Display Patriot - P-187933 - Thomas HUMPHREY

Thomas HUMPHREY

SAR Patriot #: P-187933

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A059966

Birth: 02 Jun 1742 / Bucks / PA
Death: 07 Jun 1822 Purcellville / Loudoun / VA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Private - Capt Harry Dudley's Company in the 2nd VA State Regiment Commanded by Colonel Gregory Smith from 01 Jun 1778 to 01 Nov 1779
  2. NSDAR RC# 511095 states CAPTAIN LOUDOUN CO MILITIA

Additional References:
  1. Gwathmey, J.H. "Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution 1775-1783". Richmond, VA: The Dietz Press, 1938, pg 403
  2. McAllister, Joseph Thompson, "Virginia Militia in the Rev War". Hot Springs, VA: McAllister Publishing Company, 1913, pg 211
  3. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
  4. NSDAR RC# 511095 cites VA AUDITOR'S ACCOUNTS, Volume XV, pg 401

Spouse: (1) Mary Marks; (2) Mary XX;
Children: Martha; Tacy; Abner; Jesse/Jessie; Abner G; Euphemy/Euphemia; Jacob; Uree;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1999-10-14 VA 4769 James Ferguson Tyler (152669) Abner   
2003-10-29 KY 17545 Richard Allen Hayden (161343) Euphemia   
2014-03-04 VA 57401 William Cameron Hope IV (190213) Abner   
2018-09-28 UT 82459 John Frederick Arnold (201638) Jesse   
2023-06-27 OH 108434 Dennis Dale Smith (227087) Tacy   
Burial:
Ketoctin Baptist Church Cemetery (C-0371775)
Location:
Purcellville / Loudoun / VA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
50870
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
39.157776 / -77.749443
Find A Grave Memorial #:
18827961
Marker Type:
Vertical / Military
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Gravestone photos with permission of Craig Batten, GW Chapter, VASSAR



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Dale Edward Corey

Thomas Marcus Humphrey, Jr. was born 1742 in Montgomery, PA.  He was one of six boys born to Thomas Marcus Humphrey, Sr. and Hannah Yarbrough.  He came to Loudoun County in 1765 from Bucks County, PA.  Thomas married Mary Marks, daughter of Reverend John Elder Marks and Uriah Anne Ledyard at Chester, PA.  He and three of his brothers served in the Revolutionary War.  He was a captain in the 2nd Virginia Regiment and served in the Virginia State Militia.  For his service in the Revolution, Thomas was granted 200 acres of land where he built a home at Woodgrove in northwestern Loudoun County, VA on present day Rte 711 near Round Hill.  He was a blacksmith and was Clerk of the Ketoctin Baptist Church for 46 years.  Thomas and Mary Marks had 22 children.  They are  John Gill; Thomas Marks; Abner Gill; Pamela; Jesse; Esther; Uree Uriah; Hannah; Euphemia "Effie"; Martha "Patsy"; Jacob; Nancy Ann; Mary Polly; Ann Nancy; Marcus; Isaac;  Tacy; Jonah; Joseph; David; Rachel & Lee.  Thomas' first wife Mary died in 1811.  He married second, Mary Hayden Richards in 1815.  Thomas died in 1822 in Round Hill, Loudoun County, Virginia and is buried at the Ketoctin Baptist Church Cemetery.


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