James Huntington (1680-1727)

Biography
The Huntington family in America says:
 * 1. 3. 10. James Huntington, born in Norwich, Conn., May 18, 1680. Here he married February 3, 1702-3, 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 Tracy, 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 enterprising 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) century, there were, perhaps, no more distinguished men in the town." He died, September 3, 1727.

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