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    1. Re: [HUNT-L] First Bishop Hunt
    2. William R. Briggs
    3. >>Am seeking information on a Hunt who arrived in this country in 1606 and built a church and was commissioned by Bishop Bancroff to administered the sacrament in 1607.<< Veda, The HUNT you are asking about is probably Rev. Robert HUNT. The respected HUNT researcher Mitchell J. Hunt has found no American descendants of Rev. Robert HUNT. Perhaps other list members will have additional information. See quote from Mitchell J. Hunt below: "Rev. Robert Hunt, 1607, Minister of the Jamestown, Virginia, Colony, memorialized in a monument at the site of old Jamestown as the man who established the first English Church and English civilization in America. He was previously Vicar in the Parish of Smithfield in the County of Sussex, Eng., made his Will 20 December 1606 in anticipation of his embarkment on the voyage to Virginia, died in Jamestown in the first year of that colony's existence, his Will proved 14 Jul 1608, mentioning a brother Stephen, a wife Elizabeth, son Thomas who was not yet 21, and a daughter Elizabeth who was not yet 18. Several genealogical works have been noted where people claimed descendance from the Rev. Robert Hunt (even with respect to some ministers along the New York-New England borders in the 18th century). Robert Hunt had, as evidenced by his Will, only the one son Thomas and there is no evidence that this Thomas or any of his descendants (if any) ever came to America." Were your John HUNT and Margaret MOORE in England or the U.S.? Best personal regards, Billy _______________ William R. Briggs San Angelo, TX Email > WRBriggs@gte.net Home Page > http://home1.gte.net/wrbriggs/index.htm

    10/09/1998 08:46:42