RUSCO, JR., DAVID MATTHEWS (1754-1805). Private, 1st Regiment of Minutemen, Suffolk County Militia; signer of the 1775 Huntington Articles of Association. The son of David Matthews Rusco (1723-1815) and Jemima Scudder (1728-1799), David Matthews Rusco Jr. was born in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York Colony, on July 5, 1754. While
PLATT, AMOS (1759-1821). Private, Colonel Josiah Smith’s Regiment, 1st Regiment of Minutemen, Suffolk County Militia, Captain Thomas Wickes’s Company. Wendy Polemus-Annibell, head librarian, Suffolk County Historical Society in “A Brief Biography of the Some of the Huntington Patriots” (April 3, 2024), includes a biography of Amos Platt and reports that
ROGERS, JOSHUA (1736-1785). Captain of a privateer raiding British ships on Long Island Sound; captain, Huntington Militia, Colonel Floyd’s 1st Regiment, Suffolk County Militia; associator, Huntington’s Articles of Association. Joshua Rogers was born in 1736 in Huntington, New York Colony; the month of his birth is shown as April in
PRIME, BENJAMIN YOUNGS (1733-1791). Associator, Huntington, New York; member, Sons of Liberty; poet, writer and physician. As per Frederic G. Mather in his scholarly work, Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut (1913), ancestors of the Primes probably came from Yorkshire, England to New Haven, Connecticut in 1638 and
PLATT, ZEBULON (1744-1816). Associator, Huntington Articles of Association. Zebulon Platt was born in Huntington, Long Island, to Amos Platt and Zerviah (Whitman) Platt on October 30, 1744, according to three sources on Ancestry.com. His mother, Zerviah, died six days after his birth. Zebulon had at least two older brothers as
PLATT, EBENEZER SMITH (1754-1839). Private, Colonel Josiah Smith’s 1st Regiment of Minutemen, Suffolk County, Captain Thomas Wickes’s Company; associator, Huntington, New York. As per his online family tree on Ancestry.com, Ebenezer was born May 9, 1754 in Huntington, New York, to Dr. Zophar Platt (1702-1792) and Rebecca née Wood (1715-1782),
CONKLIN (or CONKLING), SR., TIMOTHY G. (1732-1811). Private, Westchester County Militia, 3rd Regiment, Captain Samuel Haight’s Company. As per Timothy’s timeline on the Geneanet website, he was born on February 4, 1732, in Huntington, Suffolk, New York, to Thomas Conklin and Abiah Hubbard Conklin. He was the second eldest of
KETCHAM (or KETCHUM), JR., SOLOMON (or SOLOMOND) (1757-1851). Privateersman, Sloop Montgomery (William Rogers, Captain). Solomon was born in Huntington, perhaps the third of at least nine children of Solomon Ketcham Sr. (see) and Hannah Platt Conklin, according to a family tree on Ancestry.com. Solomon’s father, who signed Huntington’s Declaration of
KETCHAM, SR., SOLOMON (1724-1781). Associator, 1775 Huntington Articles of Association. Solomon Ketcham was born in Huntington, New York Colony, on June 8, 1724, the son of Philip Ketcham (1691-1770) and Phebe Smith (1690-1738). Ketcham’s ancestors first arrived in America from England in 1637, migrating to New England during the Puritan
MORGAN, JOHN R. (1731-1787). Private, 1st Regiment of Minutemen, Suffolk County Militia; signer of the 1775 Huntington Articles of Association. John Morgan was born in 1731 and was the husband of Abiah “Abigail” Rogers, who was born in 1733 in New York. They married on January 16, 1751, in Huntington,
KETCHAM (or KETCHUM), STEPHEN LEVERETT (1727-1792). Enlisted man, Colonel Josiah Smith’s Regiment, 1st Regiment of Minutemen; associator, Huntington, New York. As per his family tree on Ancestry.com, Stephen was born in Huntington, New York on January 1, 1727, to Nathaniel Ketchum and Abigail née Bassett. The posting shows that the
CONKLING, CORNELIUS (1727-1791). Captain, Suffolk County Militia; associator, Huntington, New York. Cornelius Conkling was born on May 28, 1727, in Huntington, New York. Family genealogical records show his parents as Captain John A. Conkling II (1704-1757) and Mary née Platt (1710-1759.) His father’s parents were John Conkling (1672-1751), who was