Summary
John Hunt was a prominent Quaker minister and journalist from Moorestown, New Jersey. He kept a diary, most of which has been preserved, from 1770 to 1824. The diary relates Hunt's personal activities, concerns and beliefs. It is also a concise source of primary evidence that documents local people and events.[1]
John Hunt | |
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| Born | August 5, 1740 Burlington County, New Jersey |
| Died | September 21, 1824 (aged 84) Burlington County, New Jersey |
| Spouse | Esther Warrington |
| Children | William, b: July 29, 1763 Samuel, b: January 27, 1765 Joseph, b: February 8, 1768 Abigail, b: October 6, 1770 Rachel, b: August 21, 1773 William, b: January 11, 1776 John, b: May 26, 1778 Benjamin, b: November 19, 1780 Esther, b: January 30, 1783 Hannah, b: May 4, 1785 |
| Parent(s) | Robert Hunt, Jr. Abigail Wood |
John Hunt, the son of Robert Hunt, Jr. (April 21, 1709 – February 29, 1764) and Abigail Wood (c. 1715 – February 22, 1747), his wife, was born August 5, 1740, at the small, rural community of Mount Pleasant.[2] Mount Pleasant is located in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey about two miles east of the town of Columbus. His father was a first cousin to John Woolman, the renowned Quaker minister.[3] The family moved to a farm at Colestown, a small community located three miles south of Moorestown.[4][5] Here, Abigail Hunt died February 22, 1747. Robert Hunt and Martha Bates (c. 1725 – 1770), widow of George Ward, were married in May 1749.[2] Robert Hunt's seven children, from both marriages, lived together on the farm at Colestown.
John Hunt and Esther Warrington were married March 17, 1763, in the Friends Meetinghouse at Moorestown. They had ten children, three of whom died young. Hunt was a Quaker minister for more than 50 years.[6]
John Hunt died September 21, 1824, and was buried in the Moorestown Friends burial ground.[6]
His memorial, published in 1842, highlighted his public testimony concerning pride and superfluity, and stated that he was particularly concerned with temperance.
Notes edit
- ^ Hunt; Inventory of the John Hunt Papers
- ^ a b Hynes, p. 10
- ^ Hynes, p. 2-7, 10-13. Robert Hunt (died 1716), John Hunt's grandfather and progenitor of the Hunt family, and Elizabeth Woolman (1685–1755), widow of Nathaniel Paine, were married June 7, 1708. Her brother, Samuel Woolman, is the father of John Woolman, the minister.
- ^ Letterbooks of Asa Matlack, Pg. 561: "John Hunt, Born in 1740 says... [Robert Hunt] learned the trade of shoemaker in Burlington then came to a small village called Colestown in Chester Township. The country was then much like a wilderness I heard him say, and that so as he came along through the woods he sat down on the road and wept."
- ^ Colestown, the Deserted Village by George DeCou
- ^ a b Hynes, p. 23
Bibliography edit
- Gummere, Amelia Mott (1922). The journal and essays of John Woolman. New York: The Macmillan Company.
- Hart, Craig (2004). "Lou Hoover", A genealogy of the wives of the American presidents and their first two generations of descent. North Carolina, Jefferson: McFarland & Co., Inc. pp. 129–133.
- Hunt Family Papers, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
- Hunt, John (1770–1824). John Hunt's journal. RG 5/240, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399.
- Hynes, Judy, et al. (1997). The descendants of John and Elizabeth (Woolman) Borton. Mount Holly, New Jersey: John Woolman Memorial Association.
- Memorials concerning deceased Friends (1842). Philadelphia: S. B. Chapman & Co., pp. 12–16.
- Lamborn, Suzanne Parry (2006). John and Sarah Roberts, with many related families. Morgantown, Pennsylvania: Masthof Press, ISBN 1-932864-58-X.
- Matlack, Asa. Letterbooks of Asa Matlack. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Woodward, E. M. (1883). History of Burlington County, New Jersey, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck. pp. 270–271.
External links edit
- An Inventory of the John Hunt Papers Courtesy of Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
- Robert and Elizabeth Woolman Hunt family history Recorded in History of Burlington County, New Jersey by E. M. Woodward.