Individual Details

Jonas Humphrey is believed to have been born in about 1585 and lived in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, where he was married to Frances Coley or Cooley on 11 June 1607. They had five children born in Wendover. He was a constable there on 20 Jun 1632. It is believed that Jonas Humphrey and his family arrived at Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony (now part of Boston) in about 1636. He lived on the present Humphrey Street in Dorchester, on property which he bought on 10 Sep 1637 from William Hannum. Dorchester church records read: "Jonas Humphrey laid hold of the covenant the 6th day 9th Month 1639, as also his wife (Frances)." He was made a "freeman" on 16 May 1640 and "proprietor in the great lots in 1646." Jonas and his son, James, were glove makers in England. In Massachusetts, however, they turned their attention to tanning, and set down a yard in front of the house. Their tanning pits were run by six generations of descendants. Sources: (1) "History of Weymouth, Massachusetts," by George Walter Chamberlain, Vol. 3, Pages 301/2 (Weymouth Historical Society: Weymouth, MA, 1923); (2) "Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts," edited by William Richard Cutter, Vol. 3 (Lewis Historical Publishing: New York, 1908)
Additional source on this family: The Humphreys Family in America,The Dorchester and Weymouth Families of Humphrey

Birth	9 September 1587	Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England
Immigration	Abt 1637	Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay
Death	9 January 1662	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
Occupation		glove maker in England, but a tanner in Massachusetts

Spouse	Frances Coley (1591 - 1676)
Child	Elizabeth Humphrey (1617 - 1652)
Child	James Humphrey (1608 - 1686)
Child	Jonas Humphrey (1620 - )
Child	Susanna Humphrey ( - )
Child	Sarah Humphrey ( - 1638)

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