A graduate of Harvard, was appointed chaplain of Knox's Continental Artillery in 1776 and on the evacuation of Boston, March 17th, he preached a Thanksgiving sermon from the text of Exodus XIV, 25. (General) Washington and his officers attended this service.
Source: Lineage Book, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume XLIII, p. 142, published 1916.
Contributor: DSH (47399957)
After the death of his first wife, Dorothy Huntington, he married Mary Greene (1743-1814) on 5/8/1766 in Bristol, Massachusetts.
I haven't been able to find where she is buried, she died in Raynham, Massachusetts. There is no Find A Grave memorial for her on Ancestry.com.
Sources for his date of death & where:
*The Huntington Family In America 1633-1915, Page 230
*U.S. Sons Of The American Revolution Membership Applications 1889-1970 (Ancestry.com)
The Huntington Family In America 1633-1915, Page #229-230 quotes the following: "He graduated at Harvard College, in 1740, and was settled in Woodstock, CT (Muddy Brook) in 1763. In 1775 he was appointed chaplain in the Revoluntionary Army and continued in this service until 1778. The following extract from the Rev. Mr. Learned's account of the churches & ministers in Windham County, CT will explain his mournful end. Tradition says that in the summer of 1778, he was called home from the Army by the sickness of a child; that having overstaid the period of furlough, he was met on his return by the report that he had been superseded in office. This news so affected him, that he put an end to his life, in the western part of Connecticut on 8/14/1778".
I'm a descendant of the Huntington family, doing genealogy work on the Huntington's since September 1993.
Contributor: Linda Smiley (49801668) •
NSDAR patriot # A069260.
Contributor: VeraM2 (47138686)
Children: Dorothy Huntington Leonard (1765 - 1841); Mary A Greene Leoanrd (1767 - 1804); Nathaniel Green Leonard (1768 - 1844); Margaret Liscombe Leonard (1770 - 1793); Thomas Leonard (1772 -?); Phillip Dodridge Leonard (1774 - 1830? at sea); Abiel Leonard Jr (1776 - ?); possibley a Daughter Leonard (1778 - 1804)
Dr. Abiel Leonard born 1740 died in 1777 not 1778. See 8 Aug. 1777 letter from George Washington to Gen. Israel Putnam. https://founders.archives.gov/ The Huntington Genealogy is wrong in stating 1778. From Michael Phelps
Source: Lineage Book, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume XLIII, p. 142, published 1916.
Contributor: DSH (47399957)
After the death of his first wife, Dorothy Huntington, he married Mary Greene (1743-1814) on 5/8/1766 in Bristol, Massachusetts.
I haven't been able to find where she is buried, she died in Raynham, Massachusetts. There is no Find A Grave memorial for her on Ancestry.com.
Sources for his date of death & where:
*The Huntington Family In America 1633-1915, Page 230
*U.S. Sons Of The American Revolution Membership Applications 1889-1970 (Ancestry.com)
The Huntington Family In America 1633-1915, Page #229-230 quotes the following: "He graduated at Harvard College, in 1740, and was settled in Woodstock, CT (Muddy Brook) in 1763. In 1775 he was appointed chaplain in the Revoluntionary Army and continued in this service until 1778. The following extract from the Rev. Mr. Learned's account of the churches & ministers in Windham County, CT will explain his mournful end. Tradition says that in the summer of 1778, he was called home from the Army by the sickness of a child; that having overstaid the period of furlough, he was met on his return by the report that he had been superseded in office. This news so affected him, that he put an end to his life, in the western part of Connecticut on 8/14/1778".
I'm a descendant of the Huntington family, doing genealogy work on the Huntington's since September 1993.
Contributor: Linda Smiley (49801668) •
NSDAR patriot # A069260.
Contributor: VeraM2 (47138686)
Children: Dorothy Huntington Leonard (1765 - 1841); Mary A Greene Leoanrd (1767 - 1804); Nathaniel Green Leonard (1768 - 1844); Margaret Liscombe Leonard (1770 - 1793); Thomas Leonard (1772 -?); Phillip Dodridge Leonard (1774 - 1830? at sea); Abiel Leonard Jr (1776 - ?); possibley a Daughter Leonard (1778 - 1804)
Dr. Abiel Leonard born 1740 died in 1777 not 1778. See 8 Aug. 1777 letter from George Washington to Gen. Israel Putnam. https://founders.archives.gov/ The Huntington Genealogy is wrong in stating 1778. From Michael Phelps
A graduate of Harvard, was appointed chaplain of Knox's Continental Artillery in 1776 and on the evacuation of Boston, March 17th, he preached a Thanksgiving sermon from the text of Exodus XIV, 25. (General) Washington and his officers attended this service.
