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William Huntington, Jr.

William Huntington, Jr.

Male 1784 - 1846  (62 years)

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  • Name William Huntington  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 28 Mar 1784  Grantham, Sullivan, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    • Born "28 Mar 1781" in "of Watertown, Jefferson, N.Y." [8]
    • Born in New York [9]
    Gender Male 
    Endowed (LDS) 12 Dec 1845  Nauvoo Temple (old) Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Death 19 Aug 1846  Mount Pisgah, Harrison, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 10, 13, 14] 
    • Died "17 Aug 1848" [8]
    Burial 21 Aug 1846  Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Thayer, Union, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 10, 15] 
    • Buried "1848" [8]
    Headstone of William Huntington (Mormon Pioneer Way Station Monument)    		 Headstone of William Huntington (Mormon Pioneer Way Station Monument)
    Image file from the Historical Marker Database website (HMdb.org), submitted by Thomas Onions on 21 July 2009.
    Headstone of William Huntington (Mormon Pioneer Way Station Monument)    		 Headstone of William Huntington (Mormon Pioneer Way Station Monument)
    Image file from the Historical Marker Database website (HMdb.org), submitted by Thomas Onions on 21 July 2009.
    Headstone of William Huntington (Mormon Pioneer Way Station Monument)    		 Headstone of William Huntington (Mormon Pioneer Way Station Monument)
    Image file from the Historical Marker Database website (HMdb.org), submitted by Thomas Onions on 21 July 2009.
    Headstone of William Huntington (Mormon Pioneer Way Station Monument)    		 Headstone of William Huntington (Mormon Pioneer Way Station Monument)
    Image file from the Historical Marker Database website (HMdb.org), submitted by Thomas Onions on 21 July 2009.
    Headstone of William Huntington (Mormon Pioneer Way Station Monument)    		 Headstone of William Huntington (Mormon Pioneer Way Station Monument)
    Image file from the Find A Grave website (findagrave.com), submitted by SMSmith on 21 August 2007.
    Baptized (LDS) 14 Jul 1870  Endowment House Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Notes 
    • "William Huntington, born March 28, 1784, in Grantham, N.H. In 1804 he moved with his parents to Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, being among the first settlers of that county. In 1806, he returned to New Hampshire, and married Zina Baker, daughter of Dr. Oliver Baker, December 28, 1806. Soon after his marriage he moved to Watertown, N.Y., where he lived and prospered in temporal blessings until 1811, when he sold out, and the following year war was declared with Great Britain, which proved fatal to his prospects, and coupled with much sickness in the family reduced them very low in pecuniary circumstances. His services in the army were done with the fife. He was in one battle, that of Sackett's Harbour. In 1816, Providence smiled on him again, and about the same time he experienced religion and joined the Presbyterian church. In the winter of 1832-33 he first heard of "Mormonism," read the Book of Mormon, believed it with all his heart and preached it almost every day, to his neighbors and everybody he could see, or had the privilege to chat with, until 1835, when he and wife with two of their children were baptized by Elder ----- Dutcher. After that his house was a meeting house and a home for all Saints. May 18, 1836 he sent two of his children, Dimick and Presendia, and their families, to Kirtland, waiting himself only to sell out. October 1, 1836, he started and moved to Kirtland with quite a number of Saints under the direction of Apostles Orson Pratt and Luke S. Johnson, being ordained an Elder previous to starting. He arrived in Kirtland on the 11th, bought a farm from Jacob Bump, and paid him three thousand dollars. Of this amount he was defrauded, so that in a little over one year he was compelled to labor by the day for a living. In the breaking up of Kirtland the apostates harrassed him with law suits until he saw his children often go to bed crying for bread. For nearly two weeks he lived on greens. His house was a hiding place for Father Joseph Smith, Hyrum, Samuel and Don Carlos, while they were trying to escape from the persecutions in Kirtland. The Egyptian mummies were also hid in his house for a long time, and many of the pursued and persecuted Saints found a retreat there and a hiding place from apostates' persecution. In Kirtland he received his washings and anointings in the temple, and was ordained a High Priest and High Counselor, in which office he acted until the Church left Kirtland. He lost five hundred dollars in the Kirtland bank. May 21, 1838, he started for Far West, Mo., where he arrived about two months later, and, by counsel, moved to Adamondi-Ahman, where he was chosen commissary for the brethren who armed for defence; and after the mob had driven and hemmed in the scattering brethren, he was commissary for all the people of that place and had charge of all the provisions of the town. After the surrender of the Church in Far West, Missouri, he was foreman of the committee chosen to confer with the committee chosen by the mob. These two committees were representatives of and authorized to transact all business for their respective committees. He was also one of a committee chosen to see to the poor and get them moved out of the State of Missouri, which they did to the complete satisfaction of the whole Church, though with no ordinary exertion, and remained himself until about the last man and family. His was one of the first families that moved to Commerce (afterwards Nauvoo) where he arrived May 14, 1839. About the 1st of July his while family was taken sick, and on the 8th his wife died of sickness, caused by hardships and exposure. At this time he suffered for the comforts of life. At a conference held in October, 1839, he was again chosen to the office of High Counselor. August 28, 1840, he married Lydia Partridge, relict of Bishop Edward Partridge, whose maiden name was Lydia Clisbee. As a member of the High Council he helped to lay one of the corner stones of the Nauvoo Temple. He continued a member of the High Council until the expulsion from Nauvoo. In the move from Nauvoo he was appointed captain of a company of fifty wagons which he helped to make, and to fit up for the company, but which was subsequently disorganized. He was then appointed a captain of ten in Amasa M. Lyman's company, until the settlement of Mt. Pisgah was located, where he was left to preside over that Stake of Zion. In this place his labors were extreme and unremitting for the good and welfare of the people, and the comfort of the sick, of which there were a great many. August 9, 1846, he was taken sick with the chills and fever, of which he died August 19, 1846. In life he was beloved by all the Saints. His love and zeal for the cause were unsurpassed by any. His judgment was respected and his conduct never questioned; he never had a trial or difficulty with any person in the Church.

