Elinor (Whitaker) Maxwell (1700 - aft. 1750)

Born 1700 in Kent Co, Del

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Hunn III — married 1717 in Kent Co, Delaware

Wife of James Maxwell — married before 3 Mar 1718 in Kent Co, Delaware

Died after 1750 after age 50 in Kent, Delaware

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Biography

Eleanor administered the probate for her first husband, Nathaniel Hunn in 1718.

When her son, John Hunn, died in 1750, he left a bequest to his mother Elinor Maxwell.

Sources

• "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MWK7-FXD : accessed 2014-12-05), entry for Elinor WHITAKER.

• De Valinger, Leon, Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800, Page 35. Database and images at Ancestry.com Image accessed 30 Apr 2021. Also available at FamilySearch.org as a digitized book.

HUNN, NATHANIEL. Admin of, to Ellinor Hunn. Aug. 25, 1718. Reg. of Wills, Liber D, folio 5.

• De Valinger, Leon, ‘’Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800,’’ Page 134. Database and images at Ancestry.com Image accessed 30 Apr 2021. Also available at FamilySearch.org as a digitized book.

HUNN, JOHN. Will. Made May 26, 1750. Heirs: wife Tabitha; mother Elinor Maxwell; sons David, John, Caleb; dau. Susannah. Exec’x, wife Tabitha. Wits., Benjamin Chew, Richard Johns, Isaiah Wharton. Prob. June 21, 1750. Arch. vol. A25, pages 142-143. Reg. of Wills, Liber K, folio 23. Note: arch. vol. A25, page 143 shows Tabitha, the widow, later married Silas Crispin