John Hunt^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1670 - 1716  (46 years)

• Name	John Hunt  [4, 5]
  Birth	Abt. 1670	Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Nov 1716	Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America   [4]
  Person ID	I312684222978	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Hannah Benson,   b. Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States d. 1716, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
  Marriage	06 Apr 1705	Rochester, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F2539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  John is listed in the Newtown Long Islan John is listed in the Newtown Long Island NY census of Aug 1698 whichstates that he had a family of seven. He was appointed a urveyor ofhighways on Mar 20 1701, constable on April 2 1706, and was a m agistratefor many years. By deed dated June 4, 1714, he purchased 500 acres inHopewell, NJ bounded by Stony Brook, to which his son John husband ofMargaret Moore, Samuel, Edward, and Ralph soon reloc ated. His fifth childmay have been Charity Hunt who married robert Alison on Nov. 29, 1720, atNewtown Presy. ChurchBy deed of March 7, 1725 John Hunt and wife Joanne of Newtown conveyed atract at Newtown to William Howard and that was the last record of themat Newtown source S.B.Hunt md. 1712 father md. 1712 father md. 1712 Described in marriage record as "of Hopewell NJ". Settled in Hopewell on land purchased by his father where he lived until his death in September of 1748, will dated 11 Feb. 1740-1 and proved 1 Oct. 1748 names his eldest son Wilson, second son Jonathan, wife Margaret, daughters Johanna and Charity, sons John, Noah, Gershom, Daniel and Enoch, and appoints his wife Margaret and sons Wilson and Jonathan executors. According to Mrs. Orson Haynie's manuscript: see Liber BBB of Deeds, P. 154, at Sec. of State, N. Jersey. The Hunts of New Jersey were not Quakers; they were Presbyterian. Some of the descendants who removed to Rowan Co., N. Carolina, became Baptists. John Hunt's will is of record in New Jersey; will Probated Oct. 1748. See Consuelo Furman mss. pg. 29. See Cook Mss. pg.69 & 70; also, McCubbin, pg. 24, and "Supplement to a Corrected Genealogy of Col. Jonathan Hunt (1716-1781)----." by Mitchell Hunt Apr. 1996. Described in marriage record as "of Hopewell NJ". Settled in Hopewell on land purchased by his father where he lived until his death in September of 1748, will dated 11 Feb. 1740-1 and proved 1 Oct. 1748 names his eldest son Wilson, second son Jonathan, wife Margaret, daughters Johanna and Charity, sons John, Noah, Gershom, Daniel and Enoch, and appoints his wife Margaret and sons Wilson and Jonathan executors. According to Mrs. Orson Haynie's manuscript: see Liber BBB of Deeds, P. 154, at Sec. of State, N. Jersey. The Hunts of New Jersey were not Quakers; they were Presbyterian. Some of the descendants who removed to Rowan Co., N. Carolina, became Baptists. John Hunt's will is of record in New Jersey; will Probated Oct. 1748. See Consuelo Furman mss. pg. 29. See Cook Mss. pg.69 & 70; also, McCubbin, pg. 24, and "Supplement to a Corrected Genealogy of Col. Jonathan Hunt (1716-1781)----." by Mitchell Hunt Apr. 1996. !shows also baptized 6 Sep 1978 Idaho Falls, Endowed 8 Sep 1978 Idaho Falls.sealed to parents 31 Mar 1965 Ifall.Shows another date sealed to spouse of28 Mar 1972.! Bk Trenton & Ewing N.J., 1883, p 140, Iva Nelson-also Rec of Lora Beeks. also bk "Benj F. Randolph" Gen by C. & R. p 128. Trenton will book 6 p 82 John Hunt came to America about 1708 and lived for a short time on Long Island, where he met his wife, Margaret Moore, John Hunt, with other colonists, including some of his wife's family, removed to Hopewell, New Jersey where he built a stone house and resided until his death in 1745. He brought with him to this wilderness many of the manners and customes of the English