Gen Jabez HUNTINGTON^[1]

1719 - 1786  (67 years)

• Name	Jabez HUNTINGTON
  Prefix	Gen
  Born	7 Aug 1719	Norwich, New London, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Military Event	American Revolution - CT: Maj Gen of State Forces  [2]
  Served American Revolution?	Y
  Military Flag	Y
  Died	5 Oct 1786	Norwich, New London, Connecticut
  Person ID	I18101	Main
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2009

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Tracy BACKUS,   b. 21 Feb 1721, Norwich, New London, Connecticut ,   d. 1 Jul 1745, Norwich, New London, Connecticut  (Age 24 years)
  Married	20 Jan 1741	Norwich, New London, Connecticut
  Children	+ 1. Col Jedidiah HUNTINGTON,   b. 8 Apr 1743, Norwich, New London, Connecticut ,   d. 25 Sep 1818, New London, New London, Connecticut  (Age 75 years)   2. Elizabeth HUNTINGTON,   b. Abt 1745
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F5827	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Hannah WILLIAMS,   d. ?
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F10891	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 7 Aug 1719 - Norwich, New London, Connecticut Married - 20 Jan 1741 - Norwich, New London, Connecticut Died - 5 Oct 1786 - Norwich, New London, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  History of Norwich page 416, Jabez was "the only s/o Joshua that left any posterity." "He graduated at Yale College in 1741, and soon afterward entered largely into commercial pursuits, securing a handsome fortune, principally by trade with the West Indies. "He commenced his patriotic career in 1750, when he was chosen to the Colonial Assembly. For several years he presided over the lower house as speaker, and afterwards was a member of the council. On the breaking out of the Revolution he lost nearly half of his property either by capture of his vessels, or from circumstances connected with that calamitous period. In the early part of the war he was one of two Major-Generals of the militia, and after the death of General Wooster in May 1777, he was appointed sole Major-General of the State forces. This was an arduous postion, demanding wisdom, integrity, and a mind fertile in expedients and resources. It required his constant attention, and although Gen. Jabez Huntington never took the field himself in active service, the exertions he made for his country, connected with the exciting events of the day, and the pressure of business, destroyed his health. He was obliged to retire from public affairs in1779, and the last seven years of his life were passed under the gloomy shadow of real and imaginary suffering, mental and bodily."

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Orcutt_001 gedcom file, Robert Waddell. [S24] Daughters of the American Revolution.