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Rev. NOYES John Humphrey

Rev. NOYES John Humphrey[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1811 - 1886  (74 years)

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  • Name NOYES John Humphrey 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Birth 3 Sep 1811  Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Graduation 1830  Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7] 
    Address:
    Dartmouth College 
    Residence Between 1839 and 1847  Putney, Windham, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Address:
    Putney Association 
    Residence Between 26 Jan 1848 and 1878  Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Address:
    Kenwood Oneida Community 
    Residence Between 27 Jun 1878 and 13 Apr 1886  Niagara Falls, Welland, Ontario, Canadao Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    _UID D9680D38EB9ED5118A06444553540000B5A2 
    Death 13 Apr 1886  Niagara Falls, Welland, Ontario, Canadao Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial Aft 13 Apr 1886  Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Address:
    Oneida Community Cemetery 
    Rev. John Humphrey Noyes gravestone    		 Rev. John Humphrey Noyes gravestone

    JOHN HUMPHREY NOYES
    1811 - 1886
    Notes 
    • Graduate of Dartmouth, class of 1830; he studied law, and took the theological course at Andover and Yale, and was ordained as a Congregational minister. In 1834 he announced himself as a Perfectionist, and his license to preach was annulled. He founded a community in Vermont, adopting the principles of Fourier and communal life. In 1847 he founded the communities at Oneida, N.Y. and Wallingford, Conn. Children born in Putney, Vt., and Oneida, N.Y.

      Men of Vermont

      John Humphrey Noyes established a community that was for a time a close second to the Mormons in notoriety. He was born in Brattleboro, Sept. 6, 1811, graduated at Dartmouth College in 1830, studied law for a time, then pursued a theological course at Andover and Yale seminaries and was licensed to preached in 1833. The next year he experienced a new conversion and began to preach a new faith. He had some theory of a dual body and complex marriage, and ran a small community for some years before making what was his most famous venture. The thing by which he became known all over the country was the establishment of the widely celebrated Oneida Community. For some years the community was apparently successful with its Unity House and farming and manufacturing enterprises that represented half a million dollars in value.

      Encyclopedia International: His first group of followers was driven out of Putney, VT, when they began to practice his theory of "complex marriage" or free love. He moved to central New York, where the Oneida Community was established in 1848. All property was owned in common, and the community developed a profitable business in traps and silverware. In 1879, recognizing the antagonism outside the community, Noyes recommended abandonment of their sex practices. He moved to Canada and spent the rest of his life there. The business interests of Oneida Community, including a branch in Wallingford, Conn., were incorporated in 1881 and continued to prosper.
      HERBERT A. WISBEY, JR., Keuka College

      The public would not have concerned itself about his affairs as long as they exemplified a community of property only, but the complex marriage system savored too much of a community of person and the Oneida concern had to abandon its complex marriage business, and thereupon it soon went out of business generally and faded from the knowledge of men. It had in 1874 two hundred and thirty-five members and a kindred plant at Wallingford, Conn., had forty members.

      Noyes died at Niagara Falls, Canada, April 13, 1860. The public condemned his institution and its results, but allowed him credit for good motives.
    Person ID I3786  Noyes Family Genealogy
    Last Modified 31 May 2013 

