Ephraim Hunt Jr. (1650 - 1713)

Born 1650 in Weymouth, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Joanna (Alcock) Hunt — married before 1679 (to 26 Jun 1713) in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 26 Jun 1713 at about age 63 in Weymouth, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Name

Ephraim Hunt Source: #S005146

Birth

Date: 1650

Place: Weymouth, MA

Marriage

Date: ABT 1678

Place: Weymouth, Norfolk, Ma. Source: #S005146

Husband: Ephraim Hunt

Wife: Joanna Alcock

Child: Ebenezer Hunt

Notes

Note NI02149 (Source: #S005146):

He was Captain in the difficult 1690 expedition to Canada, Colonel in 1706, 1707, Councillor to Gov. Dudley 1703 to 1713. He resided in Weymouth as did his brother Capt. John but he was employed in Braintree to a considerable extent in laying out lands and in 1700 when the "Purchase Lands" (now chiefly Randolph & Holbrook) were acquired from Boston he was employed in the matter and was voted by the town of Braintree to hold an equal share with the other one hundred men who made the purchase and divided the lands into six divisions of twenty six lots in each and five shares as parts in each lot for the five partners of the lot. Each man had one fifth of a lot, there being twenty such lots in each of the six divisions, plus smaller individual shares in the swamp lands which were divided separately. Col. Ephraim Hunt and his brother John were large land holders in Braintree as they had already in 1698 purchased the 599 acre "Moore's Farm" from Edmund Quincy estate, part of which remained in the family a long time.

He also was engaged in ship building on the Braintree side of Smelt Brook at Weymouth - Braintree line in the 1690's as shown by entries in his still extant account book.

S.P.21-659 - Inventory - Col. Ephraim Hunt, late of Weymouth, Esq., dec. Mar.1,1719.

Homestead & house in Weymouth £1200

Moore's Farm & 1/4 sawmill in Braintree £450

Shed Neck £200

Pasture in Wey. £55

The Pine Swamp & 1/2 sawmill in Braintree £35

Bendall's Farm £100

Cedar swamp & 1/4 sawmill in Weymouth £10

A dwelling house in Boston £220

Wasteland in Braintree £8 £2298

Estate cannot be divided without prejudice, Mar.15,1719.

Sons John, William, Ebenezer, & Thomas accept it to pay their brothers & sisters, saving to widow Joanna her dower.

To Samuel eldest son who accepts only a single share.

To Peter

To children of Johanna, dec.

To Elizabeth, Sarah, Mercy & Ephraim or their guardians £139/5/5 each.

Is this him: From Edmund S Soper's Weymouth Ways and Weymouth People - Reminiscences, pub 1907.

Col. Ephraim Hunt, according to his account book, built several vessels at the mouth of the Smelt brook between 1690 and 1700, among them one for Captain Lyle in 1694.

Thomas Kingman, Junior, agreed Dec. 15, 1694, "to cart lumber from Joseph Green's saw-mill to the water side at Smelt Brook for Col. Hunt," and Cornelius Holbrook agreed, Jan. 16, 1693/4, "to deliver lumber at the ship's side at Smelt Brook in Weymouth before the first day of March next, for Ephraim Hunt."

"An account of the men who work upon the ship to get her up : viz. John Vinson, Jo : Waters, Wm : Manley, John Clothes, Nich: Phillips, Elias Monk, Thomas Coats, at Iqs. p. man; James Ludden, gs.; Edward Darby, 1ar. ; Edmund Jackson, 6s.; Henry Adams, los. ; Hez: Turner, 10j.; George Thomas, Ss.; Francis Ball, Ss.; Sam. Gurney, 3-r.; John Hodgdon, 1 S.t. ; James Smith, Qj. ; John Taylor, 43.; Lieut. Nash, 1s."

Ship-building was an industry of importance at the Landing until 1848, when Mr. Atherton W. Tilden built the last.

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Sources

• Source: S005146 Title: Genealogies of the Families Of Braintree, Norfolk, Mass., 1640-1850: Including the modern town of Randolph & Holbrook and the city of Quincy, after the separation from Braintree in 1792-3. Pages: 2726, 2728. Author: Waldo Chamberlain Sprague, AB. Note NI02149. Call Number: CD-ROM (SCD-BF).

• Source SI06227 Title: Chamberlain's Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth.

Contributors and Merge Chronology

• WikiTree profile Hunt-221 created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 14 September 2010.

• WikiTree profile Hunt-1421 created through the import of oldweymouth families072011.GED on July 5, 2011 by Alyson X. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Alyson and others.

• WikiTree profile Hunt-1481 created through the import of oldweymouth families072011.GED on July 5, 2011 by Alyson X. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Alyson and others.

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• WikiTree profile Hunt-2244 created through the import of Putnam2-1_2010-01-02_2011-02-16_2011-10-11.ged on Oct 12, 2011 by John Putnam. See the Changes page for the details of edits by John and others.

• WikiTree profile Hunt-3817 created through the import of Seeger.Ozier tree.ged on Nov 5, 2012 by Julie Seeger. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Julie and others.

• Profiles Hunt-221 and Hunt-1421 merged 22 Jul 2013, Hunt-3817 added 23 Jul 2013, Hunt-2110 added 26 Jul 2013, Hunt-1481 added 28 Jul 2013, Hunt-2244 added 28 August 2013.
• WikiTree profile Hunt-1520 created through the import of oldweymouth families072011.GED on Jul 5, 2011 by Alyson X. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Alyson and others.