Reverend Samuel Hunt

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Rev. Samuel Hunt

b.8 Feb 1681/82 Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.21 Jan 1729/30 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Family tree▼

Parents and Siblings

F. Colonel Ephraim Hunt
1650 - 1713

M. Joanna Alcock
1660 - 1746
m. Abt 1678

John Hunt
1679 - Bef 1685

Rev. Samuel Hunt
1681/82 - 1729/30

Joanna Hunt
Abt 1684 - 1714/15

Lt. John Hunt
Abt 1686 - 1761

Peter Hunt
1690 -

William Hunt
1692 -

Ebenezer Hunt
1694 - 1761

Thomas Hunt
1696 -

Elizabeth Hunt
Cal 1698 - 1782

Sarah Hunt
Abt 1701 -

Mercy Hunt
Abt 1704 - 1777

Ephraim Hunt
1707 -

Spouse and Children

H. Rev. Samuel Hunt
1681/82 - 1729/30

W. Hannah Pope
1693 -
m. Bef 1711

Deborah Hunt
1710/11 - 1753

Ephraim Hunt
1713/14 -

Joanna Hunt
1716 -

Rebecca Hunt
1719 -

Sarah Hunt
1722 - 1772

▼Facts and Events

Name[3] Rev. Samuel Hunt
Gender Male
Birth[1] 8 Feb 1681/82 Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1711
Based on birth of eldest known child
to Hannah Pope
Death[2] 21 Jan 1729/30 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

▼References
↑ Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910)
Vol. 1, p. 152.
HUNT, Samuell [dup. Samuel], s. Ephriam and Joanna, [born] Feb. 8, 1681.
[1681/82 assumed based on typical usage, and age at death.]

↑ Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1929-1930)
Vol. 3, p. 41.
HUNT, Samuel, Rev., "first ordained minister at Dartmouth", [died] Jan. 21, 1729-30. [in 48th y., GR39]
[Age 47, so born about 1682. GR39=Acushnet Cemetery]

↑ Chamberlain, George Walter. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. (Weymouth, Massachusetts: Weymouth Historical Society, under direction of the town, 1923)
Vol. 3, p. 314.
Rev. Samuel Hunt, s/o Capt. Ephraim Hunt and Joanna Alcock, b. Weymouth 8 Feb 1681, d. Acushnet 25 [sic, see comment below] Jan 1729-30, m. Hannah Pope, d/o Seth and Deborah Pope. Graduated Harvard 1700, minister Dunstable 1707, at Dartmouth 1708-1730.
[Note: Source:Ricketson, Daniel. History of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, p. 317, from 1858, transcribes the date on his gravestone as 25 Jan 1729, so apparently this is a misreading of the gravestone?]

 Find A Grave: Acushnet Cemetery, Acushnet, Mass., in Find A Grave

Rev Samuel Hunt.
Here lieth ye Body
of the Rever'd Mr
Samuel Hunt who was
ye First Ordain'd
Minister Over the
Church of Christ in
Dartmouth who died
Janu['ry] ye 21'st 1729
in ye [48th] Year
of his age.

Category: Colonial Collegians