Edward Hunt1,2

M, #393, d. between 15 January 1715/16 and 29 February 1715/16
Last Edited: 20 Nov 2013
Charts:
Ancestors of Edgar Scudder Cook
Pedigree of Edgar Scudder Cook

Parents:

Father: Ralph Hunt1,2 d. Feb 1676/77

Family 1:

Sarah Betts d. b 16 Mar 1711

Children:

Richard Hunt1
Ralph Hunt1
Sarah Hunt1
Martha Hunt1
Edward Hunt+ 1 b. 4 Feb 1683/84, d. Dec 1759

Family 2:

Elizabeth Hazard d. 11 Oct 1747

Children:

Elizabeth Hunt1 d. bt 1716 - 1747
Abigail Hunt1 b. c 1698, d. bt 1716 - 1747
Thomas Hunt1 b. a 1698
Jonathan Hunt1 b. a 1698
Hannah Hunt+4,1 b. c 1712, d. 17 Aug 1759

Notes

  • Note: of Newtown, Queens Co. N.Y.4
  • Note*: Will of Edward Hunt of Newtown Long Island dated 15 Jan 1715/16, proved 29 Feb 1715/16, names wife Elizabeth and her brothers Thomas and James Hazard, sons Edward and Richard [sic] to receive his lands in Hunterdon County New Jersey on which they are living, sons Thomas and Jonathan to receive his lands in Newtown, son Ralph to receive the testator's brother Ralph's land on Long Island, daughters Sarah Titus, Martha, Elizabeth, Hannah and Abigail, and granddaughter Sarah Reeder. Published in N.Y. Gen. and Bio. Record, LXV, 322, also in Collections of N.Y. Hist. Soc., 1893, VIII, p. 170. [Abstracted from Cook article]1
  • Note: Researcher Mitchell J. Hunt, citing Lewis D. Cook, asserts that Edward Hunt had an additional daughter by wife Sarah Betts:
    "Anna who died before 1716 and not mentioned in father's will; probably the Anna Hunt who m. Isaac Reeder 21 May 1711. Reeder later died testate in Trenton Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ in 1763, aged 85 years."5
  • Note: Land purchases in New Jersey:
    "1696 Oct. 29. [Deed] for Edward Hunt, of 200 a., in the Society's 30,200 a tract, in the branches of Shabbacunck Cr." (NJA 21:392)

    "1697-7 March 24. [Deed] Thomas Revell, as Trustee of W. J. Society, to Edward Hunt of Newtowne, Queens Co., N. Y., for 200 acres of the Society's land above the Falls of Delaware, in the 30,000 a. tract." (NJA 21:494)

    Church:
    1698/9 Mar 18 - Edward Hunt was among the twenty eight buyers of 100 acres in Maidenhead "for a meeting house, burying ground and schoolhouse" (NJA 21:517-8).6

Citations

  1. [S81] Cook, Lewis D., "Corrected Genealogy of Ralph Hunt of Newtown, L.I., New York", The American Genealogist Vol 26 pp. 1-7 (January 1950).   Cook--Ralph-Hunt-Corrected.pdf
  2. [S403] Riker Jr., James, The Annals of Newtown, in Queens County, New York : Containing its history from its first settlement, together with many interesting facts concerning the adjacent towns; also, a particular account of numerous Long Island families now spread over this and various other states of the Union (New York: D. Fanshaw, 1852).   Riker--Annals-of-Newtown.pdf   Riker--Annals-of-Newtown--Charts.pdf
  3. [S522] Watkins, Walter Kendall, "Some Early New York Settlers From New England", New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol 55, p. 297 (1901).   Watkins--Early-NY-Settlers.pdf
  4. [S87] Cook, Lewis D., "The Smith Family of Bedford, N.Y. and Maidenhead, N.J.", Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey Vol 46 pp. 49-61 & 122-132 (May 1971).   Cook--Smith-Family-of-Bedford.pdf
  5. [S217] Hunt, Mitchell J., An evaluation of the Consuelo Furman manuscript (1955) on Ralph Hunt of Long Island (which concludes erroneously that Ralph Hunt of Long Island and Ralph of Virginia were the same) : in context of genealogies of the unrelated pioneers, Thomas Hunt of Westchester, New York and Ralph Hunt of Long Island : with notes on early Hunts of Virginia and other early Hunts of Long Island and New York (1985. 38 page manuscript. FHL Microfilm 1697418. Available on web via FamilySearch catalog, ).   Hunt--Evaluation-Consuelo-Furman-MS.pdf
  6. [S128] Documents relating to the colonial, revolutionary and post-revolutionary history of the state of New Jersey. Also known as New Jersey Archives. First Series. Vol. 21. Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State. 1664-1703.