors, completely prostrated him so that he had to make over to me all his accumulations and retire from all work in order to save his health. Then there were interruptions from business embarrassments, preventing that allotment of time, care and money indispensable to the prosecution of so extensive a work, with the alacrity which seemed called for. There were, also, large gaps in the English History of the family, and much time and research here, and correspondence and expenditure of mone}- there, has been required in order to fill up or bridge over these gaps, with, after all, but indifferent success. Still much has been done to gather up these fragments and readjust these disjointed members, and while they leave to my mind much to be desired, they still show a vast amount of research and labor, and may seem very satisfactor}- to others. I think the}- present the only tangible historv- of the famil}- in England, or from 1055 to 1600, and which will be invaluable to those whu may hereafter desire to push the investigation farther.The Dorchester, the Pennsylvania and the Southern Humphrey branches have been mainly written up by other hands, and are the contributions of the persons named on the following page, or noted in the articles themselves. I acknowledge, also, some valued financial assistance from a friend of the name and book, and trust to receive yet more in the further progress of the work, as, while it is mainly a labor of love, \-et it is too expensive an indulgence to be often gratified. I should be very happy to be able to conclude the publication during the year 18S3.FREDERICK HUMPHREYS, M. D. 22 West Thirty-ninth Street.New York, Jan. ist, 18S3.PLAN OF THE WORK.TRANSATLANTIC FAMILIES.1. The present English Families of Humphreys.2. The Antiquity of the Humphrey Family ; the part taken by them in the Conquest of England; tlie Pedigree and Martial Exploits of the Umfrevilles, Barons of Prudhoe, and (whilom) Earls of Angus.3. The French and English Crusader-Knights of the Humphrey name, and their services in the Holy Wars.4. The Sussex Humphreys.5. Martyrs of the Humphrey name, in the i6th Century.6. Notes and Mention of Humphreys, fnot placed.)7. Heraldic Notes and Definitions, with Reference to the Humphrey Arms.8. Illustrated List and description of the forty-two Humphrey and Umfrcvillc Arms.9. Biographies of OziAS Humphrey, R. A.; Rev. Lawrence Humphrey, the eminent Puritan divine; Lieut. Gov. John Humphrey, with an account of his part in the establishment of the East India Company ; and of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay.AMERICAN FAMILIES.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Humphreys Family in America; 1. To get started finding The Humphreys Family in America; 1, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: PREFACE.This work was commenced some fifteen years ago. In early life I knew but little of the older family. My father was taciturn in his home, and what I heard him say was in his con-Vi versation to others of anecdotes of early colonial life, as learned from his grandmother, Sarah(Garret) Humphreys, who lived to ninety-nine years, and of her mother, called in her later years from her last husband, Grandmother Woodford, who lived to be one hundred and one. But frum my mother, Anna (Landon) Humphrej's, who had been brought up surrounded by the N famil}-, and whose memory and volubility were both remarkable, I learned much. Yet it wasnot until past middle life, and after the death of my parents, that my attention was fullv aroused to the subject. A few months of investigation brought me in contact with Dr. Otis M. Humphreys, who had then, for quite a time, been working the same field. His intense devotion to this subject, in connection with his professional labors, completely prostrated him so that he had to make over to me all his accumulations and retire from all work in order to save his health. Then there were interruptions from business embarrassments, preventing that allotment of time, care and money indispensable to the prosecution of so extensive a work, with the alacrity which seemed called for. There were, also, large gaps in the English History of the family, and much time and research here, and correspondence and expenditure of mone}- there, has been required in order to fill up or bridge over these gaps, with, after all, but indifferent success. Still much has been done to gather up these fragments and readjust these disjointed members, and while they leave to my mind much to be desired, they still show a vast amount of research and labor, and may seem very satisfactor}- to others. I think the}- present the only tangible historv- of the famil}- in England, or from 1055 to 1600, and which will be invaluable to those whu may hereafter desire to push the investigation farther.The Dorchester, the Pennsylvania and the Southern Humphrey branches have been mainly written up by other hands, and are the contributions of the persons named on the following page, or noted in the articles themselves. I acknowledge, also, some valued financial assistance from a friend of the name and book, and trust to receive yet more in the further progress of the work, as, while it is mainly a labor of love, \-et it is too expensive an indulgence to be often gratified. I should be very happy to be able to conclude the publication during the year 18S3.FREDERICK HUMPHREYS, M. D. 22 West Thirty-ninth Street.New York, Jan. ist, 18S3.PLAN OF THE WORK.TRANSATLANTIC FAMILIES.1. The present English Families of Humphreys.2. The Antiquity of the Humphrey Family ; the part taken by them in the Conquest of England; tlie Pedigree and Martial Exploits of the Umfrevilles, Barons of Prudhoe, and (whilom) Earls of Angus.3. The French and English Crusader-Knights of the Humphrey name, and their services in the Holy Wars.4. The Sussex Humphreys.5. Martyrs of the Humphrey name, in the i6th Century.6. Notes and Mention of Humphreys, fnot placed.)7. Heraldic Notes and Definitions, with Reference to the Humphrey Arms.8. Illustrated List and description of the forty-two Humphrey and Umfrcvillc Arms.9. Biographies of OziAS Humphrey, R. A.; Rev. Lawrence Humphrey, the eminent Puritan divine; Lieut. Gov. John Humphrey, with an account of his part in the establishment of the East India Company ; and of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay.AMERICAN FAMILIES.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Humphreys Family in America; 1. To get started finding The Humphreys Family in America; 1, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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