Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818

Person

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Biography

Brigadier General Jedediah Huntington was born August 4^th, 1743 in Norwich Connecticut. He graduated from Harvard in 1763 and his Master’s in 1770 from Yale. After graduating from Harvard, Huntington became involved with the Norwich Militia eventually becoming a Captain by May of 1774. In spring of 1776, now a Colonel, he marched to Dorchester Heights. After the British left Boston he marched to New York. In 1777 Huntington became a Brigadier General. He stayed in Valley Forge in the winter of 1777.

Citation:

http://www.nps.gov/vafo/historyculture/generalhuntington.htm

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Jedediah Huntington Orderly Book

2358

Collection

Identifier: 2358

Abstract

The Jedediah Huntington Orderly Book collection (2358) is a book of orders from George Washington written by Jedediah Huntington. The orders in the book are from January 1st, 1776 to April 2nd of the same year.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1776-01-01 - 1776-04-02; Other: Date acquired: 02/07/1921

Found in: Litchfield Historical Society