 1630 - 1685 (55 years)
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| Name |
Humphrey Tiffany |
| Born |
4 Jun 1630 |
Hackney, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England, United Kingdom  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
15 Jul 1685 |
Massachusetts, USA |
- Killed by a lightning strike while on his way from Swansea to Boston.
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| Person ID |
I04507 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
20 Dec 2023 |
| Father |
Henry Tiffany, b. 21 Aug 1603, Hackney, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England, United Kingdom , d. 30 Oct 1638, Hackney, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England, United Kingdom (Age 35 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth ? |
| Married |
5 Jul 1629 |
Hackney, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England, United Kingdom |
- St John at Hackney Church
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| Family ID |
F16894 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Elizabeth Baker, b. 1645, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1708, Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA (Age 63 years) |
| Children |
| + | 1. James Tiffany, d. Jul 1732 |
| | 2. Thomas Tiffany |
| | 3. Ebenezeer Tiffany |
| + | 4. Consider Tiffany, b. 14 Jun 1675, Milton, Massachussettes, USA , d. 7 Jan 1708, New Shoreham, Rhode Island, USA (Age 32 years) |
| + | 5. Sarah Tiffany, b. 6 Jul 1683, Swansea, Massachusetts, USA , d. Bef 1747, Lyme, Connecticut, USA (Age < 63 years) |
| | 6. Hezekiah Tiffany, d. 4 Dec 1685 |
| | 7. Ephriam Tiffany |
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| Last Modified |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Family ID |
F1519 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Came from Yorkshire England, it is supposed, and was in Massachusetts Bay Colony about the year 1660.
- The following account of his death is given in the diary of Samuel Sewell, Publications of the Massachusetts Historical Society, vol, 5, fifth series page 88: "Wednesday, P.M., July 15, 1685. Very deak and great tunder and lightning. One Humphre Tiffany and Frances Low, daughter of Antony Low, are slain with the lightning and thunder about a mile and a half beyond the Billinges Farm, the horse also slain, that they rode on and another horse in Company slain and his rider who held the garment on the Maid to steady it at the time the Stroke a coat or cloak, stoned, but not killed. Were coming to Boston. Antony Low being in Town the sad Bill was put up with (regards) of that solemn judgment of God; Fast-day Forenoon, July 15, 1685, 2 persons 2 horses." Another record states that he was killed by lightning between Swansea and Boston, and that for a long time a metal tablet was affixed to the tree beneath which he sought shelter. There was an inscription on the tree setting forth the incident and concluding with the following:
Squire Humphrey Tiffany
And Mistress Low
By a stroke of lightning
Into Eternity did go.
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