Joshua Huntington (January 31, 1786, in

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– September 11, 1819, in

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) was an American clergyman.

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He was a son of Jedidiah Huntington, a general in the

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during the

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. He graduated from

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in 1804. He was licensed to preach by the New London Association in September 1806 and ordained pastor of the

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(then at the

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, on May 18, 1808, which charge he held until his death. He was one of the founders of the American Educational Society in 1815, and was president of the Boston Society for the Religious and Moral Instruction of the Poor, which was founded in 1816. He was the author of ''Life of Abigail Waters'' (1817). His wife, Susan Mansfield Huntington (born January 27, 1791; died 1823), wrote a story entitled “Little Lucy.” Her memoirs, with her letters, journal, and poetry, were published by Benjamin B. Wisner (Boston, 1829; republished in Scotland).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Huntington, Joshua 1786 births 1819 deaths Yale University alumni Clergy from Boston American Christian clergy

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