The Cappawhite Hunts together with the Christian names Vere and Fitzmaurice all tie in with mine. The original of these Hunts came from Essex in England, he might have been fleeing, because he had managed to annoy his distant relations the De Vere's and a large proportion of the British establishment, which meant that a stay in the Tower of London was looking likely unless he moved. You should be hearing soon from Ros in Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ibsjackson" <ibsjackson@xtra.co.nz> To: <IRL-TIPPERARY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 12:38 AM Subject: Re: [TIP] Henry HUNT / Elizabeth BELTON > Thank you Peter for your information and for passing on my message to > Australia. > One of Henry Hunt's grandsons Cecil Henry Hunt, went to Australia in 1924. > A > son of Cecil Hunt, Trevor Hunt and a granddaughtet Marcia Miller are also > trying to track their ancestor down, but so far without luck. > Do you by any chance have 3 Henry Hunts in succession among the 15 Hunts? > I found a Griffith Val. (1851) from Toem civil Parish, Town of > Cappagwhite, > Kilnamanagh Barony, listing: Henry Hunt senior & Henry Hunt Junior renting > property from De Vere Hunt. It sounded promising specially as they are > possibly related to De Vere Hunt! Unfortunately the records from > Cappagwhite > Town were destroyed. > Having looked at LDS's records there seems to be several De Vere Hunts. > One, > who went to Canada with all his children and another, who stayed in > Ireland. > Is this correct? > Another small Clue is that "our" Henry Hunt named his 3rd son William > Fitzmaurice Hunt.( Fitzmaurice a name associated with the Hunts) > According to family lore our Hunts were Huguenots having fled France after > the Massacre in 1572. > With Kind regards > Inga. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter" <paircfada@eircom.net> > To: <IRL-TIPPERARY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 10:55 AM > Subject: Re: [TIP] Henry HUNT / Elizabeth BELTON > > > Inga, > A quick look through my Hunt family records has produced 15 Henry Hunts, > the > majority born somewhere in either Tipperary or Limerick. > They are a nightmare family to try and sort out as they all seem to have > spent their lives inter-marrying and breeding. > > I am sending your mail on to a Hunt researcher in Australia who may be > able > to help > > Peter. > > > > > ==== IRL-TIPPERARY Mailing List ==== > Reminder! Remove (<snip>) as much of the Original Message as > possible when replying to a List Posting. Include just the part of > the original message important to your reply. > > >

Hi Peter, The Hunt you mentioned. Was he by any chance Henry Hunt, known as "The Orator" and radical political reformer, who inadvertently started off the Peterloo Massacre? From memory he did "visit" the Tower for a spell! (Without the Axe treatment) Best wishes, Inga ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter" <paircfada@eircom.net> To: <IRL-TIPPERARY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [TIP] Henry HUNT / Elizabeth BELTON The Cappawhite Hunts together with the Christian names Vere and Fitzmaurice all tie in with mine. The original of these Hunts came from Essex in England, he might have been fleeing, because he had managed to annoy his distant relations the De Vere's and a large proportion of the British establishment, which meant that a stay in the Tower of London was looking likely unless he moved. You should be hearing soon from Ros in Australia.