William Hunt (abt. 1655 - 1727)

Born about Apr 1655 in Weymouth, Massachusetts

Husband of Mary (Bradford) Hunt — married about 1687 in Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 7 Jan 1727 at about age 71 in Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mayflower Connection: Married Mary Bradford, d/o William Bradford, s/o William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth & Mayflower Passenger

T.B. Smith Collections: "Hunt, William, born 1693: His Father: Hunt, William, born 1655, son of Ephraim who was born 1630 and came to Weymouth. Mass, from Engalnd, who was the son of Enoch Hunt of England. Wm born 1655 died 1727."

Mayflower Source Records, Image 125 of 847 Diary of Rev. William Homes of Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, 1689-1746 "Jany 8. 1726/27. *** Last night before sundown Old William Hunt departed this life, he was a man of good age, had been long fragile. He died suddenly, none of his family knowing when he died. [Aged about 73 years]. gravestone]"

Enoch Hunt of Weymouth, Massachusetts genealogy Generation 3 9. William3 Hunt (Ephraim2, Enoch1) was born in 1655. He married Mary Bradford, daughter of William & Alice (Richards) Bradford of Kingston. He removed from Weymouth to Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard.

Children of William Hunt and Mary Bradford were as follows: 55 i. Mary Hunt; born Feb 18, 1687.a +56 ii. William Hunt; born May 17, 1693.a

Sources

• T.B. Smith Collections (Queens County Museum, Liverpool, Nova Scotia)
• Mayflower Source Records, Image 125 of 847
• Diary of Rev. William Homes of Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, 1689-1746, NEHGR: Vol. 48 (1894), Page 446-453; Vol. 49 (1895) Page 413-416; Vol. 50 (1896) Page 155-166.
• Fessenden, G.M. A Genealogy of the Bradford Family, New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1850) Vol. 4, Page 46