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Facts and Events
| Name[1][3] |
Aaron Huntley, Sr |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
16 Apr 1654 |
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States |
| Christening[2] |
22 Dec 1657 |
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United StatesFirst Church of Roxbury |
| Residence? |
1659 |
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States |
| Residence? |
Bef 1667 |
Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States |
| Marriage |
22 Feb 1676/77 |
Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United Statesto Mary Champion |
| Military? |
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King Philip's War |
| Death? |
24 May 1745 |
Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United StatesAge 91 |
Aaron Huntley served as a soldier against the Indians in King Philip's War (he was on the enrollment list for Voluntown and drew lot #148). He drew a Cedar Swamp lot as a reward for service (on lists compiled 1 July 1701) and received Lot #50.
Aaron Huntley, Sr was one of those attending the First Town meeting in Lyme, CT., Jan 14, 1677.
See S3 "Genealogies of Connecticut Families", Vol. II
... lived with his parents in Lyme in the section now called East Lyme or Huntley Hollow, until his father's death when he built himself a house upon the lot his father gave him and managed his father's estate for the widow... On the town records the maiden name of Mary was left blank and at some later date the name Chamberlain was inserted.[Chamberlain was either a misreading of CHAMPION, or a clerical error]
Under the tax list of Gov. Andros 1688 Aaron or Iron Huntley is listed as follows:
1 person 20 pounds
house and land 02
2 oxen & 4 cows 22
2; 3 yearlings
3 yearlings 08
1 mare, 1 coult
11 sheep 12
His will, dated 1745, bequeaths to his son Daniel dec'd gifts of lands, to his daus. Elizabeth, wife of Mathew Beckwith and Ruth, wife of Solomon, to the dau. of Solomon, Mary Lattimore, and to David's children, Simon, who lived with him, and Lidy who cared for him so tenderly in his sickness. Witnesses: Lewis DeWolfe, Elisha Huntley, Josiah DeWolf.
John Huntley, Aaron's father, was born Abt. 1624 in England and died November 16, 1676 in Lyme. The only mention of John Huntley in public life was his participation in the New London-Lyme riot, when he with many of his neighbors protested the boundary line between Lyme and New London 12 March 1671/72.*
- John was also admonished by Lyme officials for cohabitation with his future 2nd wife, Mary (Hand) Barnes early in 1669.
Jane Curtis [surname Curtis has not been proved as the name of John Huntley's 1st wife] , Aaron's mother, was born Abt. 1630 in Boston, Suffolk, Mass and died Bef. June 01, 1669 in Lyme.
References
- ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
2:504-505.
HUNTLEY, JOHN, Boston 1652, by w[ife], Jane had Moses, b[orn]. 1 July 1654; and Aaron, 15 Apr. of the same y[ea]r. if the rec[ord]. be true; was of Roxbury 1659, and rem[oved]. perhaps in one or two y[ea]rs. to Lyme, was there when that town was incorp[orated]. by separat. from Saybrook in 1667, hav[ing]. other ch[ildren]. Elizabeth and Mary. He m[arried]. sec[ond]. w[ife]. 1669, Mary Barnes, had Sarah, and Alice by her, and d[ied]. 1676. Aaron had w[ife]. Mary; Moses m[arried]. 18 Jan. 1680, Abigail Comstock; and descend[ants]. of both are num[erous].
- ↑ Record Commissioners of Boston. Roxbury Land and Church Records. (Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, 1881)
p. 122.
Baptized.
1657
Moneth 10 day 22
Moses [Huntley]
Aaron [Huntley]
Elisabeth Huntley
- ↑ New England Historical Genealogical Society. Genealogies of Connecticut families: from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Baltimore, Maryland, United States: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1983)
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