there seems to be a difference of opinion about whether his given name was "Daniel" or just "Dan". The Huntington family in America calls him "Dan", but his birth record seems to call him "Daniel"
"Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP72-YZDB : 21 September 2019), Daniel Huntington, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272236.