Greg- Possibly more than you asked for.:please reply! 1. Sarah Hunt who married Thomas Bryan-Sarah's mother was Mary Smith, first wife of Col. Jonathan of Rowan County. 2. When was Ralph Hunt of LI first seen? Some say that this Ralph Hunt came to America in 1635 at age 22. Never proven. Penn. Register of Colonial Dames, p. 221: "Ralph Hunt, Newtown, Long Island, Lieut. under Gov. Nicholls in 1655". We have no problem with this. Will recorded at Hall of Records in N. Y. Will admitted to probate Feb. 26, 1676/7. The earliest information on Ralph Hunt is his arrival on Long Island near Manhattan Island in an area governed by the Dutch in 1652 "among a party of Englishmen". Some have added "came from England" but that is something not yet established as of 1985. For a meaningful and accurate treatise on this Ralph read Mitchell Hunt's "An Evaluation of the Consuelo Furman Manuscript" 1985. Copies available from LDS. His will dated Jan12 1676 codicil 13 Jan 1676-7, administration granted 25 Feb. 1676-7 to his son Edward as sole executor with Captain Betts and John Burroughs as overseers. He died at Newtown Long Island. Will could be in Hall of Records as stated above. When he came to America is a matter of speculation in spite of other speculative dates published in other genealogies. Lewis D. Cook of Philadelphia, PA has made the most thorough examination and documentation yet found on the descendants of Ralph Hunt of Long Island. Work extending through the period 1940-1970, with an unpublished manuscript and two other volumes of supporting information filed with the Pennsylvania Historical Society Library in Philadelphia. THE NAME OF HIS WIFE and where and when they were married has not been found with reliability although there are different versions of her name as Ann, some saying Jessup. (Furman gives her name as Elizabeth Jessup, which is questionable and inconsistent with other dates on the Jessup family)(NOTE: She had a daughter ANNA.) Wife Not mentioned in husbands will. of 1676/77. 3. I know nothing of a Thomas an ancestor of Ralph. This is the stuff that fairy tales originate in spite of other erroneous manuscripts. 4. There are other Thomases.such as Thomas of Westchester whose origin is also obscure. No relation to Ralph of LI. 5. What did Col. Jonathan of Rowan County do to become a Colonel? ..Actually nothing and he wasn't a colonel in the British Army as some would tell you.. He was not a Loyalist but an American Patriot. He was called Colonel in the LOCAL NC militia trying to protect the settlements from Indian attacks.. He was captured by Cornwallis who camped on his farm and destroyed most of his property except the house. Took COL. Jonathan prisoner but released him because he was too old to march and let him go home. There is no evidence that Col. Jonathan served in the revolution except on the committee of safety. .One thing he did well---raised 19 children by three wives. There are numerous errors printed about Col. Jonathan and his family in many otherwise accurate works. Most of these errors were discovered in the last 20 years and corrections can be found in several Mitchell J. Hunt manuscripts published as late as 1995. A good sample of this is on the HUNT WEBSITE. Questions?? Sandy Hunt Lubbock Texas he HUNT WEBSITE. Questions?? Sandy Hunt Lubbock Texas