Williams Huntley

Williams was born in Lyme, Connecticut, on February 15, 1755, the son of John Huntley and Lois Beckwith. He married a woman by the name of Hannah (1761-1827), "probably in Charlotte Pct., Dutchess county, New York".

Williams served in the American Revolution in Col. Peter Van Ness' 9th New York Regiment of the Militia from Albany, New York, and in the Commissary Dept. in 1781. He was counted on the census of 1790 and 1800, living in Hillsdale, Columbia county, New York, listed as William Huntley. Between 1800 and 1805, he moved to central New York. He was an early settler of Marathon, Cortland County, New York, where he was a blacksmith and prominent pioneer. He was known as "Deacon Huntley". Williams' land was located about a mile south of the village of Marathon. He bought the land in Cortland County from Ezekiel and Katherine Scott of Avon, Ontario County, New York, on March 20, 1811 [Cortland Co., N.Y. B:486]. He later deeded land to their son, Joseph, in the town of Cincinnatus on June 2, 1815 [Cortland Co., N.Y. U:493]. He died in Marathon, Cortland County, New York, on February 2nd (or 3rd), 1842.