Huntley, Aaron 3
Aaron HUNTLEY (1654 - 1745) and Mary Champion (1651 - 1732)
my 7g-grandparents
Aaron 3 "Nason" HUNTLEY was born in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on 15 April, 1654, the son of John 1 HUNTLEY and his second wife, Jane (possibly CURTIS). Aaron was baptized on 27 Oct 1657, in the First Church of Roxbury, a Congregational Church in Roxbury, MA, 2 miles southwest of Boston. In the old vital records of Lyme, his name appears as "Nason Huntly".
By 1661, the family had moved to Saybrook, CT area, and settled in Lyme. The family at that time consisted of John 1 HUNTLEY, his second wife Jane, and their 4 children, Moses 2 (1652), Aaron 3 (1654), Elizabeth (bapt. 1657), and Mary (bapt. 1660). By 1669, Jane had died, in Lyme, and John 1 had remarried. So Aaron 3 lost his mother at an early age, and then had a step-mother, and 2 younger stepsisters, Sarah (1669-70) and Alice (1673).
On 22 Feb 1676, in Lyme, CT, Aaron 3 HUNTLEY married Mary CHAMPION, who was born 1651 in Saybrook, CT, daughter of Henry CHAMPION and Sarah. He was 21 and she was 24-5. They had 8 children in Lyme, from 1677 to 1691.
On 16 Nov, 1676, John 1 HUNTLEY died, in Lyme. His "home lott" was left to Aaron 3 in his will. This property, "bounded westerly by the highway [Lyme Street], northwardly by lands of Josiah DeWolf, eastwardly by the commons and southerly by land and meadow of Mr. Moses Noyes,” was later handed down from Aaron 3 to his son David 7.
The Huntley House on Lyme Street
Turning north from the Waite mansion you are confronted by a quaint homestead which seems to be taking life comfortably right in the middle of “The Street”. Venerable trees rise above it and their branches droop over its small-paned windows. Its door-step is foot-worn, its hall of entrance of a pre-Revolutionary pattern and its whole architecture onesided; but it has an unmistakable air of gentility. If you enter you are plunged headlong into an aquamarine mine, paneled walls, curious cornices, enormous fire-places, high-mantels and round tables bring all your forefathers and foremothers round you in their powdered wigs and high-heeled shoes. The chairs and pictures are many of them two hundred years old. You may presume before you get to it that “The Street” ends plump against the little door-yard fence. No, The Street is guilty of no such impertinence. It dodges politely around the edifice and pursues its otherwise unbending course as if accustomed to trifling obstructions.
Harper’s magazine, Feb. 1876, Vol. 52, No. 309, page 318
Aaron 3 took part in King Philip's War, which was fought in 1675-8, between the Colonists and the Natives.
Due to his military service, Aaron 3 was given one whole soldier’s right. meaning that he was entitled to land, and he was awarded Lot #50, Dedar Swamp, Voluntown, CT. He sold this land for £8, to Joseph LATHROP of Norwich, CT on 5 Nov 1716.
Aaron 3 wore many hats: "Aaron Huntley served as Constable in Lyme for many years and also held other elective offices, being at various times fence viewer, lister, poundkeeper, packer (of beef & pork), and surveyor. He was one of the collectors of a minister’s rate, elected 26 Dec., 1700."
Mary (CHAMPION) HUNTLEY died 10 Dec 1732, in Lyme at age 81. Aaron 3 HUNTLEY died on 24 May, 1745, in Lyme, at the age of 91.
The sections below will cover each of the children of Aaron 3 HUNTLEY and Mary CHAMPION.
1. John 4 HUNTLEY was born 24 Nov 1677, in Lyme, and died before 10 Apr 1750, Lyme, in Lyme. He married on 2 Feb 1699 in Lyme, to Elizabeth PEARSON, born 25 Apr 1677 in Rowley, MA, daughter of Samuel PEARSON and Dorcas JOHNSON. They had 11 children, in Lyme. John 4 and Elizabeth were my 6g-grandparents. More information can be found on the John 4 HUNTLEY page.
2. David 7 HUNTLEY was born on 17 Mar 1687/88, in Lyme, and died on 27 Jul 1738, in Lyme. On 11 Jul 1716 in Lyme, he married Mary MUNSELL, born about 1695, in CT, and died 26 Dec 1737 in New London, CT.
Children:
i. David 20 HUNTLEY b. ca. 1717, Lyme, CT
ii. Lydia HUNTLEY b. ca. 1722, Lyme, CT, d. 27 Jul 1811, Lyme, CT
+James BACKUS b. 14 Aug 1703, Norwich, CT, m. 1 Nov 1747, d. 15 Oct 1753, Norwich, CT
iii. Elijah 21 HUNTLEY b. ca. 1723, Norwich, CT
iv. Elisha 22 HUNTLEY b. ca. 1724, Norwich, CT
v. Jonathan 23 HUNTLEY b. 9 Mar 1728, Lyme, CT
vi. Ezekiel 24 HUNTLEY c. 4 Apr 1731, Lyme, CT
vii. Mary HUNTLEY c. 23 Sep 1733, Lyme, CT
+Cyrus LEE b. 26 Feb 1732, Lyme, CT, m. 10 Aug 1757, Lyme, CT, d. 1806
viii. Simon HUNTLEY c. 25 Dec 1736, d. 1 Oct 1743, Lyme, CT
3. Elizabeth HUNTLEY was born 16 Mar 1679 in Lyme, CT. She married Mathew BECKWITH who died before 1741.
4. Aaron 5 HUNTLEY was born 1 Dec 1680 in Lyme, and died 26 Sep 1748, in Lyme. He married on 27 Jul 1707, in Lyme, to Deborah DEWOLF, who was born 25 Jul 1690, in Lyme. They had 11 children, in Lyme. Aaron 5 and Deborah were my 6g-grandparents. See the Aaron 5 HUNTLEY page for more information.
5. Daniel 6 HUNTLEY was born on 25 May 1682, in Lyme, and died on 14 Jan 1733, in Lyme. He married on 27 Jul 1720, in Lyme, to Hannah BROWN, born 27 Apr 1689 in Woburn, MA, died before 25 Dec 1745.
Children, born in Lyme:
i. Daniel 16 HUNTLEY, b. 17 Aug 1721
ii. Jacob 17 HUNTLEY, b. 5 Jun 1723
iii. James 18 HUNTLEY, b. 16 Aug 1725
iv. Amos 19 HUNTLEY, b. 31 Oct 1727
6. Mary HUNTLEY was born on 14 Feb 1685, in Lyme.
7. Jane HUNTLEY was born on 10 Sep 1686, in Lyme.
8. Solomon 8 HUNTLEY was born on 31 May 1691, in Lyme, and died on 9 Aug 1712, in Lyme. He married on 13 Feb 1711, in Lyme, to Ruth MERROW, born 5 Apr 1693, in Reading, MA.
Child:
i. Mary HUNTLEY, b. Feb 1712, Lyme, m. on 17 Jun 1731, in CT, to Robert LATIMORE c. 15 Oct 1693, CT, d. Bef 6 Dec 1766, Sackville, Nova Scotia
Sources
[FGM] Documents: Lyme Family Slaves, Part 2—Jenny’s Legacy, at the Florence Griswold Museum
[GM] Google Map of Old Lyme Historic District
[MJL] Lyme. A chapter of American genealogy, in Harper's Magazine, Feb 1876, by Martha Joanna Lamb
Last updated 17 Jun 2022 by William Haloupek. Contact haloupek at gmail dot com.