Major General Jabez Huntington^[1]

1719 - 1786  (67 years)

• Name	Jabez Huntington
  Prefix	Major General
  Birth	7 Aug 1719	Norwich, New London, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Oct 1786	Norwich, New London, Connecticut
  Person ID	I10845	Scudder
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	Joshua Huntington,   b. 30 Dec 1698, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. 26 Aug 1745, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Hannah Perkins,   b. 7 Jul 1701, Norwich, New London county, Connecticut d. Abt 1745, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	16 Oct 1718	Of, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F2242	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Backus,   b. 9 Feb 1720/1, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. 1 Jul 1745, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age 24 years)
  Marriage	20 Jan 1741/2	Norwich, New London, Connecticut
  Children	1. Major General Jedidiah Huntington,   b. 4 Aug 1743, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. 25 Sep 1818, New London, New London, Connecticut (Age 75 years)   2. Andrew Huntington
  Family ID	F20175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Hannah Williams
  Marriage	10 Jul 1746
  Family ID	F20180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Jabez graduated from Yale in 1741, engaged in the West India trade, and amassed a fortune. After 1759 he was frequently a member of the legislature, speaker for several years, and also a member of the council. At the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, he owned a large amount of shipping, and lost heavily by the capture of his vessels. He was among the most active on the committee of safety during the war; and in the September 1776 session of the Connecticut assembly he and David Wooster were appointed Major Generals. On the death of Wooster in 1777 Jabez was placed in charge of the entire Connecticut militia. His great exertions in the patriot cause and his heavy losses impaired his physical and mental powers, and he was thus compelled to resign his employments in 1779.

  
  

• Sources

  [S127] Ancestral File (R).