Royce, You are of the Duxbury HUNTS, here is your line: Source 1 Mary HUNT. Mary married Benjamin SOUTHWORTH. They had the following children: i. Sylvia ii. Cynthia iii. Abigail iv. Honor v. Olive vi. Submit Parents 2 Thomas HUNT. Thomas died in 1755. Research: 1 On 15 Jan 1708 Thomas married Honour STETSON. They had the following children: i. Asa (1710-1752) ii. John (1709-) iii. Thomas (-1806) iv. Anna (1714-1773) 1 v. Mary vi. Abigail 3 Honour STETSON. Born in Mar 1684. Honour died on 22 Aug 1739; she was 55. Grandparents 4 Samuel HUNT. Born abt 1640. Samuel died in 1707; he was 67. Samuel was, in 1663, surveyor of highways; 1665, one of a jury for laying a way through lands; 1667, chosen constable; 1670 freeman of the Colony; 1681, lieutenant of the military company; 1684, one of a jury to lay out roads; 1690, hired meadows of the town; 1710, 1712, his estate was allotted shares in the grants of salt marsh (Windsor, pp. 242, 239, 22, 18, 81, 85, 107, 18, 36, 38, 40). He sold land in Plymouth to S. Harlow, August 30, 1704 (vol. vi 61). He made a will, July 22, 1707; giving son John ten acres land at Houns Ditch, and four other children and his wife (vol, ii. 72) Samuel married Mary GLASS. They had the following children: 2 i. Thomas (-1755) ii. John iii. Elizabeth iv. Martha v. Mary 5 Mary GLASS. Born in 1652. Mary died in 1711/1712; she was 59. 6 Lt. John STETSON. Born in Apr 1648 in Scituate, MA. John died in Scituate, MA in 1690; he was 41. In 1676 when John was 27, he married Abigail HUDSON, in Scituate, MA. They had the following children: 3 i. Honour (1684-1739) ii. Abigail (1677-) iii. Barnabas (1682-) iv. Ann v. John 7 Abigail HUDSON. Born abt 1658 in Marshfield, MA. G Grandparents 8 Edmund HUNT. Edmund died in 1656 in Duxbury, MA. Earliest ancestor. Edmund of Duxbury, MA, An emigrant from England. At Cambridge (then called Newtowne), 1634; of Duxbury 1637. In 1643, Edmund was computed among those, from sixteen to sixty years old, able to bear arms. In 1645 he became an original proprietor of Bridgewater, but did not remove. Without reproach in the sublime and stringent annuals of the Old-Colony patriarchs.1 Little information has been found on the descendants of Edmund (except through his son Samuel who inherited the Duxbury property) because fires destroyed the early records of Duxbury. An Edward Hunt, presumed son, lived near Edmund on Hounds Ditch in Duxbury, sold land in Duxbury in 1665 (at which time the record shows that he was married), and disappears from Duxbury and other records. Edward is presumed to be the father of Edward HUNT of Amesbury, MA, the start of the long line of Amesbury HUNTs.2 Edmund married ____ ____. They had the following children: 4 i. Samuel (~1640-1707) ii. Edward (~1632-) iii. Mary iv. John 9 ____ ____. 10 James* GLASS. James* died on 3 Sep 1652 in Plymouth, MA. Earliest ancestor. On 31 Oct 1645 James* married Mary PONTUS. They had the following children: 5 i. Mary (1652-1711) ii. Hannah (1647-1648) iii. Wybra (1649-) iv. Hannah 11 Mary PONTUS. 12 Robert STETSON. Born abt 1615 in Modbury, Devon Co., England. Robert died in Scituate, MA on 1 Jan 1702/1703; he was 87. >From England to Scituate, Mass., 1634, deputy of General Court, 1655, et seq.; member of Council of War, 1661, 71, 81, cornet, first body of Plymouth Horse, press master, 1675-, commr. for settling boundary with colonies of Mass. and Plymouth. On 2 May 1635 when Robert was 20, he married Honor TUCKER, in Plymouth, MA. They had the following children: i. Joseph (1639-~1722) ii. Benjamin (~1641-) iii. Thomas (1643-) iv. Samuel (1646-) 6 v. John (1648-1690) vi. Eunice (1650-) vii. Lois (1651-) viii. Robert (1652-) ix. Timothy (1657-) 13 Honor TUCKER. Born in 1613 in England. Honor died in 1684; she was 71. 