      The foregoing account of his life is extracted from the Latter Day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia." [11]
    Person ID I58  The John and Tuly Huntington Family
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2018 

    Father William Huntington, Sr.,   b. 19 Sep 1757, Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 1842 (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Presinda Lathrop,   b. 30 Jan 1761, Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1810 (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 13 Feb 1783  [8, 10, 16, 17] 
    Sealed P (LDS) 12 Jan 1881  St. George Utah Temple Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Family ID F27  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Zina Baker,   b. 2 May 1786, Grantham, Sullivan, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 1839, Commerce or Nauvoo, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)  [8, 9, 10, 11, 18] 
    Marriage 28 Dec 1806  New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    • Married "22 Dec 1806" [10]
    • Married "28 Dec 1805(?)" [10]
    • Married 28 Nov 1805 [8, 10]
    • Married in 1805 [18]
    Sealed S (LDS) 14 Jan 1846  Nauvoo Temple (old) Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 19] 
    Children 
    +1. Chauncey Dyer Huntington,   b. 20 Oct 1806, Watertown, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Nancy Huntington,   b. 20 Oct 1806, Watertown, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1807 (Age 0 years)
    +3. Dimick Baker Huntington,   b. 26 May 1808, Watertown, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1879, Salt Lake City, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +4. Presendia Lathrop Huntington,   b. 7 Sep 1810, Watertown, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1892, Salt Lake City, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     5. Adaline Elizabeth Huntington,   b. 03 Aug 1815, Watertown, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1826 (Age 11 years)
    +6. William Dresser Huntington,   b. 28 Feb 1818, Burrville, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1881, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    +7. Zina Diantha Huntington,   b. 31 Jan 1821, Watertown, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1901 (Age 80 years)
    +8. Oliver Boardman Huntington,   b. 14 Oct 1823, Watertown, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1907, Springville, Utah, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    +9. John Dickinson Huntington,   b. 11 Feb 1827, Watertown, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F26  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2018 

    Family 2 Dorcas Baker  [10] 
    Family ID F386  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2009 

    Family 3 Lydia Clisbee  [10, 13] 
    Marriage 28 Aug 1840  Nauvoo, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 13] 
    Family ID F394  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2009 

  • Photos
    William Huntington    		William Huntington
    William Huntington    		William Huntington
    Handwritten on back: "William Huntington Father of Utah Huntingtons". Image courtesy of Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Contact DUP Photo Department, for permission to use DUP images.
    William Huntington (back)    		William Huntington (back)
    Image courtesy of Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Contact DUP Photo Department, for permission to use DUP images.

    Documents
    'Genealogy'    		"Genealogy"
    Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah), 2 March 1907, page 27, columns 1 to 6.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Grace Letitia Rondot Huntington, Personal family history of Grace Letitia Rondot Huntington.
      Name recorded variously as "William Huntington" and "William Huntington Jr."

    2. [S1] Elizabeth Ross Huntington, Personal family history of Elizabeth Ross Huntington.
      Name recorded as "William Huntington"

    3. [S3] Huntington Family Association, The Huntington Family in America: A Genealogical Memoir, (Hartford Printing Co., Elihu Geer Sons, Hartford, Connecticut, 1915), 372.
      Name recorded as "William Huntington"

    4. [S15] Death Certificate for Oliver B. Hunington.
      Name recorded as "William Hunington"

    5. [S33] Headstone of William Huntington (Mormon Pioneer Way Station Monument).
      Name recorded as "William Huntington"

    6. [S2253] Obituary for Oliver Boardman Huntington.
      Name recorded as "William Huntington"

    7. [S2254] "Genealogy," Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah), 2 March 1907.
      Name recorded as "William Huntington"

    8. [S1] Elizabeth Ross Huntington, Personal family history of Elizabeth Ross Huntington.

    9. [S15] Death Certificate for Oliver B. Hunington.

    10. [S2] Grace Letitia Rondot Huntington, Personal family history of Grace Letitia Rondot Huntington.

    11. [S3] Huntington Family Association, The Huntington Family in America: A Genealogical Memoir, (Hartford Printing Co., Elihu Geer Sons, Hartford, Connecticut, 1915), 372.

    12. [S141] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree website (familysearch.org/tree).
      Accessed March 2016, entry for William Huntington Jr., ID number KWV9-4W1

    13. [S3] Huntington Family Association, The Huntington Family in America: A Genealogical Memoir, (Hartford Printing Co., Elihu Geer Sons, Hartford, Connecticut, 1915), 373.

    14. [S2253] Obituary for Oliver Boardman Huntington.

    15. [S33] Headstone of William Huntington (Mormon Pioneer Way Station Monument).

    16. [S3] Huntington Family Association, The Huntington Family in America: A Genealogical Memoir, (Hartford Printing Co., Elihu Geer Sons, Hartford, Connecticut, 1915), 371.

    17. [S5] Rev. E. B. Huntington, A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family, (Mrs. Julia M. Huntington, Ridgefield, Conn., 1884), 125.

    18. [S2254] "Genealogy," Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah), 2 March 1907.

    19. [S141] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree website (familysearch.org/tree).
      Accessed February 2016, entry for Zina Baker, ID number KWV9-4WB


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