Oliver Humphrey

1720 - 1792  (72 years)

• Name	Oliver Humphrey
  Birth	13 Apr 1720	Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Oct 1792  [1, 2]
  Person ID	I43291	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Humphrey,   b. 2 Dec 1688, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut d. 14 Jun 1749 (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Mercy Ruggles,   b. 6 Nov 1697, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut d. 10 Nov 1761 (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	30 Jun 1714	Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut   [1]
  Family ID	F25298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Garrett,   b. 22 Jan 1724, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut d. 8 Nov 1821, Canton, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	28 Jan 1745	Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Ruth Humphrey,   b. 26 Jul 1751, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut d. 1822 (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F25297	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He moved to West Simsbury in 1742, where he was the first magistrate. Deputy to the General Court 1766-70.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2303] George E. McCracken, "John Brown's Body." The American Genealogist 35:19, January 1959. [S8560] Major John Garrett, Slain July 3, 1778, A Forgotten Hero of the Massacre of Wyoming, Pennsylvania by Horace Edwin Hayden. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1895., year only.