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GENEALOGY of the family HUMPHREY

The family are an important country family, of landowners and country gentlemen, who can be shown to have lived in Sussex for over 400 years. The earliest known mention of the name is that of John Humphrey of Linfield who married Anne daughter of Richard Gratwick, the marriage settlement being dated 6 Edward VI (1553). Despite this tradition, however, and the fact that the family apparently held arms, we are unable at this time to go back further than Henry, the first of line below, who is described as of "Pevensey". Any help will be appreciated!  Even with the knowledge of Henry's son William exact date of birth as 8th July 1799 and the knowledge of where the latter's elder and younger sisters were born (Westham, Sussex), William we have finally discovered was born in Shirley, Hampshire (1851 census).

David B Audcent

Henry HUMPFREY alias HUMPHREY, Servant, first known of line, b c 1771 died 1834 bur 28/7/1834 aged 63 St Mary the Virgin, Willingdon, Sussex (aged 63 apparently of Pevensey but can't find such a birth) m. Mary unknown  (herself b 20/5/1775 Canterbury, Kent, d 26/4/1859 Stable Lodge, Addington, part of Addington Palace the country seat of the Archbishops of Canterbury http://www.friendsofoldpalace.org/addpalace.htm also http://www.friendsofoldpalace.org/add.htm where she had been an out-sister and lodge keeper since before 1851), of their marriage they had issue of 3 known (and 1 possible child John):-

