To introduce myself I am posting my HUNT ancestors. They appear to have been prominent in the Bedfordshire straw hat trade. All places are in England. John HUNT +Mary ? \-- Richard HUNT, b. before 1754 +Ann FIELD, m. 1779 Luton, Bedfordshire |-- Sarah HUNT, chr. 1780 Luton, Bedfordshire | +William HILL, m. 1801 Luton, Bedfordshire |-- Ann HUNT, chr. 1782 Luton, Bedfordshire | +Jn PEDDER, m. 1801 Luton, Bedfordshire |-- Elizabeth HUNT, chr. 1784 Luton, Bedfordshire |-- Mary HUNT, chr. 1788 Luton, Bedfordshire | +James CROFT, m. 1806 Luton, Bedfordshire |-- John HUNT, chr. 1790 Luton, Bedfordshire |-- William HUNT, chr. 1793 Luton, Bedfordshire | +Elizabeth HORTON, m. 1811 Luton, Bedfordshire | |-- Mary Ann HUNT, chr. 1812 Luton, Bedfordshire | |-- Sarah HUNT, chr. 1813 Luton, Bedfordshire | |-- Elizabeth HUNT, chr. 1814 Luton, Bedfordshire | |-- John HUNT, chr. 1816 Luton, Bedfordshire | |-- Eleanor HUNT, chr. 1817 Luton, Bedfordshire | \-- William HUNT, bap. 1818 Luton, Bedfordshire, d. after 1877 | +Harriet WINGRAVE, b. circa 1821 Luton, Beds, m. 1842 Beds, | |-- Sarah A HUNT, b. circa 1843 St Lukes, Middlesex | |-- Harriet HUNT, chr. 1845 Luton, Bedfordshire | |-- Elizabeth Emma HUNT, b. circa 1849 Luton, Bedfordshire | |-- Julia HUNT, b. circa 1850 Luton, Bedfordshire | \-- Alice Maude HUNT, b. 1854 Luton, Bedford and Hertford | +Henry Ellidge RICHARDSON, b. 1848 Newcastle upon Tyne, | | m. 1877 Dunstable, Beds | | d. 1918 Newcastle upon Tyne | |-- Alice Wingrave RICHARDSON, b. 1878 Northumberland, | | d. 1966 Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne | | +Frank PIERCY, b. 1871 Shoreditch, Middx, | | m. 1902 Newcastle upon Tyne | | d 1952 Gosforth, Northumberland | |-- Major Henry Robson RICHARDSON, b. 1879, d. 1966 | | +Elizabeth May HOLMES, b. 1885, d. 1967 | |-- Elsie RICHARDSON, b. 1881, d. 1977 | | +Major Jack MUSE | \-- Mary RICHARDSON MM, b. 1884, | d. 1975 Seahouses, Northumberland | +Elizabeth GARNER, chr. 1795, new. 1815 Luton, Bedfordshire | |-- Lucy HUNT, chr. 1820 Luton, Bedfordshire | |-- Thomas HUNT, chr. 1822 Luton, Bedfordshire | |-- George HUNT, chr. 1823 Luton, Bedfordshire | | +Eliza HAYDON, m. 1842 Luton, Bedfordshire | | |-- Eliza HUNT, chr. 1847 Luton, Bedfordshire | | |-- Alice HUNT, chr. 1849 Luton, Bedfordshire | | |-- Mary Jane HUNT, chr. 1853 Luton, Bedfordshire | | |-- Ann Elizabeth HUNT, chr. 1854 Luton, Bedfordshire | | |-- Emily Elizabeth HUNT, b. circa 1859 Luton, Bedfordshire | | |-- John G HUNT, b. circa 1861 Luton, Bedfordshire | | \-- Ellen Amelia HUNT, chr. 1863 Luton, Bedfordshire | \-- Thomas HUNT, b. 1824 Luton, Bedfordshire |-- Richard HUNT, b. 1795 Luton, Bedfordshire \-- Joseph HUNT, chr. 1798 Luton, Bedfordshire Frank PIERCY and Alice Wingrave RICHARDSON above are my paternal grandparents. I would be interested to hear from anyone who thinks they might have a connection. Best wishes -- Tom Piercy Rothwell, Northants, UK. [email protected]