Amos HUNTINGTON
Biography

Amos, born Sept. 4, 1739. He married, 1767, Peace Clark. He went to Shaftesbury, Vt., where he became a man of some distinction in civil and military life. He had the charge, in our revolutionary war, of one of the two companies, furnished by Shaftesbury for the service, and honored his captaincy. He was in the unequal fight of Hubbardston, on the 7th July, 1777, and of course was obliged to yield to the superior force, under Burgoyne's elated generals, Frazer and Riedesel. Yet not without the most determined resistance, did the company which he led, yield the ground, nor indeed would they consent to save themselves by flight. He, himself, was overborne by the sudden onset of Riedesel, after he had been successfully contesting the ground with the forces under Frazer, and was taken prisoner. He was kept for six months on board a prison ship, during which he was taken from Quebec to New York, where he was exchanged, with other prisoners, for those of the same rank in the hands of the Americans.

He subsequently devoted himself to the more peaceful pursuits of husbandry, and enjoyed the confidence, and shared in the honors awarded by his fellow-citizens. He was emphatically a peace maker. He died in Shaftesbury, July 2, 1822, a member of the Baptist church.

A genealogical memoir of the Huntington family in this country: embracing all the known descendants of Simon and Margaret Huntington, who have retained the family name (1863)
Author: Huntington, E. B. (Elijah Baldwin), 1816-1877
Subject: Huntington, Simon, 1583-1633; Huntington family
Publisher: Stamford, Conn., The author



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