Descendants of Samuel HUNT & Mary BURROUGHS

Third Generation

Family of John HUNT (2) & Margaret MOORE

3. Joanna HUNT (John2, Samuel1). Born in 1712. Joanna died in 1762; she was 50.

- 1740/41 (proved 1748) - inherited in father’s will:
New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817
Name: John Hunt
Residence Date: 11 Feb 1740
Residence Location: Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
From image: Page 256 New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills -- 1730-1750
1740-1, Feb. 11. Hunt, John, of Hopewell, Hunterdon Co.; will of.
Eldest son, Wilson, a negro slave “Peet,” and an account due testator from Mr. Daniel Coxe.
Second son, Jonathan, plantation.
Wife, Margaret, negro wench Dinah.
Two daughters, Johannah and Charity.
Sons, John and Noah, plantation where Richrd Hudnut lived.
Sons, Gershom, Daniel and Enoch, plantation where testator lived, adjoing George Smith.
Executors - wife, and sons Willson and Jonathan.
Witnesses -- William Cornell, Gershom Moore and Reuben Armitage.
Proved Oct 1, 1748. Lib. 6, p. 82.
1748, Oct 1. Inventory (£434.5.4) includes Bible; 28 cheeses £2.6.8), negro wench, Dina (£60), two guns, 12 hives of bees, negro man Peet, (£30). Made by Andrew Smith, Esquire, and Vinson Runyan.

Joanna married GREENE.

4. Wilson HUNT (John2, Samuel1). Born in 1714. Wilson died in 1782; he was 68.

- 1740/41 (proved 1748) - inherited in father’s will:
New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817
Name: John Hunt
Residence Date: 11 Feb 1740
Residence Location: Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
From image: Page 256 New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills -- 1730-1750
1740-1, Feb. 11. Hunt, John, of Hopewell, Hunterdon Co.; will of.
Eldest son, Wilson, a negro slave “Peet,” and an account due testator from Mr. Daniel Coxe.
Second son, Jonathan, plantation.
Wife, Margaret, negro wench Dinah.
Two daughters, Johannah and Charity.
Sons, John and Noah, plantation where Richrd Hudnut lived.
Sons, Gershom, Daniel and Enoch, plantation where testator lived, adjoing George Smith.
Executors - wife, and sons Willson and Jonathan.
Witnesses -- William Cornell, Gershom Moore and Reuben Armitage.
Proved Oct 1, 1748. Lib. 6, p. 82.
1748, Oct 1. Inventory (£434.5.4) includes Bible; 28 cheeses £2.6.8), negro wench, Dina (£60), two guns, 12 hives of bees, negro man Peet, (£30). Made by Andrew Smith, Esquire, and Vinson Runyan.

5. Jonathan HUNT (John2, Samuel1). Born on 12 Oct 1715 in Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA. Jonathan died in Cana, Rowan, North Carolina, USA, on 5 Sep 1782; he was 66.

- 1740/41 (proved 1748) - inherited in father’s will:
New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817
Name: John Hunt
Residence Date: 11 Feb 1740
Residence Location: Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
From image: Page 256 New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills -- 1730-1750
1740-1, Feb. 11. Hunt, John, of Hopewell, Hunterdon Co.; will of.
Eldest son, Wilson, a negro slave “Peet,” and an account due testator from Mr. Daniel Coxe.
Second son, Jonathan, plantation.
Wife, Margaret, negro wench Dinah.
Two daughters, Johannah and Charity.
Sons, John and Noah, plantation where Richrd Hudnut lived.
Sons, Gershom, Daniel and Enoch, plantation where testator lived, adjoing George Smith.
Executors - wife, and sons Willson and Jonathan.
Witnesses -- William Cornell, Gershom Moore and Reuben Armitage.
Proved Oct 1, 1748. Lib. 6, p. 82.
1748, Oct 1. Inventory (£434.5.4) includes Bible; 28 cheeses £2.6.8), negro wench, Dina (£60), two guns, 12 hives of bees, negro man Peet, (£30). Made by Andrew Smith, Esquire, and Vinson Runyan.

RESEARCH NOTES
- The history and reasons for moving from Hopewell NJ to the “Jersey Settlement” in Rowan County NC is well documents: see http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/mckstmerjersey.htm

... “The earliest families identified in Jersey Settlement c1745 were those of Jonathan Hunt, Thomas and Rebecca (Anderson) Smith, Robert Heaton, and John Titus. (Hunt and Titus were married to Smith's nieces.) Others from Hopewell, e.g., Cornelius Anderson, came in this first party or soon followed. They were founding this settlement so that they (and groups that followed) could recoup losses suffered when New Jersey's Supreme Court invalidated deeds to thousands of acres in Hopewell, land their fathers had purchased as wilderness. To understand this amazing story of invalidated land titles, one must "begin at the beginning" with the founding of West Jersey's Hopewell Township, followed by a slow build up to the surprising events that preceded this migration.” ...

