Richard: I have run into this before, but I thought they were from Augusta, GA. I'm not sure if I can find my references. I'm quite busy this week, but will try to see if I can find it during the week. Felicia -----Original Message----- From: RICHARD . BATES <rickma809@erols.com> To: HUNT-L@rootsweb.com <HUNT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, March 26, 1999 1:38 AM Subject: [HUNT-L] St. Augustine Loyalist- Matterson Hunt >I am a descendant of Matterson Hunt who with wife and children arrived >in Halifax, NS in July, 1783 from St. augustine, FL on the ship Argo. >These people have been called St. Augustine Loyalists. > >Does anyone have any information on this family? > > >==== HUNT Mailing List ==== >The HUNT Document Archives: ><http://www.c2i2.com/~tompkin/index.html> >

A HUNT searcher wrote that certain of his ancestors >>>arrived in Halifax, NS in July, 1783 from St. augustine, FL ... These people have been called St. Augustine Loyalists. >>>> I'm fascinated - who can tell us how a "St. Augustine Loyalist" is defined? Many thanks to any who can oblige. Regards, Ginny Crawford

This is my first foray into this group, although I have been watching it for quite a while now. Haven't seen anything familiar so thought I would throw this out and see if anyone will strike ...thanks ******************************************************************* 1. David1 Hunt was born in Preble County, Ohio, United States February 17, 1800. David died March 1, 1859 in Bowling Green, Clay County, Indiana, United States, at 59 years of age. He married Mary in Preble County, Ohio, United States, BEF 1822. Mary was born August 19, 1798. Mary died ABT 20 JAN 1866 in Bowling Green, Clay County, Indiana, United States, at approximately 67 years of age. "My Grandfather (JOHN F. HUNT) came from Eaton, Preble County, Ohio. I remember my Grandfather saying his family hailed from New Jersey and called himself a Jersey Irishman." "There are two Granddaughters and a Grandson of ELIZABETH and WILLIAM CAMPBELL now living in Bowling Green, that I know quite well. They know where the graves of DAVID and MARY HUNT are located. I can remember my Grandfather made a trip down there from Dana, and had stones erected on their graves. He drove down in a horse and buggy. The cemetery is a small obsolete one in a corner of a field near Bowling Green." "JOHN F. HUNT came to Vermillion County to work on a canal being built along the Wabash and as I remember the story, he liked the country so well he talked the rest of his family into coming. By the time they came the canal work was farther along and they settled in Owen County near Bowling Green." The Wabash and Erie Canal was started in 1837 in Owen County. Work stopped in 1939 and started again in 1945. The Canal was completed in 1849. "I believe that WILLIAM CAMPBELL married two sisters of my Father (NATHAN DIXON HUNT)." David Hunt and Mary had the following children: 2 i. Elizabeth2 Hunt was born in Preble County, Ohio, United States February 14, 1822. Elizabeth died AFT 1855 in Owen County, Indiana, United States. She married William Campbell in Preble County, Ohio, United States, BEF 1855. William was born in Preble County, Ohio, United States. William died AFT 1855 in Owen County, Indiana, United States. 3 ii. Maryann Hunt was born in Preble County, Ohio, United States June 6, 1825. Maryann died February 7, 1881 at 55 years of age. + 4 iii. Nathan Dixon Hunt Dr. was born June 11, 1827. 5 iv. Richard Hunt was born in Preble County, Ohio, United States August 4, 1829. + 6 v. John F. Hunt was born July 3, 1832. 7 vi. Hannah Hunt was born in Preble County, Ohio, United States September 9, 1834. Hannah died October 5, 1851 at 17 years of age. 8 vii. Dunham Hunt was born in Preble County, Ohio, United States September 2, 1838. Dunham died March 19, 1863 at 24 years of age. ********************************************************************* bob chaney the chaney genealogy project http://www.chaneygenes.com Ô¿Ô Searching for a past bob@chaneygenes.com 425-895-9552

