PLATT, OBEDIAH (1745-1829). Signatory, Huntington’s Articles of Association, 1775. Son of Isaac Platt (who was born and died in Huntington, New York Colony (1723-1772)) and Esther Ketcham (1720-1772), Obediah (sometimes spelled Obadiah) was born either in 1745 in Huntington, per cemetery records or, less probably, in Long Island City, also
PLATT, JONAS (1727-1804). Signatory of Huntington’s 1775 Articles of Association. As per the Long Island Genealogy Data Base, Jonas was born on October 22, 1727 in Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. His parents were Amos Platt (1704-1771) and Zerviah Whitman (1705-1744). Interestingly, Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870, lists
TITUS. HENRY (1750 or 1752-1839). Signatory, Huntington’s Articles of Association. The family tree posted by a maternal descendant on Ancestry.com identifies Henry Titus II as his 5th great uncle. As per that posting, Henry was born on January 12, 1750, in Huntington to Henry Titus I (1722-1754) and Sarah née
SAMMIS, ALEXANDER (1743-1809). Signer, Huntington’s 1775 Articles of Association. According to his online family tree posted on Ancestry.com, Alexander was born in Huntington, New York, on October 16, 1743. His parents were Silas Sammis Jr. (1700-1779) and Ruth née Bryan (1714-1780). His Find A Grave page lists siblings Silas (1731-1803);
ROLPH, MOSES (1718-1791) Associator, Huntington Articles of Association. Born on April 28, 1718, in Middlesex, New Jersey Colony, Moses was the son of John Rolph and Mary Hale Higgins. John Rolph was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1681, according to a family tree on Ancestry.com (cemetery records show 1699,
ROLPH, REUBEN (1744-1807). Signer of Huntington’s 1775 Articles of Association. According to his family tree posted on Ancestry.com, Reuben was born in Half Hollow Hills, Huntington, on April 20, 1774, to Moses (1718-1791) (see) and Phebe née Smith (1718-1775) Rolph. The family tree lists these siblings, all younger: Rebecca (1747-1822);
TITUS, ISRAEL (1744-1811). Associator, Huntington, New York. Israel Titus was born on February 16, 1744, according to “Long Island Surnames,” the database archives of Long Island Genealogy, as well as cemetery records. The son of Captain John “Jack” Titus Sr. (1684-1754) and his second wife, Martha Oldfield Wood Titus (1714-1798),
KETCHAM, DANIEL (1755-1778). Private, Colonel Josiah Smith’s 1st Regiment of Minutemen, Suffolk Militia, Thomas Wickes’s Company; associator, Huntington, New York. As per his family tree posted on Ancestry.com, Daniel was born in Huntington on October 10, 1755, to Solomon (1724-1781) and Hannah Conklin (1727-1784). A public post on Ancestry states
DENTON, BENJAMIN (1721-1789). Private, Colonel Josiah Smith’s 1st Regiment of Suffolk County Minutemen, Captain John Wickes’s 5th Company; associator, Huntington, New York. Benjamin’s family tree posted on Ancestry.com reports that he was born in 1721 in Jamica, Queens to Richard (1687-1782) and Temperance Titus Steevens Denton (1781-1742). His family tree
BEDELL, MICHAEL (1742-1810). Associator, Huntington, New York. We know that Michael Bedell was born in 1741 or 1742, since records show that he was 68 when he died on June 17, 1810 (as per Cemetery Inscriptions from Huntington, Long Island, New York, compiled by Josephine C. Frost in 1911.) He
BRUSH, TREDWELL (1754-1826). Associator, Huntington, New York. Various sources differ as to the birthday and parentage of Tredwell. As per his family tree on Ancestry.com, Tredwell was born on September 1, 1754, to Tredwell (1726-1782) and Hannah (1724-1758) née Platt Brush. Oddly, his page on Find A Grave lists his
CHICHESTER, SYLVANUS (or SILVANUS) (1739-1828). Associator, Huntington, New York. According to his family tree posted on Ancestry.com, Sylvanus was born on May 1, 1739, in Huntington, New York to Ebenezer (1712-1750), a shoemaker, and Ruth née Whitman (1709-1750) Chichester. On June 24, 1739, he was christened at the First Church