Col. Ephraim Hunt, Jr. (II)

• Ephraim Hunt
• Birth: 1650
• Death: Jun. 26, 1713
• Ephraim was born in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• Ephraim died in Weymouth, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
• Family links:
• Parents:
• Ephraim Hunt (1610 - 1687)
• Anna Richards Hunt (1626 - ____)
• Spouse:
• Joanna Alcock Hunt (____ - 1746)*
• Children:
  • Samuel Hunt (1681 - 1729)*
  • Elizabeth Hunt Pope (1697 - 1782)*
• Siblings:
• Thomas Hunt (1647 - 1721)**
• Thomas Hunt (1648 - 1721)*
• Ephraim Hunt (1650 - 1713)
• *Calculated relationship
• **Half-sibling
• Burial: Unknown
• Find A Grave Memorial# 42111920
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42111920 __________________________
• HUNT, Ephraim
• b. 1650 Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass.
• d. 26 JUN 1713 Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: HUNT, Ephraim
• Mother: RICHARDS, Alice
• Family:
• Marriage: 1678 Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass.
• Spouse: ALCOTT, Joanna
• b. 6 MAY 1660 Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass.
• d. 20 MAR 1745/6 New Bedford, Bristol, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: ALCOTT, John
• Mother: PALGRAVE, Sarah
• Children:
  • HUNT, John b. 11 DEC 1679 Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass. d. BEF 1687 Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass.
  • HUNT, Samuel
  • HUNT, Mercy
  • HUNT, Joanna
  • HUNT, John
  • HUNT, Peter
  • HUNT, William
  • HUNT, Ebenezer
  • HUNT, Thomas
  • HUNT, Elizabeth
  • HUNT, Sarah
  • HUNT, Ephraim
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_205.htm#16 _____________________________
• New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the ..., Volume 4 edited by William Richard Cutter
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• Pg.1854
• 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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• Pg.1855
• 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), son of Ephraim (1) Hunt, was born in 1650, died in 1713. In 1690 he served as captain in the Canada Expedition. In 1736 a grant of land called Huntstown was deeded to his heirs, settled in 1742 and incorporated in 1764; it is now called Ashfield. In 1706-07 he was colonel in the expedition at Groton against the Indians, and he also served in other affairs. His estate amounted to two thousand two hundred and ninety-eight pounds. He married Joanna, daughter of Dr. Alcock and granddaughter of Dr. Richard Palgrave. of Charlestown. Massachusetts. On her gravestone in the old burying ground at Acushnet Village, New Bedford, Massachusetts, is the following inscription : "Here lieth interred the body of Joanna, wife of ye Hon. Ephraim Hunt, Esq., late of Weymouth, youngest daughter of Dr. John Alcock, late of Roxbury, who died March ye 20, 1746, in ye eighty-seventh year of her age". Children : John, born December 11, 1679, died young; Rev. Samuel, February 8, 1681 ; Joanna; John, buried September 4, 1761 : Peter, born March 8, 1690; William, March 14, 1692 ; Ebenezer, April 6, 1694; Thomas, May 6, 1696; Elizabeth, 1697; Sarah ; Mercy ; Ephraim, mentioned below.
• (IV) Ephraim (3), son of Ephraim (2) Hunt, was born December 12, 1707, died February 29, 1786. He lived in Braintree, Massachusetts. He married (first) June 2, 1727, Ruth, born May 28, 1706, daughter of Samuel and Abigail Allen. He married (second) July 19, 1744, Miriam Spear. Children of first wife : Ephraim, mentioned below ; Jacob, born August 6, 1731 ; Nathaniel, March 2, 1733 ; Jonathan and Ruth, twins, August, 1736; Mary, 1739; Abigail, March 1, 1741. Children of second wife: Sarah, 1750; Richard Pierce, 1752.
• .... etc. ______________________
• The Vinton memorial, comprising a genealogy of the descendants of John Vinton of Lynn, 1648: also, genealogical sketches of several allied families ... With an appendix containing a history of the Braintree iron works, and other historical matter by Vinton, John Adams, 1801-1877
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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.
