Asahel Huntington (1761 - 1813)

Born 17 Mar 1761 in Franklin, New London, Connecticut [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Alethea (Lord) Huntington — married 2 Jun 1791 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 22 Apr 1813 at age 52 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Asahel Huntington was born in mid-March of 1761, presumably at Franklin, Connecticut, as shown in the record of his death (Franklin adjoins Norwich, also shown as his birthplace in some reports; FamilySearch also indexes a record purporting to shown him born at Topsfield, Massachusetts,^[1] but the remove to Topsfield did not come until years later). He studied for the ministry, was ordained at Topsfield 12 November 1789, and after taking up residence there, he married Alethea Lord in early June of 1791. The couple's children included Alethea, who died just days after her birth in 1792; a second Alethea, born in 1794; Elisha, born in 1796; Asahel, born in 1798; Hezekiah, born in 1800; and Mary Ann, born in 1802.

Asahel passed away at Topsfield in the spring of 1813, and is buried in the town's Pine Grove Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6N-Y51 : 15 January 2020), Asahel Huntington, 1761.

• Birth (at Franklin, CT, 17 Mar. 1761) and death (at Topsfield, MA, 22 Apr. 1813): "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1Y-58Q : 17 January 2020), Asahel Huntington, 1813.

• Marriage 2 June 1791 at Topsfield: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-G37B : 18 February 2020), Asahel Huntington and Alethea Lord, 02 Jun 1791; citing Marriage, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009688.

• Birth, family members, death, and burial (with image of grave memorial): Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 February 2021), memorial page for Rev Asahel Huntington (1761–1813), Find A Grave: Memorial #206666704, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Saratoga (contributor 46965279) .

• General biographical information: The Huntington Family in America: A Genealogical Memoir of the Known Descendants of Simon Huntington from 1633 to 1915, Including Those who Have Retained the Family Name, and Many Bearing Other Surnames, Huntington Family Association, 1915, pp. 113-15; https://books.google.com/books?id=Yl9VAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA113&lpg=PA113&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false [Note that this book contains some errors, e.g., placing the birth of Elisha Huntington in one breath at Topsfield, Massachusetts, and in the next, at Norwich, Connecticut -- Connecticut was his parents' previous place of residence prior to their remove to Topsfield.]

See also:

• The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine and Religious Intelligencer, Vol. 6, Gleason, Hartford, Conn., 1813, p. 200; https://archive.org/details/connecticutevan01conngoog/page/n208

• "A Discourse delivered at Topsfield, April 26, 1813 at the funeral of Rev. Asahel Huntington: who deceased on the 22d, aged 52", by Isaac Braman

• Memoir of Asahel Huntington [memoir of son Asahel, with reference to father], by Lord, Otis P., Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol. 11, Salem, Massachusetts, 1872, pp. 83-86; https://archive.org/details/essexinstitutehiv11esse/page/n89/mode/1up