Enoch Hunt, of Weymouth

Enoch Hunt married Sarah Palmer in 1609.

Children of Enoch Hunt and Sarah Palmer were as follows:

• + 2 i. Ephraim Hunt, born 1610 at England; married Anna Richards; married Ebbett Brimsmead.
• + 3 ii. Peter Hunt, christened Jul 4, 1619 at Gt. Missenden, England; married Elizabeth Smith. a

He married Dorothy, widow Barker, before 1639.

Children of Enoch Hunt and Dorothy Barker were as follows:

• 4 i. Sarah Hunt; born Jul 4, 1640, married Matthew Pratt, 2d, son of Macuth Pratt & Elizabeth Kingham, of Weymouth on Aug 1, 1661. a,m She died in Weymouth on Aug 3, 1729. Matthew and Sarah were totally deaf and she was mute as well. An account of them appears in Cotton Mather's "Magnalia Christi Americana" (1702, rpt Hartford 1853), pp495-6. m

He died before 1647 at England. His widow married John King 3rd.

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notes

At the time of the Civil War in England (the Puritan Rebellion led by Cromwell) Enoch Hunt was the owner of a foundry at Titenden, Parish of Lee, Buckinghamshire, ENG, which was producing cannon for the Royalist forces.

Supporting data

New England Marriages

• HUNT, Enoch & 2nd/wf Dorothy [BARKER] wid, m/3 John King; bef 1640, Weymouth. (p. 403)
• KING, John (1) ( - 1699+) & 2nd wife Dorothy (___ )( Barker) (Hunt) wid. of Enoch: abt 1647, Weymouth. (p. 439)[7]

