Person:James Humfrey (1)

Name^[1]^[2]	Elder James Humfrey
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Cal 1609	Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England (probably)
Marriage	Bef 1645	Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child. to Mary Unknown
Other^[2]^[3]	May 1645	Admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay (as James Umphryes).
Will^[2]	16 Dec 1685
Death^[1]^[2]	12 May 1686	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Burial^[4]		Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Jonas¹ Humfrey, in Nicholson, Frederick J. The Family of Jonas¹ Humfrey of Dorchester, Massachusetts: With Notes on the Origins of Ralph¹ and Katherine (Foster) Tomkins of Dorchester and Thomas¹ Foster of Weymouth, Massachusetts. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Jan 1993)
68:19-20.

"James (Humfrey) b. ca. 1609, d. Dorchester, Mass., 12 May 1686 'in the 78th year of his age' (History of the Town of Dorchester, Massachusetts [Boston, 1859], 252, citing tombstone inscription); m. Mary _____; issue.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 James Humphrey, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
2:496-497.

"James (Humphrey), Dorchester, s. of Jonas, prob. eldest, b. in Eng. a. 1608, freem. 1645, came with his f. prob. in ~~1634~~ [1637], a tanner, in some town office 1650, and often after, best kn. as ruling Eld. 1651 to some time after d. of his w. Mary, 7 May 1677; had Hopestill, bapt. 10 June 1649; Isaac; and Mary, wh. m. Obadiah Hawes; d. 12 May 1686. His will was of 16 Dec. preced."
↑ Paige, Lucius R. List of Freemen. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1849)
3:190.
↑ James Humphrey, in Find A Grave.