When Benjamin Humphrey was born in July 1662, in Llangelynnin, Merionethshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Humphrey, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth verch Rees, was 31. He married Mary Llewellyn in 1693, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States in 1683 and Pennsylvania, United States in 1698. He died on 4 November 1738, in Merion Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, at the age of 76, and was buried in Merion Friends Burial Ground, Merion Station, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1682: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1685: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
English: from the Middle English and Norman French personal name Humfrey, from ancient Germanic Hunfrid, Humfrid, composed of the elements hūn- ‘bear cub’ + frithu ‘peace’. The name was borne by a 9th-century Christian saint, bishop of Therouanne, who had a certain following in England among Norman settlers.
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