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
CONKLIN (or CONKLING, CONKLINE), EZEKIEL (1739-1820). Associator (signer of the Huntington Articles of Association of 1775) and town constable and collector, Huntington, New York. As per Long Island Surnames in the database of Long Island Genealogy, Ezekiel was born on November 17, 1739, in Huntington, New York. His family tree,
SMITH, EPENETUS (1759-1839). Private, Colonel Josiah Smith’s First Regiment of Minutemen (Suffolk County Militia); associator (signer of the Huntington Articles of Association). As per information from Find A Grave, Epenetus was born in 1759, in Huntington Station, New York, to Ichabod Smith (1730-1801) and Phebe (Phoebe) Vail Smith (1735-1801). According
SCUDDER, JONATHAN (1737-1814). Associator (signer of Huntington’s Articles of Association in 1775). As per his family tree posted on Ancestry.com, Jonathan was born on April 5, 1737, in Huntington to Moses Scudder (1709-1759) and Mary Smith (1711-1737) Scudder. Records of the First Church of Huntington note that Jonathan was baptized
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