Humphrey was born in 1591. Humphrey's father was Thomas Burges and his mother was Honor Sidman. His paternal grandfather was Ellice Burges and his paternal grandmother is Mrs. Burges; his maternal grandparents are Humphrey Sidman and Miss Burges. He had four brothers and two sisters, and also a sibling of unknown gender, named Thomas, Richard, Henry, John, Anne, Jane and UNKNOWN twin. He was the fourth oldest of the eight children. He died at the age of 44 in 1635.