Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Huntington was born on 25 August 1769, in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Enoch Huntington, was 29 and her mother, Mary Gray, was 24. She married Matthew Talcott Russell on 17 September 1797, in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 9 June 1857, in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Mortimer Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.
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- Mary Huntington in the Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection): Vol. #2 Page #214 (Date of Birth 8/28/1769 Middletown, CT; Parents)
- Mary Huntington in the Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection): Vol. #2 Page #253 (Marriage to Matthew T. Russell on 9/17/1797 in Middletown, CT)
- Mary Huntington, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1785
DLESEX COUNTY was incorporated by an act of the Legislature passed at the May session, 1785, and at that time consisted of six towns. Of these, Mifldletown, Chatham, Haddam, and East Haddam were taken from the county of Hartford, and Saybrook and Killingworth from New London coun
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Biographical Sketch of Gen. William Huntington Russell, M.A.
Quoted from "Commemorative Biographical Record of New Haven County, Connecticut, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and of Many of the Early Settled Families. I …
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