Robert Hunt (abt. 1740 - 1814)

Born about 1740 in Port Royal, Southampton, Bermuda

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Unknown) Hunt — married 25 Jun 1772 in Nassau, Bahamas

Husband of Deborah (Beak) Hunt — married 17 Apr 1787 in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

Descendants

Died 18 Mar 1814 at about age 74 in New Providence, Bahamas

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Robert Hunt is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

The Honourable Robert Hunt was born in Bermuda to Thomas and Elizabeth Hunt. His date of birth is not known.

In the New York Journal 1768 "..Mr Hunt of Bermuda is appointed Collector of Customs for the Bahamas, and not Mr Edward Davis, as formerly mentioned.."

Robert Hunt married three times, and had children by all his wives:

First, to Mrs. Sarah Bunch in 1772. "In a letter, from New Providence, we are advised of the marriage of the Hon. Robert Hunt and Mrs. Sarah Bunch, relict of the late Thomas Bunch, Esq."

Second, to Deborah Beek at Christ Church, Nassau, Bahamas, in 1784. She was the widow of Thomas Duncombe. "Death, on this island, after a severe and lingering illness, which she bore with exemplary fortitude, Mrs. Deborah Hunt, wife of the Hon Robert Hunt." Bahama Gazette 2-6 September 1791.

Third, to Sarah Thomson or Thompson in January 1792 in Nassau.

In 1792, Robert Hunt received grants of land in Long Island, Bahamas of 300 and 845 acres.

Robert Hunt served as interim governor from June 6, 1797 to March 1798, and from December 1801 to January 29, 1802.^[1] He also served as chief justice and on the governor's council.

"Died yesterday Friday the 18th, The Honorable Robert Hunt..more than 40 yrs a member of His Majesty's Council & who on 2 occasions represented His Sovereign as Commander in Chief of these Islands."

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Bahamas.html

• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/murray13.php

Marriage Notices in the South-Carolina Gazette and Its Successors. (1732-1801), page 49.

Christ Church Marriage Records.

Bahama Gazette 2-6 September 1791.

Christ Church Marriages 1753-1795, page 57.

Bahamas National Archives, Land Grant Index.

Christ Church Burial Records.

Royal Gazette 19 March 1814.

"The Life of William H Hunt" by Thomas Hunt, page 26.