I to have a Hunt Family from Gaspe area of Quebec do you think they maybe related the Father was John Hunt and he had 2 boats and 8 slaves in the 1777 census. Donna Hunt Grasby geniebug1@telusplanet.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anna Kinley" <morrigan@hurontel.on.ca> To: <hunt@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:12 PM Subject: [HUNT] Jeremiah HUNT - Ambrose > Would anyone have any information on a Jeremiah HUNT who had a son > Ambrose? > > Ambrose was born 1764 M. Sarah Wiltse b. 1771 > We believe Ambrose appears in the 1790 Census for > Beekman Dutchess Co. NY with a wife and 1 slave. > > He then seems to appear in Hillsdale, Columbia Co. NY with 4 boys and 3 > girls (there is one more than the family bible names), his wife and 1 > slave. > By the 1810 census Ambrose & family are gone from Hillsdale and a Peletiah > HUNT of Hillsdale who in 1810 has a slave he didn't have in 1800. > > We have documentation showing Ambrose witnessed land transactions in the > Eastern Twps of what is now Quebec in 1803 and 1808. His being in Quebec > by > 1803 agrees with the birth information given by his daughter Charlotte > HUNT. > Older childern give their birth place as the US although they and or their > children are fuzzy on which exactly where. > > In 1805 Jeremiah HUNT of St Armand, deeded land in Bolton Twp., Brome Co. > Quebec to "his son" Ambrose. While we don't as yet have a copy of the > document, in 1804 a Philip HUNT transferred land to Jeremiah HUNT. > > If anyone thinks the name of Ambrose's children would be helpful I can > post > that information. > > Cheers, > Anna > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message