Would appreciate all the help I can get. I believe my line starts with Ralph Hunt of Long Island NY, then his son Edward, then Jonathan, then John, then Reuben and finally to Lewis. Below is Jonathan's will, has anyone seen it before? Marilyn WILL OF JONATHAN HUNT, N. C. 1782 BROUGHT TO LIGHT FROM A CLIPPING DATED MARCH 29, 1929, ELKIN, N. C. FURNISHED BY MRS. R. W. MCKELLAR, A DESCENDANT ANCIENT WILL FOUND IN ELKIN LAST TESTAMENT OF JONATHAN HUNT IS A UNIQUE DOCUMENT ELKIN-AN INTERESTING OLD RELIC OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR PERIOD OF AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE FORM OF A DOCUMENT, RECENTLY BROUGHT TO LIGHT BY A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF COL. JONATHAN HUNT, VALIANT OFFICER OF THE REVOLUTION AND CLOSE PERSONAL FRIEND OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AT THE TIME HE WAS COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE AMERICAN ARMY IS ONE OF MANY QUAINT POSSESSIONS PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE GENERATIONS OF THE FAMOUS OLD FAMILY. JONATHAN HUNT WAS BORN IN NEW JERSEY IN 1737. AT THE AGE OF 45, WHILE RESIDING IN ROWAN CO. WROTE THE QUAINT DOCUMENT, GIVING INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THE DIVISION OF HIS POSSESSIONS AT DEATH. LATER IN LIFE COL. HUNT MOVED TO YADKIN CO. NEAR THE SITE OF THE HISTORIC OLD TOWN OF JONESVILLE, AND HIS BODY NOW LIES SLEEPING IN AN UNMARKED GRAVE LIKE SCORES OF HIS FELLOW SOLDIERS, IN OLD JONESVILLE CEMETERY. HIS DEATH OCCURRED IN OCT., 1813. SEVERAL SONS OF THE DISTINGUISHED OFFICER ALSO SLEEP BENEAATH THE SOD IN THIS ANCIENT BURIAL GROUND. DIRECT DESCENDANTS OF COL. HUNT IN ELKIN ARE THE GEORGE, FRANKLIN AND CHATHAM FAMILIES AND A GRANDAUGHTER, MRS. R. L. LOVELACE. THE COPY OF THE WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JONATHAN HUNT READS AS FOLLOWS: "IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN: I, JONATHAN HUNT OF THE CO. OF ROWAN, AND THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, BEING VERY WEAK IN BODY, BUT OF PERFET MIND AND MEMORY, THANKS BE UNTO GOD: CALLING INTO MIND THE MORTALITY OF MY BODY, AND KNOWING THAT IT IS APPOINTED FOR ALL MEN ONCE TO DIE. I DO ON THIS 18TH DAY OF JUNE, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1782, MAKE AND ORDAIN THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. THAT IS, TO SAY PRINCIPALLY AND FIRST OF ALL, I GIVE AND RECOMMEND MY SOUL INTO THE HANDS OF GOD WHO GAVE ALL AND MY BODY, I RECOMMEND IT TO THE EARTH TO BE BURIED IN A CHRISTIAN LIKE AND DECENT MANNER, AT THE DISCRETION OF MY EXECUTORS, NOTHING DOUBTING BUT AT THE GENERAL RESURRECTION I SHALL RECEIVE THAT SAME BY THE MIGHT POWER OF GOD, AND AS TOUCHING SUCH WORLDLY ESTATES, WHEREWITH IT HAS PLEASED GOD TO BLESS ME WITH IN THIS LIFE, I GIVE DIVIDE AND DISPOSE OF THE SAME IN MANNER AND FORM, FOLLOWING, THAT IS TO SAY, IN THE FIRST PLACE, I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MARGARET, MY DEARLY BELOVED WIFE, 1/3 PART OF MY MOVABLE ESTATES, ALSO HER BED