Jabez Huntley (abt. 1760 - 1816)

Born about 1760 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Betty (Smith) Huntley — married 23 Dec 1782 in Machias, Washington County, Maine, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Jabez Huntley Jr., son of Jabez, was born about 1760 in Lyme, Connecticut.^[1]

He married 23 Dec. 1782, Betty Smith, daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Wiswell) Smith in Machias, Washington County, Maine.^[1]

He served as a private in Capt. Joseph Sevey's company, Col. Benjamin Foster's regiment, during the Revolutionary War, enlisted 25 Jun 1777 and discharged 16 Jul 1777, service 23 days. Also same regiment 17 days on alarm. Also Lieut. John Scott's detachment from the 6th Regiment, service between 31 Aug 1779 and 20 Nov 1779, 8 days at Penobscot.

Jabez Huntley moved to Plattsburgh, NY, where two of his sons, Adriel and Enoch, were living. When they reached there it was winter and they remained until spring. They started on their western trip and on the shores of Lake Ontario Jabez found his brother, Rufus. Liking the country, they decided to stay there, but were taken sick and died in less than two months. The children returned to Plattsburg [NEHGR 101:150].

Jabez died, 1 Oct. 1816, "on the shores of Lake Ontario," in upstate NY; burial place unknown. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Virgil W. Huntley. John Huntley, Immigrant of Boston & Roxbury, Massachusetts and Lyme, Connecticut 1647-1977 and some of his Descendants. Author: Books I, II, III. 1978, 1993, 1996. Vol 1. p. 29. Material from the books used with written permission of the author. Collection of Phil Smith.
2. ↑ Edited by Ruth Gray, Joseph Cook Anderson II, Lois Ware Thurston, C.G., et al, Maine Families in 1790 (Maine Genealogical Society, Picton Press, Rockport, ME), Vol. 8, p. 226
3. ↑ Judith Field Stuntz, John Libby Descendants (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jlibby)
4. ↑ Mrs. Alice P. Huntley, John Huntley and Some of His Descendants (New England Historic Genealogical Society Register), Vol. 101 (1947), p. 59

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Steven Tibbetts for creating WikiTree profile Huntley-691 through the import of tibbetts_2013-05-04.ged on May 4, 2013.