Sherebiah Hunt (bef. 1758 - 1826)

Born before 30 Jul 1758 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (White) Hunt — married 16 May 1780 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Dorothy (Mirick) Hunt — married 12 Apr 1796 in Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Mar 1826 after age 67 in Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

SHEREBIAH HUNT, baptized at Lancaster, 30 Jul 1758 son of Sherebiah Hunt and Deborah Wilder;^[1] d. at Ashburnham, 6 Mar 1826;^[2][3] m. 1st, at Lancaster, 16 May 1780,^[4] RUTH WHITE, b. at Lancaster, 17 Apr 1759 daughter of Joseph and Patience (Ball) White;^[5] Ruth d. 30 Oct 1794. Sherebiah m. 2nd, 12 Apr 1796,^[6] DOROTHY MIRICK (widow of Daniel Garfield), b. at Princeton, 22 Mar 1763 daughter of James and Dorothy (Fairbanks) Mirick; Dorothy d. at Ashburnham, 2 Nov 1846.

Sherebiah resided in Ashburnham where he kept a farm. Sherebiah Hunt served as deacon of the Congregational church in Ashburnham from 1798 until his death in 1826. He served civic functions of tithingman and elected offices.^[7]

In 1800, Sherebiah head a household of six persons at Ashburnham: one male 26 to 44, one female 25 to 44, one male 10 to 15, two females under 10, and one female 16 to 25.^[8]

On 18 September 1815, Sherebiah Hunt with his wife Dorothy, in consideration of ten hundred dollars, conveyed an undivided third part of his farm to Elisha Garfield (his stepson).^[9]

In her will written 12 May 1845 (allowed 1 December 1846), Dorothy Hunt bequeathed two dollars to her son Charles S. Hunt. The remainder of her estate, real and personal, is to be equally divided between daughters Dorothy and Ruth Hunt. Reuben Townsend of Ashburnham was named executor. Real property was valued at $623 and personal estate at $55.50.^[10]

Children

Sherebiah Hunt and Ruth White were parents of one child born at Ashburnham.

i DEBORAH HUNT, b. 21 Jul 1781; d. at Winchendon, 7 Feb 1817; m. at Ashburnham, 3 Dec 1803, AMOS STEARNS, b. at Winchendon, 11 Sep 1776 son of Bartholomew and Mary (Raymond) Stearns; Amos d. at Winchendon, 18 Oct 1838. Amos married second Sarah Miller (widow of Joseph Maynard) on 6 Dec 1817.

Sherebiah Hunt and Dorothy Mirick were parents of three children born at Ashburnham. Dorothy had one son, Elisha, with her first husband Daniel Garfield. Elisha died at Ashburnham in 1829. His mother Dorothy Hunt administered his estate.^[11]

i DOROTHY HUNT, b. 18 Apr 1797; d. at Ashburnham, 22 Nov 1882. Dorothy did not marry.

ii RUTH HUNT, b. 3 Jun 1799; d. at Ashburnham, 10 Jun 1894. Ruth did not marry.

iii CHARLES S. HUNT, b. 9 Jan 1802; d. at Boston, 12 Feb 1861; m. at Boston by Rev. Daniel Sharp, 9 Jan 1828, MARY ANN HOW VOSE, b. at Boston, 29 Sep 1810 daughter of Abraham and Mary (Hall) Vose; Mary d. at Boston, 17 Jan 1890.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKY-ZXX : 15 January 2020), Sherebiah Hunt, 1758. Date is christening
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHB5-V3D : 20 May 2022), Dea. Sherebiah Hunt, 6 Mar 1826; citing Death, Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009548.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142524374/sherebiah-hunt: accessed 08 November 2023), memorial page for Deacon Sherebiah Hunt (30 Jul 1758–6 Mar 1826), Find A Grave: Memorial #142524374, citing Meetinghouse Hill Cemetery, Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Cheshire (contributor 47921031).
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCC-MT2C : 11 May 2022), Sherebiah Hunt and Ruth White, 16 May 1780; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011279.
5. ↑ White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White, volume 1, p 71; volume 2, p 343
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQH-C9V : 28 July 2021), Sherebiah Hunt, 1796.
7. ↑ Stearns, History of Ashburnham, p 283, p 759
8. ↑ Year: 1800; Census Place: Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts; Series: M32; Roll: 16; Page: 459; Image: 465; Family History Library Film: 205617
9. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Worcester County, 199:136
10. ↑ Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Case 32426
11. ↑ Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Case 22915

• Stearns, Ezra Scollay. 1887. History of Ashburnham, Massachusetts, from the Grant of Dorchester Canada to the Present Time, 1734-1886; with a Genealogical Register of Ashburnham Families. Ashburnham, MA: Published by the town.

• White, Almira Larkin. 1900. Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts: 1638-1909. Haverhill, MA: Chase Brothers, printers.