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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Samuel Huntington

16 Jul 1731 – 5 Jan 1796

64 Years · transcribed from the original coffin plate

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

5 Jan 1796

Date of birth

16 Jul 1731

Age at death

64 Years (64y 5m 20d)

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

His Excellency
Samuel Huntington Esqr.
Governor of the State of Connecticut
was born July 16th A.D. 1731
and died January 5th A.D. 1796
aged 64 years.
The plate identifies the subject as Samuel Huntington, Governor of Connecticut — signer of the Declaration of Independence and President of the Continental Congress — and reads "aged 64 years," matching the birth/death dates on record.

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Source & citation

Source type
Original photograph
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-05-12
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Both — original photograph and transcription on this page

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