Hunter Hunters:-- I'm interested in discussion of the various Hunter's of Alexandria Va and Vienna (Ayr Hill originally). I'm inclined to believe that all of them are somehow related. I've got a fair amount of data pieces, but no grand links between all of them. Certainly evidence of property changing hands, rentals, and marrying into families doing business with each other, and common third parties. Hunter folk that I'm "playing with" include: --William Hunter "Sr." He married 2nd Christina "Kitty"Arell in 1783 in Alexandria. --William Hunter "Jr." (1731-1792) Some say the two are father/son; others say that distinction was arbitrary just to keep the two Williams of Alexandria who were contemporaries, but not known to be related, apart. I can't preclude that these two are really the same person...(?) It would seem strange for a 62 year old man to be marrying in 1783 for a second time; even stranger for his dad to being so...Hmmm? --John Hunter of Hunter Shipyard in Alexandria, VA (1760 Irvine, Ayr, Scotland - 1826 Alexandria, VA). I descend from this fellow. --John Hunter of Hunter's Mill of the Oakton, Va (Hunter's Mill Rd). --John Hunter of Ayr Hill, VA (Now Vienna, VA) (1746-1815) I'd really like to exhange data, ideas, evidence, references, etc. with folk working the ancestry of these families. I traveled to Ayr, Scotland last year and got some info on what I'm most certain were the parents of my ancestor John Hunter. They were John Hunter and Margaret Morrice (evolved into Morris). Again, it is my suspicion that many, if not all of the Hunters above are related in some way or another. The descendants of most of these men (and their spouses) are fairly well documented. I've only focussed one those that are from my ancestor John Hunter (1760-1826). Hope to hear from you if you have read this far... :-) Doug Linton <[email protected]> -----Original Message----- From: Bobby Smith <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, February 11, 2000 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [HUNTER-L] Hunter families >Alexandria, VA was established by the Alexanders for which it was named. There >were, however, Hunters who married into this family of Alexanders. >The first Alexander,of this family of Alexanders, John Alexander, came to to Va >in1657. Alexandria was established later on some of his original land grants. His >sons Robert and Phillip Alexander inherited the land. >Beverly Smith > >[email protected] wrote: > >> Hello Hunters, >> >> I have a lot of old letters written by several HUNTERS who started their >> research back in the 1930's. I am slowly going through and trying to >> organize them. I ran across one this morning written by Robert C. Hunter of >> Hamilton, Ohio on 16 Sep 1952 that stated: >> >> "There was Rev. HUMPHREY HUNTER borned in Scotland, in 1754, came to America >> with his mother in 1759 and settled in Charleston S.C. HENRY HUNTER borned of >> Scotch-Irish descent in 1751, he too came to Charleston about 1774 but went >> directly to N. Carolina. Dr. JOHN HUNTER borned in Hunterston Co. Ayr, >> Scotland about 1721 and came to America about 1746. He was one of the >> founders and builders of Alexandria, Virginia." >> >> I will send more as I come across it. >> >> Kathleen >> in WA > > > >