14 John HUDSON. Born abt 1623 in England. John died in Duxbury, MA abt 1688; he was 65. In 1653 when John was 30, he married Ann ROGERS. They had the following children: 7 i. Abigail (~1658-) ii. Hannah (~1660-) iii. Rhoda (~1656-) iv. Elizabeth (~1662-) v. Mary (~1654-) 15 Ann ROGERS. GG Grandparents 22 William* PONTUS. William* died on 9 Feb 1653. Earliest ancestor. In Plymouth 1633, in 1643 not in the list of those able to bear arms, i. e. under the age of 60, d. 9 Feb. 1653, have. made his will 9 Sept. 1650, leaving two children only, with very small est. William* married ____ ____. They had the following children: 11 i. Mary ii. Hannah 23 ____ ____. 24 Thomas STETSON. On 3 Mar 1604/1605 Thomas married Argent LUKESMORE, in Modbury, Devon Co., England. They had one child: 12 i. Robert (~1615-1702) 25 Argent LUKESMORE. Argent died abt 1642/1643 in Plymouth, MA. 26 John TUCKER. John married Urith ____. They had one child: 13 i. Honor (1613-1684) 27 Urith ____. 28 Ralph HUDSON. Born in 1593 in England. Ralph died in Boston, MA on 26 Sep 1651; he was 58. A woolen draper, came in the Susan and Ellen, from London, 1635, aged 42, with wife, Mary 42, and three children. Hannah, 14; John, 12; and Elizabeth 5; freeman, 25 May 1636 In 1620 when Ralph was 27, he married Mary THWING, in England. They had the following children: 14 i. John (~1623-~1688) ii. Hannah (~1621-) iii. Elizabeth (~1630-) 29 Mary THWING. Born in 1593 in England. Mary died in Boston, MA in 1651; she was 58. 30 John ROGERS. Born in 1600 in England. John died in Marshfield, MA in 1661; he was 61. John married Frances WATSON. They had the following children: 15 i. Ann ii. Timothy (1650-1728) iii. John (1632-1717) iv. Joseph v. Mary vi. Abigail (1645-) vii. Elizabeth viii. Hannah 31 Frances WATSON. Frances died in 1687. GGG Grandparents 48 Robert/Thomas * STETSON. Robert/Thomas * died abt 1614 in Modbury, Devon Co., England. Earliest ancestor. Robert/Thomas * married Agnes ____, in Devon, England. They had one child: 24 i. Thomas 49 Agnes ____. Agnes died in Sep 1622 in Devon, England. 56 ____ HUDSON. ____ married ____ ____. They had the following children: 28 i. Ralph (1593-1651) ii. John (1613-) iii. William 57 ____ ____. 58 John THWING. John died in Trinity Church, Hull, England. John married Helen WATTS. They had the following children: 29 i. Mary (1593-1651) ii. Nicolas iii. Judith iv. George v. Joseph vi. Rachel 59 Helen WATTS. 62 Robert WATSON. Born in England. Robert died in 1637 in CT. Robert married Elizabeth ____. They had the following children: 31 i. Frances (-1687) ii. George (1603-1689) iii. Robert (-1689) iv. Samuel v. Thomas vi. John 63 Elizabeth ____. Sources 1. "Hunt Family", Wyman,T.B.; Garnier & Company;1863 2. "The Early Hunt Famlies of Vermont", Hunt, Mitchell J.; domplier and publisher; October 1990. Royce Hunt wrote: > Does anyone on the list have info on Thomas Hunt who married Honor Stetson > and had a daughter Mary who married Benjamin Southworth about 1766 at > Kingston, MA. ? I would need all VR's on them and their parents, if > available. I just discovered this connection to other Hunts. My own family > didn't arrive in America until 1850. TIA. > Royce Hunt > royhunt@sprynet.com > > ==== HUNT Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the HUNTList "Biographies" page lately? Direct your web > browser to <http://www.genweb.net/~hunt/list/bios.htm> -- *********************** David A. Heiden <daheiden@mindspring.com> **********************