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About Thomas ‘the Immigrant’ Hunt
This parent makes no geographic sense Richard Hunt, of Shrewsbury. Not the father of Raph Hunt, of Middleburrough proven by DNA studies.
Biography
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THOMAS HUNT was born circa 1615 at Keyston, Huntingdonshire, England. (no documentation of his birth has been found. So, his parents are unknown. His birth in Huntingdonshire appears to be based on his association with Gov. William Leete who was from Huntingdonshire.)
[Few, if any, of the early settlers of the northeastern US have had their histories and genealogies of descendants so badly distorted and confused as Thomas Hunt, the New York pioneer, and his contemporary, unrelated, neighbor Ralph Hunt, of Long Island. Older histories and genealogies speculate that both descend from a Richard Hunt of Shrewsbury, England or Col. Thomas Hunt of Cromwell's Army. Despite numerous refutations in periodical genealogical literature, the legend continues to be perpetuated.]
Thomas Hunt probably came to Boston by 1637 as an indentured servant of William Leete and moved to the New Haven Colony in 1639 When Leete became Governor of the New Haven Colony, (Leete later became a Lt. Gov. and Governor of the Connecticut Colony after the New Haven Colony was brought under the government of Connecticut under the charter of 1662.)
Thomas married Cicely Clark at New Haven about 1639 (many older genealogies including Wyman, give her last name as Pasley or Paisley, However, John G Hunt gives impressive evidence that she was Cicely Clark, b. abt 1619, who came to Boston on the ship Planter in 1635 at age 16 with the Tuttle Family with whom she moved to New Haven Colony in 1639).
On 1 March 1643 Thomas and his wife were ordered out of New Haven for keeping company with a man disliked by the ruling elders of New Haven. They then moved to the newly formed town of Stamford, Connecticut.
In 1652 Thomas Hunt bought land on Spicer and Bracketts Neck in Westchester, New Netherlands from Augustine Harmons. This property became the nucleus for his famous Grove Farm. However, it appears that he did not occupy this land until later, as the area was a Dutch colony at the time.
It appears that Thomas Hunt was still living in Stamford CT in 1660 although he appears to have had “interests” -in Middleborough (Newtown), Long Island, (now Elmhurst) where his name is found in records in 1660 and 1661. He was made a Freeman by the General Court of Connecticut in 1663. So, he may not have moved to New York before that date.
On August 27, 1664, four English frigates led by Richard Nicolls sailed into New Amsterdam's harbor and demanded New Netherland's surrender. They met no resistance. Numerous citizens' requests had gone unheeded for protection by a suitable Dutch garrison against "the deplorable and tragic massacres" by the Indians. That lack of adequate fortification, ammunition, and manpower made New Amsterdam defenseless. Stuyvesant negotiated, successfully, for good terms from his "too powerful enemies". In the Articles of Transfer, he and his council secured, in Article VIII, the principle of religious tolerance, which assured that New Netherlanders "shall keep and enjoy the liberty of their consciences in religion" under English rule.
On Sept. 6, 1664, Col. Nichols took possession of "New Amsterdam" and the colony was renamed, New York in honor of the Duke of York. Thomas Hunt is described as "a delegate from Westchester" From 1664 until his death in 1695.
The land at Grove farm was Patented to Thomas Hunt, 4 Dec. 1667 by Gov. Nocolls, and subsequently confirmed by Gov. Dongan, 12 Jan. 1686.
His will was dated 6 Oct 1694, in which he identified his children as Thomas (the eldest), Joseph, John, Josiah, and Abigail Pinckney. He also mentioned three granddaughters. Abigail, daughter of Thomas; Abigail, daughter of Josiah and Martha, daughter of his son Joseph. The eldest son, Thomas, did not inherit the homestead, for the evident reason that he was already settled at West Farms on his wife’s ample estate. Instead, Grove Farm was entailed (to pass on to eldest sons of successors) to his grandson Josiah, son of Josiah, who was subsequently known as "Grove Siah.".
[Note: Josiah Hunt left Grove Farm to his son Thomas who died without heirs and title passed to his daughter Marianne (usually seen as Miana or Myana) Hunt who married Elijah Ferris. Their sons John H., William and Charlton Ferris owned it in 1848. This gets us to the Ferris family, intermarried several times with the Westchester Hunt families, and early proprietors in NH Charters for several Vermont towns.]
Thomas Hunt died 8 Feb 1694/1695, as noted in connection the inventory of his estate dated 14 Feb. 1694/1695. His estate was probated on 27 Feb 1694/95 at New York City, New York.
Family
Children of Thomas Hunt and Cicely Clarke
- 1.THOMAS HUNT, was born circa 1639 at New Haven, Connecticut. He married Elizabeth Jessup, daughter of Edward Jessup and Elizabeth Bridges, in 1664/65. He died after Aug 1719.
- 2. JOSEPH HUNT, was born 6 Nov 1642. He married Mary ______ . He married, Susanna Collard, before 1714. He died between 1715 and Aug 1719.
- 3.JOSIAH HUNT, was born between 1648 and 1650 at Stamford, Connecticut. He married Mary _____ prob 1724-1730. He married Rebecca Harrison, daughter of John Harrison and Katherine ?Gilbert, before 28 Jun 1671. He married Martha ______ before 1680. He died in 1732. His estate was probated on 10 Dec 1732.
- 4.JOHN HUNT, was born circa 1650 at Stamford, Connecticut. He married Elsie Baxter, daughter of Thomas Baxter, on 16 Jun 1670. He married Grace Fowler, daughter of Henry Fowler and Rebecca Newell, before 1680. He died in Jan 1712. His estate was probated on 16 Jan 1712 at New York County, New York.
- 5. ABIGAIL HUNT, was born about 1651. She married John Pinckney, son of Philip Pinckney, before 1691.
Sources:
- • Thomas Hunt Descendants, The Descendants of Thomas Hunt, Sr., Who Deceased at the Grove Farm, Westchester, New York, February, 1695, compiled by John G. Hunt, Arlington, Virginia, December1936 , Manuscript, John Griffiths Hunt, December 1936, Copy in possession of Everett Hunt, Santa Barbara, California, p 50.
- Mitchell Hunt The Early Hunt Families of Vermont: Thomas Hunt, 1639, New Haven, Stamford, LI, and Westchester, NY, start of the so-called New York Line of Hunts
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Thomas ‘the Immigrant’ Hunt's Timeline
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1615
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Keyston, Huntingdonshire, England (United Kingdom)
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1634
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Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
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1639
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West Farms, Westchester, New York
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1640
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November 6, 1642
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New Haven, Fairfield, Connecticut (CT), United States (USA)
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1642
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West Farms, Westchester , New York
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1649
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Stamford, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America
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1650
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Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America
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1652
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