... “At the time of the formation of Rowan County in 1753, two of the Yadkin settlers, Col. George Smith and Jonathan Hunt, were important enough that the Assembly would not approve the bill for the formation of Rowan County until the names of George Smith Col., and Jonathan Hunt, Capt. were re-inserted. Their names had been in the original bill for formation, but had been deleted and other names substituted by his Majesty’s Council. Early Jersey Church served Episcopalians, Baptists and Presbyterians, with later sermons, marriages and baptisms performed by visiting preachers, including Moravians, and catechism lessons by Lutheran Rev. David Henkel. [George Smith (1713-cl.799) s/o Andrew, Jr., brother-in-law to Jonathan Hunt; Smith Bible; Rep. James Whitaker (1779-1871) of Cherokee Co., N.C., My Memoirs, private publication].”

In 1738 when Jonathan was 22, he married Mary Francis SMITH in Hopewell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA. Born on 14 Sep 1720 in Hopewell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA. Mary Francis died in Yadkin River, Rowan, North Carolina, USA, on 23 Mar 1757; she was 36.

From other researchers:
- daughter of Andrew Smith (1689-1767) and Sarah Stout (1689-1761)
- 8 children listed (1738-1757)

They had one child:

12i.

Sarah HUNT (1738-1795)

6. John HUNT (John2, Samuel1). Born in 1719. John died in 1795; he was 76.

- 1740/41 (proved 1748) - inherited in father’s will:
New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817
Name: John Hunt
Residence Date: 11 Feb 1740
Residence Location: Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
From image: Page 256 New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills -- 1730-1750
1740-1, Feb. 11. Hunt, John, of Hopewell, Hunterdon Co.; will of.
Eldest son, Wilson, a negro slave “Peet,” and an account due testator from Mr. Daniel Coxe.
Second son, Jonathan, plantation.
Wife, Margaret, negro wench Dinah.
Two daughters, Johannah and Charity.
Sons, John and Noah, plantation where Richrd Hudnut lived.
Sons, Gershom, Daniel and Enoch, plantation where testator lived, adjoing George Smith.
Executors - wife, and sons Willson and Jonathan.
Witnesses -- William Cornell, Gershom Moore and Reuben Armitage.
Proved Oct 1, 1748. Lib. 6, p. 82.
1748, Oct 1. Inventory (£434.5.4) includes Bible; 28 cheeses £2.6.8), negro wench, Dina (£60), two guns, 12 hives of bees, negro man Peet, (£30). Made by Andrew Smith, Esquire, and Vinson Runyan.

7. Noah HUNT (John2, Samuel1). Born in 1724. Noah died in 1805; he was 81.

- 1740/41 (proved 1748) - inherited in father’s will:
New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817
Name: John Hunt
Residence Date: 11 Feb 1740
Residence Location: Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
From image: Page 256 New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills -- 1730-1750
1740-1, Feb. 11. Hunt, John, of Hopewell, Hunterdon Co.; will of.
Eldest son, Wilson, a negro slave “Peet,” and an account due testator from Mr. Daniel Coxe.
Second son, Jonathan, plantation.
Wife, Margaret, negro wench Dinah.
Two daughters, Johannah and Charity.
Sons, John and Noah, plantation where Richrd Hudnut lived.
Sons, Gershom, Daniel and Enoch, plantation where testator lived, adjoing George Smith.
Executors - wife, and sons Willson and Jonathan.
Witnesses -- William Cornell, Gershom Moore and Reuben Armitage.
Proved Oct 1, 1748. Lib. 6, p. 82.
1748, Oct 1. Inventory (£434.5.4) includes Bible; 28 cheeses £2.6.8), negro wench, Dina (£60), two guns, 12 hives of bees, negro man Peet, (£30). Made by Andrew Smith, Esquire, and Vinson Runyan.

8. Daniel HUNT (John2, Samuel1). Born abt 1726 in Mercer County, New Jersey, USA. Daniel died in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA, abt 1802; he was 76.

