99% Sure | Ep 9: The Humphries Family

Описание: The Humphries were a free Black family who worshiped at Old North Church in the 1740s and 50s. They appeared frequently in church documents for around a decade before slowly disappearing from the record. Our researcher T.J. Todd pieces together their poignant story.

Learn more about the Humphries family in our "Extras" at the end of this blog:
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Sources

Old North Church (Christ Church in the City of Boston) Records, including the "Poor accounts" and the “Clark's register, 1723-1851” (recording baptisms, weddings, and funerals). Stored at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston MA.

Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.)

Boston (Mass.). Overseers of the Poor. "Document of indenture: Servant: Humphreys [Humphrys], Robert. Master: Dyer, Joseph. Town of Master: Boston." Manuscript. October 6, 1756. Digital Commonwealth, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/a... (accessed March 02, 2022).

Boston (Mass.). Overseers of the Poor. "Document of indenture: Servant: Humphrys, Robert. Master: Smith, John. Town of Master: Boston." Manuscript. November 1, 1768. Digital Commonwealth, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/a... (last accessed March 16, 2022).

Boston (Mass.). Overseers of the Poor. "Document of indenture: Servant: Humphrys, Robert. Master: Stoddard, John [David]. Town of Master: Boston." Manuscript. October 20, 1768. Digital Commonwealth, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/a... (last accessed March 16, 2022).

Costello, Brittany. “‘Mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people’: African-Americans at Old North Church in the 18th-Century.” Research seminar, 2019.

Hardesty, Jared Ross. Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds. Bright Leaf Press, 2019.

Hardesty, Jared Ross. Unfreedom: Slavery and Dependence in Eighteenth-Century Boston. New York: New York University Press, 2016.

Sesay, Chernoh M., Jr. “African-Americans and the Old North Church in the
Eighteenth Century: Report on Research,” report commissioned by the Old North Church & Historic Site, 2008.