Emanuel Family - Person Sheet
Emanuel Family - Person Sheet
NameRalph Humphreys Jr. 
Birth1735, Virginia
Death20 Sep 1789, Claiborne, Mississippi [322]
FatherRalph Humphreys (1715-<1748)
MotherHannah Walker
Notes for Ralph Humphreys Jr.
Ralph Humphreys, Sr. may have been born in about 1715 at Derry, Ireland. (Source: Ancestry.com family tree; Cindy Musgrove, owner)
Nicholas and Benjamin Grubb were witnesses to the codocil to the will of Col. Ralph Humphreys, Jr. on March 29th, 1790, at his home at Grindstone Ford on Bayou Pierre. They were step-brothers or half brothers of Col. Ralph Humphreys, their father, Benjamin Grubbhaving, in Frederick County, Virginia, between 1751 and 1756, married Hannah Humphreys, admx of Ralph Humphreys, deceased who was father of Col. Humphreys. (Order Books 3 453 and 7 112, Frederick County,Virginia)
Benjamin Grubb
Both Ralph Humphreys, Jr. and Benjamin Grubb moved to South Carolina before the American Revolution. Benjamin Grubb died there, in Craven County, Camden District before 2 Feb 1776 when Nicholas, his eldest son and heir-at-law, appoints Bryan Bruin of Frederick County, Virginia, his attorney to collect what is due him in Virginia and elsewhere, and to dispose of his property for him. Ralph Humphreys was one of the witnesses to this instrument and, at the same time, sold two tracts of land in Hampshire County, Virginia to Bryan Bruin, of Frederick County (Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book; Pages 17 72,73)
Following the American Revolution, Colonel Ralph Humphreys, Jr. wasassigned to Michilemacenac, a frontier post in the State of Michigan.Before departing for Michigan, Agnes Humphreys (Wilson) and son GeorgeWilson Humphreys migrated from South Carolina tothe MississippiTerritory where they settled at Grind-Stone Ford on the south fork ofBayou Pierre. While on a twelve month furlough to visit his family inMississippi, Colonel Ralph Humphreys, Jr. died. Agnes Humphreys(Wilson) married Colonel Daniel Burnett, whose father was one of thefirst settlers of Claiborne County, Mississippi. Daniel Burnett alsomigrated to Claiborne County, Mississippi from South Carolina.
On 23 Feb 1790, Benjamin Grubb, with his wife, a daughter, six negroesand one negress, arrived in the Natchez District overland from SouthCarolina. (Kin. II 300). Nicholas Grubb settled west of theMississippi in the Rapides Country on Red River, receivingacertificate of survey by William Cook, a surveyor under the SpanishGovernment, dated 7 Nov 1791. (ASP-PL III 160). However, BenjaminGrubb worked the Humphreys plantation on Bayou Pierre for two yearsafter the death of Col. Humphreys, (ASP-PL I 620) butwas establishedin Rapides in 1794, petitioning to be allowed to take up lands onCatahoula Lake which had been denied the settlers and in 1795 islisted as having "persisted in settling over the Catahoula". (Kin.III 333)
Nicholas also moved to Catahoula. He died before 1811 when his claimsfor land were issued to his widow and heirs. (ASP-PL II 829)
The paternal ancestor of Nicholas and Benjamin Gruhb was EmanuelGrubb, who as of Brandywine Hundred, New Castle, Delaware, on 11 Feb1746, deeded land In Frederick County, Virginia to Benjamin Grubb.(Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 1 389) His will, New CastleCounty, Province of Delaware, May 5, 1764; Aug. 19, 1767, named hiswife, Anne; heirs of son Joseph, deceased; son Thomas; heirs of sonNicholas; heirs of son John; son Benjamin; heirs of son Peter;daughter Edith Thacker, daughter Ann Black, son Emanuel, who was namedexecutor. (Delaware Wills. New Castle County. 65.)
