I grew up a Midwesterner, but my husband is a Mainer through and through. Proof that fruit falls not far from the tree, our middle daughter chose to attend college just 10 miles from home before she seemingly broke with family ties and headed to the Big Apple for law school. She then settled in Connecticut to live and work where I learned my mother’s Huntington ancestors lived for generations. Besides DNA sharing “cousins,” I recently discovered an “Uncle Samuel.” Although removed to the nth degree, Samuel Huntington’s profession and likeness in portrait on FindaGrave strike a familiar chord.
Knot in Time
By
LC Curtis
“He has her same steely stare,”
my daughter’s husband
quips over text.
That look of confidence
while considering each
and every angle… I agree!
An ancestral uncle
eight generations removed
lived and practiced law
where our daughter is now.
A quirky alignment
of geography with genealogy?
Or some copying mechanism
of replication at play
within our double helix strand?
For sure, an intersect between souls in time
hides just beyond our ken…
SAMUEL HUNTINGTON 1731-1796 Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut. Some historians also consider him the first President of the United States. Samuel studied law books in his spare time, and at age 22, he passed the test to practice law in Connecticut. A few years later, he moved to Norwich, Connecticut, where he set up a law practice, and married Martha Devotion, a minister’s daughter. Shy and quiet, and not much of a speaker or writer, Huntington won the respect of his neighbors for his fairness and hard work. He was elected to the Connecticut Legislature in 1764, and eight years later, was made a judge. He was elected to the Second Continental Congress in late 1775 and took his seat early the next year. He represented Connecticut in the Second Continental Congress from 1776 to 1781, serving as President of the Congress from September 1779 to July 1781. Because he was President of Congress when the nation’s first framework of government, the Articles of Confederation, took effect on March 1, 1781, Huntington has been called the first real President of the United States. In 1784, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Connecticut. Between 1786 and 1796, he served as Governor of Connecticut. He was still Governor when he died at the age of 64.
Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson
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