• Ebbet Hunt, widow of Ephraim Hunt,2 blacksmith, of Weymouth, deceased, made her will April 23, 1708; proved Jan. 2, 1711-12; recorded Suff. Prob, 17: 363. Mentions son William Hunt of Martha's Vineyard, son Joseph of Milton, (with whom she had lived many years past.) his sons Joseph and Alexander Hunt, his daus. Margaret, Martha, and Jane: also her grandson William, son of William.
• Ephraim Hunt,3 son of Ephraim,2 m. Joanna Alcock,3 dau. of Dr. John Alcock2 of Roxbury, (H. C., 1646; d. 1667. a. 42,) who was son of GEORGE ALCOCK,1 freeman, May 16, 1631. Ephraim Hunt,3 Jr., carpenter, and Joanna, his wife, were of Weymouth, and sold land in that town, Jan. 25, 1633-4. [Suff. Deeds, 13: 303.] He was also of that place till his death in 1713, as appears by sundry deeds on record.
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• The pioneers of Massachusetts, a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents by Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918
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• RICHARD, RICHARDS, RICHES,
• .... etc.
• Mr. Thomas, one of the original colony of Dorchester, [Bl.] frm. May 18, 1630. Propr. Rem. about 1639 to Weymough. [L.] Owned a mill in com. with Henry Waltham; in his absence, his wife Welthia (Welthiann,) adjusted partnership matters before Gen. Court 28 (11) 1640. Selectman, 1643.
• Will prob. 28 (11) 1650. Wife Welthian; sons John, James, Samuel Joseph and Benjamin; daus. Mary, Anne, Alice and Hannah. [Reg. VII, 232] The dau. Hannah d. at Boston 10 (9) 1651. The widow's will dated at Boston, 3 July, prob. 4 Nov. 1679, beq. to children John, James; to Thomas, Alice, Hannah, William, Mercy, John, Samuel, Melatiah, Mary and Sarah Bradford, children of William Bradford of Plymouth Colony and my daughter Alice, deceased; to Samuel, Thomas, Jr., Bathsheba and Mehetable Hinckley, Hannah Glover, Melatiah Crocker, Sarah Bacon and Mary Wiborne, ch. of Thomas Hinckley of Plym. Col. and my dau. Mary, dec.; to Ephraim and John, son of Ephraim Hunt and my late dau. Anne; to children of these granchildren; to the poor of Boston; to Harvard College; to Sarah Leverett, widow of our late honored governor; to each of the overseers of the will.
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• Major Ephraim HUNT was born about 1650 in Weymouth, MA. (1485) The will of Welthian Richards, specifically mentions Ephraim and John, sons of the husband of her late daughter Anne. He died in Jun 1713 in Weymouth, MA?.(1486) He was Child born in Weymouth.(1487) Weymouth records also show a son John Hunt, born Dec 11, 1679. In the Weymouth birth records he is called Major Ephraim Hunt and his wife Joanna Hunt. Savage says rep. 1689, 90 and 91, “a Col. by this honor led on to partake in the preposterious exped. of Phips to the St. Lawrence, in command of a comp. soon after ret. was made in 1703 a couns. till d. June 1713.”
• The will of Welthian Richards
• [THE WILL OF WELTHIAN RICHARDS]
• The will of Wealthian Richards, widow, of Boston, was made on 3 July, 1679, and proved 4 November, 1679. It was signed by a mark. Bequests were made to eldest son, John Richards; to son James Richards; to Thomas Bradford, ?5; to Alice Bradford, ?60: to Hannah Bradford, ?40; to Mercy Bradford, ?10; to William Bradford, Jr., ?20; to John Bradford, ?10; to Samuel Bradford, ?5; to Melatiah Bradford, ?5; to Mary Bradford, ?5; to Sarah Bradford, ?5; “these ten above last named being children of William Bradford of Plimoth Colonly & my daughter, Alce deceased”;
• . . . to Ephraim Hunt and John Hunt, “Sons to Ephraim Hunt Senr of Weymoth, & my late daughter Anne”, ?5 apiece;
• In full
• THE WILLS OF THOMAS AND WELTHIAN RICHARDS
• Abstracted from the Original Documents,
• BY GEORGE ERNEST BOWMAN
• THE wills of Thomas Richards of Weymouth, Mass., and his widow, Welthian Richards of Boston, will interest many descendants of Plymouth .Colony families, since their daughter Mary Richards was the first wife of Thomas2 Hinckley † (Samuel1), afterwards governor of Plymouth Colony, and bore him eight children, all but one of whom married. The daughter Alice Richards became the wife of William2 Bradford ‡ (Gov. William1) and bore him ten children, all of whom married.
• The will of Thomas Richards was made at Hull, Mass., at the house of Thomas Loring, on 27 December, 1650, and the inventory of his goods at Weymouth was taken 18 January, 1650/1; he must, therefore, have died between these two dates;’ None of the papers relating to his estate were recorded, and the following abstracts, with the literal copy of the petition of the heirs, were made from the original documents, now in the Suffolk County Probate Files in Boston.