    Father Hon. NOYES John, Esq.,   b. 2 Apr 1764, Atkinson, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1841, Putney, Windham, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother HAYES Polly,   b. 8 Feb 1780, West Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1866, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage Sep 1804  [7, 12, 13] 
    • (Noyes Descendants, Vol. I says 1803.)
    Family ID F1396  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 HOLTON Harriet Ann,   b. 28 Nov 1808, Westminster, Windham, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1895, Niagara Falls, Welland, Ontario, Canadao Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 28 Jun 1838  Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 14] 
    Children 
     1. Dr. NOYES Theodore Richard,   b. 26 Jul 1841, Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1903, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F5231  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Family 2 JOHNSON Mary Elizabeth,   b. 13 Nov 1810, Portland, Cumberland, Massachusetts Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1851, Rondout, Ulster, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Children 
     1. NOYES Victor Cragin,   b. 6 Sep 1847, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1905 (Age 57 years)
     2. NOYES Victoria,   b. 6 Sep 1847, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1847, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F37437  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Family 3 SUMMERS-CRAGIN Sarah Ann,   b. 15 Feb 1827, New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1905, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Children 
     1. NOYES Constance Bradley,   b. 23 Oct 1849, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 1917 (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F37439  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Family 4 HOBART Catherine Elvira,   b. 3 Jul 1815, Putney, Windham, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1879, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Children 
     1. NOYES Jessie Catherine Baker,   b. 26 Mar 1858, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1938, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F37442  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Family 5 LEONARD Charlotte Miller,   b. 5 Oct 1846, Putney, Windham, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Sep 1928, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Children 
     1. NOYES John "Humphrey", II,   b. 18 Nov 1869, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1940 (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F37445  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Family 6 WORDEN Harriet Maria,   b. 13 Jul 1840, Manlius, Onondaga, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1891, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Children 
     1. NOYES Pierrepont Burt,   b. 18 Aug 1870, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1959, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F17773  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Family 7 VAN VELZER Mary Elizabeth,   b. 29 Feb 1848, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1917, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Children 
     1. NOYES Holton Van Velzer,   b. 7 Mar 1871, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1953, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F37448  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Family 8 OLDS Harriet Noyes,   b. 16 Jul 1849, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1884, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Children 
     1. NOYES Gertrude Hayes,   b. 29 Dec 1871, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 1951, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F37451  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Family 9 FOSTER-HENDEE Beulah,   b. 18 Feb 1847, Lexington, Greene, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1903, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Children 
     1. NOYES-BARRON Dorothy Hendee,   b. 22 Aug 1876, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1965, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F37466  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Family 10 WOOLWORTH Arabella Campbell,   b. 28 May 1850, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1931, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Children 
     1. NOYES-NEWHOUSE Irene Campbell,   b. 5 Jun 1873, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1956 (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F37452  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Family 11 BARRON Maria Fanny,   b. 2 Jan 1842, Westford, Chittenden, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1913 (Age 71 years) 
    Children 
     1. NOYES Godfrey Barron,   b. 18 Aug 1876, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1893 (Age 16 years)
    Family ID F37459  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Family 12 MILLER Helen Campbell,   b. 5 Aug 1847, Putney, Windham, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1932, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Children 
     1. NOYES-BARRON Miriam Trowbridge,   b. 19 Aug 1877, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1965, Amityville, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F37461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Family 13 BOLLES Mary Lucretia,   b. 1 Dec 1850, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1931, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Children 
     1. NOYES   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F50225  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Family 14 HATCH Eleanor Leonora,   b. 21 Dec 1858, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1935, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Children 
     1. NOYES George Langstaff,   b. 23 Apr 1879, Oneida, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1910 (Age 30 years)
    Family ID F37472  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

  • Photos
    John Humphrey Noyes 1840    		John Humphrey Noyes 1840
    aetat. 28

    from an undated daguerreotype.
    John Humphrey Noyes 1850    		John Humphrey Noyes 1850
    John Humphrey Noyes 1851    		John Humphrey Noyes 1851
    John Humphrey Noyes 1867    		John Humphrey Noyes 1867
    John Humphrey Noyes 1878    		John Humphrey Noyes 1878
    John Humphrey Noyes 1878    		John Humphrey Noyes 1878
    John Humphrey Noyes at Niagra    		John Humphrey Noyes at Niagra
    circa. 1882

  • Sources 
    1. [S65] Book-Noyes-The Noyes Descendants, Vol. I, p.402.

    2. [S412] Book-Men of Vermont, p.197.

    3. [S589] Book-Encyclopedia International, 13:300, 7172-0700-5.

    4. [S106] Internet Online Homepage, http://libwww.syr.edu/digital/collections/j/JohnHumphreyNoyes,ThePutneyCommunity/.

    5. [S2927] Book-Annals of Brattleboro 1681-1895, 1:248.

    6. [S6286] Book-The Oneida Family: Genealogy of A Nineteenth-Century Perfectionist Commune, p.2.

    7. [S331] Book-Little-Descendants of George Little, p.37.

    8. [S6291] Book-My Father's House, p.5.

    9. [S2692] Internet-Wikipedia, John Humphrey Noyes.

    10. [S6291] Book-My Father's House, p.171.

    11. [S3808] Internet-Find A Grave, Memorial #31875849.

    12. [S65] Book-Noyes-The Noyes Descendants, Vol. I, p.390.

    13. [S4122] Book-Atkinson - Then and Now, p.297.

    14. [S3808] Internet-Find A Grave, Find A Grave Memorial #32374973.
      Memorial of her father, Jim Orton.


  

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