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• Enoch Hunt, the immigrant ancestor, married (first) in England; married (second) Sarah, daughter of Widow Dorothy Barker, who in 1652 was wife of John Kinh, of Weymouth, and gave by will, April 14, 1652, household goods to her daughter, Sarah Hunt. Enoch Hunt was admitted freeman at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1638. On September 18, 1652, at a county court in Boston, power of administration on estate of Enoch Hunt, not yet administered, was granted to his son Ephraim. His daughter Sarah married Matthew Pratt, who was deaf and almost without power of speech, while she was deaf and dumb also. In a deposition of Jonas Humphrey and Robert Randall they say that Enoch Hunt came from Tetenden, in the parish of Lee,
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• about two miles distant from Wendover; blacksmith. They said that Enoch and his son Ephraim both moved to New England and dwelt for some time in Weymouth, and Enoch returned to England, while Ephraim remained at Weymouth and had several sons. Enoch Hunt owned twenty-two acres of upland and salt marsh. Children by first wife: 1. Ephraim, born 1610, mentioned below. 2 Peter, mentioned below. By second wife: 3. Sarah, born July 4, 1640; married Matthew Pratt.
• (II) Ephraim, son of Enoch Hunt, settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He was a refugee from the disastrous field of Marston Moor, and his right name was Colonel Sir William Hunt, but to conceal his identity, after his arrival in this country, he changed his name to Ephraim. He was regarded by the party in power as a "malignant," a name given to all Royalist of sufficient note to be considered dangerous by Cromwell. At the siege of York, Colonel Hunt had been the hero of the day, and the dignity of knighthood was conferred upon him by Prince Rupert. At the battle of Marston Moor, the tide turned and Colonel Hunt fled to America, where he died February 22, 1686, forty years after he left England. He married an heiress, Anna Richards, and their three sons were the progenitors of the Hunts in this country.
• (II) Peter, son of Enoch Hunt, died October 2, 1692. He married Elizabeth Smith. Although there is not very sure evidence that Peter was son of Enoch, there is very great probability that he was. His will was dated June 19, 1689, and proved December 26, 1692. He gave to his son Enoch upland and swamp bought of Mr. Paine, on part of which his house stood; also thirty acres swamp which he received "of father Bowen," except a small piece he had given to his son John; also one hundred pounds worth of commonage. He left property to the remainder of his children and relatives. His wife married (second) Elder James Blake, of Dorchester, September 17, 1695. She was daughter of Henry and Judith Smith, who came from county Norfolk, England. Captain Hunt was the first town clerk of Rehoboth. Children: Sarah, born January 21, 1646; Judith, April 21, 1648; Peter, June 11, 1650; Enoch, Frebruary 28, 1652; Elizabeth, March 1, 1654; John, October 15, 1656; Mary, June 15, 1658; Ephraim, March 31, 1661, mentioned below; Tabitha, September 14, 1663; Daniel, February 14, 1665; Benjamin, September 29, 1668; Nathaniel, December 31, 1670.
• (III) ... etc. _______________________________
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• Enoch Hunt, the immigrant ancestor, was in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1638, when he was admitted a freeman there. He was a first settler of Weymouth, Massachusetts. According to a deposition, July 2, 1688, made by Jonas Humphrey, aged about sixty-eight, and Robert Randall, aged about eighty, both of Weymouth, Enoch and his oldest son Ephraim, a blacksmith, lived in Titenden, Parish of Lee, about two miles from Wendover, county Bucks, England, for some time and then came to Weymouth ; they said that Enoch returned to England after a time, while Ephraim remained in America. Enoch also was a blacksmith. He had twenty-two acres of land in Weymouth. He married (first) in England. He married (second) Sarah, daughter of Widow Dorothy Barker, who in 1652 was wife of John King, of Weymouth, and gave by will, June 14, 1652, household goods to daughter, Sarah Hunt. On November 18, 1652, at a county court held at Boston, Ephraim was made administrator of his father's estate.
• Children by first marriage: Ephraim, Peter. By second marriage: Sarah, born July 4, 1640.
• (II) Peter, son of Enoch Hunt, died October 2, 1692. Although there is not sure evidence that he was the son of Enoch Hunt, there is very great probability that he was. His will was dated June 19, 1689, and proved December 26, 1692. .... etc.
