Moses Huntley Sr. (1652 - 1729)

Born 1 Jul 1652 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Abigail (Chappell) Comstock — married 18 Jan 1680 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1729 at about age 76 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Moses Huntley, Sr. was born on 1 July 1652 at Boston, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was baptized five years later in the first Church of Roxbury, Massachusetts 27 October 1657 with his brother Aaron and sister Elizabeth. ^[1]

He married Abigail Chappel Comstock, widow of John Comstock and daughter of George and Christian Chappell, on 18 Jan. 1680 at Lyme, Connecticut.^[1]

He with his brother and other soldiers from Lyme, served in King Philip's War in 1675 and was awarded “a soldier's right”, Lot No. 30 in the Town of Voluntown, Connecticut, which he sold to Nicholas Hallam of New London on 20 September 1709.^[1]

At a Town meeting held in Lyme 22 Dec. 1685 Moses Huntley was chose Packer of beef and pork and held the office off and on until 1708 when he was chosen “Culler of staves”. The making of staves and their exportation was an important occupation at that time in Lyme.^[1]

Moses and his brother Aaron had a running fight about their father’s will. There were a series of court cases involving them. Moses sold land in Lyme as late as 1729 and may have died that year, there are no probate proceeding as he apparently disposed of his estate prior to his death.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Virgil W. Huntley. John Huntley, Immigrant of Boston & Roxbury, Massachusetts and Lyme, Connecticut 1647-1977 and some of his Descendants. Books I, II, III. 1978, 1993, 1996. Vol. 1. p. 6-9. Material from the books used with written permission of the author. Collection of Phil Smith.

• Comstock, Cyrus B., 1907. A Comstock Genealogy: Descendants of William Comstock of New London, Conn., who died after 1662. The Knickerbocker Press, New York, NY. page 4

Acknowledgments

• Frederick Huntley, Nancy Combs, Darlene Nelson, Jim Kimpton.
• Huntley-1329 was created by Debbie Pierce through the import of Deborah Smith Family Tree 2015.ged on Sep 10, 2015.