gentry, which have been kept in the family to this day. His will made 11 February 1740 proved his children as listed. Trenton Will Book 6 p 82. Moore, Rev. John Moore and his Descendants. Although desirabale documentary evidence is lacking in this generation of the Hunt family, John Hunt left silver, bearing the arms of the Devonshire family, and the information that he was of Devon. The earlier genealogy is based on the investiiiiigations made in Devonshire by Miss Anne McIlvaine of Trenton. The grandchildren of John Hunt knew that their ancestor was of Chudleigh in devon, and the error in Cooley's history, in placing the ancestry of the family cannot be understood. Winans, History of tshe Hunt family. !GENERAL:Imported GEDCOM file, GEDCOM file imported on 16 A pr 2002. !GENERAL:Imported GEDCOM file, GEDCOM file imported on 16 A pr 2002. Please send any corrections or additions to Jesse M. Lawrence Jr. This data is updated continuously, so please revisit to make sure you have latest information. This file represents my entire data base, I do not have any other information! Please use the reference number so I can get to the correct person in my data base. NOTE: Please use this data with the knowledge that you must do your own research to validate data. It contains theories and facts from many sources and is only a starting point for your own research. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. !JOHN HUNT, B. BEFORE 1693 M. AT NEWTOWN LI MARGARET MOORE 8 FEBRUARY 1714 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS DESCRIBED IN MARRIAGE RECORD AS "OF HOPEWELL, NJ." SETTLED IN HOPEWELL ON LAND PURCHASED BY HIS FATHER WHERE HE LIVED UNTIL HIS DEATH IN SEPTEMBER OF 1748, WILL DATED 11 FEB 1740-1 AND PROVED 1 OCT. 1748 NAMES HIS ELDEST SON WILSON, SECOND SON JONATHAN, WIFE MARGARET DAUGHTERS JOHANNA AND CHARITY, SONS JOHN, NOAH, GERSHOM, DANIEL, AND ENOCH, AND APPOINTS HIS WIFE MARGARET AND SONS WILSON AND JONATHAN EXECUTORS. THE PUZZLE ON JOHN HUNT WHO M. MARGARET MOORE SEVERAL DIFFERENT STATEMENTS WILL BE FOUND IN PRINT AS TO THE FATHER OF THE JOHN HUNT WHO M. MARGARET MOORE. A COUPLE WHO WERE THE PROGENITORS OF A PROLIFIC CLAN AMONG WHICH WERE EARLY SETTLERS OF NORTH CAROLINA, KENTUCKY, ILLINOIS, VARIOUS MID-WESTERN AND WESTERN STATES, INCLUDING SEVERAL OF CONSIDERABLE PRESTIGE IN GOVERNMENT, THE MILITARY, RELIGION, AND BUSINESS. THE PREDOMINANT IMPRESSION HAS BEEN THAT HE WAS A GRANDSON OF THE PIONEER RALPH OF LONG ISLAND, BUT HIS FATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN DIFFERENT SOURCES AS EDWARD, SAMUEL, DANIEL, AND JOHN. THE FIRST THREE NAMES APPARENTLY APPEAR BECAUSE UNTIL THE WORK OF LEWIS COOK ONLY FRAGMENTARY (AND SOMETIMES CONFLICTING) INFORMATION HAS BEEN AVAILABLE ON THE IMMEDIATE DESCENDANTS OF RALPH HUNT AND PEOPLE HAVE JUMPED TO ERRONEOUS CONCLUSIONS. COOK PROVIDES CONVINCING EVIDENCE FROM THE INFORMATION DEVELOPED ON RALPH'S SON JOHN AND HIS SON JOHN, SAMUEL, EDWARD AND RALPH, THE FOUR IDENTIFIED AS BROTHERS BY CROSS-REFERENCE OF INFORMATION IN THEIR WILLS, AND AS SONS OF JOHN AND JOANNA HUNT OF NEWTOWN, LI AND HOPEWELLM NJ BY DEED RECORDS. A PERVASIVE LEGEND WAS STARTED IN THE MID-1800'S THAT THE JOHN HUNT WHO M. MARGARET MOORE WAS NOT A DESCENTANT OF RALPH HUNT, BUT A MORE-RECENT MIGRANT FROM DEVON, ENGLAND, WHO HAPPENED TO SETTLE IN HOPEWELL, NJ. FAMILY HEIRLOOMS IN THE MID 1800'S BORE A HUNT COAT OF ARMS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF AN ARMORIAL FAMILY OF HUNTS AT CHUDLEIGHT, ENGLAND. R ESEARCH IN ENGLAND HAS DISCLOSED MUCH ABOUT THE CHUDLEIGHT HUNTS WITH A LINE LEADING TO JOHN HUNT B. CA. 1650 AT HAINES, DEVONSHIRE, ENGLAND, M. ELIZABETH CHUDLEIGHT WHO DIED 4 JUNE 1708 AT CHUDLEIGHT, DEVONSHIRE, ENGLAND, LEAVING A SON JOHN B. 1685 AT EXETER DEVONSHIRE, ENGLAND WHO SOME RESEARCHES HAVE BELIEVED (WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE) CAME TO LONG ISLAND AND SETTLED IN NEW JERSEY