• .... He married, December 10, 1645, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Judith Smith, who came from county Norfolk, England. Captain Hunt was the first town clerk of Rehoboth. Elizabeth (Smith) Hunt married (second) Elder James Blake, of Dorchester, September 17, 1695. .... etc. ________________________
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• Enoch Hunt, the immigrant ancestor, was in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1638, when he was admitted a freeman there. He was a first settler of Weymouth, Massachusetts. According to a deposition, July 2, 1688, made by Jonas Humphrey, aged about sixty-eight, and Robert Randall, aged about eighty, both of Weymouth, Enoch and his oldest son Ephraim, a blacksmith, lived in Titenden, Parish of Lee, about two miles from Wendover, county Bucks, England, for some time and then came to Weymouth ; they said that Enoch returned to England after a time, while Ephraim remained in America. Enoch also was a blacksmith. He had twenty-two acres of land in Weymouth. He married (first) in England. He married (second) Sarah, daughter of Widow Dorothy Barker, who in 1652 was wife of John King, of Weymouth, and gave by will, June 14. 1652, household goods to daughter, Sarah Hunt. On November 18, 1652, at a county court held at Boston, Ephraim was made administrator of his father's estate.
• Children by first marriage : Ephraim,
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• mentioned below; Peter. By second marriage : Sarah, born July 4, 1640.
• ( II) Ephraim, son of Enoch Hunt, was born in England in 1610, and came to America with his father. He was buried February 24, 1687, and on his gravestone is the following inscription : "Here lyeth Buried ye Body of Ephraim Hunt aged about 77 years deceased ye 22d of February 1686-7." The inventory of his estate amounted to five hundred and two pounds, and included house and orchards, twenty-three acres in lower plantations, five acres salt marsh on back river, and fifty acres near Cedar Swamp. He married (first) Anna Richards, and (second) Ebbett Brimsmead. His first wife was daughter of Thomas and Welthean Richards, and her three sons inherited a large amount of property. His second wife was sister of William Brimsmead and administered on his estate. Her will was dated April 23, 1708, and in it she mentioned her son William, of Martha's Vineyard, her son Joseph with whom she remained for many years, and his two sons and three daughters, and also William, son of her son William. She died September 9, 1712, and her will was proved January 2, 1713. Children of first wife: John, born 1646; Thomas, 1648; Ephraim, mentioned below. Children of second wife: William, 1655; Enoch, 1658; Joseph, 1670.
• (III) Ephraim (2), .... etc. ______________________
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• (I) Enoch Hunt, a resident of Titenden, in the parish of Lee, England, with his son Ephraim came to this country, where at Newport he was admitted a freeman in 1638. He became an early settler at Weymouth, there in 1640; was town officer, 1651. His wife Dorothy, formerly the Widow Barker, suvived him and married John King. He died before 1647, (IS THIS AN ERROR OR DEATH DATE FOR JOHN KING, AS ENOCH IS LISTED AS TOWN OFFICER IN 1651? (CP)) when Dorothy's lands are mentioned in deeds of abutting tracts. In her will dated 14th of 4th month, 1662, probated 21st of 6th month, 1651, she bequeaths to daughter Sarah Hunt, referred to Ephraim Hunt and to children Joseph and Ruth Barker and Susanna Heath. Mr. Hunt had, at Weymouth, Sarah, born July 4, 1640.
• (II) Ephraim Hunt, of Weymouth, son of Enoch, married (first Anna Richards, daughter of Thomas and Welthean Richards, and sister of William Richards, of Ebbett, Brinsmead, england. Mr. Hunt was a blacksmith of Weymouth. In 1646 he gave a letter of attorney for collection of property in Beaconsfield, Bucks, formerly of John Hunt of Winchmere Hill, in Agmondsham parish. he died Feb. 22, 1686-87. His estate was L502, 1s. His children born to the first marriage were: John, Thomas and Ephraim; and those to the second were: William, Enoch and Joseph.
• .... etc. ________________________________
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• .... etc.
• Enoch, from Titenden in the parish of Lee, Eng., [Mass. Arch. 129, 16,] Weymouth; 1640; town officer, 1651. In court 1 (2) 1641. Wife Dorothie, widow of --- Barker; she survived him, and m. John King. In her will, dated 14 (4) 1652, prob. 21 (8) 1652, she beq. to dau. Sarah Hunt, referred to Ephraim H., and to ch. Joseph and Ruth Barker and Susanna Heath. Ch. Sarah b. 4 (5) 1640.
• He d. before 1647, when Dorothy's lands are mentioned in deeds of abutting tracts. Admin. gr. to son Ephraim 18 (9) 1652; [Reg. V, 239.] The son Ephraim, blacksmith, Weymouth, gave letter of attorney 5 (10) 1646, for collection of property in Beaconsfield, Bucks, formerly of John Hunt of Winchmore Hill in Agmondsham parish. [A.]