• Elizabeth HUMPHREY b 16/7/1796 Westham, Sussex, dsp 1850 London without issue.
• William Henry HUMPHREY, b 8/7/1799 Shirley, Millbrook, Hampshire, d 1880 Eastbourne, General Servant, House Steward to the Archbishops of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace http://www.answers.com/topic/lambeth-palace, Licence obtained from Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations 1701-1850 dated 5th Sept 1832 actually m. 1st 11/9/1832 Cold Brayfields, Nr. Olney, Bucks, Elizabeth BOLLARD bap. 3/6/1798 St Peter's Bromswold d. 25/11/1841 Lambeth, London, bur 1/12/1841 Lambeth Church, dtr of William Bollard, Farmer, Yeoman, (himself born c1756 bap. 9/4/1756 Newton Bromswold, Northamptonshire, bur. 6/10/1833 Rushden  m. 28/12/1790 St Peter's, Newton Bromswold, Sarah Willis, herself b. c1767 Bedford, bap. 8/5/1767 St Paul's Church, Bedford, d. 8/1/1852 Rushden) dtr of Joseph and Mary - this latter requires confirmation),.  On the death of his wife William Henry and following the obtaining Vicar-General Marriage Licence Allegations 1694-1850, dated 6th February 1847 he actually m. 2nd 11/2/1847 St. Mary's Lambeth, Ann BAILES known to have been born in 1808, and baptised on the  28th December 1808, Langthorpe, Kirby Hill, North Yorkshire, the daughter of Thomas Bailes (alias Bayles), Yeoman, Farmer, Shopkeeper who married Mary Stokle (herself born c. 1782 at Thrintoft, Ainderby Steeple, Yorkshire) on the 21st September 1805 at Aldborough, Yorkshire) of which second marriage there was no issue.  Of his first marriage he had issue of 4 children, of whom only one survived into adulthood.  He is noted in the 1851 census as a "Fund Holder", resident in the parish of St Margaret, Knightsbridge, living at 12 Montpellier Place - present were William, his wife Ann, their son Henry, his niece Mary Durrant (aged 27) and a servant Jane Taylor, they were still living there in 1861:-
  (PORTRAITS of William Henry  Humphrey & his wife Elizabeth Bollard appear in the right hand column , these are in the possession of David B Audcent)
  • Mary HUMPHREY b 1833 Lambeth, d 1850 Lambeth.
  • Jane Ann HUMPHREY b 6/11/1836 Lambeth died 1838 Lambeth.
  • William Frank HUMPHREY b 2/7/1838 Lambeth d 1846 Lambeth
  • Henry HUMPHREY, b 23/12/1839 Lambeth Palace, d 1900 Eastbourne, Stationer of Sloane Street, Chelsea, m. 4/9/1872 St Mary's Eastbourne, Alice BAILES, born 12 September 1847 at Roecliffe, Aldborough, Yorkshire, (the daughter of John Bailes, Farmer, brother of her step-mother Ann, who was himself born the eldest son and heir of his father Thomas Bayles and Mary Stokle on the 5th April 1806 at Minskip, Aldborough, Yorkshire and his wife Ann Thompson born 21st December 1811 at Ornhams, Yorkshire).  Of their marriage he had four children:-
    • William HUMPHREY b 1/6/1873 St Margaret's Middlesex,  bap 1/6/1875 d 1914 Leicester, articled to a lawyer in Leicester he m. 7/7/1903 Holy Trinity, Leicester, Kate Beatrice MANN b. 25/3/1881 Leicester, d. 30/3/1961, dtr of William Francis Mann and his wife Annie WALKER (William's landlady) and of their marriage they had two children:-
      • William Neville HUMPHREY b. 30/3/1909 Birstall, Leicester, d 1/1/1992 Leicester m. 27/10/1934 St. Pauls, Clapham, London, May Olivia HITCHMAN b. 6/5/1907 London, d. 7/12/1990 Leicester, of which marriage they had issue of two children:-
        • Trevor William HUMPHREY b. 1939 m. 27/2/1965 Jacqueline BENNETT of whom he had the following issue, m. 2nd 6/4/1983, Bracknell, Shirley FARMER nee WHITE d.  Jun 2008 of which marriage no issue :
          • Stephen William HUMPHREY b 1966 m. 2000  Solihull, Zoe TIPPER only dtr of John Tipper and Barbara Leek.
            • Scarlett Mae HUMPHREY b. 2002 Solihull bap 2002 Birmingham
            • Miles Edward HUMPHREY b. 2003 Solihull
          • Louisa Jo HUMPHREY b 1968 m. 2011 Michael LOUGHLIN
          • Elizabeth Rebecca HUMPHREY b 1970 of a liaison with partner Andrew SMEDLEY had the following issue:-
            • Jake William SMEDLEY b. 2000
            • Rosie Louise SMEDLEY b. 2002
            • Emily Ann SMEDLEY b. 2005
        • Margaret Olivia HUMPHREY b. 1947 m. 16/7/1969 Simon MARCH and had for issue four sons:-
          • Christopher Simon MARCH b 1974
          • Robin William MARCH b 1976 d. April 2011
          • Michael John MARCH b 1979
          • Oliver James MARCH b 1981
      • Doreen HUMPHREY b 1904 Leicester, d 1988 Leicester. Spinster dsp.
    • Constance HUMPHREY b 10/7/1875, d 1951 Eastbourne, m. 5/7/1930 St Anne's Eastbourne, Albert HURST, of which marriage no issue.
    • Alice HUMPHREY b 24/10/1877 Chelsea, London, d 1941 Newton Abbot, Devon, m. 18/11/1902 St Mary's Eastbourne, Horace Ernest PEAT, Customs Surveyor, son of Samuel Peat and his wife Eliza Taylor and grandson of Ralph Peat and Catherine Turner, of their marriage they had issue of 6 children, for full details of children and their issue see PEAT Genealogy:
      • Horace Humphrey PEAT b 1903 m Eileen GREGG and had issue:
      • Evelyn Alice PEAT b 1904 spinster
      • Muriel Florence PEAT b 1905 spinster
      • Dorothy Gertrude PEAT b 1907 m William Eli NEWTON and had issue:
      • Sylvia Constance PEAT b 1910 m Jacques Louis Alexis AUDCENT and had issue: see AUDCENT Genealogy.
      • Edward Henry PEAT b 1917 m. Joyce BINNE and had issue:
    • Florence HUMPHREY b 28/2/1880 Chelsea, dsp 1911 Eastbourne.
• Anne Maria HUMPHREY b 1801 Westham, Sussex, d 1836 aged 35 bur 7/10/1836 St Mary the Virgin, Willingdon, Sussex, m. 14/10/1820 Willingdon, Robert DURRANT, Inn Keeper, who died aged 51 in 1843, bur 25/3/1843 St Mary the Virgin, Willingdon.  Of the marriage issued the following 5 children:-
  NOTES: A note in Wm Henry Humphrey's diary states that Emma and Mary Durrant left Southampton for Sydney on the 23/8/1853 (a Mrs Mary Durant applied for a Passport on the 11/8/1853 No. 5596, in the same year a William Durrant applied on the 29/11/1853 No 9024 - there is no mention of an Emma Durrant).  In the 1841 census for Westham, Eastbourne, Robert DURRANT aged 47 (b. c1794), held the occupation of a Publican at Willingdon, and lived with ? his sister Caroline Durrant (aged 54) and the following children Charlotte (aged 20 B. 3/3/1822 Willingdon, she m. 24/6/1841 St Mary the Virgin, Willingdon, Thomas John KINE aged 19 Miller), John (aged 14 B. 27/1/1828), Emma (aged 12 B. 3/5/1829), Robert (aged 10 B 22/1/1832), two other occupants William Pumfrey (aged 24) an Ostler and Charlotte Mitchell (aged 11).  In the St Mary the Virgin Church records for baptisms the following additional child is also noted as baptised: William B. 26/2/1826, but there is no record of his death and he wasn't present at the 1841 census, there were no other Durrant entries in the Registers, it seems clear that they were all the issue of Robert and his wife Anne Maria Humphrey.
  • Charlotte DURRANT bap 3/3/1822 Willingdon m. 24/6/1841 St Mary the Virgin, Willingdon, Thomas John KINE b c1822 Miller.
  • Mary DURRANT bap 21/12/1823 St Mary the Virgin, Willingdon, it would be this Mary who emigrated to Sydney, Australia in 1853 on the "Herefordshire" accompanied by her younger sister Emma.
  • William DURRANT bap 26/2/1826 St Mary the Virgin, Willingdon (? not present at 1841 census)
  • John DURRANT bap 27/1/1828 St Mary the Virgin, Willingdon
  • Emma DURRANT bap. 3/5/1829 St Mary the Virgin, Willingdon, d. 6/9/1872 Ulladulla, NSW, bur in the town cemetery, emigrated  aged 24 to Australia on the "Herefordshire" in 1853 accompanied by her sister Mrs Mary Durrant aged 30 m. St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, Frederick ROBINSON of which marriage there was issue of just a son who follows.  
    [On his wife's death Frederick m. 2nd 1873 Ellen CONDON and had issue of a further 4 children, the eldest Walter Robert m. Eva May McKENZIE and they had 13 children all resident at Ulladulla, he was Great Grandfather to my correspondant Bev Roach] :-
    • Frederick ROBINSON b. 1858
  • Robert DURRANT bap 22/1/1832 St Mary the Virgin, Willingdon
• John H (?) is he a son of Henry and Mary.  A note in the diary of Wm Henry Humphrey states that John A H left England for Batavia on the 29th April 1835.

Note A Philadelphia DURRANT d. aged 9 years old, bur 23/7/1873 St Mary the Virgin, Willingdon.

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