George Cochran land claim in the Mississippi Territory
No warrant produced. It is stated to be a part of a warrant for sixhundred arpents, granted to Ralph Humphreys, dated 29th of January,1789. William Smith says, "that R. Humphreys was the head of a familyat the date of the warrant, and cultivated the landin question in theyear 1789 or 1790. There was then a cabin on it, and ten or twelveacres of cleared ground, which he purchased of Reuben White: the twofollowing years it was cultivated by a certain Benjamin Grubb, for theuse of the grantee. No further cultivation was made on it till sold tothe claimant. George W. Humphreys, son and heir of the grantee, whosold to the claimant, was a resident in the Mississippi territory onthe 27th October, 1795. Notice 1537.
(Source: Land Claims in Mississippi Territory, 1789-1834;Ancestry.com; Accessed 29 Jan 2012)
Ralph Humphreys, Jr. is buried on the banks of Bayou Pierre.
References
Lowery, Robert, and William H. McCardle, A History of Mississippi, R.H. Henry & Co., 1891.
Nicholas and Benjamin Grubb were witnesses to the codocil to the will of Col. Ralph Humphreys, Jr. on March 29th, 1790, at his home at Grindstone Ford on Bayou Pierre. They were step-brothers or half brothers of Col. Ralph Humphreys, their father, Benjamin Grubbhaving, in Frederick County, Virginia, between 1751 and 1756, married Hannah Humphreys, admx of Ralph Humphreys, deceased who was father of Col. Humphreys. (Order Books 3 453 and 7 112, Frederick County,Virginia)
Benjamin Grubb
Both Ralph Humphreys, Jr. and Benjamin Grubb moved to South Carolina before the American Revolution. Benjamin Grubb died there, in Craven County, Camden District before 2 Feb 1776 when Nicholas, his eldest son and heir-at-law, appoints Bryan Bruin of Frederick County, Virginia, his attorney to collect what is due him in Virginia and elsewhere, and to dispose of his property for him. Ralph Humphreys was one of the witnesses to this instrument and, at the same time, sold two tracts of land in Hampshire County, Virginia to Bryan Bruin, of Frederick County (Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book; Pages 17 72,73)
Following the American Revolution, Colonel Ralph Humphreys, Jr. wasassigned to Michilemacenac, a frontier post in the State of Michigan.Before departing for Michigan, Agnes Humphreys (Wilson) and son GeorgeWilson Humphreys migrated from South Carolina tothe MississippiTerritory where they settled at Grind-Stone Ford on the south fork ofBayou Pierre. While on a twelve month furlough to visit his family inMississippi, Colonel Ralph Humphreys, Jr. died. Agnes Humphreys(Wilson) married Colonel Daniel Burnett, whose father was one of thefirst settlers of Claiborne County, Mississippi. Daniel Burnett alsomigrated to Claiborne County, Mississippi from South Carolina.
On 23 Feb 1790, Benjamin Grubb, with his wife, a daughter, six negroesand one negress, arrived in the Natchez District overland from SouthCarolina. (Kin. II 300). Nicholas Grubb settled west of theMississippi in the Rapides Country on Red River, receivingacertificate of survey by William Cook, a surveyor under the SpanishGovernment, dated 7 Nov 1791. (ASP-PL III 160). However, BenjaminGrubb worked the Humphreys plantation on Bayou Pierre for two yearsafter the death of Col. Humphreys, (ASP-PL I 620) butwas establishedin Rapides in 1794, petitioning to be allowed to take up lands onCatahoula Lake which had been denied the settlers and in 1795 islisted as having "persisted in settling over the Catahoula". (Kin.III 333)
Nicholas also moved to Catahoula. He died before 1811 when his claimsfor land were issued to his widow and heirs. (ASP-PL II 829)
The paternal ancestor of Nicholas and Benjamin Gruhb was EmanuelGrubb, who as of Brandywine Hundred, New Castle, Delaware, on 11 Feb1746, deeded land In Frederick County, Virginia to Benjamin Grubb.(Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 1 389) His will, New CastleCounty, Province of Delaware, May 5, 1764; Aug. 19, 1767, named hiswife, Anne; heirs of son Joseph, deceased; son Thomas; heirs of sonNicholas; heirs of son John; son Benjamin; heirs of son Peter;daughter Edith Thacker, daughter Ann Black, son Emanuel, who was namedexecutor. (Delaware Wills. New Castle County. 65.)
