[4] As mayor, he was known for the advancement of learning and "sound morals" by closing the markets on Sunday.

Her sister Gertrude married Andrew Douw Lansing.

Together, they were the parents of: He died on March 15, 1854, in Albany, leaving a good estate, and was buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, New York.

[9] Around 1841, Humphrey built a two-story frame farmhouse with a gable roof and two symmetrically placed chimneys, today known as the Friend Humphrey House, in Colonie in Albany County, New York.

The transitional vernacular Greek Revival / Federal style dwelling,[10] was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.