When Thomas Huntington was born on 4 December 1793, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States, his father, Colonel Jedidiah Huntington, was 50 and his mother, Ann Moore, was 40. He married Elizabeth Colfax on 21 October 1818, in New London, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He died on 1 December 1867, in Brooklyn, Windham, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in South Cemetery, Brooklyn, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
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English (northern): habitational name from any of various places called Huntington, most of which are named with Old English huntena, the genitive plural form of hunta ‘hunter, huntsman’, + dūn ‘hill’ or tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Some, however, may have Old English hunting ‘hunting’ as the initial element, while others may derive from the Old English personal name Hunta (genitive Huntan), perhaps with Old English connective -ing-, + tūn. The surname may also arise from Huntingdon (Huntingdonshire), which derives from the Old English personal name Hunta (genitive Huntan) or Old English hunta (genitive huntan) + dūn.
History: A prominent American family of this name were founded by Simon Huntington, who himself never saw the New World, for he died in 1633 on the voyage to Boston, where his widow settled with her children. Their descendants include Jabez Huntington (1719–86), a wealthy West Indies trader, and Samuel Huntington (1731–96), who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Collis Potter Huntington (1821–1900) was an American railway magnate. Beginning with little education or money, he made a huge fortune, some of which he left to his nephew, Henry Huntington (1850–1927), who used the money to establish the Huntington library and art gallery in CA.
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