SMITH, HENRY (1728-1802). Associator, Huntington Articles of Association, 1775. Born in Huntington, New York Colony, on February 3, 1728 (although some records show 1729), Henry Smith was the son of Zachariah Smith and Huldah Hand. As listed in “Long Island Surnames,” the database archives of Long Island Genealogy, Zachariah Smith
SAMMIS, SILAS, SR. (1700 or 1701-1779). Associator, Huntington Articles of Association (1775). Silas was born in Huntington, New York, to Silas Sammis (born 1676) and Martha Cory Sammis. The family grew to include siblings Martha, Elizabeth, Jeremiah, David, and Timothy, according to several genealogical sources via Find A Grave. In
PLACE, WILLIAM PLEAS (1737-1827). Associator and Huntington resident during the British occupation of the town throughout the Revolutionary War. As per his family tree posted on Ancestry.com, William’s name is listed as William Pleas Place; Pleas being the spelling of his father’s surname. He was born in Huntington to William
JARVIS (or JERVIS), PHILIP (or PHILLIP) (1723-1786). Associator, Town of Huntington. His online family tree posted on Ancestry.com shows that Phillip was born in Huntington in about 1723 to Stephen Jarvis and Ann Susan (Susannah) Kellum Wheeler. A brother, Austin, was born in 1735. Find A Grave, which also spells
SAMMIS, JR., SILAS (1731-1803). Associator. A prominent Huntington landowner, farmer, and revolutionary signatory, Silas Sammis was born in Huntington, New York Colony, on September 13, 1731, to Silas Sammis Sr. (1700-1779), a farmer, and Ruth Alexander Bryan (or, in some records, Ruth Platt Bryan (1703-1780)). Silas’s paternal grandfather was also
GOULD, EBENEZER (1724-1804). Associator, Town of Huntington. Although there are Connecticut birth and church records and postings on Ancestry.com and Find A Grave, the information about Ebenezer’s birth place, birth year and parentage differ, making it confusing to analyze accurately. According to his family tree posted on Ancestry.com, Ebenezer was
WILLIAMS, TIMOTHY (1756–1811). Associator, Huntington, New York; private, Captain Benjamin Coe’s 3rd Company, Colonel Josiah Smith’s Regiment, Suffolk County Minutemen. Timothy was born in Huntington, Long Island, to Nathaniel and Rachel (Fleet) Williams, followed nine years later by a sister, Rachel (1765-1799), according to Find A Grave.com. Frederic Mather’s Refugees of
WILLIAMS, SR., NATHANIEL (1721-1781). Associator, Huntington, New York. Three generations share the name Nathaniel Williams: our subject, his father, and his eldest son. In addition, the Nathaniel Williams who was born in 1721 is not listed consistently with the suffix “Sr.” He is sometimes referred to with the suffix “Jr.”
POTTER, GILBERT (1725-1786). Lieutenant colonel, Suffolk County Militia. As per Huntington Town Records, Volume 3, footnote, Dr. Gilbert Potter was born in Huntington on January 8, 1725, to Nathaniel Potter, a native of Rhode Island. The Find A Grave website posting notes that his mother’s name was Martha. Gilbert married
WOOD, ISRAEL (1723-1791). Patriot leader and President of the Town Board of Trustees of Huntington; associator. Israel Wood was born on February 9, 1723, in what is now Long Island City, Queens, New York City, according to the Geneanet Community Trees Index. His parents were Joseph Wood, 1684-1747, and Penelope
POTTER, ELIZABETH (1728-1811). Patriot. Born Elizabeth Williams in Huntington, New York, on June 9, 1728, Elizabeth’s parents were Nathaniel Williams, born in 1698 in Hartford County, Connecticut, and Elizabeth Platt, born in 1694 in Huntington. When she was only four years old, Elizabeth suffered the loss of her father on
ROGERS, WILLIAM (1741-1780). Captain of a privateer. William Rogers was born in Huntington, New York Colony, on November 19, 1741, per cemetery records, including Josephine Frost’s Cemetery Inscriptions from Huntington, Long Island, New York (1911.) However, William Rogers’s activities during the Revolutionary War are less clear. Rogers may have been