John Hunt (1759 - 1815)

Born 27 Jul 1759 in Columbia Co,, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Mallery) Hunt — married 25 Dec 1791 in Hillsdale, Columbia, New York, USA

Descendants

Died 8 Aug 1815 at age 56 in Marathon, Cortland, New York, USA

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Biography

John Hunt born 1759, the eldest son of Dr. Japheth Hunt. John married Lydia Mallory, the daughter of Major Samuel Mallory, of Hillsdale, Columbia, New York, on December 25, 1791.

Dr. Hunt, who had married Lydia, the daughter of Major Samuel Mallory, of Hillsdale, Columbia county, was induced to move from that place into the new country in the vicinity of his father’s residence. A man with horses and sleigh was employed to bring his effects and family, which then comprised himself and wife, one daughter three years of age, and a son of six months.

John Hunt purchased one hundred acres out of the southwest corner of lot No. 72, in Marathon, New York and moved his family there from Hillsdale, New York around 1796. John Hunt was a justice of the peace; an office he held by successive appointments until his death, which occurred August 8th, 1815.^[1]. Buried in Marathon Village Cemetery, Marathon, Cortland, New York, USA^[2]

Children: ^[3]

• Naomi Hunt. b Nov 16 1792, m. Charles Richardson. ^[4]
• Japheth Hunt, b Oct 26 1793/5, m. Roxanna Crittenden ^[5]. d Feb 20, 1825 in Cortland, NY.
• Samuel M., Hunt, b Oct 8 1798,^[6] m. Maria Havens, Dec 11 1823
• Mary Hunt, b Dec 17 1800, m. Cyrus Phelps
• Elizabeth Hunt, b Jan 27 1803, m. Jacob Meacham
• Lydia Hunt, b Jul 26 1805, m. (1) Horace McClary, m. (2) Helem Huntley
• Joanna Hunt, b Jul 25 1808, m. Ira Lynde, d. Oct 3 1831
• Susanna Hunt, b Mar 8 1811, m. Ira Lynde, as his second wife after sister died.

First two children born in Hillsdale, New York before move. The rest were born in Marathon, New York.

Some sources have a son John Hunt b 1800.

Sources

• History of the town of Marathon, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycortla/smhist/shchap22.htm
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45117043
• Genealogy of the name and family of Hunt, etc, by Thomas Bellows Wyman, p. 168.

Footnotes

1. ↑ History of the town of Marathon, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycortla/smhist/shchap22.htm
2. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45117043
3. ↑ Genealogy of the name and family of Hunt, etc, by Thomas Bellows Wyman, p. 168.
4. ↑ from History of the town of Marathon, "Their eldest daughter married Mr. Charles Richardson, of Freetown, and is now residing in the village of Marathon."
5. ↑ "Goodwin's Pioneer History of Cortland and two later publications based upon the first incorrectly give his date of death suggesting that he died as an infant (d Feb 20 1796). Corrective information is contained in a supplemental paper filed with the Daughters of the American Revolution under member 841968. He was married to Roxanna Crittenden d/o Ebenezer Crittenden by his first wife Anna Ingersoll," from Find a grave.
6. ↑ Different birth date in History of the town of Marathon. "Here his second son, Samuel M. Hunt, was born October 30th, 1793, being the first child born in this town." and "Dr. S. M. Hunt, son of Dr. Japheth Hunt, was born in Marathon, on the 30th of October, 1798"