The following was copied from the AntiVirus Research Center, dated March 26, 1999. This Virus warning has been received from other lists and other genalogists. http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/mailissa.html Advanced Search AntiVirus Research Center Download Updates Virus Encyclopedia Virus Hoaxes Reference Area Submit Virus Samples © 1998 Symantec Corporation All rights reserved. W97M.Mailissa (W97M.Melissa) VirusName: W97M.Mailissa Aliases: W97M.Melissa Infection Length: one VBA5 module named Melissa Area of Infection: Microsoft Word 97 documents Likelihood: Common Region Reported: US Characteristics: Macro, Wild Description: W97M.Mailissa (also known as W97M.Melissa) is a typical macro virus which has an unusual payload. When a user opens an infected document, the virus will attempt to e-mail a copy of this document to up to 50 other people, using Microsoft Outlook. Similar to W97M.Pri, the virus turns off the security protection upon opening an infected document in MS Word 2000. This disables MS Word 2000 macro prompt the next time the document is opened. It infects a MS Word 97 and MS Word 2000 document by adding a new VBA5 (macro) module named Melissa. Although there is nothing unique in the infection routine of this macro virus, it has a payload that utilizes MS Outlook to send an attachment of the infected document being opened. Payload As its primary payload, the virus will attempt to use Microsoft Outlook to e-mail a copy of the infected document to up to 50 other people. When a user opens or closes an infected document, the virus first checks to see if it has done this mass e-mailing once before, by checking the following registry key: "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\" as "Melissa?" value. If this key has a value "Melissa?" set to the value "...by Kwyjibo", then the mass e-mailing has been done previously from the current machine. The virus will not attempt to do the mass mailing a second time, if it has already been done from this machine. If it does not find the registry entry, the virus does the following: Open MS Outlook. Using MAPI calls, it gets the user profile to use MS Outlook. It creates a new e-mail message to be sent to up to 50 addresses listed in the user's MS Outlook address book. It gives the email message a subject line: "Important Message From USERNAME", where USERNAME is taken from MS Word setting. The body of the email message is: "Here is that document you asked for ... don't show anyone else ;-)" It attaches the active document (the infected document being opened or closed) to the email message. It sends the e-mails. Please note that "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office" is a registry entry created by MS Office. The virus simply adds the new value "Melissa?" into this registry entry. This value is set to "…by Kwyjibo" if the virus has previously e-mailed an infected document from the system. Once the value is set, the virus will not attempt another mass mailing from the same machine. There is a second payload which triggers once an hour, at the number of minutes past the hour corresponding to the date (i.e., on the 16th of the month, the payload triggers at 16 minutes after every hour). If an infected document is opened or closed at the appropriate minute, this payload will insert the following sentence into the document: " Twenty-two points, plus triple-word-score, plus fifty points for using all my letters. Game's over. I'm outta here." Note that the virus will also infect other documents on the user's machine, using the normal infection mechanisms of macro viruses, even if the user does not have MS Outlook. So, it is potentially possible for a new document from any user's machine to be e-mailed to other people through the following steps: User opens Document 1 containing Melissa infection. Melissa also infects a new Document 2 on the user's machine (even if the user does not have MS Outlook). User e-mails Document 2 to another person who has not previously been infected by Melissa and who does have MS Outlook. When that second person opens the infected Document 2 on their machine, the document will be e-mailed to 50 people via MS Outlook. Hiding its activity: Similar to most macro viruses, this macro virus tries to hide its activity by disabling the following menu items: Tools-Macro in MS Word 97 By disabling this menu command, the virus prevents any user from listing the macro / VBA module in MS Word 97 to manually check for infection. Macro-Security in MS Word 2000 By disabling this menu command, it prevents the user from changing the security level in MS Word 2000. To hide its infection activity, it also disables the following options in MS Word 97: Prompt to save Normal template Confirm conversion at Open Macro virus protection With these options disabled, MS Word 97 does not warn or prompt while saving the NORMAL.DOT or while opening a document with macros in it. Repair Notes: Norton AntiVirus users can protect themselves from this virus by downloading the current virus definitions either through LiveUpdate or from the following webpage: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/download.html Write-up by: Raul K. Elnitiarta March 26, 1999 Use the index files to locate virus information by name: A-Am Dn-Dz H-Hm Kn-Kz O-Om R-Rm U-Um X-Xm An-Az E-Em Hn-Hz L-Lm On-Oz Rn-Rz Un-Uz Xn-Xz B-Bm En-Ez I-Im Ln-Lz P-Pm S-Sm V-Vm Y-Ym Bn-Bz F-Fm In-Iz M-Mm Pn-Pz Sn-Sz Vn-Vz Yn-Yz C-Cm Fn-Fz J-Jm Mn-Mz Q-Qm T-Tm W-Wm Z-Zm Cn-Cz G-Gm Jn-Jz N-Nm Qn-Qz Tn-Tz Wn-Wz Zn-Zz D-Dm Gn-Gz K-Km Nn-Nz 0-9 and Special Characters Cross-reference data provided by Project VGrep. Implemented with permission of Virus Bulletin.

