Friend Humphrey
Friend Humphrey | |
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| File:Friend Humphrey.jpg | |
| Mayor of Albany, New York | |
| In office 1849–1850 | |
| Preceded by | John Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Franklin Townsend |
| In office 1843–1845 | |
| Preceded by | Barent Philip Staats |
| Succeeded by | John Keyes Paige |
| Member of the New York State Senate for the Third District | |
| In office 1840–1841 | |
| Preceded by | Edward P. Livingston |
| Succeeded by | Erastus Corning |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 8, 1787 |
| Died | March 15, 1854 (aged 67) |
| Party | Whig |
| Spouses | Hannah Hinman
("her death" is deprecated; use "died" instead. 1822)Julia Ann Hoyt
(m. 1824; "her death" is deprecated; use "died" instead. 1851) |
Friend Humphrey (March 8, 1787 – March 15, 1854) was an American merchant, Whig state Senator from New York, and Mayor of Albany from 1849 to 1850.
Early life
[edit | edit source]He was born in Simsbury, Connecticut on March 8, 1787. He was one of the sons of Noah Humphrey Jr. (1726–c. 1790) and Margaret (née Phelps) Humphrey (c. 1746–c. 1808).[1] His brother was General Chauncey Humphrey.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]He was courageous, strong, very energetic, never afraid to do right. Albany never had a Mayor better understood or more popular.[2]
In 1811, he moved to Albany, New York, where he engaged in the leather trade,[2] under the name Friend Humphrey's Son of Albany.[3]
He was a Whig member of the New York State Senate (3rd D.) in 1840 and 1841.[4]
He was elected as Mayor of Albany from 1843 to 1845, and from 1849 to 1850.[4] As mayor, he was known for the advancement of learning and "sound morals" by closing the markets on Sunday.[2]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Humphrey married Hannah Hinman (1792–1822), a daughter of Dr. Aaron B. Hinman and Gertrude (née VanderHeyden) Hinman. Her sister Gertrude married Andrew Douw Lansing.[5] Before her death, they were the parents of:[5]
- Gideon Humphrey (1814–1814), who died in infancy.[1]
- Harriet Louisa Humphrey (1819–1897), who married Clark B. Gregory of Danbury.[5]
- Aaron Hinman Humphrey (1822–1822), who died in infancy.[1]
In 1824, he married Julia Ann Hoyt (1804–1851), a daughter of Mary (née Barnum) Hoyt and David Picket Hoyt, a descendant of Simon Hoyt. The Hoyt family arrived at Massachusetts in 1628 and settled in Windsor, Connecticut, and Walker Hoyt was one of the first settlers of Norwalk.[6] Through her brother James, she was an aunt to Colgate Hoyt and Wayland Hoyt. Together, they were the parents of:
- Theodore Friend Humphrey (1829–1911), a merchant and member of Friend Humphrey's Sons who married Margaret McPherson in 1854.[1][7][a]
- James Holt Humphrey (1832–1897), who married Annie Marie Olmsted, a daughter of George Gaylord Olmsted, in 1857.[1]
- Correl Humphrey (1839–1907), who married Helen Clarissa Millard, daughter of David Johnson Millard.[1]
- Alexander Beebe Humphrey (1845–1919), who married Mary Morrison Charles in 1878.[1]
He died on March 15, 1854, in Albany, leaving a good estate, and was buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, New York.[9]
Residence
[edit | edit source]Around 1841, Humphrey built a two-story frame farmhouse with a gable roof and two symmetrically placed chimneys, today known as the Friend Humphrey House, in Colonie in Albany County, New York.
The transitional vernacular Greek Revival / Federal style dwelling,[10] was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[11]
References
[edit | edit source]- Notes
- ^ In 1866, Theodore Friend Humphrey became one of the Directors of the National Mechanics' and Farmers' Bank of Albany, which later became a subsidiary of the Bank of New York.[8]
- Sources
- ^ a b c d e f g The Humphreys family in America, Frederick Humphreys, 1885, p. 570
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- ^ The Humphreys family in America, Frederick Humphreys, 1885, p. 570
- ^ Family Memorials in Prose and Verse, Theo. J. Elmore, Savannah, Georgia, Morning News Steam Printing House, 1880, Page 338
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Page 15: Friend Humphrey; Mayor of Albany 1834-1845, 1849-1850, Undated M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives Science Library
- List of Public Officials buried at Albany Rural Cemetery
- 1787 births
- 1854 deaths
- New York (state) state senators
- Mayors of Albany, New York
- New York (state) Whigs
- Burials at Albany Rural Cemetery
- People from Simsbury, Connecticut
- 19th-century American merchants
- 19th-century mayors of places in New York (state)
- 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature
- Merchants from New York (state)