Samuel Huntington

          Samuel Huntington was a really accomplished man he did so much for us and yet we over look it all one of   the great things that he did for us was rendered services to his country. He went from small town farmer boy just trying to help his father out to a highly respectable judge then to a president. He had for many years been a professor of religion, and a devoted attendant upon the ordinances of the gospel. He was placed at the head of the superior court, and the following year, 1785, was, elected lieutenant governor of the state. …….

• He taught himself to speak Latin
• He was married on April 17, 1761 to Elizabeth Scudder
• His marriage brought together two more congenial spirits
• He was elected President of congress and Governor of Connecticut
• His raised a supportive family and supported his family