Peter Hunt (bef. 1619 - abt. 1692)

Born before 4 Jul 1619 in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Smith) Blake — married 14 Dec 1646 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 21 Oct 1692 after about age 73 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony

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Biography

Peter Hunt, son of Enoch Hunt, was baptised on 4 July 1619 in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England.^[1][2]

Peter's father, Enoch, was from the parish of Lee in Buckinghamshire, England, and emigrated to New England, settling in Weymouth, Massachusetts, by 1640. Peter was born in England and emigrated with his family. Enoch Hunt returned to England in the 1640s, while his sons Ephraim and Peter remained in New England.^[3]

Peter Hunt settled in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, where in 1643 he was one of the first purchasers of land. He married Elizabeth Smith at Rehoboth on 14 December 1646.^[3][4]

Peter died on 21 October 1692 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.^[5] His burial location is unknown.^[6]

Will

In his will dated 19 June 1689 and proved 26 December 1692, Peter Hunt gives bequests to eldest son Enoch, sons John, Ephraim and Benjamin, daughters Judith Williams (and her sons Nathaniel and Thomas Cooper), son-in-law Samuel Peck, son-in-law James Willett, granddaughters Ann Paine, Sarah Peck, beloved wife Elizabeth.^[7]

Research notes

From Torrey's NE Marriages: HUNT, Peter (1615-1692) & Elizabeth SMITH, m/2 James BLAKE 1695; 14 Dec 1646; Rehoboth {Blake-Glidden 7; NYGBR 43:292 (Judith (Hunt) Cooper; Ackley-Bosworth 110; Paine Anc. (1936) 23; Reg. 4:320, 62:182; Paine (,5) 40; Paine (,11) 72; Hunt 304; Hunt (pamphlet); Blake (1898) 28, Guild Anc. 18}

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   FamilySearch Record: J3DQ-GJY (accessed 17 June 2023)
   Peter Hunt baptism on 4 Jul 1619, son of Enoch Hunt, in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England.
2. ↑ Baptism: "England, Buckinghamshire, Church Records, 1217-1994"
   FamilySearch Record: 685S-W4RC (accessed 17 June 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS6T-JKPS Image number 00051
   Peter Hunt baptism on 4 Jul 1619, child of Enoch Hunt, in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Chamberlain, George W. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts, Vol. 3, page 312.
4. ↑ Vital Records of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Marriages, page 198: Hunt, Lieut. Peter and Elizabeth Smith, Dec. 14, 1646.
5. ↑ Death: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Death, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.
   FamilySearch Record: QG1V-RLTV (accessed 17 June 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89XF-NK7T Image number 00921
   Peter Hunt death 21 Oct 1692 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
6. ↑ Burial: "Find A Grave Index"
   citing record ID 148372786, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   FamilySearch Record: QK1J-Q3M5 (accessed 17 June 2023)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #148372786
   Peter Hunt burial (died on 20 Oct 1692).
7. ↑ Will of Peter Hunt of Rehoboth. Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, Vol 1, Pages 59-60.

• Wyman, Thomas B, and W L. G. Hunt. Genealogy of the Name and Family of Hunt: Early Established in America from Europe : Exhibiting Pedigrees of Ten Thousand Persons : Enlarged by Religious and Historic Readings : Enriched with Indices of Names and Places. Boston: J. Wilson and Son, 1862. Page 304.
• Parke, Nathan. The Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & His Wife Emma Arabella Bosworth (Elm Tree Press, Woodstock, Vt., 1960). Page 110.
• Paine, Ruth F. W, and Albert Paine. Paine Genealogy and Allied Lines: Ancestors of William Alfred Paine. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing Company, 1936. Page 7. Follows Enoch>Peter>Sarah.
• Sumner, Edith B. Ancestry of Edward Wales Blake and Clarissa Matilda Glidden: With Ninety Allied Families. Los Angeles, Calif: publisher not identified, 1948. Page 7. (This is the marriage of widow of Peter Hunt to James Blake)
• Hunt, Edmund S. Weymouth Ways and Weymouth People: Reminiscences. Boston: Priv. print, 1907.
• Guild, Howard R. Ancestry of Calvin Guild, Margaret Taft, James Humphreys, and Rebecca Covell Martin: Including Over One Hundred Surnames, 1620-1890. Salem, Mass.: Printed by the Salem Press, 1891. Page 18. View on FamilySearch Follows Peter>Enoch>Elizabeth
• Weymouth Historical Society, et al. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. 4 vols. [Boston], [Wright & Potter Print. Co.] 1923. Note: Book is available free online from Hathi Trust.