"20. Capt. John4 Hungerford (Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), of Farmington and Southington, Conn., born 4 Mar. 1718, at East Haddam; baptized 4 May 1718. He died in Southington, 24 Dec. 1787, and was buried in the old graveyard at Plainville, Hartford County. … 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 Bristol), 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."