92. Esquire John4 Humphrey [30] (Dea. John,4 Sergt. John,2 Michael,1) was born 17 Mch., 1700-1, in Simsbury, Ct. He married, 15 June, 1721, (Simsbury Records) Lydia Reed, perhaps dau. of Josiah and Hannah (Amsdale) Reed, of Windsor; and settled in Simsbury, Conn., where the births of their children are recorded. He was a prominent man in that town; was Justice of the Peace from 1735 to 1760, and many deeds were acknowledged before him about 1740-42; and also witnessed by John and Anna Humphrey; was appointed of the Quorum 1755-1760. He was appointed, by Assembly, 1756, 1st Lieut. of 1st Reg., 7th Company; afterwards became a captain in the Militia; was chosen Town Clerk in 1732; was Judge of the Hartford County Court, from 1758 to 1760 inclusive, and a representative to the General Assembly of the Colony, (with the exception of 1755, '56, '58 and '59) from May, 1733, till his death, at New Haven, Conn., while in attendance as a member of that body, Nov. 2d, 1760—a period of twenty-three years. He was interred at New Haven, near the grave of John Dixwell, the Regicide. On the Simsbury Town Records is the following entry: 'John Humphrey, Esqr. Departed this Life the 2nd day of November, 1760, at New Haven, in the 61 year of his age. He has been Capt. of a military Company in this Town, an assistant Judge in the County Court, and a Representative to ye Genl. Assembly.'
Administration on his estate was granted to his sons Nathaniel and Elihu, Apr. 14, 1761; inventory of estate exhibited June 6, 1761; report of distribution made and accepted, January 3, 1764. His widow received one-third during life and his eldest son, John, a double share. (Hartford Probate Rec., xviii., 113, 126; xix., 52, 92)."
