Individual Details
Edward HUNT
(Abt 1734 - )
Edward Hunt, b. ca. 1734, m. in 1759 Mary Shuel. In 1772 he purchased from Israel Pemberton of Philadelphia a tract of 222 1/2 acres of land at the junction of the Delaware and Musconetcong Rivers in Greenwich Twp., Sussex Co., NJ and in 1779 he purchased from his father an adjoining tract of 266 acres.
A note on the DAR lineage Book (no. 51, p. 204) on Edward Hunt (1754-1786) says "In the Winter of 1778-79 sixty cavalry horses belonging to the American Army were wintered in Hunt's meadows, and returned to the army in the Spring in excellent condition".
His Will dated 10 March 1786 and proved 11 April 1786 makes various bequests to children (available, but not itemized here) including leaving to "sons Edward, William, and John the plantation where I live, at age 21 years. "
A Codicil was added devising two-thirds of the rents of his real estate to be divided among his five daughters until his son William is age 21, the money to be used to school my sons William and John and my grandsons Edward Vaughn and Thomas Sproul. FIELD NAME Page
A note on the DAR lineage Book (no. 51, p. 204) on Edward Hunt (1754-1786) says "In the Winter of 1778-79 sixty cavalry horses belonging to the American Army were wintered in Hunt's meadows, and returned to the army in the Spring in excellent condition".
His Will dated 10 March 1786 and proved 11 April 1786 makes various bequests to children (available, but not itemized here) including leaving to "sons Edward, William, and John the plantation where I live, at age 21 years. "
A Codicil was added devising two-thirds of the rents of his real estate to be divided among his five daughters until his son William is age 21, the money to be used to school my sons William and John and my grandsons Edward Vaughn and Thomas Sproul. FIELD NAME Page
Events
| Birth | Abt 1734 | ||||
| Marriage | 1759 | Living |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | Edward HUNT (1760 - 1811) |
| Child | Catura HUNT (1762 - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Rebecca HUNT (1764 - ) |
| Child | Amelia HUNT (1766 - ) |
| Child | Hannah HUNT (1769 - 1851) |
| Child | William HUNT (1771 - 1820) |
| Child | John HUNT (1773 - 1851) |
| Father | Thomas HUNT (1701 - 1789) |
| Mother | Living |
| Sibling | Rebecca HUNT (1730 - 1789) |
| Sibling | Samuel HUNT ( - 1789) |
| Sibling | John HUNT ( - 1789) |
| Sibling | Abigail HUNT (1730 - 1800) |