THE HUMPHREYS FAMILY.
Philip Humphreys was martyred Nov., 1558, at Berry St. Edmonds, Co. Suffolk, England, for denying the supremacy of the pope and rejecting the mass.
John Humphreys, sixth or seventh in descent from Philip, m. Margaret Carlisle, a cousin, They were both of Co. Armagh, Ireland. Eleven children, among them:
I. David Carlisle Humphreys (1741-1826) m. about 1770, Margaret Finley, d. of Wm. Finley and a niece of Rev. Samuel Finley, D. D., (1716-1766) born in Co. Armagh, President of College of New Jersey, now Princeton University. Ten children:
1. Margaret Finley, b. 1773, m. Nov. 24, 1797, Samuel Blackwood. Six children.
2. John, b, about 1775. Em. to Indiana.
3. Ann, b. about 1778, m. Oct. 26, 1798, Archibald Rhea. Died young.
4. Betsey, b. about 1780, m. Feb. 19, 1801, Sam'l McCutchan, Elder in North Mountain Church. Ten children.
5. Polly, b. about 1782, m. David Gilkeson.
6. Samuel, b. 1785, Elder in Bethel. Mar. Margaret, dau. of John Moore of Rockbridge. Nine children.
(1). Caroline, b. 1813, m. Robert Tate Wallace.
(2). Rev. James M. Humphreys, b. 1816. Dau., wife of Rev. Sam'l Gammon, D. D., missionary in Brazil.
(3). David Carlisle, 1817-1848.
(4). Capt. John Moore Humphreys, b. 1820. Co. I, 52 Va. Regiment, C. S. A.
(5). Samuel, b. 1821, died in Arkansas.
(6). Dr. William Humphreys, b. 1823, m. a dau. of Rev. Francis McFarland, D. D., pastor of Bethel. Son, Prof. D. C. Humphreys of W. & L. U. Dau. Theta, m. Rev. G. T. Storey.
(7). Howard A., b. 1826.
(8). Margaret Jane, b. 1829, m. 1851, Hon. Wm. Donald. D. June 28, 1914. Son, Sam'l Donald, of Staunton, Va.
