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From WWW.Genforum.com Tiffany Forum #274 by G.Bradford Tiffany:
Humphrey's first child was Ebenezer (2) and was born in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, in 1663. His second son James (2) was born in Milton, MA, in 1666. Humphrey Tiffany was listed as "Umphrey Tifiny" on the Milton, Massachusetts Tax List of 1678. Humphrey and his wife, Elizabeth, were Thanksgiving dinner guests, among others, of the Rev. Peter Thatcher on 25 November 1680 at the Rev. Thatcher's home in Milton, MA. On 6 Nov. 1681, Rev. Thatcher baptized Humphrey's sons Thomas (2) [age 13], Hezehiah (2) [age 11], Ebenezer (2) [age 18], and James (2) [age 15]. (from the Journal of Rev. Peter Thatcher, Appendix B, The History of Milton, Mass. 1640 to 1887, edited by A. K. Teele.) Humphrey's daughter Sarah (2) was born on 6 July 1683 in Swansea, MA. So following the thread, Humphrey must have left Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, between 1663 and 1666, lived in Milton for some 18 years, and then returned to Rehoboth (Swansea was then part of Rehoboth) circa 1682.
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From WWW.Genforum.com Tiffany Forum #275 by Julie Otto:
Thank you for the note on Humphrey's movements, and especially the Thanksgiving reference. While we don't have actual records of the births of the first two boys I suspect that a Rehoboth birth for Ebenezer in the early 1660s (to be of age, ae. at least about 21, by 27 March "1682", per Plymouth COLONY Deeds 5:253-54] is about right, and somewhere in the mid-1660s for James -- whether in Rehoboth or Milton is not clear. Humphrey's first appearance in Milton town records (owing a day's work to the town) apparently does not occur until 1670 (THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST 10 [1933-34]: 138), and he isn't on the minister's rate list, and the rate list "for the use of the towne," until 30 Dec. 1674 (MILTON TOWN RECORDS [1930], p. 343). True, young Thomas's birth appears in Milton VRs in 1668, but I can't believe that thrifty Yankee town fathers would ignore an able-bodied potential taxpayer / candidate for town work for as more than a year or so!
It would not surprise me if H's lovely wife Elizabeth ---- had ties to Dorchester/Milton, as several other families went back and forth between there and Rehoboth/Swansea/Bristol (haven't found any links though!). The last date he appears in Milton town records is 22nd day, 12 mo. 1680, which if I am calculating it correctly would be about 22 March 1680/1, and he's off by the 1681/2 list.

Humphrey retained some right at Rehoboth, since "Humphrey Tiffany heirs" were on a list of proprietors of Rehoboth not resident there, 7 Feb. 1689 (which may be 1689/90) (J.N. Arnold, VITAL RECORD OF REHOBOTH, 1642-1896 [Providence, 1897], p. 917).

You are right, the town minister [Congregationalist] Rev. Thacher baptized some but not all of the kids ("Goodman Tiffany's children Ebenezer & James & Thomas & Hezekiah") 6 Nov. 1681 (Teele's Hist. of Milton, p. 647). There were several others then living (William, ae. 9; Consider, ae. 6; Ephraim, ae. almost 4; and [if she was then alive] Elizabeth ae. 1). The baptismal status of the younger kids baffles me, since Congregationalists then and now practice infant baptism. (God knows what a bunch of apparently Congregationalist Tiffanys did for church arrangements in the Baptist town of Swansea; will have to check in Worthley's book on Mass. Cong. churches). Perhaps the Tiffanys had already moved or were in process, and the younger ones were at home with Mom at the new place? I understand however that Teele published Rev. Thacher's diary only in extract and it would be interesting to see if the real thing contains any more.

Also, the date on which Rev. Thacher arranged with Humphrey to teach James was 21 Oct. 1680, not sometime in 1681 (Teele, p. 644). Beware the siren call to quote from memory... :)

Finally here is the actual date and citation (27 March "1682," Plymouth COLONY Deeds 5:253-54) for the deed young Ebenezer witnessed. This date could be 1682 or just possibly 1682/3, although double-dating was only supposed to last 1 January-25 March (Lady Day, the Feast of the Annunciation), a holdover from the medieval church calendar practiced until 1752. Said deed was executed two days after the cutoff, so if it was indeed 1682 and not 1683, that could indicate a birth by ca. 1661 rather than by ca. 1662. (As a typical early Tiffany, he couldn't do things at an unambiguous time of year. Oh nooooo.)

Tiffanys in deeds of Plymouth COUNTY (to 1799) are mainly limited to Recompense3 Tiffany (Thomas2, Humphrey1) (one in vol. 31, another in vol. 32) and his heirs (by 1786, flung across various unrecorded areas of New England, which makes said deeds even sweeter) (65:39 and several pp. following, 66:125). Ebenezer and James appear prolifically in Bristol Co. Deeds, but much to my frustration (since Ebenezer is my ancestor) nowhere the wonderful quitclaim that identifies a wife.

Also peculiar is our inability to determine the origins of more early wives given the unusual names of some Tiffanys (e.g. Recompense, used only among descendants of Thomas2 and Hannah [----] Tiffany; the name appears first at Dorchester [Milton's mother town] in 1639 with the birth of Recompense Osborne, later of Long Island, and also in some branches of the Wadsworth family with no obvious links to the Osbornes, or to Mrs. Hannah Tiffany. Don't assume anything from this -- people of every age are notorious for copying cool names from the neighbors.

The second-generation Tiffany men certainly made a habit of marrying women with no last name, but they were simply following in the tradition of dear old Dad -- and Grandad, if you count Henry.

Squire + Elizabeth. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]