AMONG THE VARIOUS DESCENDANTS OF RALPH HUNT WITH THE SAME NAME OF JOHN. SUCH A SCENARIO IS THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE, BUT MOST UNLIKELY AND INCREDIBLE IN RELATION TO WHAT IS KNOWN OF RALPH HUNT AND HIS DESCENDANTS. THANKS TO THE WORK OF COOK IT IS NOT LONGER NECESSARY TO SPECULATE. JOHN HUNT BROTHER SAMUEL ALSO LIVED IN HOPEWELL AND IN HIS WILL OF 30 MAY 1780 HE NAMED HIS BROTHER EDWARD AND HIS NEPHEW WILSON HUNT AS EXECUTORS. WILSON HUNT WAS THE SON OF JOHN AND MARGARET MOORE, AND A PROMINENT RESIDENT OF HOPEWELL AT THAT TIME. THIS DIRECT DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THE JOHN HUNT WHO M. MARGARET MOORE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN A RECENT MIGRANT FROM DEVON, ENGLAND, AND A SON OF JOHN AND ELIZABETH (CHUDLEIGHT) HUNT OF ENGLAND. !THE PIONEERING SPIRIT LIVES ON "THE HUNT FAMILY" COMPILED BY: BEVERLY (WYNN) YOUNT" JOHN HUNT WAS BORN CA 1688. DIED IN NEW JERSEY SEPT 1748. THE MARRIAGE OF JOHN HUNT OF HOPEWELL, NEW JERSEY TO MARGARET MOORE WAS FEBRUARY 8, 1714. RECORD IS FOUND IN THE NEWTOWN (NOW ELMHURST) LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, PRINTED IN THE N.Y. GEN. & BIOG. RECORD 56:79. RECEIVED LAND AS RECORDED IN HIS FATHER'S WILL ON STONEY BROOK IN HOPEWELL AND MAIDENHEAD. THERE SEEMS TO BE MUCH DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON MARGARET MOORE'S PARENTS. MRS. SARAH HUNT STEEVES STATED IN HER MANUSCRIPT THAT MARGARET MOORE'S PARENTS WERE JOHN AND ANNA (SACKETT) MOORE. OTHERS BELIEVE HER FATHER'S NAME WAS GERSHOM, SON OF JOHN MOORE. THE WILL OF JOHN HUNT IS RECORDED IN VOL. 6, PAGE 82-84 OF WILLS, STATE OF NEW JERSEY AND IS AS FOLLOWS: "IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN THIS 11TH DAY OF FEB. ANNO DOM 17 40/1, I JOHN HUNT OF HOPEWELL IN THE COUNTY OF HUNTERDON AND PROVINCE OF WEST N.J. BEING INDISPOSED OF BODY BUT OF PERFECT MIND AND MEMORY THANKS BE TO GOD THEREFORE AND CALLING TO MIND THE MORTALITY OF MY BODY AND KNOWING IT IS APPOINTED FOR ALL MEN ONCE TO DIE DO MAKE AND ORDAIN THIS TO BE MY LAST WILL AND TESTMAMENT THAT IS TO SAY PRINCIPALLY AND FIRST OF ALL I GIVE MY PRECIOUS SOUL INTO THE HANDS OF ALMIGHTY GOD WHO GAVE IT AND AS TO MY BODY I RECOMMEND TO THE EARTH TO BE BURYED IN A CHRISTIAN LIKE AND DECENT MANNER AT THE DISCRETION OF MY EXECUTORS AND AS TO THAT WORLDLY ESTATE WHEREWITH IT HATH PLEASED GOD TO BLESS ME I DISPOSE OF IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER AND FORM: IMPRIMIS I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO WILSON MY ELDEST AND BELOVED SON A NEGRO SLAVE COMMONLY CALLED PEET WITH ALL THE WHEAT TO ME BELONGING BOTH ON THE GROUND AND IN THE BARN WITH TWO HORSES WHICH HE SHALL SEE FIT TO CHOSE AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT NOW DUE TO ME FROM DR. DANIEL COXE HE GIVING ME MUCH WHEAT OUT OF THE ABOVE SAID CROPS AS WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE FAMILY BREAD 18 MONTHS IS REQUIRED. ITEM I GIVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO JONATHANMY 2ND SON THE PLANTATION ON WHICH HE NOW DWELLS HE PAYING THE SEVERAL DEMANDS DUE TO LOAN OFFICE WHEREUPON AS THEY SHALL BEC This John Hunt is the alleged son of son of Edmund Hunt of Duxbury through Samuel Hunt and Mary Glass. There are TWO Hunt families from the same area.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, The Settlers of Beekman Patent VI, Frank J. Doherty, Jan. 1, 1990, page 903-904. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Family History Library archive record (family group sheet). [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC97-CQX : Sun Mar 10 04:52:40 UTC 2024), Entry for John Hunt and Samuel Hunt, 19 November 1716. [S1173462614] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927, "Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC8Z-Z9Z : Thu May 23 01:47:13 UTC 2024), Entry for John Huntt and Hanah Benson, 6 Apr 1705.