----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 12:09 AM Subject: Re: [HUNTER-L] Hunter in SC > Clara, > Ezekiel's will was dated Nov. 10, 1773 so his birth would have > been ~ 1743 (Nicholas his father died in 1749) if you use a 30 yr. lifespan > average. Abraham was born Oct. or Nov. 21, 1769, died Sept. 4, 1854 age 84 > yrs, 10 mos., 14 days > As I mentioned below Ezekiel had a son Ezekiel Jr. b. around 1769 > and Abraham had a son Abraham Jr. b. in 1805, d. Sept. 14, 1889 m. Jane > Bryan b. 1831, d. 1912 > Cynthia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 6:30 PM > Subject: Re: [HUNTER-L] Hunter in SC > > > > Cynthia, > > Do you have birth dates on the Abraham and Ezekiel that you mentioned? > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Clara, > > I remembered another report I got recently that included Abraham and > Ezekiel > > so I've looked it over. The only children I see listed for Ezekiel and > > Rachel Hunter > > were: Lena, Mary, Abe, Ezekiel > > For Abraham and Ann (Rushin) Hunter it shows: William G., Adam, Abraham, > > Hardy E., > > Jesse W., Lenora Ann. > > It lists a Hunter cemetary in Brooks Co., GA and there is a John M. Hunter > > there > > he died Oct. 4, 1884 at the age of 33 yrs, 11 mos., 9 days (they were > pretty > > specific) > > a John Bryan Hunter died Oct. 28, 1854, age 65 yrs, 8 mos., 26 days > > Those were the only references for Johns and there was no mention of SC > > Hope that helps in some way. > > Cynthia > > > I am trying to find out how we are sure that THIS Ezekiel is in fact a son of Nicholas. There are two seperate Ezekiels that lived during the same time in North Carolina. It appears that both Ezekiel families are claiming that Nicholas was the father. I can find no proof of which one was actually a descendant of Nicholas. Read the following: Hunter, Ezekiel (d. 1773), Baptist minister and legislator, served in the Onslow County Regiment of militia during the French and Indian War in 1754 and represented Onslow County in the North Carolina House of Commons in 1773. Although nothing of his parentage is presently known, he was not the son of Nicholas Hunter as George Paschal supposed. Hunter appears to have been ordained about 1758, when he became pastor of the New River congregation. He is reported to have organized and pastored Baptist congregations in Onslow, Jones, Duplin, Brunswick, Bladen, Carteret, and New Hanover counties. His missionary zeal is credited with the early growth of the Baptist denomination in Southeastern North Carolina. Hunter was identified with the Separate Baptist. His will was made on 10 Nov. 1773, and he apparently died shortly afterwards. Hunter was survived by his wife, Rachel, and four minor children: Lena, Mary, Asa, and Ezekiel, Jr. (Dictionary of North Carolina biography) On file at the Library of Congress, Washington DC. The other Ezekiel is of Carteret County and his will is dated 1780. His family was associated with the Dudleys and Mitchells. Does anyone really have a good idea which Ezekiel is the son of Nicholas? Barry