Joseph Hunt (abt. 1767 - 1844)

Born about 1767 in Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Latetia (Johnson) Hunt — married 1798 in Ireland

Descendants

Died 21 Feb 1844 at about age 77 in Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland [uncertain]

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Biography

According to the book Birthrights by William Harold Hunt, Joseph's parents were suspected to have been William Hunt 1744-1821 and Mary Waters. Also in the book, page 54 his wife is listed as Latetia Johnson but she was not listed in the 1821 census. The marriage year in the book is 1809.

In 2021, a letter was discovered in the records of the author of Birthrights, William Harold Hunt. The letter was dated 11 Feb 1925. It was written by Bridget (Hargaden) Casserly to William Harold Hunt. Bridget was the daughter of Edward Hargaden and Letitia Hunt of Curraun, Mohill.

In the letter she states, " I wanted to see my Uncle William [Hunt] or my aunt Catherine [McKiernan] to inquire of them what relation was between Robert Hunt's family & ours. I was speaking to my aunt about it & she told me that my grandfather George Hunt & Christie Hunt were first cousins."

Note: William Hunt was the son of George Hunt and Rose Fitzpatrick. Catherine (Hunt) McKiernan was the daughter of George Hunt and Rose Fitzpatrick. Robert Hunt was a son of Christopher "Christie" Hunt and Sarah Thompson.

Joseph was raised in the Church of Ireland religion. Joseph's son George converted to Catholic. As a result Joseph is buried in the Mohill Cemetery and not St. Mary's. Research and DNA testing indicates that Joseph's daughter Catherine Hunt who married John Reilly/O'Reilly also converted to Catholic since one of her children was baptized in St. Patrick's Mohill.

Sources

• The Hunts of Mohill, Country Leitrim, Ireland [1] Descendants of Joseph Hunt and Latetia Johnson [2]

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch [3] : accessed 2017-07-09, entry for Joseph Hunt, submitted by dhunt2738592.

• Find My Past, database with images, British Newspaper Archive (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000435/17960614/001/0001 : accessed 27 June 2022), Dublin Evening Post Tuesday 16 June 1796 page 1 column 1.

• 1821 Ireland Census Currawn, Mohill, Leitrim, Crossle Genealogical Abstracts, Category-Birth, Marriage and Death (Parish Registers), Subcategory-Family Histories and Pedigree, (https://search.findmypast.com/record/browse?id=s2%2fire%2fnai%2f007634834%2f00616 accessed 27 June 2022), entry for Joseph Hunt.

• Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers 1655-1915, The National Library of Ireland: Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number 04239/01, ancestry.com Entry for Josephus Hunt, 21 February 1844.

• Leitrim Genealogy Centre, (rootsireland.ie : accessed 27 June 2022), Burial/death record entry for Joseph Hunt dated 21 Feb 1844.

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 July 2021), memorial page for Joseph Hunt (1767–21 Feb 1844), Find A Grave: Memorial #184993110, citing Mohill Cemetery, Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland ; Maintained by cemeteryhunt (contributor 47852328).

• "Irish Flax Growers 1796, database, Failte Romhat, (https://www.failteromhat.com/post1796.php : accessed 27 June 2022), entry for Joseph Hunt Mohill.

• Bridget (Hargaden) Casserly to William Harold Hunt, copy of personal letter, 30 July 1922, privately held by Eric Hunt, [private address], 2022.

• At a Meeting of the Tenants of Morgan Crofton Esq., The Dublin Evening Post 16 June, 1796, page 1 (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ : accessed 31 Jan 2024), Joseph Hunt.