• .... etc. __________
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• (*) ENOCH HUNT1 was of Titenden, in the parish of Lee, about two miles from Wendover, in Buckinghamshire, 35 miles W. N. W. from London. He and his eldest son Ephraim Hunt,2 blacksmith, came to New England, and settled in Weymouth, Enoch Hunt1 soon returned to England; but his son Ephraim2 remained in Weymouth; married, and had several sons; d. Feb. 1687, or about that time. His eldest son, Thomas Hunt,3 blacksmith, was of Boston, 1682 and 1688.
• The facts just stated are testified to in a deposition by Jonas Humphrey. a. 68, and Robert Randall, a. 80, of Weymouth, sworn to before E. Andros, June 2, 1688. They say that they themselves lived some time in Wendover, County of Bucks, England, and were acquainted there with Enoch Hunt,1 and his son Ephraim,2 and had known Thomas,3 son of the latter, from his childhood [Jonas Humphrey2 came to Dorchester about 1635, with his elder brother James,2 b. in England 1608, and their father JONAS.1 Jonas1 was a tanner; had been constable in Wendover, England; freeman, 1640 James2 continued in Dorchester; Jonas2 came to Weymouth. [Geneal. Reg. Oct. 1854; also, Oct. 1851.
• .... etc. _______
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• (I) Enoch Hunt, immigrant ancestor, was from Titendon, in the parish of Lee, two miles from Wendover, Buckshire, England. He was an early settler in Rhode Island and was admitted a freeman in Newport in 1638. He was a blacksmith by trade. He removed
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• to Weymouth, Massachusetts, where he was living in 1640. He was a town officer in 1641, and had a case in court in 1641. He died before 1647, when his wife's lands are mentioned in deeds of abutting tracts. Administration was granted to his son Ephraim, November 18, 1652. The homestead consisted of twenty-two acres on the Plain at Weymouth, bounded by lands of Richard Sylvester, John Upham, Mr. Gouer, and west and north by the highway and the sea. He married (first) in England, name of wife unknown. He married (second) Dorothy Barker, widow, who survived him and married (third) John King, of Weymouth in 1652. Her will dated June 14, 1652, was proved October 21, 1652. Children: Ephraim, mentioned below; Peter, born in England, settled at Rehoboth, Massachusetts; Sarah, born at Weymouth, July 4, 1640.
• (II) Ephraim, son of Enoch Hunt, was born in England, about 1610, and came to Rhode Island and later to Weymouth with his father.
• He was a blacksmith by trade. He gave a letter of attorney, December 5, 1646, for the collection of property in Beaconsfield, Buckshire, England, formerly of John Hunt, of Winchmore Hill, in Agmondsham parish. Perhaps this John Hunt was his grandfather. Ephraim settled in Weymouth, and married Anna, daughter of Thomas and Welthea Richards, of Ebbett Brinsmead, England. She was a sister of William Richards, of Weymouth. Her will dated April 23, 1708, proved September 9, 1712, mentions her son William, of Martha's Vineyard; son Joseph, with whom she lived for many years, and others. She died September 9, 1711. Edmund Soper Hunt, in his "Reminiscences", says that Ephraim Hunt was a knighted cavalier of Prince Rupert's troops and that his real name was Colonel Sir William Hunt, He was a refugee from the disastrous field of Marton Moor, and changed his name to avoid detection. He received his knighthood after the siege of York, in which he distinguished himself. He died February 22, 1686-87, and is buried near the Soldier's monument in Weymouth, on Burying Hill. Children: John, born 1646; Thomas, 1648, Ephraim, 1650, William, 1655; Enoch, 1658; Joseph, mentioned below.
• (III) Joseph, son of Ephraim Hunt, .... etc. _____________________________
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• born about 1669. She was married to William Hunt, son of Ephraim, son of Enoch.
• The Massachusetts State Archives, lib. 129, folio 16, contains the following in reference to the Hunt family, of Weymouth, in a deposition of James Humphrey:
• "Enoch Hunt, of Titenden in the Parish of Lee about two miles distant from Wendorn and Ephraim Hunt, the reputed eldest son, removed into New England, and for some time dwelt in Weymouth. The said Enoch Hunt, the father, soon returned back to England, but his son Ephraim remained, and settled at Weymouth, and there married a wife, by whom he had several sons, and continued his dwelling there unto the time of his decease."
• EPHRAIM HUNT, of Rehoboth 1644, son of Enoch, was born in England; removed thence to Weymouth; married 1st, Sarah Barker. He married 2nd, Elbet, and had issue: Thomas, Ephraim, John, William, 1655; Enoch, 1657; and Joseph. He was admitted freeman 1671; was captain of the train band. His will is dated April 7, 1687.
