Tim’s 9th-great-grandfather, John Huntley, was born c. 1624, and died 16 November 1676 in Lyme, Connecticut. He married (as his second wife) c. 1651, Jane (—), who was born c. c. 1623, and died c. 1669 in Lyme.
John was a businessman, cooper and surveyor who was probably in America before 1647, settling first in Roxbury-Boston, Massachusetts, where “he was in the business of shipping fish to the Barbadoes.”
John married (as his first wife), c. 1642, Sarah (—), who was born c. 1625 and died of small pox c. 1650 in Boston. John & Sarah had no children.
In 1661 John moved to Connecticut Colony and was one of the 30 original settlers of Lyme, which was organized in February 1665. He paid £100 for a 71 acre share in the new settlement.
John married (as his third wife and as her second husband) 3 June 1669 in New London, Connecticut, Mary (Hand) Barnes, who was born c. 1635 and died before 5 July 1687 in Lyme, daughter of John & Alice (Gransden) Hand, and divorced ex-wife of Charles Barnes. After his marriage to Mary, the New London County court fined John £10 for the conviction of fornication before marriage and adultery with Mary when she was still married to her first husband.
On 12 March 1672 John participated in a public protest over the boundary line between Lyme and New London. The opposing groups resorted to doing battle with sticks and staves and the incident became known as the New London-Lyme Riot. John was elected selectman on Lyme on 9 February 1674.
Jane & John were the parents of four children:
1. Moses Huntley, born 1 July 1652 in Boston, died c. 1729. He married (as her second husband) 18 January 1681 in Lyme, Abigail (Chappell) Comstock, who was born 1 September 1644 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, and died c. 1688, daughter of George & Christian (Bell) Chappell, and widow of John Comstock.
2. Aaron Huntley (Tim’s 8th-great-grandfather), born 15 April 1654 in Boston, died 24 May 1742 in Lyme. He married 22 February 1676 in Lyme, Mary Champion, who was born c. 1651 in Saybrook, Connecticut, and died 10 December 1732 in Lyme, daughter of Henry & Sarah (—) Champion.
3. Elizabeth Huntley, baptized 27 October 1657 in Roxbury-Boston, died 26 December 1741 in Groton, Connecticut. She married 24 May 1677 in New London, John Lewis, born c. 1650, and died 8 May 1717 in New London.
4. Mary Huntley, baptized 3 December 1660 in Roxbury-Boston. She married 26 October 1685 in Lyme, John Smith, who was born 20 February 1655 in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and died 16 September 1736 in Old Lyme, Connecticut, son of Richard & Joanna (Quarles) Smith.
John & Mary were the parents of two daughters:
1. Sarah Huntley, born c. 1670.
2. Alice Huntley, born c. 1673, died 21 February 1754 in East Hampton, New York. She married Beriah Dayton.
Last Revised: 3 October 2024