There is a very serious virus named Mailissa (a.k.a. Melissa) that is now making the rounds. If you get an e-mail with the subject line: "Important Message From USERNAME" and the body of the e-mail message says: "Here is that document you asked for ..." DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT!!! IMMEDIATELY DELETE BOTH THE E-MAIL MESSAGE AND THE ATTACHED FILE. Double-clicking on the link below will take you to Symantec's U.S. site where you can read more about the Mailissa (a.k.a. Melissa) virus. <http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/mailissa.html> Don Nutt <http://www.dnutt.com>

If you are smart and use Juno for email you don't have to worry about attachments of any kind. Ô¿Ô Searching for a past. On Mon, 29 Mar 1999 08:10:01 -0500 Don & Peggy Nutt <dnutt@tc3net.com> writes: >There is a very serious virus named Mailissa (a.k.a. Melissa) that is >now >making the rounds. If you get an e-mail with the subject line: > "Important Message From USERNAME" >and the body of the e-mail message says: > "Here is that document you asked for ..." > >DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT!!! >IMMEDIATELY DELETE BOTH THE E-MAIL MESSAGE AND THE ATTACHED FILE. > >Double-clicking on the link below will take you to Symantec's U.S. >site >where you can read more about the Mailissa (a.k.a. Melissa) virus. > ><http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/mailissa.html> > >Don Nutt ><http://www.dnutt.com> > > >==== HUNT Mailing List ==== >The HUNT-Line Online, an archive of viewable GEDCOMs: ><http://www.genweb.net/~hunt/index.html> > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Hello Raymond, I hope that you got the PART TWO that I forwarded to you.. I will forward it again if you did not get it.. I am interested in your line from William down.. I see in my database that he had seven children, one of them being your Jesse, who married Sarah McAdams.. From this marriage, I see that they had fourteen children: James, William, Annie, Jane, James, Ruthy, Lydia, Sarah, Jessse Ivy, Thomas Jefferson, Elizabeth, Washington, John Tyler, and Henson. I have evidence that James, Jane, James, Lydia, Sarah, Jesse Ivy, Thomas Jefferson, Elizabeth, and John Tyler were married, but in some cases I do not know who to.. Further, I do not have any information on their children.. So this is where my information stops on the family of Jesse and Sarah (McAdams) HUNT.. I would be pleased to exchange what you might wish for your line's information, and anything that I do not have.. I can receive GEDCOM via email or snail mail.. I will even poke it in by hand if I have to.. My line comes down from Esli, through his son, William Lacy, through his son, George McDuffie, through his son, Thomas Sumpter, through his son, Herman, through his son, Allen F., to me, Allen D. Hunt.. George McDuffie came to Mississippi with his mother, Keziah (McClannahan) HUNT and the rest of his siblings.. Our particular line stayed in Mississippi up until 1955 at which time I graduated from Ackerman High School and left the state seeking my "fame and fortune".. I still have many of my aunts, uncles, cousins, etc., living in the state of Mississippi.. It is my understanding that some of the members, somewhere along the line, went out west.. So, I am interested in knowing exactly how and where your line branched off, where they lived and how they migrated out west.. Thanks for responding and hope to hear from you soon.. -----Original Message----- From: Raymond S. Proctor <billiej@nhmccd.campuscwix.net> To: soat@earthlink.net <soat@earthlink.net> Date: Saturday, March 27, 1999 10:27 AM Subject: Esly Marion Hunt >Thru HUNT-L@rootsweb.com I received information on your Else Marion Hunt. >My line is thru William Hunt, a brother to your Elsi. I am very interested >in genealogy and would appreciate your sending Part Two to me. My Hunt >line thru Jesse and wife Sarah McAdams Hunt started in SC thru AL, MS and >in their lifetime into TX. >Thank you..... >

