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From: Thomas Hamm <>
Subject: Re: Hunt family in Burlington Co., NJ
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 06:09:11 -0800

>Fellow searchers:
>
>I saw in a recent message from Tom Hamm to Marv Miller an
>eloquent arguement that William Hunt m. Mary Woolman was not the son of
>William Hunt and Margaret Person.
>
>>Our William came to Pennsylvania from "Radnor in Great Britain" in 1718,
>>while this couple [William and Margaret] were married in New Jeresy
>
>This brought the following questions:
>
>1) Robert Hunt b. 1680 England d. 23 Jan 1714 m. 16 Apr 1708 to Elizabeth
>Woolman, daughter of JOhn WOolman and Elizabeth BOrton. I had Robert as
>a son of William Hunt and Margaret Person. THis is wrong, by the same
>argument above. QUESTION: Is Robert a brother of the William m. Mary
>Woolman?
>
>2) I have as children of William Hunt and Margaret Person: JOhn b. 1711,
>Elizabeh b. 1713, Samuel b. 1715. Is this correct?
>
>
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>Janet Palo Denver, Colorado
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I have found no evidence that Robert Hunt who married Elizabeth Woolman and
William Hunt who married Mary Woolman were related. It's possible, but
note that William came to America in 1718, four years after Robert's death.

William Hunt and Margaret Person were married in 1687 under Burlington MM.
I don't think that the above children belong to them. We have a will of
one William Hunt of Springfield Twp., Burlington Co., NJ, made March 6,
1719/20, probated April 26, 1720. It names wife Margaret, daughter Hannah,
sons-in-law John Gibson and Caleb Shreve, and grandson Amos Shreve. (NJ
Archives, series I, vol. 23, p. 249) Margaret Hunt of the same place left
a will dated Jan. 30, 1725/26, probated March 7, 1727/28. It names
daughters Sarah Gibson and Hannah Shreeve; grandson Amos Shreeve; and
sons-in-law John Gibson, Jonathan Shreeve, and Caleb Shreeve. (Same, p. 248)

Burlington MM shows the following marriages:
8,5,1713: Mary Hunt altm Caleb Shreve, Jr.
2,6,1719: Sarah Hunt altm John Gibson
8,3,1720: Hannah Hunt altm Jonathan Shreve.
From this I conclude that William and Margaret (Person) Hunt had three
daughters and no sons.

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