Solomon Huntley (1737 - 1759)

Born 19 Jun 1737 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Solomon Huntley was born on June 19, 1737, Lyme, New London County, in the Colony of Connecticut. He was the son of Samuel Huntley and Ruth Huntley.^[1]

He is said to have fought in the French and Indian Wars and was killed in action on October 2, 1759 during the Campaign of 1759.

Note: Military Service

Solomon Huntley appeared in the Muster Roll for 1758, from Captain Timothy Mathers' 11th Company in the 3rd Connecticut Regiment (with Zebulon Butler of Lyme as 2nd Lieutenant). He enlisted on 28 May 1758, and was discharged on 31 Oct 1758.^[2] According to a second Muster Roll dated 2 May 1759, at Lyme, he enlisted again the next year, this time in Captain Zebulon Butler's 9th Company in the 4th Connecticut Regiment, under the command of Eleazer Fitch, Esq. This document did not indicate how his service ended, whether he died or was discharged.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Lyme, p. 92 (accessed 2 Apr 2018).
2. ↑ Bates, Rolls of Connecticut Men i the French and Indian War, 1755-1762, vol. 2, p. 70.
3. ↑ Bates, Rolls of Connecticut Men i the French and Indian War, 1755-1762, vol. 2, p. 169.

• Albert C. Bates, ed., ‘’Rolls of Connecticut Men in the French and Indian War, 1755-1762’’, vol. 2, ‘’1758-1762. Appendices 1755-1764,’’, ’’Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society’’, vol. 10, , Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Society, 1905.
• Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. (subscription required)
• Publications - "Genealogies of Connecticut Families: From the New England, Volume 1". Contributor: Gary Boyd Roberts. Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1983. ISBN: 0806310308, 9780806310305. Referencing Page 240.