Join the HUNT-L list. --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Leonard L. Parks" <lloyd@deseretonline.com> I'm looking for any info on the ancestors of William A Hunt, born 4 Mar 1819 in Ohio. He married Margaret Timmins and had a son Nathan Stlvanius Hunt, born 12 May 1842 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri. If you can help me out with any info or know who might be able to please let me know. Thank you, Leonard ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Sanford, I have a Thomas Hunt, whose father, Sion Hunt, died in Christian Co. KY. Thomas was born about 1800, in I'd guess North Carolina. It appears that Thomas died before 1845, I assume in Kentucky. Thomas had a least two children, daughter named Sarah, and son named Andrew D. If this looks like a match I can share information Sion and his father, Hardy Hunt. Johnny Webb jswebb@altavista.net -----Original Message----- From: SANFORD B HUNT [mailto:SBH3@prodigy.net] Sent: Saturday, March 27, 1999 9:50 PM To: HUNT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HUNT-L] Thomas HUNT, b. Ca 1800 poss. VA Vicki- Don't know anything about this family. All I have is a FGS below-no poppa or mama and nothing on the children. Possibly someone else may have the answer. the submitter's E-Mail address is included in notes. *********************** Family Group Record ============================================================ ============== Husband: Thomas W. HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Birth: abt 1800 S.C.? or Va.? Death: Floyd Co., Kentucky Marriage: 4 Jan 1822 Floyd Co., Kentucky ============================================================ ============== Wife: Judith MAYNARD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Birth: abt 1800 ============================================================ ============== Children ============================================================ ============== 1 M Moses HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 2 F Elizabeth HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 3 F Jane HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 4 M Thomas HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 5 F Malinda HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 6 M Henry HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 7 F Mariah HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 8 F Sarah HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 9 F Penelope HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 10 M John HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 11 M Frank HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 12 M William HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 13 F Susan HUNT ============================================================ ============== Prepared 27 Mar 1999 by: Sanford B. Hunt ============================================================ ============== FAMILY NOTES HUSBAND NOTES: Thomas W. HUNT General: Was married in Floyd Co., Ky. See James and Lace Hunt records. I do not KNOW that he died in Floyd Co.; this was put in only to mark the data base so that someone looking for such a person in Floyd Co. might find him (FKG). This man is the ancestor of: Judith Manley, 3435 Agate Dr. #1 Santa Clara, CA. 95051-1035 Ph: (408) 296-7679 E-mail: Judith@svpal.org. Cannot guarantee the correctness of this address. WIFE NOTES: Judith MAYNARD CHILD NOTES: No notes on children.. SOURCES Felicia and Clara's file/nothing but a FGS ==== HUNT Mailing List ==== Review names and download HUNT gedcom files from Courtney Tompkins site <http://www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/4813/ged1/gedlink.html>

Here is a Thomas Hunt I have in my family line , But not the one You are looking for. Good luck in your search. Family Group Report - 28 Mar 1999 ———————————————————————————————————————— Husband: THOMAS HUNT ———————————————————————————————————————— Birth: 14 Dec 1827 Place: MONTGOMERY CO., OHIO Death: 8 Feb 1909 Place: NEWTON,JASPER CO. , ILLINOIS Father: JOHN HUNT (1798-1863) Mother: ELIZABETH BROOKS (1805-1848) ———————————————————————————————————————— Marriage: 1849 Place: RUSH CO. , INDIANA ———————————————————————————————————————— Wife: LOUISA PRICE ———————————————————————————————————————— Birth: About 1849 Place: KENTUCKY Death: 1913 ———————————————————————————————————————— Children... ———————————————————————————————————————— 1. M Child: JOHN MARSHALL HUNT Birth: About 1850 Death: 1931 Burial: Place: JASPER CO. HUNT CEMETERY, CHAPEL CEMETERY, WADE TWN Spouse: MARY J ———————————————————————————————————————— 2. F Child: SARAH J HUNT Birth: About 1849 Death: 1896 Spouse: FRANK X. ANDRE Last Modified: 9 Feb 1999

