Joseph Hunt (1672 - abt. 1730)

Born 1672 in Westchester, New York Colony

Ancestors

Died about 1730 at about age 58 in Westchester, New York

Biography

Joseph Hunt was born 16 Oct 1672 at Cow Neck, New York. He was the son of Joseph Hunt and grandson of Thomas Hunt (1615-1695). His father is mentioned in Thomas’s will, by which he was granted 40 pounds sterling.^[1].

Joseph and Bethia Ferguson obtained a marriage license on 20 Dec 1697. He died about 1743.

Marriage

Joseph is said to have married Bethia Richardson , the widow of John Ketcham, in 1707.^[2] Both Joseph and Bethia were in their fifties by 1707.

The Genealogical and Biogrsphical Record Quarterly has her marriage to Edward Kecham in 1677. Marriage record: Name Bethia Richardson Spouse Name Edward Ketcham Marriage Date 1677 Marriage Place Westchester, New York Marriage ID2220275517 other Comments on microfilm at Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Household Members Edward Ketcham

Research notes

Bethia Richardson was living in Westchester and one source has her death as October 1707.

Children

Martha is listed in an often-reliable mid 19th century source as having been a daughter of Joseph Hunt. However, that same source conflates Joseph's father Thomas with his brother Thomas Jr., so it is not always reliable.^[3] Also listed that way, with the same conflation, in another more recent source ^[4] It would seem that Martha must have been the child of an earlier marriage.

Other Activities

Joseph witnessed the will of John Oakley of Westchester on April 19, 1712^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ William S. Pelletreau, Early Wills of Westchester County, New York from 1664 to 1784: a careful abstract of all almost 800 wills recorded by the Surrogate Office (New York: Francis P. Harper, 1898), page 389.
2. ↑ F.J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent. Vol. VII p. 470. 2003. Possibly the reference should be to Volume VI?
3. ↑ Bolton, Robert Jr., History of the County of Westchester from its First Settlement to the Present Time, (New York, 1848, Printed by Alexander S. Gould), Volume II, p. 523
4. ↑ Norman Davis, Westchester Patriarchs, (Bowie, Maryland, 1988, Heritage Books, Inc.) p. 127
5. ↑ William S. Pelletreau, Early Wills of Westchester County, New York from 1664 to 1784: a careful abstract of all almost 800 wills recorded by the Surrogate Office (New York: Francis P. Harper, 1898), page 43

• Seversmith, Herbert Furman, Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut : being the ancestry & kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith. Washington: unknown, 1939-1958. Page Kecham 1715

• New York City Marriages, 1600s-1800s. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly), 1932, selected extractsPublisherNew York Genealogical and Biographical SocietyPublication PlaceNew York, NYPage183