Asa Hunt (1794 - 1868)

Born 14 Sep 1794 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Meranda (Derby) Hunt — married 7 Jul 1824 in Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Oct 1868 at age 74 in Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Asa was a son of Asa Hunt and Silence (Orcutt) Hunt, born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, on 14 September 1794.^[1]

Meranda Derby was his second wife. Meranda Derby of Roxbury and Asa Hunt Jr. entered intentions of marriage in Weymouth on 22 May 1824. ^[2] Asa Hunt of Weymouth and Meranda Derby were married in Third Parish Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on 7 July 1824.^[3] Sprague's Genealogies of the Families of Braintree indicates that this marriage was in Weymouth, but this is contradicted by the record.^[1]

The 1850 U.S. Census recorded Asa Hunt, age 55, in Weymouth, Massachusetts; with Merinda Hunt, 45; James A. Hunt, 20; Merinda D. Hunt, 25; Susan C. Hunt, 15; Charles B. Hunt, 19; and William B. Hunt, 13. All were born in Massachusetts. Asa, and James had the occupation of boot manufacturer and Charles B. Hunt was a boot maker. Asa reported $2500 in real estate. William had attended school within the year.^[4]

The 1855 Massachusetts State Census recorded Asa Hunt, age 60 and a farmer, in Weymouth, Massachusetts, with Merinda Hunt, 54, and Charles B. Hunt, 23 and a boot manufacturer. All were born in Massachusetts.^[5]

The 1860 U.S. Census recorded Asa Hunt in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He was 66 years old and a farmer, reporting $5000 real estate and $4000 personal estate. Others in the household were Marinda Hunt, age 58; William B. (apparently Hunt, but there are no ditto marks to indicate his last name), age 24 and a merchant, with $1000 real estate and $2000 personal estate; Sarah Mallett, age 45 and a servant; and John B. Blanchard, 49 and a servant. All were born in Massachusetts except for Sarah Mallett, who was born in Ireland. ^[6]

Research Notes

Is this him?

From Edmund S Soper's Weymouth Ways and Weymouth People - Reminiscences, pub 1907

In looking over my old papers, I find that I was manufacturing boots in 1851, in the old shop by the Burying-ground. I sold a number of cases to Richards & Hunt, to Josiah Richards, and to my brother, Ebenezer William Hunt.

One Saturday afternoon, being tired of the business, I sent over for Mr. Asa Hunt, knowing that he would buy my stock and tools if he could get them cheap. I sold him everything that was in the shop,— lasts, leather, tools, in fact everything there was; and that was the last I had to do with manufacturing boots.

Late in the fall of 1853, as the firm of Richards & Hunt was dissolved, I went with my brother Ebenezer to Boston, where he took the store at 30 Central street. This store was formerly occupied by Alexander Strong, and before his time by Isaac Jackson, who afterwards came to Weymouth and was in business on the wharves. I found in the loft his old sign. Here it was my part of the business to get to town early in the morning, open and sweep out, build the fires, if in winter, and dust off the goods on the shelves. I tell thus much of my work in the Boston store, as there was the turning point of my life.

In addition to the care of the store, I kept the books and occasionally sold to a customer. The business was small, and at this time my brother was building his dwelling-house, but little in town, coming late and going early. I was alone most of the time, and a dull place it was, occasionally enlivened by some one coming in from Weymouth. At that time business seemed to be done wholly on credit; the leather was bought on six months' time, and sold in the same way. A man would come in to sell a few hundred dollars' worth of boots and take a six months' note. At the same time he would buy about the same

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Sprague, Waldo Chamberlain. Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, MA. 1640-1850 (2001). #2767 and 2778.
2. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Weymouth, vol. 2, page 62.
3. ↑ “Boston, MA: Church Records, 1630-1895” The Records of the Churches of Boston. CD_ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008 .) Roxbury Third Parish, page 45.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-64J9-268?cc=1401638&wc=95RN-82D%3A1031311001%2C1032801201%2C1031381401 : 9 April 2016), Massachusetts > Norfolk > Weymouth > image 86 of 128; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6XM3-DH9?cc=1459985&wc=M6PN-7Z9%3A42490001%2C42552201 : 1 April 2016), Norfolk > Weymouth > image 37 of 91; State Archives, Boston.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBS3-7ZK?cc=1473181&wc=7QGH-YPJ%3A1589422209%2C1589428982%2C1589429186 : 24 March 2017), Massachusetts > Norfolk > Weymouth > image 178 of 192; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45Y-3HY : 9 February 2018), Asa Hunt, 14 Sep 1794; citing Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, pg 96; FHL microfilm 2,031,513.

• Birth: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #7934549 (accessed 12 May 2022)
  Asa Hunt born on 14 Sep 1794 in Weymouth, Massachusetts.

• Marriage: "Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850"
  Ancestry Record 7853 #388146 (accessed 12 May 2022)
  Asa, Jr Hunt marriage to Meranda Derby on 22 May 1824 in Norfork.

• Probate: "Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991"
  Probate Docket Books, and Record Books (1793-1916) (Norfolk County, Massachusetts); Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Norfolk County); Probate Place: Norfolk, Massachusetts
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9069 #394224 (accessed 12 May 2022)
  Asa Hunt probate on 11 Jan 1868.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Hunt-1456 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.

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