William Hunt

b. 17 May 1776, d. before 25 November 1843
William Hunt|b. 17 May 1776\nd. bef. 25 Nov 1843|p13194.htm|Isaiah Hunt|b. 16 Oct 1756\nd. bef. Feb 1822|p15863.htm|Elizabeth Floyd|b. 6 Apr 1759\nd. 16 Sep 1815|p15864.htm|William Hunt|b. 1734\nd. 9 Sep 1772|p15885.htm|Sarah Mills|b. say 1734\nd. 14 Jul 1778|p15886.htm|John Floyd|d. bef. 1766|p15883.htm|Ann Matthews|b. 10 Oct 1738\nd. 26 Sep 1822|p15882.htm|
Father*Isaiah Hunt1,2 b. 16 Oct 1756, d. bef. Feb 1822
Mother*Elizabeth Floyd1 b. 6 Apr 1759, d. 16 Sep 1815
ChartsAncestors of Jennie Luene Logan
William Hunt was born 17 May 1776 at New Garden, Guilford Co., North Carolina.1,3,4 He married Ruth Brittain, daughter of William Brittain and Rebecca Ballinger, say 1796; Ruth has been identified by several researchers as Ruth Brittain, daughter of William and Rebecca (Ballenger) Brittain of New Garden, Guilford Co., North Carolina. Biographical Memoirs of Jay Co., (pub. 1901) do show she was a Brittain.5,6 He died before 25 November 1843 at Wayne Co., Indiana.6,4

William Hunt left a will dated 15 January 1841 and proved 25 Nov 1843 naming:
wife Ruth
children: Rebeckah Knight, Nathan Hunt, Henry Hunt, Elihu Hunt, Jesse Hunt, William Hunt, Josiah Hunt, & Elizabeth Roberts
grandson: Henry Addington
wife of William: Elizabeth
executors: Jonathan Townsend, Edward Hunt, Josiah Hunt.6

Family

Ruth Brittain b. say 1776, d. aft. Jan 1841
Marriage*He married Ruth Brittain, daughter of William Brittain and Rebecca Ballinger, say 1796; Ruth has been identified by several researchers as Ruth Brittain, daughter of William and Rebecca (Ballenger) Brittain of New Garden, Guilford Co., North Carolina. Biographical Memoirs of Jay Co., (pub. 1901) do show she was a Brittain.5,6 
Children

Citations

  1. [S1156] William Wade Hinshaw and Thomas Worth Marshall, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy 1938; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991), 6:502. Hereafter cited as Hinshaw and Marshall, Quaker Genealogy.
  2. [S1574] Raleigh, North Carolina, Wills and Estate Papers, Isaiah Hunt, File #519, FHL microfilm 1571683 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter cited as Guilford Co. Wills and Estate Papers.
  3. [S1144] Fourth Census of the United States, 1820, Wayne Co., Indiana, sheet 107, William Hunt, over 45 years of age, living between known son, Edward B. Hunt, and Solomon Knight who had married William's daughter, Rebeckah.; Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), digital images by subscription (Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005); original data: National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M33, roll 15.
  4. [S1145] Fifth Census of the United States, 1830, Wayne Co., Indiana, New Garden Township, sheet 139, William Hunt, between 50 and 60 years of age; Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), digital images by subscription (Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005); original data: National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M19, roll 29.
  5. [S1577] B. F. Bowen Co., Publisher, Biographical Memoirs of Jay County, Indiana, to Which is Appended a Comprehensive Compendium of National Biography--Memoirs of Eminent Men and Women in the United States, Whose Deeds of Valor or Works of Merit Have Made Their Names Imperishable, (Chicago, Illinois: B. F. Bowen Co., 1901), 358. Hereafter cited as Biographical Memoirs of Jay Co., Indiana.
  6. [S1166] Wayne County Courthouse, Richmond, Indiana, Will Records, 1812-1840, 2:302-303, FHL microfilm 1838636 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter cited as Wayne Co. Wills.
  7. [S1572] Willard Heiss, Ruth Dorrel and Thomas D. Ham, Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana: Volume 2, (Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Historical Society, 1999), 23. Hereafter cited as Heiss, Dorrel, and Ham, Abstracts of Quaker Records in Indiana Vol 2.
  8. [S1150] Beverly Yount, Tombstone Inscriptions in Wayne County, Indiana, Four volumes, (Fort Wayne, Indiana: Fort Wayne Public Library, 1970), 42. Hereafter cited as Wayne County Tombstones.
  9. [S1577] B. F. Bowen Co., Biographical Memoirs of Jay Co., Indiana, 357.
Close