Humphreys, General David

David Humphreys was born in Derby, Connecticut, the son of the

Reverend Daniel Humphreys and Sarah Riggs Bowers Humphreys. He earned

his Bachelor of Arts degree at Yale University in 1771 and a Masters degree

in 1774. He taught school briefly from 1771 to 1773 in Wethersfield,

Connecticut and then became a tutor in New York from 1773 to 1776. With

the outbreak of the Revolution, David Humphreys joined a New York Militia

regiment in 1776, and later rose in the 6th Connecticut Regiment to the rank

of Brigade Major. He successively became an aide to General Putnam (in

1778), General Nathaniel Greene (in 1780), and General George Washington

(from June of 1780 to the end of the hostilities), attaining the rank of

Lieutenant Colonel.

Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution http://www.connecticutsar.org/patriots/humphreys_david.htm

Derby Historical Society: General David Humphreys House http://derbyhistorical.org/humphrey.htm