• .... etc. ______________________________
• Ephraim Hunt
• Birth: 1610 Buckinghamshire, England
• Death: Feb. 22, 1687 Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Ephraim was the son of Enoch Hunt of Titenden Parish, Lee, Buckingham, England and Dorothie Barker Hunt of Titenden Parish, Lee, Buckingham, England. He was born 1610 in Titenden Parish, Lee, Buckingham County, England. He was christened on 08 March 1611 in Lee, Buckinghamshire County, England.
• Ephraim married Alice Richards on 28 April 1637 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachussets.
• He died in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts and was buried 24 February 1687 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. (bio by: sandpipertoo)
• .... etc.
• Find A Grave Memorial# 40999544
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=hunt&GSfn=eph... ___________________
• Captain Ephraim HUNT was born about 1610 in Lee, Bucks, Eng. Savage II:500: Says Ephraim administered his faus. estate in 1652 who was probably deceased in England. Calls him of Rehoboth 1644, eldest son of the first Enoch, b. in Eng. at Wendover. Savage thinks he had children by wife Sarah at Rehoboth, then removed to Weymouth and there by w. Ebbet or Ebbot had probably several others. see other sources. The United Ancestries give his wife as Anna Richards and his birthdate, which Savage does not mention???
• Ephraim was possibly married twice, being Anne Richards above, mentioned in will as wife of Ephraim and she late deceased. He was living in 1644 in Rehoboth, MA.(1489) He died on 22 Feb 1686/87 in Weymouth, MA.(1490) this is the likely death record as the date or birth and his age at death coincide. Was named executor of the estate of Joseph Shaw, Weymouth 1653. Earliest Wills On Record, Suffolk Co, Ms.; NEHGR 5:303.
• .... etc.
• From: http://mayflowerfamilies.com/?page_id=1350 ____________________________
• Peter Hunt, Son of Enoch Hunt I and Sarah Elizabeth (Palmer) Hunt
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• Keith Hunt Schwacha on Peter Hunt
• Lieutenant Peter Hunt (Son of EnochI) was christened on Jul 4, 1619 at Great Missenden, England. He married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Henry Smith and Judith, who came from Norfolkshire, England, on Dec 14, 1646 or Dec 10, 1645. He died on Oct 2, 1692 at age 73. He was buried on Oct 21, 1692 at Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
• .... etc.
• From: https://familysearch.org/photos/stories/1042298 ________________________
• Sarah Hunt Pratt
• Birth: Jul. 4, 1640 Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: Aug. 3, 1729 Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Daughter of Enoch and Sarah Hunt
• Married Matthew Pratt between August 1 - September 1, 1661 in Weymouth
• Family links:
• Spouse:
• Matthew Pratt (1629 - 1713)
• Children:
  • Matthew Pratt (1665 - 1746)*
  • Samuel Pratt (1676 - 1715)*
• Burial: North Weymouth Cemetery, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Find A Grave Memorial# 130092263
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=130092263 _____________________
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• Sarah Pratt of Weymouth, Massachusetts, lived a life typical of colonial New England. She was born 4 July 1640 to Dorothy and Enoch Hunt, and although she was the only child of that marriage she had many step- and half-siblings. In August 1661, when she was 21, she married Matthew Pratt, who was himself deaf from the age of 12. Nine children were born to Sarah and Matthew between 1664 and 1684. Having given a good account of her conversion experience to the elders of the church, Sarah was accepted into church fellowship which entitled her to participate in the Lord's Supper. The elders were convinced that she understood the doctrines of New England Puritanism and her spiritual experience was attested by the concern she had for her own soul. Mather noted that she "understands as much concerning the state of the Countrey, and of particular persons therein, as any one of her Sex" (290). She and her husband survived King Philip's war, in which Weymouth was attacked, by taking refuge in Boston. As Increase Mather reported in 1684, Sarah was "to the best observation, a grave and gracious Woman." Matthew Pratt died in 1713, bequeathing to "my beloved wife Sarah"
