Simon  HUNTINGTON

1629 Birth
6 July 1629
Norwich, Norfolk, England

Biography
Simon Huntington.

The title of Deacon became very early a familiar appendage to the name of Huntington. Out of twenty deacons of the first church, seven have been Huntington) six of whom held the office over thirty years each. In the line of Simon, the deaconship descended from father to son through four successive generations, Simon, 1st, Simon, 2d, Ebenezer, and Simon, 3d, covering a period of 120 years. Deacon Barnabas Hunting ton of Franklin was also a progenitor of deacons. Other churches in the vicinity have been prone to select their ministering servants from the same cognomen. Near the close of the last century there were six Deacon Huntingtons officiating at one period, in as many different parishes of Norwich and the neighboring towns.

Simon Huntington, the proprietor, was united to Sarah, daughter of Joseph Clarke of Saybrook, in October, 1658. They lived together fifty- three years, and she survived him fifteen, dying in 1721, at the age of 88. This was probably the ...Read MORE...


History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession by the Indians to the Year 1866 Author Frances Manwaring Caulkins Publisher By H.P. Haven, 1874

Biography
SIMON, like his brother Christopher, spent his youth, probably, with his mother in Windsor. If the Norwich records are authority, he was born in England, in the year 1629, and of course was not far from four years of age when the family came to this country.

He seems to have possessed the spirit, and to have shared the fortunes of his brother Christopher. With him he appears at Saybrook, where, in Oct. 1653, he married Sarah, daughter of Joseph Clark, of Windsor, and later of Saybrook. In 1660 he joins the colonists who settled Norwich, and thence- forward stands among the first of that important settlement, both in church and state.

Here his house lot was also in a central and commanding position, and the records show him to have been a large land-holder, and in worldly matters, an enterprising man.

He was chosen, soon after the removal to Norwich, deacon of Mr. Fitch's church, in which office he served with acceptance, until, in consequence of his infirmities, he was...Read MORE...

1653 Marriage / Partner
Simon HUNTINGTON and Sarah CLARKE October 1653, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA (Saybrook Colony)

He was 24 years old.

1654 Birth of Child
Sarah HUNTINGTON was born August 1654, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA (Saybrook Colony)

Simon was 25 years old.

1657 Birth of Child
Mary HUNTINGTON was born August 1657, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA (Saybrook Colony)

Simon was 28 years old.

1659 Birth of Child
Simon HUNTINGTON was born 6 February 1659, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA (Saybrook Colony)

Simon was 29 years old.

1661 Birth of Child
Joseph HUNTINGTON was born September 1661, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Simon was 32 years old.

1664 Birth of Child
Elizabeth HUNTINGTON was born February 1664, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Simon was 34 years old.

1665 Birth of Child
Samuel HUNTINGTON was born 1 March 1665, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Simon was 35 years old.

1669 Birth of Child
Elizabeth HUNTINGTON was born 6 October 1669, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Simon was 40 years old.

1672 Birth of Child
Nathaniel HUNTINGTON was born July 1672, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Simon was 43 years old.

1675 Birth of Child
Daniel HUNTINGTON was born 13 March 1675, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Simon was 45 years old.

1676 Marriage of Child
Sarah HUNTINGTON married 23 November 1676, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Solomon TRACY

1680 Birth of Child
James HUNTINGTON was born 18 May 1680, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Simon was 50 years old.

1683 Death of Child
Sarah HUNTINGTON died 31 August 1683, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Simon was 54 years old.

1683 Marriage of Child
Simon HUNTINGTON married 8 October 1683, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Lydia GAGER

1686 Marriage of Child
Samuel HUNTINGTON married 29 October 1686, Farmington, Connecticut, USA (Unionville) to Mary CLARK

1687 Marriage of Child
Joseph HUNTINGTON married 28 November 1687, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Rebecca ADGATE

1690 Marriage of Child
Elizabeth HUNTINGTON married 9 April 1690, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Joseph BACKUS

1703 Marriage of Child
James HUNTINGTON married 3 February 1703, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Priscilla MILLER

1706 Death
28 June 1706
Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

He died at the age of 77.