Vicki- Don't know anything about this family. All I have is a FGS below-no poppa or mama and nothing on the children. Possibly someone else may have the answer. the submitter's E-Mail address is included in notes. *********************** Family Group Record ============================================================ ============== Husband: Thomas W. HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Birth: abt 1800 S.C.? or Va.? Death: Floyd Co., Kentucky Marriage: 4 Jan 1822 Floyd Co., Kentucky ============================================================ ============== Wife: Judith MAYNARD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Birth: abt 1800 ============================================================ ============== Children ============================================================ ============== 1 M Moses HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 2 F Elizabeth HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 3 F Jane HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 4 M Thomas HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 5 F Malinda HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 6 M Henry HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 7 F Mariah HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 8 F Sarah HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 9 F Penelope HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 10 M John HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 11 M Frank HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 12 M William HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 13 F Susan HUNT ============================================================ ============== Prepared 27 Mar 1999 by: Sanford B. Hunt ============================================================ ============== FAMILY NOTES HUSBAND NOTES: Thomas W. HUNT General: Was married in Floyd Co., Ky. See James and Lace Hunt records. I do not KNOW that he died in Floyd Co.; this was put in only to mark the data base so that someone looking for such a person in Floyd Co. might find him (FKG). This man is the ancestor of: Judith Manley, 3435 Agate Dr. #1 Santa Clara, CA. 95051-1035 Ph: (408) 296-7679 E-mail: Judith@svpal.org. Cannot guarantee the correctness of this address. WIFE NOTES: Judith MAYNARD CHILD NOTES: No notes on children.. SOURCES Felicia and Clara's file/nothing but a FGS

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hello, I am new to the list and I joined to get some ehlp with my Hunt line. Thomas Hunt is my 4th greatgrandfather. He was born around 1800 possibly in Va. That's just the problem, I would like to know a little more definate facts on him. I know his father's name was John, and his mother's name was Mary "Polly" ?. Thomas Married a Jusith Maynard. If anyone could help me out in finding more facts on Thomas and his family I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance for any help. Vicki Hurst -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBNv2DQO9aHYpjEPy5AQHQkQL/WvMBE/yscDrUi3gYXU4Su5pxVJiQm4sf OpDOoJWltCYw1lLFym2g062arCoe7LVXukPw3wZNl/ex43yde0h8GSkdyXTg82vb u08r8hjyYmfkzMXRRjrFDVRAVsW9LVjT =O/GH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

I am looking for descendants of Hamline T. Hunt born 31 May 1844 in IL and died 26 Jul 1909 in Idaho. He is buried on Hortonville, WI. He had two wives, Jennie E. Gordon and Abbie V. Mericle. His parents were Robert C. Hunt and Lucinda Cruts. He had at least one sister, Marilla Hunt Jones my gr-gr-grandmother. Bev

As requested-may be a repeat. **************** Family Group Record ============================================================ ============== Husband: Wesley Wiseman HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Birth: 14 Jul 1837 Death: 22 Feb 1890 Barren Co., Kentucky Marriage: 14 Feb 1861 Father: John HUNT (b 16 Mar 1792) Mother: Martha SIMMONS Patsy (b 1799) ============================================================ ============== Wife: Priscilla DENHAM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Birth: 1841 Death: 1880 ============================================================ ============== Children ============================================================ ============== 1 M James B. HUNT Birth: abt 1862 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 2 M Thomas Smith HUNT Birth: abt 1865 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 3 F Lela Ellen HUNT Birth: abt 1869 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 4 F Sallie Belle HUNT Birth: 1871 Death: 1950 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 5 M Eugene Wiseman HUNT Birth: 12 Oct 1873 Barren Co., Kentucky Death: 20 Jul 1931 Oklahoma City, , Oklahoma ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 6 M William Emmett HUNT Birth: 1875 Death: 1925 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 7 M Letcher Burton HUNT Birth: 1877 Death: 1972 ============================================================ ============== Prepared 27 Mar 1999 by: Sanford B. Hunt ============================================================ ============== FAMILY NOTES HUSBAND NOTES: Wesley Wiseman HUNT General: His mother was living with him in the 1860 census. WIFE NOTES: Priscilla DENHAM General: Daughter of John and Isabella Denham. Had seven children. CHILD NOTES: James B. HUNT CHILD NOTES: Thomas Smith HUNT CHILD NOTES: Lela Ellen HUNT CHILD NOTES: Sallie Belle HUNT CHILD NOTES: Eugene Wiseman HUNT General: Had eleven children and is the ancestor of Joe Williams, 2608 Southlawn Dr., El Reno, OK 73036, a compiler of his family genealogy. CHILD NOTES: William Emmett HUNT CHILD NOTES: Letcher Burton HUNT SOURCES Felicia&Clara files on WEBSSITE

