Born in Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Kinzie II
and Eleanor (Lytle) Kinzie
Sister of
Margaret (McKillip) Abbot [half], William Kinzie [half], John Harris Kinzie, Eleanor Marion (Kinzie) Bates and Robert Allen Kinzie
Wife of
David Hunter
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 79
in Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 13 May 2017
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Biography
Maria Indiana Kinzie was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs John Kinzie, the first white settlers of early Chicago. Maria became the wife of General David Hunter who died in Washington DC. in 1886.
Maria Kinzie was the sister of Robert Allen Kinzie, thus David Hunter Kinzie's aunt. Maria married David Hunter, West Point class of 1822. David Hunter rose to the rank of Major General in the United States Army. He fought at Bull Run, was wounded, and then fought in the West. He came back east under Grant, and fought in the Shendoah in 1864. He burned the Virginia Military Institute. He was earlier famous for his order freeing slaves in 1862, even prior to the Emancipation Proclamation (Lincoln directed the order be rescinded). He served in the honor guard at Lincoln's funeral.[1]
- Sister of Col. John Harris Kinzie; Maj. Robert Allen Kinzie and Ellen Marion Wolcott
Half sister of William Kinzie; James Kinzie and Elizabeth Mille
Birth
- Birthdate: 1807[2]
Marriage
- Husband: Brevet Maj. General David Hunter (USA) ("Black Dave")
Children
No children.
Death
- Death: 1887
Sources
Birth
- Birth. :Birthdate: 1807[2]
- The Kinzie family in America. https://archive.org/details/cu31924032759809
- FindAGrave: Maria Indiana Hunter: Memorial ID: 91528133
- ↑ Ancestry Message Boards: Maria Kinzie
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Geni: Mria Hunter
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maria:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maria:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Margaret Seiler 
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~3.12%
R Watson :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
D Watson :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Jacob Bunch :
23andMe, GEDmatch YF8943937 [compare], yourDNAportal JAC8e61f7fc
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Vicki Ann Norman (1948-2020)
Vicki Ann Norman (1948-2020)
Kinzie-99 and Kinzie-61 appear to represent the same person because: same birth date, spouse, bio similar, father
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by Vicki Ann Norman (1948-2020)
Maria is 12 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 23 degrees from Carl Sagan, 20 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 26 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 24 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 16 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 22 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 14 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 16 degrees from Isaac Newton, 21 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 20 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 16 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.