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From Mitchell J. Hunt, The Early Hunt Families of Vermont: Enoch Hunt, 1638, of Newport, RI, and Weymouth, MA, start of the long so-called Weymouth Line of Hunts. Much on him and his family can be found in Wyman, but there are additional stories which provide a much different perception. In Wyman, he and his alleged son Ephraim were called Blacksmiths. Enoch is said to have m. at Weymouth the Widow Dorothy Barker and by her had a dau. Sarah b. at Weymouth 4 July 1640 (or presumably conceived late in 1639). According to Wyman, after the birth of daughter Sarah, Enoch returned to England alone and died there, power of administration of his estate, "not yet administered," granted to his son Ephraim in Boston Court 18, 9, 1652, OS. Buckinghamshire, ENG, records show the m. in 1609 at Little Baddow, a Parish near Lee, of Enoch Hunt and Sarah Palmer. A son Ephraim was b. abt 1610 (no record); a son Peter Hunt was christened at Gt. Missenden 4 July 1619. Back to New England, there is record of Enoch Hunt being admitted to Newport, RI, in 1638 (bit of a puzzle because Newport was not organized until 1639) and then moving to Weymouth, MA, where (presumably) a dau. Sarah by the widow Barker was conceived abt Nov 1639 and born 4 July 1640. Skipping now to 1884, a desc. of Enoch's alleged son Ephraim (Mrs. J. A. Weisse of NY City) published a story (The Refugee--a Story of New England Two Centuries Ago, 38 pages in 5"x 7" print), which appears as an appendix to a History of the Bethune Family published in 1884. This is a romanticized story indeed (includes assumed dialogue between a number of parties, of which there could naturally be no record over 200 years later) and some of the story reported is inconsistent with the pivotal known date (Battle of Marston Moor, July 2, 1644). In any event, here is the gist of the story on Enoch Hunt, start of the Weymouth Line of Hunts and its branch at Rehoboth (and also, it is indicated, the Rhode Island Line of Hunts). At the time of the Civil War in England (the Puritan Rebellion led by Cromwell) Enoch Hunt was the owner of a foundry at Titenden, Parish of Lee, Buckinghamshire, ENG, which was producing cannon for the Royalist forces. He had in his family there in 1644 a son Ephraim who had been ill for years and was near death. He also had a wife and a daughter who had grown up with his other children and their cousins. He also had a nephew, Sir William Hunt, who was in charge of the Royal Artillery at the Battle of Marston Moor, wounded in the battle, and escaped on horseback, pursued by the victorious forces of Cromwell. He made his way to his Uncle Enoch's house seeking shelter. Enoch's son Ephraim, about the same age and build as William, died that same night and Enoch decided to bury him as Sir William, William assuming the identity of his son Ephraim. Enoch had earlier visited New England, intending to establish his business there, and had a ship loaded ready to embark for Newport, RI. He and "Ephraim" boarded that ship and set sail for RI by the time the forces of Cromwell had reached Enoch's home. Cromwell's men were somewhat suspicious of a scam and sent messages to agents in RI to question Enoch further upon his arrival. According to the story, Enoch had a younger brother Bartholomew already living in Newport. (From the fact that this Bartholomew was married about the same time as Enoch's known children, had children born about the same time, and died in a similar time period, it would appear more likely that Bartholomew was also a son of Enoch rather than a younger brother.) Bartholomew got wind that the agents of Cromwell were waiting to question Enoch, so he intercepted Enoch's ship in the harbor and warned him to board another boat in the harbor and go to Weymouth, which course was followed. At Weymouth Enoch visited with old friends there who he had known in England, he and "son" Ephraim purchased property there and Ephraim m. 1st at Weymouth abt 1645 Anna Richards by whom he had children John, Thomas, and Ephraim, b. between 1646 and 1650, Anna died and he m. 2d her friend Ebbett Brimsmead by whom he had children William, Enoch, and Joseph, b. between 1655 and 1670. Ephraim died at Weymouth 22 Feb 1687. After the 1st m. of Ephraim, Enoch returned to England, intending to settle affairs there and return to Weymouth but he died in England before he could do so. Administration of his estate was granted to his alleged son Ephraim at Boston, MA, Court in 1652, by which time his alleged 2d wife, the Widow Barker, had already m. John King of Weymouth. With this, we leave the tangled records of the pioneer Enoch Hunt of Weymouth. His alleged son Ephraim (or is it nephew William) produced a long line of Hunts, which Wyman called the Military Line, because it produced a long line of military officers during the Indian Wars, the Rev. War, and the Civil War, including the Civil War Generals Henry Jackson Hunt and his brother Lewis Cass Hunt and numerous other Civil War officers with names other than Hunt.

