Benjamin Huntley (1740 - aft. 1806)

Born 3 Mar 1740 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Bethiah (Doran) Huntley — married 1763 in Manchester, Bennington, Vermont

Husband of Esther (Duran) Huntley — married about 1789 in Manchester, Bennington, Vermont

Descendants

Died after 1806 after age 65 in Ontario, Canada [uncertain]

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Biography

Benjamin Huntley, Sr. was born on March 3, 1741 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut. He was the son of Samuel Huntley and Ruth Huntley. Benjamin died after 1806 in Ontario, Canada.

Corporal Benjamin Huntley served with Colonel Seth Warner's Extra-Continental Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Benjamin Huntley is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A060744.

Benjamin enlisted in the Revolutionary War on January 21, 1778 under Captain Nathan Smith and in Captain Gideon Bornson Company, General Arnold's Regiment at Montreal.

In 1789, Benjamin and his family were living in Elizabethtown, Luneburg, Ontario. Benjamin petitioned for a lot of land in Augusta, Leeds, Ontario. He was awarded Lot 70 in Augusta (200 acres) on October 30, 1789.

In 1797/98, he signed a Petition of Rev. Abel Stevens for additional land to accommodate more settlers. Benjamin was granted Lot 15 in the 9th Concession, in Bastard Township. His son Benjamin Jr. petitioned for a Deed to this lot on October 26, 1830.

Benjamin Huntley's first wife was Bethiah Duran (or Doran). They were married in about 1763 at Manchester, Bennington, Vermont. Bethia died in Vermont prior to 1789. Benjamin and Bethia had five children:

1. Duran Huntley (b. 4 Aug 1764, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut Colony)
2. Lovina Huntley (b. 5 Jun 1766, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut; m. 19 Apr 1789, Dan Peck, son of Silas and Elizabeth Peck; d. 16 Jan 1830, New Lyme, Ohio)
3. Benjamin Huntley, Jr. (b. ca. 1779, Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont; d. 19 Apr 1855, Attica, Lapeer County, Michigan, United States; m. (1) ca. 1800, in Bastard Township, Leeds, Ontario, Canada, Amy Stevens, b. ca. 1783, Bastard Township; m. (2) 9 Jul 1811, in Bastard County, Mary Whitley, b. ca. 1798, in Upper Canada, d. 1865, Attica, Lapeer County, Michigan)
4. Enoch Huntley (b. ca. 1781, Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont; d. 25 Mar 1854; m. (1) Betsey Burger; m. (2) 18 May 1842, Sally Stanley, Macomb County, Michigan)
5. Elijah Huntley (b. ca. 1783, Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont; signed an Oath of Allegiance to the King in April of 1810 in Elizabethtown, Ontario, Canada; petitioned to lease a lot of land in Elizabethtown, Ontario, also in April of 1810)

Benjamin remarried in 1798. His second wife was Esther Duran, who was born in about 1748 in Manchester, Bennington, Vermont. Benjamin and Esther had one child:

1. Ruth Huntley (b. ca 1783, in Bastard Township, Leeds, Ontario, Upper Canada; d. date and place unknown; m. ca. 1800, in Bastard Township, Abel Stevens, Jr., b. 11 Nov 1779, Pittsford, Rutland Couty, Vermont, son of Abel Stevens and Eunice Buck, d. May 29, 1858, Bastard Township)

DAR Data

DAR Ancestor #: A060744

HUNTLEY, BENJAMIN

Service: VERMONT Rank: CORPORAL

Birth: 3-3-1740 NEW LONDON NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT

Death: POST 1804 BASTARD TWP-LIVING LEEDS CO ONTARIO CANADA.

Service Source: GOODRICH, ROLLS OF THE SOLS IN THE REV WAR 1775-1783, PP 635, 831,832.

Service Description: 1) CAPT GIDEON BROWNSON, COL SETH WARNER; 2) 1776

1) UNABLE TO DETERMINE MOTHER OF BENJAMIN, ENOCH, AND ELIJAH. DATACF 7/2012

Residence City: MANCHESTER - County: BENNINGTON CO - State: VERMONT

Spouse: BETHIA X; HESTER X

Gedcom Data

Note: Gedcom data all refers to Ancestry Family Tree (no link to tree provided). In addition to a lack of verifiable sources for this information, it should be noted that Benjamin Huntley's stated place of death (Ontario, San Bernardino County, California) did not exist in 1806.

Name: Benjamin Huntley

Birth:

Date: 03 MAR 1741

Place: Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Death:

Date: 1806

Place: Ontario, San Bernardino, California, United States

Sources

• DAR Ancestor Ancestor #: A060744. Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestor Database.
• "Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War," compiled 1894 - ca. 1912, documenting the period 1775 - 1784. Fold3. Publisher: NARA. Record Group: 93. Roll: 0900. State: Vermont. Regiment: Warner's Regiment, Militia.
• "Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," Fold3. Content Source: The National Archives. Publication Number: M246. National Archives Catalog ID: 602384. Publisher: NARA. Record Group: 93.
• "Upper Canada Land Petitions," Library and Archives Canada. Huntley Benjamin, Augusta 1789. Vol. 251, Bundle H Misc. 1788-1795, Petition No. 179. Reference: RG 1 L3. Microfilm: C-2107. Pages 407 & 408 of Online Document. Benjamin Sr. Granted 200 Acres in Elizabethtown, Lunenberg District, Upper Canada on October 29, 1789, Lot No. 70.
• Judith McGhan, Genealogies of Connecticut Families: From the New England Historical and Genealogical Registers, Vol. 1, Connecticut: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1983. Referencing pp. 253, 239, 240.

Other Sources

• No Link Provided: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry. com, Online publication, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members; Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Michael Spencer for creating WikiTree profile Huntley-804 through the import of Polly Hunter_2013-11-17.ged on Nov 17, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.