Person:William Hunt (1)

From Jo Martin's WorldConnectpage, database=idahojo.ged

Source: Everett Hunt, Prodigy RHDX48A, quotes "William Hunt and Sarah Mills: their ancestors and ours: Essays and Genealogies.", 1981.

According to a reference by Martha Wallenhorst, William Hunt came to America from England in 1719. Nathan came to America in 1725. There seems to have been a Tobert Hunt who came from England at the same time that Wm Sr. came, apparently they were not related. [This is not true they are brothers and married sisters.]

Everett also says this line is also detailed by Elaine Rowland in a manuscript published several years ago.

from page 89: "...William had some trouble accomodating to the "New World thoughts". He was called before the meetings several times, beginning on December 2, 1725, for his disorderly practice of imbibing in some rather strong spirits on occasion which was as traditional as drinking tea in Merrie Old England and Wales."

Source: LDS microfilm 0854151, item 2.

The following is the first page of Mrs. Vena Wilson's research.

ONE BRANCH OF THE QUAKER HUNTS

William Hunt produced a certificate an Abingdon Meeting, Pa., (Quaker) 1 month, 30 day, in 1719, from Radnor, a border country West of Warwickshire, England.

Abingdon minutes refer to him "late of Bayberry" a Philadelphia county, Pa. settlement made in 1635, Nathaniel, Daniel, Thomas and Wm. Walton, all from Bayberry, Glouchestershire, England.

William Hunt born 1690 in England and died 1781. Married 2-14-1700, Mary Woolman, born 1692, died 1785. Mary, the daughter of John, 1655-1718, of Burlington Co., N.J. and Elizabeth (Bourton) Woolman. Also the granddaughter of William Woolman who died 1692 of Glouchester, England. Mary Woolman's father John Woolman and her grandfather William Woolman came to America on the ship Shield, ship Captain Daniel Travis, in December 1677. The ship docked and waited until morning. In the morning the ice had frozen so thick and hard that Old William and John Woolman, the Captain Daniel Travis, and John Borton walked on the ice to the shore. This was at the head of the Rancocis River.

NOTE William Hunt born 1690 in England and died 1781. Married 2-14-1700, Mary CONT -flowing into the Delaware on the left bank. John Woolman was 23 years old at this time. Five years later John married Elizabeth Borton who was 8 years his junior, daughter of John borton who had walked on the ice from their ship.

John Woolman as well as his son Samuel were weavers by trade. John also was a good business man and was a very exacting man. He held important offices in the Quaker church and was a great exponent of his faith. (This information from "John Woolman, American Quaker" by Janet Whitney. Wichita Library.)

William and Mary (Woolman) Hunt were at Abingdon Pa. They went to New Jersey to Monocacy, Md. to N. Carolina. William Hunt was a strict follower of the Quaker faith and preached and helped raised money for the cause.

Willam Hunt and Mary Woolman had many descendants, most of whom eventually lived in North Carolina."

The above references to this William Hunt dying in 1781 is obviously wrong after reviewing the history of his son, Reverend William Hunt. The following message from Don Hunt, DONATLATL@@aol.com, in 1998 clarifies this point:

"Your info on William Hunt the husband of Mary Woolman is inaccurate. He died about 1745 after his wife. They most likely died in what is now Frederick County Maryland. his son William died 1772 in England."

I'll include the following for the reader's consideration:

Subject: Re: Quakers in Burlington Co., NJ ? From: Thomas Hamm Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998

... Incidentally, William Hunt who married Mary Woolman was almost surely not the son of William Hunt and Margaret Pearson/Person. Our William came to Pennsylvania from "Radnor in Great Britain" in 1718, while this couple were married in New Jersey. Anyway, they were already on this side of the Atlantic. And it was William and Mary (Woolman) Hunt's son William who died in England in 1772.

The following notes were provided to me by J.A. Tolliver on 8/4/1999:

Most Hunt genealogies indicate that Jacob Hunt is the immigrant. However, this is a note I copied from Martha Wallenhorst of Prodigy (RFBR55A) on 5-9-92. Jacob Hunt is not William’s father. That is a mistake that most every Hunt book in our line has made. Everyone knows that his father came from Abington MM. But everyone assumes that it is either Abiington MM in Lancanshire, Eng. or from Abington Grove farm outside of Boston. This was a prosperous farm but never owned by a Hunt. It was part of the Quincy Estates. The Abington that William’s father came from still exists. It is the Abington MM in Abington, Pa, a suburb of Phila. He came to that meeting from Chester Co., Eng. Possibly with his bride to be. His name is William Hunt, he married April 6, 1687 to Margaret Person (Pearson) dau. Of Lawrence and Elizabeth Person. Margaret caem to the new world with her brother Thomas on the ship Endevor in 1683. She was born in Pownell Fee twp., Chester Co., England came to this country as a Quaker. They married in Burlington MM, Burlington Co., N. J. William died Sept. 6, 1694 in Phila. He is buried in the Friends yard in “Historic” Phila. The misconception that Jacob was his father started over 125 years ago when Mrs. Hunt published her husbands genealogy and stated that the only known Hunt to come to these shores was a Knight of England who was disgraced on the field and fled to the new world. He changed his name to Ephraim Hunt and married. “From this issue came a son Jacob who had a son Jacob who was the personal artist to General George Washington during the French and Indian War”.

This Jacob had issue and his son had issue, Jacob. This Jacob had issue of 14 children. Yes, this Jacob had a William but this William married a Coffin from Nanctucket and had no Will in his issue. All of his children have been traced by other sources with the majority of them staying in Mass and upper NY. There is no firm connection between the two families. (Source WWW.genweb.net/~hunt/william/fam00949.htm)

!SOURCES: 1. Family Records

          2. Church Records: marr BA A p. 58 minutes of Philadelphia monthly
             meeting
          3. Am Quaker Gen. vol II Am 25 p. 234
          4. Main Archive Record

1. ↑ "Ancestry of Allen Grinnell Cleaver and Martha Irene Jessup" compiled by William Jessup Cleaver - published by Gateway Press,Baltimore, MD 1989:.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Research and Personal Knowledge of Michael Monroe, mmonroe@@qualcomm.com.