Asaph Humphrey, (son of Aaron) was born 9 April 1792, in Norfolk, Ct. He was married by Rev. Dr. Coe, in the church at Amsterdam, N. Y., 1 August 1816, to Harriet Henrietta (dau. of Capt. Joseph and Mary Spears) Garran, of Newburyport, Mass., b. 3 Dec., 1799, on Ring's Island, Mass. She died of paralysis, in N. Y. City, 19 Sept., 1850, æ. 50 years; and was buried at Staten Island, N. Y.
....Asaph Humphrey was of large stature, being over six feet in height. At the age of nineteen years he enlisted in the "Trojan Greens," of Troy, and served through the war of 1812, as a private, or sergeant; was a pensioner. In 1826, he removed from Troy to New York City;—was a master carpenter. He was also a teacher of vocal and instrumental music, in which he delighted; and many of his descendants have decided musical tastes... He was for many years a member of the Presbyterian church, and was one of its liberal supporters. He died in West Haven, Ct., 8 Oct., 1877, æ. 85 years, and was there buried.
—Frederick Humphreys, The Humphreys Family in America, New York: Humphreys Print, 1883, p. 571
....Asaph Humphrey was of large stature, being over six feet in height. At the age of nineteen years he enlisted in the "Trojan Greens," of Troy, and served through the war of 1812, as a private, or sergeant; was a pensioner. In 1826, he removed from Troy to New York City;—was a master carpenter. He was also a teacher of vocal and instrumental music, in which he delighted; and many of his descendants have decided musical tastes... He was for many years a member of the Presbyterian church, and was one of its liberal supporters. He died in West Haven, Ct., 8 Oct., 1877, æ. 85 years, and was there buried.
—Frederick Humphreys, The Humphreys Family in America, New York: Humphreys Print, 1883, p. 571
Asaph Humphrey, (son of Aaron) was born 9 April 1792, in Norfolk, Ct. He was married by Rev. Dr. Coe, in the church at Amsterdam, N. Y., 1 August 1816, to Harriet Henrietta (dau. of Capt. Joseph and Mary Spears) Garran, of Newburyport, Mass., b. 3 Dec., 1799, on Ring's Island, Mass. She died of paralysis, in N. Y. City, 19 Sept., 1850, æ. 50 years; and was buried at Staten Island, N. Y.
....Asaph Humphrey was of large stature, being over six feet in height. At the age of nineteen years he enlisted in the "Trojan Greens," of Troy, and served through the war of 1812, as a private, or sergeant; was a pensioner. In 1826, he removed from Troy to New York City;—was a master carpenter. He was also a teacher of vocal and instrumental music, in which he delighted; and many of his descendants have decided musical tastes... He was for many years a member of the Presbyterian church, and was one of its liberal supporters. He died in West Haven, Ct., 8 Oct., 1877, æ. 85 years, and was there buried.
—Frederick Humphreys, The Humphreys Family in America, New York: Humphreys Print, 1883, p. 571
....Asaph Humphrey was of large stature, being over six feet in height. At the age of nineteen years he enlisted in the "Trojan Greens," of Troy, and served through the war of 1812, as a private, or sergeant; was a pensioner. In 1826, he removed from Troy to New York City;—was a master carpenter. He was also a teacher of vocal and instrumental music, in which he delighted; and many of his descendants have decided musical tastes... He was for many years a member of the Presbyterian church, and was one of its liberal supporters. He died in West Haven, Ct., 8 Oct., 1877, æ. 85 years, and was there buried.
—Frederick Humphreys, The Humphreys Family in America, New York: Humphreys Print, 1883, p. 571
Inscription
WAR OF 1812
ASAPH HUMPHREY
NEW YORK MILITIA
DIED OCT. 11, 1877
AE. 85.
Gravesite Details
The original wooden grave marker is hanging on the wall in the West Haven Veterans' Museum, in West Haven, CT. It was replaced by this stone marker. (from a visitor)
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