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spent his youth in his native town, there<br />

obtaining his earlier education. He pre-<br />

pared at the Episcopal Academy, Che-<br />

shire, <strong>Connecticut</strong>, then entered Sheffield<br />

Scientific School, Yale University, class<br />

<strong>of</strong> '78. Inclination led him to that school,<br />

for he possessed decided mechanical and<br />

inventive genius which the technical<br />

training obtained at Sheffield developed,<br />

particularly in the then not so well under-<br />

stood science <strong>of</strong> electrical development.<br />

He was one <strong>of</strong> the prominent athletes <strong>of</strong><br />

his class, specializing in aquatic sports,<br />

making the freshman crew in 1876 and<br />

rowing "bow" in the "Varsity" in 1877.<br />

After graduation he entered the employ<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Thompson Houston Electric Company<br />

in New Britain as their first em-<br />

ployee, and from 1880 until 1887 con-<br />

tinued with that company. With the thorough<br />

training in mechanical engineering<br />

received at Sheffield, reinforced by those<br />

seven years <strong>of</strong> practical experience with<br />

one <strong>of</strong> the strong electrical companies <strong>of</strong><br />

the country, he was fairly established in<br />

the electrical world, his name even at that<br />

early day not an unfamiliar one. In 1890<br />

the Hart & Hegeman Manufacturing<br />

Company was organized, and in 1897,<br />

upon the death <strong>of</strong> Mr. Hegeman, Mr.<br />

Hart withdrew and organized his present<br />

company, the Hart Manufacturing<br />

Company. In 1887 he accepted a call<br />

from Kansas City, Missouri, and resigning<br />

his position in New Britain, became<br />

superintendent <strong>of</strong> the Edison Electric<br />

Light and Power Company, also assist-<br />

ant general manager <strong>of</strong> the Kansas City<br />

Electric Light Company. He remained<br />

in the West during the next three years,<br />

returning in 1890 to <strong>Connecticut</strong>, where<br />

for twenty-five years he has been success-<br />

fully engaged in the manufacture <strong>of</strong> Elec-<br />

trical Supplies. His inventive genius has<br />

been directed along electrical lines, and<br />

many patents have resulted, his most<br />

noted inventions being in connection with<br />

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electrical switches. In 1898 the Hart<br />

Manufacturing Company was organized<br />

for the manufacture <strong>of</strong> switches and elec-<br />

trical supplies. He is fond <strong>of</strong> yachting<br />

and sports <strong>of</strong> the open, indulging in his<br />

favorite recreations as a member <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Hartford Yacht and the Farmington<br />

Country clubs. His social club is the<br />

Hartford, other local organizations also<br />

claiming his interests. He is a Repub-<br />

lican in politics, but has never taken<br />

active part in public affairs, further than<br />

to register his preferences at the polls.<br />

He is a member <strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> Found-<br />

ers and Patriots.<br />

Mr. Hart married Lucie I. Janes, a<br />

lineal descendant <strong>of</strong> William Janes, who<br />

came to <strong>Connecticut</strong> with the John Davenport<br />

Company.<br />

HUNTTING, Charles H.,<br />

Merchant.<br />

From the County <strong>of</strong> Norfolk, in the<br />

eastern section <strong>of</strong> England, the progenitor<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Huntting family in America<br />

came in the summer <strong>of</strong> 1638, and located<br />

in Dedham, Massachusetts. At the same<br />

time that the Rev. John Allen was or-<br />

dained minister there, he was ordained a<br />

ruling elder <strong>of</strong> the church. The follow-<br />

ing year he was made a freeman by vir-<br />

tue <strong>of</strong> his having been one <strong>of</strong> the found-<br />

ers the previous year. Before coming to<br />

America he had married, in England,<br />

Esther Seaborn and they were the par-<br />

ents <strong>of</strong> John Huntting, Jr., who married<br />

Elizabeth, a daughter <strong>of</strong> John (or<br />

Thomas) Payne, <strong>of</strong> Dedham.<br />

Rev. Nathaniel Huntting, third son and<br />

child <strong>of</strong> John and Elizabeth (Payne)<br />

Huntting, was born November 15, 1675,<br />

and died September 21, 1753. He was a<br />

graduate <strong>of</strong> Harvard College, and settled<br />

in 1696, in Easthampton, Long Island,<br />

where he was the beloved minister <strong>of</strong> his<br />

people until the time <strong>of</strong> his death. He

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