Wilson Hunt (1714 - 1782)

Born 9 Nov 1714 in Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Price) Hunt — married 12 Feb 1735 in Hopewell, NJ

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1782 at age 67 in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Wilson Hunt, son of John Hunt, who died 1782, aged 67, married Susannah Price, daughter of Mr. Price, of Wales. She died 1783, aged 68.

Children

• Elijah Hunt, m. Ester Clarke and Hannah unknown, d. 1760, aged 31,
• Elizabeth Hunt, m. Jonathon Stout, d. 1768 , age 30
• James Hunt, m. Jemima Greene, d. 1832, age 92.
• Abraham Hunt, m. Theodosia Pearson, and Mary Dagworthy, d. 1821, age 79.
• Naomi Hunt, m. Peter Lott, d. 1766 age 22.
• Nathaniel Hunt, m. Hannah Jones and Grace Fitzrandolph, and died 1825, aged 81,
• John Price Hunt, m. Margaret Guild, d. 1828, age 81.
• Margaret Hunt, m. Stephen Johnes, d. 1782, age 32.
• Susanna Hunt, m. Maj. Peter Gorden, d. 1823, aged 71 ;
• Charity Hunt, m. Dr. Gideon De Camp, of Stoutsburg, surgeon in USA., d. 1776, aged 23.
• Jonathon Hunt, d 1776, age 21.

Naomi Hunt married Peter Lott, to whose children, Peter and Naomi, mentioned in his will, he leaves property,

He also mentions a granddaughter, Ruth (Stout) Phillips, daughter of Elizabeth Hunt and Jonathon Stout.

"Wilson Hunt was one of the most active businessmen of his day in Hopewell and Maidenhead Townships. His homestead recently sold at auction, and it includes the stone house probably built by his father John Hunt in about 1740. His daughter Elizabeth married Jonathan Stout who died prior to 1764, date of his father Joseph Stout's will. The elder Stout left land to three sons of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Hunt) Stout - Joseph, Wilson, and Daniel. There was also a daughter Ruth, who married William Phillips of Maidenhead, if memory serves. Wilson Hunt was the executor for Jonathan Stout's estate, and he rented their homestead to his son John Price Hunt, while the fatherless Stout children were too young to operate it themselves. In 1778, Washington and his generals planned the battle of Monmouth there, and for that reason it is called the Hunt house, and the "house of decision". One of the best resources on the Stouts is Ralph Ege, Pioneers of Old Hopewell. Also look for Nathan Stout's Stout family history written circa 1825." - David Blackwell, Stout and Hunt descendant, trustee of The Friends of Wm Green Farmhouse."^[1]

Six of Wilson's children died before him. All under age 32.

Will

1781, March 19, Hunt, Wilson of Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ, will of:

Wife, Susanna, household goods, two cows, a mare, and the use of half the plantation hereafter devised to my son John.

Son, James, the lot below the road, adjoining to the lot of James Hunt Miller and Samuel Hunt.

Son, Abraham, the land above the road, on which Israel Burrows lives, which joins Andrew Hart and John Hunt.

Sons, James, Abraham and Nathaniel, the land the joins James Brearly and Benjamin Mershon, of 50 acres.

Son, Nathaniel, 200

Son, John, Plantation I live on

Daughter, Margaret Jones, 100

Daughter Susanna Gordon, 100

Son Elijah's daughter Rachel, 80

Granddaughter, Ruth Phillips, 30 (Elizabeth's)

Grandson, Peter Lott, house and lot where Edmond Palmer lives. (Naomi's)

Granddaughter Naomi Lott, 30, when 18 (Naomi's)

Granddaughter Elizabeth De Camp, 100 when 18. (Charity's)

Executors, sons, Abraham and John and my son in law Peter Gordon.

Witnesses, John Hunt Jr, Thomas Houghton, Aaron Hunt

Proved 4 March 1782

Inventory 2496.10.6 made by Samuel Stout and Nathaniel Stout

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.williamgreenhouse.org/green_family/gen/hun8.html

• Findagrave #8167846
• Genealogy of Early Settlers in Trenton and Ewing: old Hunterdon County, By Eli Field Cooley, William Scudder Cooley. Page 142. https://archive.org/stream/genealogyearlys00coolgoog/genealogyearlys00coolgoog_djvu.txt.
• Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey By Elmer T. Hutchinson. Calendar of wills 1781-1785. p 211. http://archive.org/stream/documentsrelatin35newj/documentsrelatin35newj_djvu.txt.
• Descendants of Raplh hunt. http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~huntpage/ralph0001.htm#id20.
• A Corrected Genealogy of Col. Jonathan Hunt (1716-1782) and His Rowan Co., North Carolina Siblings and Their Descendants by Michael J. Hunt, 1994 (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/390207-a-corrected-genealogy-of-col-jonathan-hunt-1716-1782-and-his-rowan-co-north-carolina-siblings-and-their-descendants?viewer=1&offset=0#page=3&viewer=picture&o=download&n=0&q=)

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Hunt-1830 created through the import of Bierbrodt.GED on Jul 14, 2011 by Becky Bierbrodt. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Becky and others.