Individual Details

Martha Hunter

(Ca 1752 - )



Martha married first John Donne. His appearance in connection with some of her sisters ties the family together. Martha said to have married second to George Gregson, 28 Jul 1792 - but the place as Orange Co NC makes me think this may not be her marriage.

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KYJEFFER/2003-02/1046097922
This is from "Two Hundred Years at the Falls of the Ohio: A History of Louisville and Jefferson Co., KY" by George H. Yater. Published by the Filson Club, Louisville, KY 1987.
Names with * received land for military service. Name in ( ) is the wife, following names are children.
ORIGINAL CORN ISLAND FAMILIES
* William Linn, widower, and several of his 6 children
John Donne, Sr. (Martha Hunter, daughter of Joseph Hunter), John Jr.,
slave
Joseph Hunter (widower), Joseph, David, James, Ann


In 1784, Joshua Archer was sued by his brother-in-law, John Donne, for assault and battery.

"Calendar of Bond and Power of Attorney Book of Jefferson County, Kentucky 1783-1798, Page 47 is an entry for Abraham Kellar's wife and it is very revealing.
"Mary Kellar, widow of Abraham Kellar, dec'd, appoints her friend and kinsman John Donne of Jefferson County her lawful attorney and in her name to receive Isaac Kellar,
administrator of the estate of her late husband, Abraham Kellar, all lands , etc. that belong to her in right of widowhood, or otherwise, and also lands of the State of Virginia due to her or her late husband, Jan.6, 1786"

Events

BirthCa 1752

Families

FatherJoseph Hunter (1730 - 1793)
MotherMary Holmes ( - 1784)
SiblingMary Hunter ( - )
SiblingJane Hunter (1754 - )
SiblingJames Hunter (1756 - 1777)
SiblingJoseph Hunter Jr. (1760 - 1823)
SiblingAnn "Nancy" Hunter (1764 - 1807)
SiblingDavid Hunter (1766 - )
SiblingAbraham Hunter (1772 - 1786)