I, too, have some HUNTER's in PA. Mine were in Venango, Warren, and Erie Counties. I found a family which I think is mine on an 1850 census: William HUNTER + Jane UNKNOWN -- Thomas A. b. 1836 + Lucy BARBER -- Jared Ware b. 1838 + Almina Maria WALKER -- William b. ca. 1840 -- Mary b. ca. 1841 -- Elizabeth b. ca. 1845 -- Emeline b. ca. 1847 -- Ellen b. ca. 1850 The reason I think this is my family is because of the first two boys, Thomas A. HUNTER (my ggrandfather) and Jared Ware HUNTER. I have both names in my family, both of these people ending up in Blaine, Whatcom Co., WA in the mid to late 1890's. While Thomas was in ill health and apparently had nothing to do with the shingle mill that Jared started in Blaine, his wife Lucy, and all of his sons were heavily involved in its operation. It seems just too much of a coinsidence that there should be two Jared Ware HUNTER's closely connected to a Thomas A. HUNTER from the same area from which I know he came. Before leaving PA Thomas and Lucy raised 6 children in the Warren and Erie Counties area, living in Union City, Erie Co. for most of that time. Jared seems to have spent a lot of time in Venango Co. before leaving PA. I have the lives of these two brothers pretty well nailed down from 1863 to their deaths in the latter part of the 1890's and early 1900's. It's the time BEFORE 1863 which is giving me the headache! As for the other HUNTER siblings, I have no idea what became of them. I'm at a dead end there and also can't seem to find the surname of William Srs. wife Jane. I know there was one William HUNTER who married a Jane CARRE, but this does not seem to be my family, as the names and places I've found on them do not match up. Any help in cracking this nut would be greatly appreciated! Barbara