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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