Tim’s 6th-great-grandfather, Capt. Ezekiel Huntley, son of David & Mary (Munsell) Huntley, was baptized 4 April 1731 in Lyme, Connecticut, and died there 25 July 1783. He married (as his second wife) 8 November 1759 in Lyme, Naomi Tiffany, who was born 28 December 1737 in Lyme, and died 25 July 1821, daughter of Consider & Naomi (Comstock) Tiffany.
Ezekiel married (as his first wife) c. 1752, Mary Avery, who was baptized 4 May 1729 in Groton, Connecticut, and died in September 1757 in Lyme, daughter of Nathaniel & Rachel (Yeomans) Avery.
Ezekiel and his family lived in Lyme on property given to him by his grandfather, Aaron Huntley.
Ezekiel served in the American Revolutionary War. Between 11 May and 10 December 1775, he was enlisted in Capt. David F. Sill’s Company in Col. Samuel H. Parson’s 6th Connecticut Regiment, and marched to Boston and remained in Roxbury until he was discharged.
Ezekiel was fifty-one years old when he was joined by his son Asher 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 Ezekiel, who died in Lyme a few days after his return. Naomi remained a widow for 38 years until her own death.
Ezekiel & Mary were the parents of two daughters:
1. Abigail Huntley (twin), born 8 December 1753 in Lyme, died 19 September 1810 in Franklin, Connecticut. She married 10 December 1779 in Franklin, Martin Abell, who was born 14 April 1754 in Norwich, Connecticut and died 13 April 1817 in Franklin, son of Simon & Parnell (Willes) Abell.
2. Hannah Huntley (twin), born 8 December 1753 in Lyme. She married 28 May 1775 in Lyme, Dan Chadwick, who was born 21 October 1753 in Lyme and died 1 September 1798 in Old Lyme, Connecticut, son of James & Martha (Chadwick) Chadwick.
Ezekiel & Naomi were the parents of eight children:
1. Lois Huntley (twin), baptized 18 September 1764 in Lyme, died 2 February 1844. She married 11 May 1780 in East Haddam, Connecticut, Zachariah “Uriah” Sanford, who died c. 1790, son of Samuel & Deborah (Matson) Sanford.
2. Rufus Huntley (twin), baptized 18 September 1764 in Lyme, died before 2 September 1778, age 13.
3. Elias Huntley, baptized 28 July 1765 in Lyme, died there 10 January 1783, age 17.
4. Asher Huntley (Tim’s 5th-great-grandfather), born 1 March 1767 in Lyme, 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.
5. Naomi Huntley, born c. 1768 in Lyme, died 2 December 1840 in Sharon, Ohio. She married Matthew Look.
6. Ezra Huntley, baptized 2 June 1771 in Lyme, died 13 April 1817 in North Stonington, Connecticut. He married (as her first husband) 29 December 1796 in Stonington, Connecticut, Eunice Holmes, who was born c. 1779, and died 21 April 1832 in Salem, Connecticut, daughter of John & Martha (Stanton) Holmes.
7. Rufus Huntley, baptized 13 September 1777 in Lyme, died 24 April 1860 in Sharon Center, Ohio. He married 22 December 1799 in Lyme, Mary “Polly” Lay, who was born there 11 August 1781, and died 13 February 1870, daughter of Peter & Hepzibah (Peck) Lay.
8. Ezekiel Huntley, born before 21 May 1780 in Lyme, died 6 March 1853 in Granger. He married 8 September 1803 in Lyme, Ruth Minor, who was born there 4 December 1787 and died 12 December 1851 in Granger, daughter of Elisha & Amy (Way) Minor.
Last Revised: 27 September 2024