Ens. James Huntington, Sr.

Biography

James was born in 1680, the son of Simon and Sarah (Clark) Huntington. He married Priscilla Miller and they had children: Jerusha (m. Hyde), James , Peter, Jacob, Nathaniel and Elisabeth (m. Hyde). James died in 1727 and was buried in the Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.

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James Huntington, born in Norwich, Conn., May 18, 1680. Here he married February 3, 1 702-3, Priscilla Miller. He was a man of more than ordinary energy, and was especially prominent in the more important business enterprises of the town in that early day. He was commissioned Ensign in the Norwich Train band in 1721, and was deputy to the General Court in 1727. He was appointed with Lieut. Thomas Traey, in 1722 "to go down to the Landing Place and lay out what may be needful for the town's use ;" and " the next year," as Miss Caulkins correctly reports, " Lieut. Simon Lathrop, Joshua, and James Huntington and Daniel Tracy, all spirited and enterpris- ing men, then in the prime of life, each obtained a conveniency, and began improvements at the Landing Place."

December 5, 1706, he deeded a 50 acre grant of land which was "granted me by the town of Norwich near the southwest corner of the town bounds" to Job Besstow.

He was the only one, in this generation, of that Huntington trio, of whom the same historian of Norwich says, " in the early part of the next (18th) cen- tury, there were, perhaps, no more distinguished men in the town." He died, September 3, 1727.

children, born in NORWICH, CONN.

• 1. Jerusha, born January 15, 1704-5, and married, October 16, 1729, Abner, son of Thomas Hyde, by whom she had two daughters : Phebe, born in Norwich, February 28, 1731-2, who married, November 8, 1750, Dr. John Barker, of Norwich, had three sons and six daughters, and died at Norwich, West Farms, June 3, 1771 ; Jerusha, born November 9, 1733, and died on the 19th same month. After her death, November 10, 1733, her husband married Mehetabel Smith, and by her had six sons and three daughters.
• 2. James, born February 2, 1706-7.
• 3. Peter, born March 18, 1708-9.
• 4. Jacob, born April 20, 1711, and died in 1726.
• 5. Nathaniel, born August 20, 1713.
• 6. Elizabeth, born August 14, 1716.

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Inscription

Here Lies Ye
Body of Ensign
James Hunting
ton Died Sept
Ye 3 1727 Aged
47 Years 3 Mon
thes & 14 Days

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Miller-4450
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSF-RBLD Priscilla Miller in entry for James Huntington, citing Marriage. Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272236. "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7JQ-3XL Priscila Huntington, 1742. "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #116714953 Priscilla Miller Huntington (1674-1742) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116714953
• The Huntington Family in America (Huntington Family Association, Connecticut, 1915) Page 915. < Archive.Org >