- 1740/41 (proved 1748) - inherited in father’s will:
New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817
Name: John Hunt
Residence Date: 11 Feb 1740
Residence Location: Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
From image: Page 256 New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills -- 1730-1750
1740-1, Feb. 11. Hunt, John, of Hopewell, Hunterdon Co.; will of.
Eldest son, Wilson, a negro slave “Peet,” and an account due testator from Mr. Daniel Coxe.
Second son, Jonathan, plantation.
Wife, Margaret, negro wench Dinah.
Two daughters, Johannah and Charity.
Sons, John and Noah, plantation where Richrd Hudnut lived.
Sons, Gershom, Daniel and Enoch, plantation where testator lived, adjoing George Smith.
Executors - wife, and sons Willson and Jonathan.
Witnesses -- William Cornell, Gershom Moore and Reuben Armitage.
Proved Oct 1, 1748. Lib. 6, p. 82.
1748, Oct 1. Inventory (£434.5.4) includes Bible; 28 cheeses £2.6.8), negro wench, Dina (£60), two guns, 12 hives of bees, negro man Peet, (£30). Made by Andrew Smith, Esquire, and Vinson Runyan.

From other researchers:
- 11 children listed

Daniel married Susannah GREENE. Born in 1730. Susannah died in 1789; she was 59.

RESEARCH NOTES
- is last name GREENE or LOWRANCE?

They had one child:

13i.

Gershom HUNT (1752-1827)

9. Charity HUNT (John2, Samuel1).

- 1740/41 (proved 1748) - inherited in father’s will:
New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817
Name: John Hunt
Residence Date: 11 Feb 1740
Residence Location: Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
From image: Page 256 New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills -- 1730-1750
1740-1, Feb. 11. Hunt, John, of Hopewell, Hunterdon Co.; will of.
Eldest son, Wilson, a negro slave “Peet,” and an account due testator from Mr. Daniel Coxe.
Second son, Jonathan, plantation.
Wife, Margaret, negro wench Dinah.
Two daughters, Johannah and Charity.
Sons, John and Noah, plantation where Richrd Hudnut lived.
Sons, Gershom, Daniel and Enoch, plantation where testator lived, adjoing George Smith.
Executors - wife, and sons Willson and Jonathan.
Witnesses -- William Cornell, Gershom Moore and Reuben Armitage.
Proved Oct 1, 1748. Lib. 6, p. 82.
1748, Oct 1. Inventory (£434.5.4) includes Bible; 28 cheeses £2.6.8), negro wench, Dina (£60), two guns, 12 hives of bees, negro man Peet, (£30). Made by Andrew Smith, Esquire, and Vinson Runyan.

10. Gershom HUNT (John2, Samuel1).

- 1740/41 (proved 1748) - inherited in father’s will:
New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817
Name: John Hunt
Residence Date: 11 Feb 1740
Residence Location: Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
From image: Page 256 New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills -- 1730-1750
1740-1, Feb. 11. Hunt, John, of Hopewell, Hunterdon Co.; will of.
Eldest son, Wilson, a negro slave “Peet,” and an account due testator from Mr. Daniel Coxe.
Second son, Jonathan, plantation.
Wife, Margaret, negro wench Dinah.
Two daughters, Johannah and Charity.
Sons, John and Noah, plantation where Richrd Hudnut lived.
Sons, Gershom, Daniel and Enoch, plantation where testator lived, adjoing George Smith.
Executors - wife, and sons Willson and Jonathan.
Witnesses -- William Cornell, Gershom Moore and Reuben Armitage.
Proved Oct 1, 1748. Lib. 6, p. 82.
1748, Oct 1. Inventory (£434.5.4) includes Bible; 28 cheeses £2.6.8), negro wench, Dina (£60), two guns, 12 hives of bees, negro man Peet, (£30). Made by Andrew Smith, Esquire, and Vinson Runyan.

11. Enoch HUNT (John2, Samuel1).

- 1740/41 (proved 1748) - inherited in father’s will:
New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817
Name: John Hunt
Residence Date: 11 Feb 1740
Residence Location: Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
From image: Page 256 New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills -- 1730-1750
1740-1, Feb. 11. Hunt, John, of Hopewell, Hunterdon Co.; will of.
Eldest son, Wilson, a negro slave “Peet,” and an account due testator from Mr. Daniel Coxe.
Second son, Jonathan, plantation.
Wife, Margaret, negro wench Dinah.
Two daughters, Johannah and Charity.
Sons, John and Noah, plantation where Richrd Hudnut lived.
Sons, Gershom, Daniel and Enoch, plantation where testator lived, adjoing George Smith.
Executors - wife, and sons Willson and Jonathan.
Witnesses -- William Cornell, Gershom Moore and Reuben Armitage.
Proved Oct 1, 1748. Lib. 6, p. 82.
1748, Oct 1. Inventory (£434.5.4) includes Bible; 28 cheeses £2.6.8), negro wench, Dina (£60), two guns, 12 hives of bees, negro man Peet, (£30). Made by Andrew Smith, Esquire, and Vinson Runyan.

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