Source: Lineage Book, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume XLIII, p. 142, published 1916.
Contributor: DSH (47399957)
After the death of his first wife, Dorothy Huntington, he married Mary Greene (1743-1814) on 5/8/1766 in Bristol, Massachusetts.
I haven't been able to find where she is buried, she died in Raynham, Massachusetts. There is no Find A Grave memorial for her on Ancestry.com.
Sources for his date of death & where:
*The Huntington Family In America 1633-1915, Page 230
*U.S. Sons Of The American Revolution Membership Applications 1889-1970 (Ancestry.com)
The Huntington Family In America 1633-1915, Page #229-230 quotes the following: "He graduated at Harvard College, in 1740, and was settled in Woodstock, CT (Muddy Brook) in 1763. In 1775 he was appointed chaplain in the Revoluntionary Army and continued in this service until 1778. The following extract from the Rev. Mr. Learned's account of the churches & ministers in Windham County, CT will explain his mournful end. Tradition says that in the summer of 1778, he was called home from the Army by the sickness of a child; that having overstaid the period of furlough, he was met on his return by the report that he had been superseded in office. This news so affected him, that he put an end to his life, in the western part of Connecticut on 8/14/1778".
I'm a descendant of the Huntington family, doing genealogy work on the Huntington's since September 1993.
Contributor: Linda Smiley (49801668) •
NSDAR patriot # A069260.
Contributor: VeraM2 (47138686)
Children: Dorothy Huntington Leonard (1765 - 1841); Mary A Greene Leoanrd (1767 - 1804); Nathaniel Green Leonard (1768 - 1844); Margaret Liscombe Leonard (1770 - 1793); Thomas Leonard (1772 -?); Phillip Dodridge Leonard (1774 - 1830? at sea); Abiel Leonard Jr (1776 - ?); possibley a Daughter Leonard (1778 - 1804)
Dr. Abiel Leonard born 1740 died in 1777 not 1778. See 8 Aug. 1777 letter from George Washington to Gen. Israel Putnam. https://founders.archives.gov/ The Huntington Genealogy is wrong in stating 1778. From Michael Phelps
Source: Lineage Book, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume XLIII, p. 142, published 1916.
Contributor: DSH (47399957)
After the death of his first wife, Dorothy Huntington, he married Mary Greene (1743-1814) on 5/8/1766 in Bristol, Massachusetts.
I haven't been able to find where she is buried, she died in Raynham, Massachusetts. There is no Find A Grave memorial for her on Ancestry.com.
Sources for his date of death & where:
*The Huntington Family In America 1633-1915, Page 230
*U.S. Sons Of The American Revolution Membership Applications 1889-1970 (Ancestry.com)
The Huntington Family In America 1633-1915, Page #229-230 quotes the following: "He graduated at Harvard College, in 1740, and was settled in Woodstock, CT (Muddy Brook) in 1763. In 1775 he was appointed chaplain in the Revoluntionary Army and continued in this service until 1778. The following extract from the Rev. Mr. Learned's account of the churches & ministers in Windham County, CT will explain his mournful end. Tradition says that in the summer of 1778, he was called home from the Army by the sickness of a child; that having overstaid the period of furlough, he was met on his return by the report that he had been superseded in office. This news so affected him, that he put an end to his life, in the western part of Connecticut on 8/14/1778".
I'm a descendant of the Huntington family, doing genealogy work on the Huntington's since September 1993.
Contributor: Linda Smiley (49801668) •
NSDAR patriot # A069260.
Contributor: VeraM2 (47138686)
Children: Dorothy Huntington Leonard (1765 - 1841); Mary A Greene Leoanrd (1767 - 1804); Nathaniel Green Leonard (1768 - 1844); Margaret Liscombe Leonard (1770 - 1793); Thomas Leonard (1772 -?); Phillip Dodridge Leonard (1774 - 1830? at sea); Abiel Leonard Jr (1776 - ?); possibley a Daughter Leonard (1778 - 1804)
Dr. Abiel Leonard born 1740 died in 1777 not 1778. See 8 Aug. 1777 letter from George Washington to Gen. Israel Putnam. https://founders.archives.gov/ The Huntington Genealogy is wrong in stating 1778. From Michael Phelps
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