As requested: Lineage is pretty easy--Called Northampton-Lebanon Hunts(yankees) starting with page 176 in WYMAN Genealogy of the Name and Family of Hunt compiled by TB WYMAN 1862 republished 1969 by Grolier and Co. Family originated in Leicestershire England abt 1550 as far back as I can verify. Entire data base available in GEDCOM for the asking. My SAR National number 157229. NJ Chapter #69883. *********************************************** Note on my great grandfather Sanford Beebe Hunt as follows: Surgeon Civil War,Commissioned as SURGEON of VOLUNTEERS 19Feb1863 signed by hand by Sec. of War Edward Stanton and President Abraham Lincoln. Received a BREVET commission to LtCol for faithful service to rank from 15Aug1865. Signed by rubber stamp- Stanton and President Andrew Johnson. He later became editor of the Newark Daily Advertiser and remained with the NEWSPAPER until his ob. Civil War commissions in hands of Col. S. B. Hunt .SEE WYMAN pg. 208. Following from the NEW YORK TIMES April 28, 1884. Sanford B. Hunt M.D., editor of the Newark Advertiser, died at his residence at Irvington, Essex County, at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after an illness of several weeks. Dr. Hunt was born Dec 25, 1825 at Ithaca NY and was graduated from Willoughby College, Ohio, when 20 years of age. He subsequently removed to Buffalo and was made Professor of Anatomy in the Buffalo Medical College, besides holding editorial positions on several local papers. At the breaking out of the war he volunteered his services and was made Surgeon at Fortress Monroe. Afterward he was attached to the medical staffs of various divisions and was then made Surgeon-in-Chief of the Army of the South-West, with headquarters at New Orleans, where he remained until the close of the war. In 1866 he assumed editorial charge of the NEWARK(NJ) Advertiser, where he remained until his death. He leaves a widow and one son. (William Tallmadge Hunt). (my grandfather). Sandy Hunt Sanford B. Hunt Col USMC (Ret) Lubbock Texas [email protected]