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Capt John Hungerford, I

Birthdate:
Birthplace: East Haddam, New London County, Connecticut Colony
Death: December 24, 1787 (69)
Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Hungerford, lll; Thomas Hungerford; Elizabeth Hungerford and Elizabeth Hungerford
Husband of Hungerford; Deborah Hungerford and Lucy Hungerford
Father of John Hungerford; Levi Hungerford; Thomas Hungerford; Oliver Hungerford; Lucia Orton and 3 others
Brother of Hannah Hungerford Ackley; Thomas Hungerford; Benjamin Hungerford; Elizabeth Stuart; John Hungerford, (died young) and 3 others

Occupation: Captain of the 12th Company under Major-General Phineas Lyman, 1st Connecticut Regiment, Crown Point Expedition
Managed by: David Austin Kellar
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About Capt John Hungerford, I

Capt. John Hungerford

  • Gender: Male
  • Birth: Mar 4 1718 East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  • Marriage: Dec 27 1739
  • Death: Dec 24 1787 Southington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  • Father: Thomas Hungerford & Mother: Elizabeth Smith
  • Wife: 1) Deborah Hungerford 2) Lucy (unknown)

Notes

  • Baptized 4 Mar 1717/8
  • Captain of the 12th Company under Major-General Phineas Lyman, 1st Connecticut Regiment, Crown Point Expedition
  • ”ae 70 French Indian War 12 Co I Regt”

Biography

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS FOR THOMAS HUNGERFORD OF HARTFORD AND NEW LONDON, CONN. AND HIS DESCENDANTS IN AMERICA By F. PHELPS LEACH. (1932) Page 24-25

20. CAPT. JoHN4 HUNGERFORD (Thomasa, Thomas2, Thomas1 ) , of Farmington and Southington, Conn., born 4 Mar. 1718, at East Had- dam; baptized 4 May 1718. He died in Southington, 24 Dec. 1787, and was buried in the old graveyard at Plainville, Hartford County.

He married

first, 27 Dec. 1739, DEBORAHi HUNGERFORD, bapt. 27 Aug. 1721; died before 6 Mar. 1745; daughter of 7. Johna and Deborah (Spencer);

secondly,---, Lucv ---,b o rn ---; died 10 Feb. 1798, aged 77 years (gravestone).

Captain Hungerford was prominent in military affairs. In 1751-2 he removed to Farmington and in May 1754 was commissioned by the General Assembly of Connecticut, ensign of the train band of that town, the sixth company. In May 1757 he was appointed lieutenant of the train band in the parish of New Cambridge (now Bris- tol), formerly in the town of Farmington, and in May 1758 he was commissioned captain of this company in the First Regiment. He had a seat in the meeting house in 1785, and was assessed on one hundred and eighty-seven pounds in 1786, at Southington. His father's will dated 6 Mar. 1745, mentions his two grandsons, Levi and Thomas Hungerford.

Children by first wife, born in East Haddam:

  • + 98. i. LEVI", b. 28 Dec. 1740; d. 1814; m. SARAH RoBERTS.
  • + 99. ii. CAPTAIN THOMAS, b. 19 July 1742; m. (1st) NAVINE MOODY.
  • 100 iii. OLIVER , bapt. 10 Mar. 1745; m. 24 Dec. 1767, Lucy STOw.

Children by second wife, first four baptized in Millington:

  • 101. iv. URIAH°, bapt. 9 Aug. 1747; estate settled 6 Jan. 1777.
  • 102. v. AMASA, bapt. 21 May 1749; d. about 1792; m. ELIZABETH SEELEY.
  • 103 vi. DEBORAH, bapt. 8 Sept. 1751; m. 5 Nov. 1767, ABRAHAM BROOKS.
  • +104. vii. LYDIA, bapt. 7 June 1759; d. 29 Nov. 1850; m. 1424 ROSWELL CONE.
  • +105. viii. JoHN, b. - - 1761, in Farmington; d. 18 May 1830, ae. 69.
  • 106. ix. LucY.
  • 107. x. ELIZA.
  • 108. xi. HuLDAH, m. 16 May 1776, AzEL HILLS.

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Capt John Hungerford, I's Timeline

1718
March 4, 1718
East Haddam, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1740
December 28, 1740
East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States
1742
1742
1744
1744
East Haddam, Middlesex County, CT, United States
1748
May 29, 1748
Farmington, Hartford County, CT, United States
1749
May 21, 1749
East Haddam, Middlesex, CT
1761
1761
Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
1761
Southington, Hartford, CT