I am looking for the family of Wesley Wiseman Hunt. He was born 7-14-1837 in Barron Ky. He died 2-22-1890. He married Priscilla Denham. They had 7 children. They were James Hunt, Thomas Hunt, Ella Hunt, Sallie Belle Hunt, Eugene Wiseman Hunt, William Emmett Hunt, and Letcher Burton Hunt. Eugene, William, and Letcher moved to Oklahoma. Would like to here from anyone with information on this family. Thanks.

---------- > From: WDHUNT <WDHUNT@prodigy.net> > To: VCrawf@aol.com; HUNT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HUNT-L] Madison Square Garden > Date: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 8:38 PM > > This might be a bit far removed from what you are looking for but I have a > photocopy of a newspaper article which might be helpful. > PRINCETON - "Two Princeton University workmen apparently had more on > their minds than construction when the University's McCosh Hall was being > built in the early years of this century. > Graffiti revealed when a blackboard was removed during recent > renovations indicates that two workers named HUNT and Gaunt were following > the murder trial of Harry Kendall Thaw, the railroad millionaire accussed > of murdering famed architect Stanford White. > "If you're at all interested in turn of the century Americana, it's > interesting." said Ann Halliday, assistant to the chairman of Princeton's > English Department. > Several theories have been formulated about the message, which is > scrawled in brown lettering and reads, 'W P HOPE EVELYN THAW ACQUITTED, > 1907'. It is signed 'HUNT GAUNT."(PICTURE) > The drama of the trial centered around Evelyn Nesbit, a showgirl and > model who married Thaw after her career had allegedly been advanced through > an intimate relationship with White. > Thaw, who had suspected that his wife remained romantically linked > with White even after the marriage, shot White to death on June 24, 1906 on > top of New York's Madison Square garden during a theatrical performance. > White was the architect who had designed madison Square Garden. > Claiming that the act was meant to protect his wife's honor, Thaw > underwent two trials. > The first trial ended in a hung jury, while Thaw was acquitted in the > second trial for reasons of insanity. > University archivist Earl Coleman confirms that at least three workers > named HUNT and Gaunt were employed by the university during the period in > question. Bert J. and George W. Hunt (my grandfather and great > grandfather) and Reuben P. Gaunt were working as carpenters when McCosh > Hall was built. > Some observers, including English Professor Thomas Roche, theorize > that W P HOPE is the name of a person, while others think the initials > stand for 'we the people' or 'worker's party." > Halliday thinks that perhaps the workers sypathized with Evelyn Nesbit > Thaw's working class background, hence the 'worker's party' or 'we the > people' designation. > No one seems to know why HUNT and Gaunt wrote that they wanted Evelyn > Thaw acquitted, since she was never accused of the crime. She did however, > play a central role in the trial. > The New York Times of June 26, 1906 describes Evelyn Thaw as being > "....of frivlous disposition and no doubt refused to break off her > friendship for (White) after marrying young Thaw...." > > I hope this provides a helpful clue. > > Happy HUNTing, > > Wayne Hunt > Encinitas, CA > > ---------- > > From: VCrawf@aol.com > > To: HUNT-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [HUNT-L] Madison Square Garden > > Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 3:52 PM > > > > > > Salut, listers. The possible Madison Square Garden connection is > > intriguing, isn't it? I am looking for HUNT family that Iived in or > very > > near New York City around that time - three brothers who I am told were > "very > > successful" and perhaps they were involved. > > > > The brothers were: Frank S. HUNT, born 2 March 1891; > > Phillip L. HUNT, born 22 June 1895; and > > Leonard G. HUNT, born c. 1902. > > > > You see they would have been just the ages to be wheeling and dealing in > the > > 1920s and 1930s! > > > > These three came from Peabody MA and were the sons of Herbert Vincent > HUNT and > > Mary [Shephard] EGAN. > > > > If anyone can connect with any of the above, please let me know. All > hints > > and hunches gratefully received. > > > > Ginny Crawford > > VCrawf@aol.com > > Carmel Valley CA > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== HUNT Mailing List ==== > > Review names and download HUNT gedcom files from Courtney Tompkins site > > <http://www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/4813/ged1/gedlink.html>

