Jonathan Hunt, s/o Samuel Hunt and Ann Ellsworth, b. 12 Sep 1738, d. 1 Jun 1823, m. 15 Jul 1779 Lavinia Swan.
Obituary of Gov. Hunt, June 1, 1823
Died at Vernon, Vt., on the 1st instant, the Hon. Jonathan Hunt, Esq., in the eighty-fifth year of his age, - one of the first settlers of Northfield, Mass. [sic, this would seem to apply more to his grandfather Jonathan?] In early life, he shared in the fatigues and anxieties incident to the perilous state of those who plant themselves in the wilderness, liable to privation and the depredations of savages. Persevering industry, strict integrity, laudable ambition, and well-deserved promotion to many honorable offices, civil and military, to that of lieutenant-governor of the Sate, rendered him a distinguished character during the struggles of the New-Hampshire grantees and the New-York claimants during the Revolutionary War, the formation of this State, its union with the United States, and the foundation of our State government. Although his advanced age was subject to severe pains and many infirmities, yet his mind ever appeared remarkably strong, his perceptions clear, and judgement correct. The principles and practice of industry, virtue, and religion, he greatly respected and encouraged, and the ministry of the gospel he liberally supported; and, while his hospitality and kindness to the deserving were extensively exercised, indolence and vice found in him an open and uniform reprover. He preserved through his long life, and amidst his temporal prosperity, the most unassuming and unaffected deportment, and what is always highly honorable in the rich as well the poor, the reputation of an honest man.
