Martha Devotion
(1739-1794)
BIRTH
June 3, 1739
PLACE
Windham, Connecticut
DEATH
June 4, 1794
PLACE
Norwich, Connecticut
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Samuel Huntington
(1731-1796)
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DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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Martha Devotion Huntington (1739–1794) was born in Windham, Connecticut, to minister Ebenezer Devotion and Martha Lothrop. She married Samuel Huntington in 1761 and lived in Norwich. They had no children of their own but raised his nephew Samuel and niece Frances. Her husband signed the Declaration of Independence, presided over Congress, and became Connecticut’s governor. The younger Samuel governed Ohio. Martha died in Norwich before her husband.
EARLY LIFE
Martha Devotion was born on Jun 3, 1739 in Windham, Connecticut. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Martha Devotion is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Martha Devotion died on Jun 4, 1794 in Norwich, Connecticut. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
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DEATH
Martha Devotion died on Jun 4, 1794, in Norwich, Connecticut. Martha Devotion Huntington was born in Windham, Connecticut, to minister Ebenezer Devotion and Martha Lothrop. She married Samuel Huntington in 1761 and lived in Norwich. They had no children of their own but raised his nephew Samuel and niece Frances. Her husband signed the Declaration of Independence, presided over Congress, and became Connecticut’s governor. The younger Samuel governed Ohio. Martha died in Norwich before her husband. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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