• The will of the widow Welthian—Richards was made at Boston on 3 July, 1679, and proved November, 1679, and she must have died between these dates. Her will, also, is in the Suffolk County Probate Files and the abstract here presented was made from the original document.
• These nine marriages are separated from the preceding records by a line across the page, and evidently were all by Rev. Nathaniel Eells.
• Mayflower Descendant, VI: 98.
• Ibid., IX: 65.
• 90 The Wills of Thomas and Welthian Richards
• [THE WILL OF THOMAS RICHARDS]
• The will of Thomas Richards of Weymouth was made at the house of Thomas Loring, in Hull, Mass., 17 December, 1650, and was proved 28 January, 1652/1. Bequests were made to his wife; to son John, who is away from home; to son James; to son Samuel; to sons Joseph and Benjamin, both under twenty-one years of age; daughters mary and An and Alce and Hannah; shall have halfe so much as my sonnes; all alike” but Mary is to have ?10 more than the others; “to Brother Thos Loringe.” Son John, Thomas Loring and Nicholas Baker are to see that the will is carried out.
• On 18 and 25 January, 1650/1, the goods at Weymouth, Mass., and Boston were inventoried.
• On 28 January, 1650/1, the inventories were sworn to by Mrs. Richards. An account rendered by her mentions debts due to “mr ffermace of Plimouth,” to Thomas Hinckley, to Ephraim Hunt and to Captain Standish of Duxbury.
• On the same day the following petition of the heirs was presented to the court.
• “To the Honoured Court at Boston: 28: (11) 1650
• Wheras our deare father Mr Thomas Richards late of Waymouth: dyed and left a will but appoynted no executors of the same: We whose names are underwritten doe humbly desire this Honor Court that our deare Mother mrs Welthian Richards: late wife of our deare father deceased: may have power granted by this Court to improve the estate that our father left untill our Brother John Richards shall returne hether he being now in England: or in case of his not returninge untill the Court shall thinke good to dispose otherwise And that our dear Mother may returne an Inventory into this Court of the whole estate of our said father deceased and also be bound to give an account of the said estate upon all demands: That so the estate may be ordred for our good & the payment of our fathers debt: Thus not doubting of your fatherly care for the fatherlesse we humbly take leave
• James Richards
• Joseph Richards:
• Beniamin Richards
• mr Thomas Hinckley desires
• ye same by his letter
• mr wilm Bradford also
• desires ye same by his letter
• Epharim Hunt
• hannah Richards
• It is also the desire of us whose names are underwritten: whome m, Richard hath chosen Overseers of his last will Thomas Loringe Nico Baker”
• Parents: Captain Ephraim HUNT and Anne RICHARDS.
• He was married to Joanna (Anne) ALCOCK ?.(1488) Though we don’t know when the marriage took place, various birth records in Weymouth and Torrey sustain the fact of their marriage. Children were: John HUNT , Rev Samuel HUNT, John HUNT , Peter HUNT, William HUNT , Ebenezer HUNT, Thomas HUNT.
• From: http://mayflowerfamilies.com/?page_id=1350 _________________________
• The Signers of the Mayflower Compact and Their Descendants By Henry Whittemore
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• IX MARY BRADFORD, ninth child of Major William and Alice (Richards) Bradford, was
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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.
• WILLIAM HUNT, son of Ephraim, was born about 1655. He is called of Chilmark. He lived at Martha's Vineyard. After the death of his first wife, he married Sarah, widow of Samuel Bradford, brother of Mary, his first wife.
• THE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM HUNT, BY HIS WIFE MARY BRADFORD (HUNT), WERE
  • 1. Mary Hunt, born Feb. 8 or 18, 1687.
  • 2. William Hunt, born May 17, 1693. ______________________________

Captain in expedition to Canada, 1690.

Colonel 1706 - 1707.

Councillor to Gov. J. Dudley, 1703/13.

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