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NOTES FROM MANSFIELD HUNT'S RESEARCH: (Enoch) is said to have come over with his son, Ephraim, and to have taken the Oath of Fidelity and been admitted a Freeman of Newport, Rhode Island in 1638. Is said to have returned to England after establishing his family in America. (See Wyman) Removed to Weymouth in 1640. (Notes from Mansfield Hunt)

OTHER NOTES: By Emma Amelia Hunt, Er__ne Messer Hunt, Virginia Hunt Moulion. (1630-1980) Printed Claremont Print Shoppe, Claremont, NH 03743 (1980) Maine State LIbrary 929-2 H939_ Page IX

 "Who were the Hunts? (not easy to rhyme)

  Enoch and Ephriam, two at a time

  To Newport, RI, then to  Weymouth they came;

  A gravestone in Weymouth attests to the same." (Enoch the father later went back to England)

From picture of gravestone rubbing, same page.

  "Here Lyeth Buried

   ye body of

   Ephraim Hunt

   Aged About 77

   Years deceased

   ye 22 of February

   ye 16 8-07 (last line unclear)

Ibid. pg 1 - Enoch Hunt came from the parish of Lee, in Guckinghamshire, England to Weymouth. He received 22 acres "in the plaine and one acre near (what looks like) "burying Lland." Enoch and his son Ephraim removed into New England and for some time dwelt in Weymouth, and the said Enoch, the Father, soon returned again to England, but his son, Ephraim, settled in Weymouth and there married and has issue, several sons, and continued to dwell there to the time of his death. (Mass. Archives 129:16)

Mormon Records show an Enoch Hunt who married a Sarah Palmer on 4 December 1609, Little Marlow, Bucks, England. Could this be our Enoch?

Note from Rhoda: All this is copied from a photocopy of Mansfield's notes, some of which is not clear.

Did Dorothy Barker-Hunt also marry Josiah Chapin? Was she a widow already when she married Enoch Hunt? Was she step-mother to Mary King Chapin, and wife to John King of Weymouth in 1652?

Enoch Hunt, the immigrant ancestor, was from Titendon, in the parish of Lee,

two miles from Wendover, Buckshire, England. He was an early settler in Rhode

Island and was admitted a freeman in Newport in 1638. He was a blacksmith by

trade. He removed to Weymouth, Mass., where he was living in 1640. He was a

town officer in 1641, and had a case in court in 1641. He died before 1647, in

England, when his wife's lands are mentioned in deeds of abutting tracts.

Administration was granted to his son Ephraim, November, 18, 1652. The

homestead consisted of twenty-two acres in the Plaine at Weymouth, bounded by

lands of Richard Sylvester, John Upham, Mr. Gouer, and west and north by the

highway and the sea. He married in England, abt 1609, a woman who probably died

before he came to New England. He married perhaps at Dorcester, abt 1639, widow

Dorothy Barker, who survived him, and married John King of Weymouth, in 1652.

Dorothy Barker was born in 1558 in Titenden Parish, Lee, Buckingham, England. She died in 1652 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts. She married Enoch Hunt [???above paragraph looks like she married Ephraim that Enoch died in England] about 1639 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Her will was dated June 14, 1652 and proved Oct. 21, 1652

They had the following children:

F i Sarah Hunt'

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OCCUPAITON: blacksmith

   Freeman, Newport, RI 1640

   1640 removed to Weymouth, Mass

Came from Lee, a parish in Buckes, near Wendover, in England. He was at Weymouth, Mass in 1640, but perhaps he was the man of the same name who appeared at Newport in 1639. He was by trade a blacksmith but did not remain in this country long, returning to England, but leaving at least one of his children here. His estate in New England was administered by this son on Nov 18 1652. Nothing is known of his wife
Cutters says married 1st in England, married 2nd Sarah, Daughter of widow Dorothy Barker, who in 1652 was wife of Julian King of Weymouth and gave household goods to Daughter Sarah Hunt.
Reference:

   1. Ludingtton-Saltus Record 139, DeForest, 1925

   2. Cutter New England Families

Enoch Hunt, the immigrant ancestor, was from Titendon, in the parish of Lee,. two miles from Wendover, Buckshire, England. He was an early settler in Rhode Island and was admitted a freeman in Newport in 1638. He was a blacksmith by trade. He removed to Weymouth, Mass., where he was living in 1640. He was a town officer in 1641, and had a case in court in 1641. He died before 1647, in England, when his wife's lands are mentioned in deeds of abutting tracts. Administration was granted to his son Ephraim, November, 18, 1652. The homestead consisted of twenty-two acres in the Plaine at Weymouth, bounded by lands of Richard Sylvester, John Upham, Mr. Gouer, and west and north by the highway and the sea. He married in England, abt 1609, a woman who probably died before he came to New England. He married perhaps at Dorcester, abt 1639, widow Dorothy Barker, who survived him, and married John King of Weymouth, in 1652. Dorothy Barker was born in 1558 in Titenden Parish, Lee, Buckingham, England. She died in 1652 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts. She married Enoch Hunt about 1639 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts.. Her will was dated June 14, 1652 and proved Oct. 21, 1652.

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