When John Humphrey was born on 1 May 1785, in Great Oakley, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Humphrey, was 25 and his mother, Alice Humphrey, was 20. He married Ann Slawson on 29 March 1818, in Corby, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Oakley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He was buried in Great Oakley, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom.
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The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.
"Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled ""The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano."" Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer."
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
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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Possible Related NamesAnd the search for her ancestors. (Written and researched by John Dewey Spendlove now deceased,)Susannah never heard the message of the restored church in this life. According to her grandson, Josep …
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