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John (John,² Philip¹), b. July 11, 1729; d. Nov. 14, 1821; m. Dec. 17, 1754, Elizabeth Beedee, b. February, 1739, d. Nov. 18, 1821.

In 1774 John Hunton, Jr., with other inhabitants of Kingston, sent to the assistance of Boston their hearty sympathy and one hundred sheep for the relief of the poor. On an article on longevity in the New Hampshire Historical Society’s collections, appeared the following: "Died, in 1820, Captain John Huntoon, aged ninety-two. His wife died the same week aged eighty-six. They lived together sixty-five years. Captain Huntoon was born at Kingston, and removed to Canterbury about fifteen years before his death. He was a soldier sent with others to guard the inhabitants against the invasion of the savages, about the time the Bradleys were killed at Concord, Aug. 11, 1746. Cap tain Ladd and his men were sent by the governor to protect the inhabitants of Rumford. They marched from Kingston on July 19, 1746."

    28    i      Moses.

    29   ii      Aaron.

    30  iii      Stephen.

THE HUNTON FAMILY, PAGE 29

   31  iv       Joshua

           v      Caleb, b. Aug. 1, 1765 d. Aug. 20, 1765.

  32   vi       Eli.

  33  vii       Elijah

  34 viii       Elisha.

          ix       Betsey, m. Jacob Worthen.

           x       Mehitable, b. Feb. 6, 1774; m. Nathaniel Bachelor.

THE HUNTON FAMILY, PAGE 93 

While the foregoing book was passing through the press, the following article appeared in the Boston Journal from the special correspondent at Kingston, N. H. From the initials I judge it to be the son of Colcord Patten, whose manuscript history of Kingston still exists.

In writing of an ancient document he says, —

"John Huntoon, John Calef, and Daniel Colcord, whose names also appear on the document, were among the most honored of the early citizens of Kingston. The Huntoons emigrated early to the upper part of the State. There are none of that name now living in Kingston. They were a very tall race of men. My father, who knew some of them, has often spoken to me of their imposing personal appearance; and I heard Daniel Webster, who knew quite intimately some of the tall Huntoons, speak also of their splendid bearing. There are Calefs still in this vicinity. They bear an honored name. The Daniel Colcord of the document was an ancestor of the present able President of Dartmouth College, the Rev. Dr. Samuel Colcord Bartlett. His honored forefather was a leading and most able citizen; but he could not spell quite as well as a Dartmouth graduate of today."