<sod>Huntsman was born the third son of a [[Quaker]] farmer in [[Epworth, England|Epworth]], [[Lincolnshire]]. His parents were Germans who had immigrated to England only a few years before his birth.<ref>[[Samuel Smiles]], ''Industrial Biography'' (1879), p 103</ref><eod>
<sod>Huntsman was born the third son of William and Mary (née Nainby) Huntsman a [[Quaker]] farming couple, in [[Epworth, England|Epworth]], [[Lincolnshire]]. Some sources suggest his parents were German immigrants.<ref>[[Samuel Smiles]], ''Industrial Biography'' (1879), p 103</ref>, but it seems that they were both from Lincolnshire Quaker families. <ref>[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=greenthumbs&id=I13560 Rootsweb]</ref><eod>