I've got Deacon Simon Hunt and Mary Raymond, too. I also have Ephraim, their son who married Tabitha Raymond. Interestingly enough, I've just been corresponding with someone from the Raymond list about Mary Raymond (the mother) and who her parents were. I have her as having Jonathan Raymond and Sarah Woodbury. But on the chart which the Concord Free Library has - giving directions to the gravestone - it has her parents as Paul and __________ Raymond. On the gravestone itself, which I was so lucky to have seen this summer, it has her dying in the 84th year of her age in 1790. The stone itself is amazing, given that most women's stones say something like so-and-so, wife of so-and-so, died such and such. I'll copy it here and you will see: Here lies the Body of Mrs. Mary Hunt consort of Deacon Simon Hunt who died Nov r ye 20th A.D. 1790 aged 84 She was loving & obedient to her hufband careful for the bodies and fouls of her Children and for herfelf chofe y good part with Mary. She looked well to her own houfe and meddled not with ye affairs of others Piety to God & kindness to men feemed as her meat & drink She eminently obtained of them this plaudit "Well done good and faithful;" and it is firmly believed, her final Judge adds to this, Enter into the joy of your Lord." Her price if far above rubies Solomon She and Deacon Simon died within 3 weeks of each other. I have his stone inscription, too, if you are interested. Deacon Simon was not the Simon Hunt who was of Jaffrey, NH. Leslie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dora Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 8:44 PM Subject: [HUNT-L] Who did Deacon Simon Hunt b abt 1704 of Acton MA, Jaffrey NH? > Can someone please shed any light on this mystery. > > I have three daughers of my William Raymond and Mercy > Davis married Deacon Simon Hunt (1704-1790) and his > two sons, Simon Hunt Jr, b 1734, and Ephraim Hunt, b > 1736. This is from History of Jaffrey. Someone else > argues that the math doesn't add up. It sure doesn't > as to be the mother of Simon Hunt Jr Mary must have > been married and given birth at age 11. She hereslef > was baptized in 1723 and the succession of ages of the > Raymond children suggests that little time had elapsed > between birth and baptism. Lucy and Tabitha wwere > born a little later, in 1737 and 1743. > > Yet the Hunt marriages story appears well researched. > There is an entire tale about the interelationships > among the families of two new settlements in New > Hampshire. > > Does anyone have any information about it? > > Yours, > Dora Smith > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > http://www.hotjobs.com > > > ==== HUNT Mailing List ==== > Do you need help with your genealogy research? Check out the HUNTList > "Resources" at <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hunt/list/resource.htm> >