"1. 2. 4. 6. Hezekiah Huntington, born in Norwich, Conn., December 16, 1696. He married for his first wife, July 9, 1719, Hannah Frink, who died September 4, 1746. He married for his second wife, March 23, 1748-9, widow Dorothy Williams, of Bristol, Conn. [R. I.], and she died, February 27, 1774, in her 67th year. In 1721 he and his wife united with the First Congregational Church of Norwich, of which they both became useful members, being himself appointed deacon in 1737. In the civil history of his town and state, he also became a prominent man. He showed himself ever ready to second and aid any enterprise, either in business, in civil or in religious affairs, which promised to promote the secular or religious interests of his native town. He was a member of the Connecticut Council from 1740 to 1743, and again from 1748 to 1773. He was appointed ensign in May, 1728. He attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Connecticut Militia. As the crisis of our revolutionary history approached, he took a decided stand with the patriots of that day. His name is at the head of that committee of fourteen, of the prominent patriots of Norwich, who were called by their fellow-townsmen to direct the movement of the people, in the threatened conflict with the mother-land. He was prominent in the earnest controversy which ended in making Norwich half-shiretown of the county. He won the third place in that honored trio, consisting of James, (1.4.10.) Isaac, his brother, and himself.
He proved himself an intelligent and scholarly man; and we find his name among the subscribers to that work, so rare for its day, the Chronology of Thomas Prince. He was deputy to General Court in May, 1734, and assistant from 1751 to 1756 inclusive. He was appointed Judge of the County Court in 1752, and served in this office, with no less success and distinction than in others he had filled. In the midst of his official duties he died very suddenly, in New London, February 10, 1773. His gravestone in the old burying-ground, in Norwich Town, contains this well-earned tribute: 'His piety, affability, prayers and example, wisdom and experience, endeared him to his friends and the State.'"
