John and Elizabeth Huntington

There are baptism records from St Germans for Amelia Huntington and Jane Huntington, daughters of John and Elizabeth Huntington, dated 20/2/1802 and 8/4/1805 respectively. There is also a baptism record from St Kew for William Huntington, son of John and Elizabeth Huntington, dated 20/1/1805. The closeness of the dates 20/1/1805 and 8/4/1805 and the fact that the baptisms were in different parishes suggest that there were two different couples called John and Elizabeth Huntington in Cornwall at this time. But if so then it is strange that there are only two Huntingtons – Elizabeth and Amelia – in the whole of the 1841 Cornwall census.

The Hale Family History website has a John Huntington and Elizabeth Pinch marrying in Devon in about 1805; this couple had some connection with New Brunswick, Canada. Sadly, it really does not look as if these people are my John and Elizabeth Huntington.

It appears that Jane Huntington married Thomas Worden in about 1835, although I have not located any record of the event. Amelia Huntington never married. In the 1881 census Amelia Huntington is described as a "Royal Navy Annuitant"; so I suppose that her father John Huntington was in the Royal Navy.

At the time of the 1841 census Elizabeth Huntington was living with her daughter and son-in-law Jane and Thomas Worden. Her age is given as 60, and it says that she was born in Cornwall. One would expect, therefore, that her marriage to John Huntington would also have been in Cornwall. But John Huntington may well have come from a different part of the country; it seems that most Huntingtons are to be found in the north of England.

I guess that Elizabeth Huntington was a widow by 1841, and that John Huntington died before registration of deaths was introduced. Elizabeth Huntington died in 1842.