Josiah Hunt Sr. (1650 - bef. 1732)

Born 1650 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Harrison) Hunt — married before 28 Jun 1671 in Westchester, New York

Husband of Martha (Unknown) Hunt — married 16 Aug 1680 in Westchester, New York

Descendants

Died before 10 Dec 1732 before age 82 in Westchester County, New York Province

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Biography

Josiah Hunt Senior, son of Thomas Hunt and Cicely Clarke, was born in 1650 at Stamford, Connecticut ^[1]. Author Grenville C Mackenzie, a chronicler of Hunt family descendants, states that Josiah was born about 1654.^[2]

Grove Farm

Josiah's father Thomas Hunt, the immigrant, and patentee of the Grove Farm, in his will dated 1690 and proved in 1697, left that significant property to his grandson, Josiah Hunt Jr..

Josiah was 16 when the will was signed — making the boy's father — the Josiah of this profile — his executor with (temporary) possession for the use of his son.^[3]

Marriage to Rebecca Harrison

Josiah Hunt first married Rebecca Harrison, daughter of John Harrison and Katherine Gilbert. Josiah married Rebecca ^[2] at Westchester Co., New York^[4][5] by 28 Jun 1671.

Rebecca's mother had been charged with witchcraft in Stamford, Connecticut in 1669. After the trial, the family moved to New Haven to distance themselves from the town gossip.

Rebecca died before 1680.^[4]

Children with Rebecca Harrison

Josiah and Rebecca Harrison had a son, Josiah.^[4]

1. Josiah Hunt Jr., b. 11 Mar 1674; d. 7 Dec/Feb 1746 at age 72; estate probated 14 Feb 1747; married Abigail Huestis/Husted (mother Rebecca); Josiah Hunt and Abigail Husted obtained a marriage license on 24 Dec 1695.

Marriage to Martha (not a Honeywell?)

Josiah then married Martha [Honeywell?].^[4] Josiah married Martha^[2] [Honeywell] 18 Aug , 1680^[5][6][7] There is now considerable doubt that Martha was possibly a sister of Israel Honeywell.

Martha Hunt had last appeared on 17 June 1719, when she consented to a deed from her husband Josiah to their son Thomas (E:239), but we do not in what year Martha actually died. Josiah Hunt married, as his third wife, Mary, widow of Israel Honeywell.

Children with Martha (Honeywell?)

Children of Josiah Hunt and Martha :^[4]

1. Phebe Hunt Fowler, married Jonathan Fowler before 1729
2. Thomas Hunt, born 4 Dec 1680; died 1758; first married Rachel Arnold, daughter of Isaac Arnold, on 8 Jan 1707; second married Anna Kirkpatrick (Mary Anna Patrick) 2 Dec 1737
3. Moses Hunt, born 21 Mar 1684; m. Mary Close. He died before 21 May 1764. His estate was probated on 21 May 1764.
4. Abigail Hunt Buckbee was born on 25 May 1686. She married John Buckbee (378) before 1729.
5. Aaron Hunt was born on 4 Mar 1687. He died young.
6. David Hunt was born in 1691. He married Mary Cromwell, daughter of John Cromwell. He died before 18 Dec 1775. His estate was probated on 18 Dec 1775.
7. Abner Huntborn 4 Mar 1687/93; married Phebe Cornell, widow, before 1724. He died before 12 Aug 1756.
8. Martha Hunt Waylman was born in 1695. She married before Nov 1729, Moses Waylman (or Waylinan or Wayland). She died after 1719.

Marriage to Mrs. Mary Honeywell

It is unclear just when Josiah was married to Mary, widow of Israel Honeywell. It was clearly after 17 June 1719 when Martha last appears, but we do not know when Martha actually died. And it was also after 17 May 1720 when Mary Honeywell was granted administration of Israel's estate.

They were clearly married well before March 1729 when Israel Honeywell's daughter Sarah Honeywell, on 07 March 1729[/30?], acknowledged receipt from her "honoured father in law [stepfather] Josiah Hunt one fether bed and furniture, bedsted, a chest, and all mu mother, deceased her clothing, &c and all the rest of ye household stuff wch belonged to the estate of my father Israel Honeywell deceased that were in the custody of the said Josiah Hunt" (F:252)." Josiah's daughter, Phebe Fowler, witnessed the receipt; his son, Josiah of Grove Farm, was married to Abigail at the time.

His third wife was not named in Josiah Hunt's will of 13 Mar 1729/30.

Death and Probate

Josiah Hunt Senior died in 1732. His estate was probated on 10 Dec 1732. He wrote a will on 13 Mar 1729 (Thomas Hunt Descendants, Manuscript, December 1936 Copy in possession of Everett Hunt, p 47).^[4]

Last Will and Testament

Josiah's will was dated 20 Mar 1729 and proved 19 Dec 1732. He leaves to his son Moses 50 acres in the Long Reach, to son Abner 25 pounds Commonage in (and?) the rest of Josiah's lands in Westchester. Mentions sons Josiah, David, Thomas and daughters Abigail Buckbee, Phebe Fowler, and Martha Waylman.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ George T. Fish, Thomas and Cecilia Hunt descendants
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Mackenzie, Grenville C. Early Records of the Hunt Family of Westchester Co. Westport, Conn. 1936
3. ↑ Pelletreau, William S. (William Smith), 1840-1918. Early wills of Westchester County, New York, from 1664 to 1784. A careful abstract of all wills (nearly 800) recorded in New York surrogate's office and at White Plains, N.Y., from 1664 to 1784. F.P. Harper, New York, 1898. Thomas Hunt, pg. 15
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} Descendants of Thomas Hunt Thomas Hunt : accessed 14 Sep 2019
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, MD. 1985. pg. 404
6. ↑ Bolton, Robert Jr., The History of the County of Westchester from its first settlement to the present time. (New York, 1848, Alexander S. Gould), Vol. II, pp. 517-518
7. ↑ Davis, Norman, Westchester Patriarchs - A Genealogical Dictionary . . prior to 1755, (Bowie, MD. 1988, Heritage Books, Inc.), p. 128.
8. ↑ Pelletreau, William S. (William Smith), 1840-1918. Early wills of Westchester County, New York, from 1664 to 1784. A careful abstract of all wills (nearly 800) recorded in New York surrogate's office and at White Plains, N.Y., from 1664 to 1784. F.P. Harper, New York, 1898. Josiah Hunt, pg. 61

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