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MICHAEL HUMPHREY (b. 10 Sep 1620, d. 09 Mar 1694/95)

MICHAEL HUMPHREY (son of SAMUEL HUMPHREY and SUSANNAH SHEWERS) was born 10 Sep 1620 in LYME, REGIS, ENGLAND, and died 09 Mar 1694/95 in SIMSBURY, CT.. He married PRISCILLA GRANT on 14 Oct 1647 in WINDSOR, CT., daughter of MATTHEW GRANT and PRISCILLA GREY.

Notes for MICHAEL HUMPHREY:
In manufacture of pitch and tar at Massaco (Simsbury, Ct.). Admitted freeman on 21 May 1657; In 1662 was still engaged in mercantile tranactions with his brother Samuel and Henry Rose (partners) in St. Malo, France; 1664, as a member of the Church of England he protested, together with James Eno and others, against paying taxes for the support of ministry in Windsor; in 1667, is one of the Windsor "dragoons"; 1669 became one of the earliest 13 and most prominent settlers of Simsbury, Ct (formerly Massaco); 1670, one of the Simsbury deputies to Gen. Ct.; resided in that part of Simsbury known as Weatlogu; 1681-1685 was active in establishing the ministry, in Simsbury; was evidently a leading man in civil and ecclesiatical matters.

Text: quoting from "Genealogies and Biographies of Ancient Windsor".

Biography: Michael Humphreys was particularly outspoken on this point, even standing trial in local court for his challenge to the community church. By 1669, he had had enough. He left Windsor to helped establish the nearby settlement of Simbury.

More About MICHAEL HUMPHREY and PRISCILLA GRANT:
Marriage: 14 Oct 1647, WINDSOR, CT..

Children of MICHAEL HUMPHREY and PRISCILLA GRANT are:

+JOHN HUMPHREY, b. 07 Jun 1650, WINDSOR, CT., d. 14 Jan 1696/97, SIMSBURY, CT..
+SAMUEL HUMPHREY, b. 15 May 1656, WINDSOR, CT., d. 15 Jun 1736, SIMSBURY, CT..