I have a picture of a GGGrandma Grospeck that I got from my Papaw Hunt....He is gone now and I have since started doing this genealogy. This picture is a VERY old tin type......I have reason to believe that this family had been in TN for quite some time....anyone out there have any records of a Hunt marrying a Grospeck in TN or anywhere else just in case? Lori

I am a descendant of Matterson Hunt who with wife and children arrived in Halifax, NS in July, 1783 from St. augustine, FL on the ship Argo. These people have been called St. Augustine Loyalists. Does anyone have any information on this family?

Does anyone have information on ELLINGTON married into the Hunt/Whisenhunt family? Mary

PART TWO and Final: QUOTE: Once the crop was "laid by" he and the slaves went into the forest and felled trees for the purpose of building a log house for his mother and the rest of the family. After the crop was harvested in the fall of 1839, Esly returned to Greenville County, S.C. and brought his mother and his seven siblings to Mississippi in late 1839 or early 1840 in a covered wagon. He established them in the recently completed log house and lived with his mother and siblings for a short time. About 1840 esly moved into what is now called the Panhandle of Choctaw County. He acquired land there, built a house, cleared land for crops, married Jane Quaries and started a family of his own. There in the Panhandle of Choctaw County (Winston County then) Esly and Jane raised a large family consisting of twelve children and about 1945 was known to have had at least 400 direct descendants. Esly espoused the Cause of the confederacy August 26, 1861 and served with a company called the "New Prospect Grays" from Winston County. They rendezvoused at Enterprise, Mississippi and were sent to Warrington Navy Yard near Pensacola, Florida. They were placed in charge of a battery of three slege pieces as they were well versed in artillery drill. Esly remained in Pensacola, Florida until the end of the war. Esly's two eldest sons, John Wesley and Carson, also served in the Civil War. They joined a Company from Winston County known as the "Fort Donelson Avengers", which was formed March 2, 1862. Upon the formation of the 35th Mississippi Regiment, they were merged into this unit as Company "D." After leaving the camp of Instructions at West Point, Mississippi the Company was ordered to Corinth, Mississippi and from there to Tupelo, Iuka, and Baldwyn, Mississippi. They were then ordered to Pocahontas, Tennessee and then back to Corinth where they were engaged in a three day battle in which many of their Company were injured or killed. From Corinth the Company fought rear guard action via Holly Springs and Granada, Mississippi to Vicksburg. They were at Vicksburg during its siege and eventual surrender July 4, 1863. Confederate General John C. Pemberton surrendered the city to Union General U.S. Grant along with most of the 35th Regiment. The Company was paroled July 10, 1863. Esly was a true pioneer and an admirable ancestor of descendant Hunts since he had inherited man size responsibilities while he was a mere lad and had shouldered those responsibilities with dependable dedication. The following is a quotation in part from R. L. Hannah's Historical Brief published in 1946: "He made it a daily practice to so regulate his conduct before his family, his friends, and his neighbors so that when he came to the end of that journey extending from the cradle to the grave, it was said of him that no man ever went to the grave with greater evidences of respect and admiration than did Uncle Esley." Choctaw, Oktibbeha and Winston Counties should be justly proud of this transplanted South Carolinian who was an early settler of the area and a part of its rich heritage. UNQUOTE ***Note from Allen Hunt: All the above was types as provided to me this day as a faxed copy of the 1991 article. Notice that in the R.L. Hannah quote, he was called Uncle Esley, spelled exactly the way I carry his name, but quite unlike the rest of this article, which spells his name as Esly. I carry his name as Esley Marian Hunt. Hope you have enjoyed this article.....***