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Samuel Huntington (July 16, 1731– January 5, 1796) was a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. The Huntington Homestead in Scotland, Connecticut, is the birthplace of Samuel Huntington, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a distinguished statesman during the Revolutionary War and early Republic. Samuel Huntington, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut, was born in Windham, Connecticut, 3 July 1731, the son of Nathaniel Huntington and Mehetabel Thurston Huntington. He married Martha Devotion, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer and Martha Lothrop Devotion, 17 April 1761. He died 5 January 1796 at Norwich, Connecticut. Character Sketch from Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, B.J. Lossing, the 1848 original. The family of Samuel Huntington was among the earlier settlers of Connecticut, who located at Saybrook. He was born at Windham, Connecticut, on the second of July, 1732. Samuel Huntington (July 3, 1731–January 5, 1796) was an American jurist, statesman, and revolutionary leader from Connecticut. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence, as Governor of Connecticut, and later as the a President of the United States in Congress Assembled, that is, the Samuel Huntington was present on June 7, 1776 when Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed a resolution that “These colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states.” Samuel Huntington (July 16, 1731 – January 5, 1796) was a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. On July 4th, 1776, Samuel Huntington signed the Declaration of Independence, casting his lot with the other fifty-five signers in opposition to the King. On September 28, 1779, Samuel Huntington was elected 6th president of Congress and began serving his term. A Signer of the Declaration of Independence, he was born in Windham, [Windham] county, Conn., July 3, 1731; son of Nathaniel and Mehetabel (Thurston) Huntington; grandson of Deacon Joseph and Rebecca (Adgate) Huntington; great grandson of Deacon Simon and Sarah (Clark) Huntington, and great2 grandson of Simon and Margaret (Beret) Huntington Samuel Huntington Born July 3, 1731; died age 64 -Age 45 at Signing of the Declaration of Independence. -Oldest of many children and was not public educated as he was needed at home on the farm. When Samuel Huntington was born on 16 October 1723, in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Samuel Huntington, was 32 and his mother, Hannah Metcalf, was 22. He married Rebeckah Fairbanks on 23 May 1751, in Peagscomsueck, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 20 March 1797, in At 33, he agreed to draft the Declaration of Independence upon John Adams’s insistence that Jefferson was more eloquent and well-liked than him. Samuel signed the both the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. By 1779, Samuel Huntington had risen to become President of the Continental Congress, and in 1783 he would go on to serve as Governor of Connecticut. He was also one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, securing his place in the history of the American Revolution. He was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, an ardent patriot and active with the Sons of Liberty during the American Revolution. Samuel Huntington was born on July 16, 1731, in Scotland, Windham County, Connecticut, to Nathaniel and Mehetabel Huntington. Their descendants include Jabez Huntington (1719–86), a wealthy West Indies trader, and Samuel Huntington (1731–96), who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Their descendants include Jabez Huntington (1719–86), a wealthy West Indies trader, and Samuel Huntington (1731–96), who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Samuel Huntington (July 16, 1731 – January 5, 1796) was a Founding Father of the United States and a lawyer, jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. [1] As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. Samuel was the fourth of ten children born to his parents, but was the first boy, his having four older sisters before he came along. As compared to other signers of the Declaration of Independence, Samuel had a limited formal education. Samuel Huntington was one of the several maverick public servants of his era, devoting nearly all of his life to public office. Self-taught, he gained admittance to the Bar of Connecticut at the age of 23, and was soon thereafter appointed King's attorney to the town of Norwich.
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