Tim’s 5th-great-grandfather, Asher Huntley, son of Ezekiel & Naomi (Tiffany) Huntley, was born 1 March 1767 in Lyme, Connecticut and died 3 March 1849 in Granger, Ohio. He married 14 November 1792 in Colebrook, Connecticut, his first cousin, Betsey Wilder Tiffany, who was born 25 February 1772 in Hartland, Connecticut, and died 16 February 1837 in Bath, Ohio, daughter of Consider & Sarah (Wilder) Tiffany.
Asher served in the American Revolutionary War. He was fifteen years old when he joined his father Ezekiel at station #72 on the ill-fated April-May 1782 first trip of the brigantine General Green, under Capt. Gideon Olmsted. The ship made its way down the flooded Connecticut River, out into Long Island Sound, and the open Atlantic, and when east of the Nantucket Shoals met the British privateer ship Virginia, which soon overpowered them. All 83 men were taken prisoner and sent to prison ships in New York harbor, where some died. Some came home, including his father Ezekiel, who died in Lyme a few days after his return. Asher survived, married a decade later, and by 1804 Asher & Betsey were living in Bristol, Connecticut, when his father’s estate was being divided in Lyme. His brother Ezra, who was living in Stonington, Connecticut, successfully sued Asher for his share of the estate.
Asher & Betsey were the parents of five children:
1. Asher Huntley, born 25 August 1793 in Hartland, died 27 November 1863 in Hinckley, Ohio. He married (as his first wife) 30 November 1817 in Hartland, Phebe Hitchcock, who was born there 23 December 1792, and died 15 June 1838 in Naples, New York, daughter of Joshua & Mary (Munson) Hitchcock.
Asher married (as his second wife and as her second husband) 5 March 1840, Rosanna (—) Willey.
2. Ezra Huntley, born 29 September 1795 in Colebrook, died in September 1826 in Columbia, Ohio.
3. Betsey Huntley, born 27 July 1799 in Hartland, died 4 September 1847 in Bath.
4. Levi Huntley, born 12 August 1801 in Bristol, Connecticut, died 12 March 1846 in Hillsdale, Michigan. He married (as her first husband) 12 November 1825, Lucinda Atwell, who was born 9 August 1804.
5. Leonard Huntley (Tim’s 4th-great-grandfather), born 5 Mar 1804 in Bristol, New York, died in March 1880 in Jackson, Michigan. He married 3 September 1826, Hannah Wheeler, born c. 1810, and died c. 1908.
Last Revised: 30 September 2024