George Cochran land claim in the Mississippi Territory
No warrant produced. It is stated to be a part of a warrant for sixhundred arpents, granted to Ralph Humphreys, dated 29th of January,1789. William Smith says, "that R. Humphreys was the head of a familyat the date of the warrant, and cultivated the landin question in theyear 1789 or 1790. There was then a cabin on it, and ten or twelveacres of cleared ground, which he purchased of Reuben White: the twofollowing years it was cultivated by a certain Benjamin Grubb, for theuse of the grantee. No further cultivation was made on it till sold tothe claimant. George W. Humphreys, son and heir of the grantee, whosold to the claimant, was a resident in the Mississippi territory onthe 27th October, 1795. Notice 1537.
(Source: Land Claims in Mississippi Territory, 1789-1834;Ancestry.com; Accessed 29 Jan 2012)
Ralph Humphreys, Jr. is buried on the banks of Bayou Pierre.
References
Lowery, Robert, and William H. McCardle, A History of Mississippi, R.H. Henry & Co., 1891.
Will notes for Ralph Humphreys Jr.
Will of Ralph Humphreys
District of Natchez and Settlement of Bayou Pierre
Very sick and weak. After paying Margaret McKezma a legacy of $100 when she is sixteen and my beloved brother shall be decently clothed and maintained during his natural life, wife, Agnes, and sons, George and Ralph, to have all his estate and executors of same.
Witnesses: Mathew Terney, B. Bruin, John Burnet, Ezekiel Hoskinson, Joseph Darlington, Lewellyn Price.
Postscript. 29 ___ 1790. In consideration of the dowry which I received by my wife Agnes, she shall have the negroes, Cyrus, Salty and their children as her sole property, exclusive of her dividend, also the household furniture and stock of her own, purchased prior to my arrival in this country.
In presence of Mathew Terney, Nicholas Grubb, Benjamin Grubb, Patrick McDermot, George Wilson Humphreys.
(Source: Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805; Ancestry.com, Accessed 8 May 2011)
District of Natchez and Settlement of Bayou Pierre
Very sick and weak. After paying Margaret McKezma a legacy of $100 when she is sixteen and my beloved brother shall be decently clothed and maintained during his natural life, wife, Agnes, and sons, George and Ralph, to have all his estate and executors of same.
Witnesses: Mathew Terney, B. Bruin, John Burnet, Ezekiel Hoskinson, Joseph Darlington, Lewellyn Price.
Postscript. 29 ___ 1790. In consideration of the dowry which I received by my wife Agnes, she shall have the negroes, Cyrus, Salty and their children as her sole property, exclusive of her dividend, also the household furniture and stock of her own, purchased prior to my arrival in this country.
In presence of Mathew Terney, Nicholas Grubb, Benjamin Grubb, Patrick McDermot, George Wilson Humphreys.
(Source: Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805; Ancestry.com, Accessed 8 May 2011)
Research notes for Ralph Humphreys Jr.
Research Notes
Llewellyn Price, b: 8 Apr 1765, and his wife Margaret Price (Glass) migrated from Hampshire County, Virginia to the Mississippi Territory in about Nov 1788 with Ralph Humphreys, Jr. The party arrived at Natchez on 1 Jan 1789 and settled in Southwest Claiborne County, Mississippi.
Llewellyn Price, b: 8 Apr 1765, and his wife Margaret Price (Glass) migrated from Hampshire County, Virginia to the Mississippi Territory in about Nov 1788 with Ralph Humphreys, Jr. The party arrived at Natchez on 1 Jan 1789 and settled in Southwest Claiborne County, Mississippi.