AND FURNITURE, AND SORRELED MARE, A SUFFICIENT PART OF PRIVILEGE OF THE PLANTATION, WHILST SHE REMAIN MY WIDOW. ITEM: I GIVE AND BEQUESTH TO MY BELOVED SONS, ANDREW HUNT, CHARLES HUNT, WILSON HUNT, LEVI HUNT AND GEORGE HUNT, ONE ENTRY OF LAND, CONTAINING 400 ACRES, LYING AT THE MOUTH OF EBBITTS CREEK, AND MY RIGHT OF LAND AT KENTUCKERS, TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED AMONGST THE 6. ITEM: I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO JOHN HUNT, MY BELOVES SON 200 ACRES OF LAND RUN OFF THE UPPER ENTRY ADJOINING THE PLANTATION I LIVE ON AND JOINING CHARLES, JAMES, WILSON, AND JAMES FORBIGS LINES. ITEM: I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY BELOVED SONS, DANIEL HUNT, GERSHAM HUNT, ENOCH HUNT AND NOAH HUNT THE PLANTATION I NOW LIVE ON, WITH THE REMAINDER OF THAT 400 ACRES ENTRY WHICH JOHN GETS HIS OF, TO BE DIVIDED AMONGST THE 4, AS EQUALLY AS MAY BE. ITEM: I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO DANIEL HUNT, MY SON, A CERTAIN BAY ENGLISH MARE, THAT HE HAS CALLED HIS; I ALSO GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY SON GERSHAM HUNT A CERTAIN 2 YEAR OLD PHILLY THAT HE CALLS HIS; I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY SON ENOCH HUNT, A CERTAIN MARE CALLED PALL, AND HER COLT, I GIVE TO MY SON NOAH HUNT. I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH, THE SORREL HORSE WITH THE BALD FACE, AND ONE COW AND CALF. I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY DAUGHTERS, CATHERINE HUNT, SUSANNAH HUNT AND MARIAREY HUNT, EACH OF THEM A FEATHER BED, WITH FURNITURE SUFFICIENT. ITEM: I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY SON GEORGE HUNT, ONE COW AND CALF. THE REMAINDER OF THE COW KIND, SHEEP AND HOGS AND THE CROP THAT IS IN THE GROUND TO BE LEFT FOR THE SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY UNDER MY PRESENT CARE. ITEM: I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY SONS, ANDREW HUNT, CHARLES HUNT, AND WILSON HUNT MY NEGRO FELLOW NAMED NEDD, IF EVER GOT. THE NEGROES LONDON AND TONEY TO BE LEFT WITH MY WIFE AND CHILDREN UNTIL THE FAMILY IS RAISED OR AS LONG AS SHE CONTINUES MY WIDOW, THEN SOLD AND EQUALLY DIVIDED AMONGST ALL MY CHILDREN. THE WAGONS AND TWO HORSES TO BE LEFT ON THE PLANATION FOR THE USE OF MY FAMILY. THE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE TO BE LEFT IN CARE WITH MY WIFE AS LONG AS SHE REMAINS MY WIDOW, THEN TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN HER AND ALL MY DAUGHTERS. LIKEWISE MY WILL IS, THAT AFTER MY DECEASE, ALL MY STOCK AFTER LEGACIES IS PAID, TO BE SOLD, AND TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN MY WIFE AND CHILDREN. I DO HEREBY CONSTITUTE AND APPOINT THE REV. MR. WILLIAM HILL AND MY SONS, ANDREW AND CHARLES THE WHOLE AND SOLE EXECUTORS IN THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND AFFIXED MY SEAL, THAT DAY AND YEAR ABOVE WRITTEN. SIGNED, SEALED, PRONOUNCED IN THE PRESENCE OF US: EBENEZER FROST, DAVID CRAWFORD, ELIZABETH CRAWFORD; JUNE 19, 1782 SIGNED, JONATHAN HUNT, SEAL