Samuel Hunt, b. in or before 1699 in Newton, LI; married at Newtown,
LI (records of Presby. Ch. at Newtown) Abigail Betts of Kings Co.,LI,
1 Nov. 1720 at which time he was listed as "of Hopewell, NJ"; died
testate 15 Dec. 1752 in Hardwick Twp., Sussex Co., NJ, while "on a
visit from his plantation in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co., NJ and was
buried on the bluff overlooking Hunt's Lake." The Will of Samuel
Hunt, Sr., "of Hardwick Twp., Morris (sic., corrected from Sussex)
Co.,NJ dated 13 March 1752 and proved 28 December 1752, names wife
Abigail and children Samuel, Ralph (youngest son, underage), Sarah
Price, Martha, Abigail, Richard, John, and Thomas; bequeaths a farm in
Maidenhead and land in Hardwick Twp., Sussex Co., bought of the heirs
of Daniel Coxe, 440 acres, and a farm bought of John Bainbridge, 650
acres, and appoints sons Samuel and Richard executors. The Will of
widow Abigail of Maidenhead dated 3 September 1767 and proved 5 Jan
1770 devises to son Ralph Hunt "my negros, stock and goods, " and
appoints him executor.

SAMUEL HUNT, Sr., of Sussex County
He was identical with the SAMUEL HUNT, SR., presented in PART FOUR, (HUNT, vide, ante, p. 611), as the father of LIEUT, RICHARD HUNT, who m. MERCY, dau. of JUDGE JOSEPH HULL, (idem, pp. 546-a-b and 610) and dying in 1752. This lineage is for the benefit of the HULL and RALPH HUNT descendants, issuing from these two stocks in Sussex County, N. J.

When SAMUEL HUNT, SR., d., he left a will of record, dated, 1752, Mar. 13, in which he is called "of Hardwixck Township, Morris Co., yeoman"; but this was prior to the erection of Sussex County, and Hardwick Township, soon, (1753), became a Township of Sussex County, and the HULL and HUNT families foregathered there. The will, under consideration, has some important revelations, for it shows the origin of the Abigail Carpenter, "daughter-in-law," of Judge JOSEPH HULL'S will of 1762, (vide, ante, PART FOUR, p. 610).

(ARCH., Vol. XXXII, p. 170.)

(On the next p. 171 of idem), the will of the son, THOMAS HUNT, Jr., 1759, called of Greenwich Township, W. J., referring to widow, "jeane Hunt," and as of "SUSSEX COUNTY."

HUNT'S MILLS, SUSSEX
The proof of this procession of HUNTS and HULLS is to be found in the records of Sussex County, which confirm, but in SUSSEX, (pp. 426 et seq.), are several items, which elucidate; (p. 433), where the story of "HUNT'S MILLS" is given, (or Washington), which "has been in the hands of the Hunt Family ever since its erection, about 1780, by RALPH HUNT, who in 1768 m. Elizabeth Philips, and removed to the site of HUNT'S MILLS, to take possession of the property, (about 325 acres), left him by his father, SAMUEL HUNT," * * * (Green Township).

"SAMUEL HUNT was the owner of a good deal of land in Sussex County," and then follows a story of his death upon one of his trips there, and burial, * * *, he directed his negro man to deposit his remains on the spot; and there they still lie. He died in 1752, etc. His son, RALPH HUNT, d. in 1821, aged upwards of seventy. (Further information, in a foot-note.)

LIEUTENANT
RALPH HUNT, THE FOUNDER
He was the progenitor of the Long Island and New Jersey Families of this name. This was a Devonshire, England origin, (vide, GENEALOGY, issue of N. Y., June 15, 1912, Vol. I, No. 24), where excellent, short article, with coat-of-arms, and vide map of DEVON., (ill. accompanying this review, on p. 842-a herein).

RALPH HUNT settled at Newtown, L. I., in 1652, and his name appears on the Indian Rate of 1658. On April 21, 1665, he was commissioned LIEUTENANT, and received other honors of the Town. He died early in 1677, leaving sons, (1) RALPH HUNT; (2) EDWARD; (3) JOHN; (4) SAMUEL; and daus., ANNA and MARY (MAY), the name of the wife being unknown. MARY HUNT became the wife of THEOPHILUS PHILLIPS of N. (RIKER, p. 85.) These fams. sent rep. to N. J.

Samuel Hunt's Property
Added by cairnsfmy1 on 3 Jun 2008
Originally submitted by vaja329 to Joseph Family Tree on 8 Jan 2008
Samuel Hunt had a farm in Maidenhead that was 650 acres, that he bought from John Bainbridge. He also had 444 acres in Hardwick Township, which he bought from the heirs of Daniel Coxe. According to his will, he also had seven Negroes as part of his personal property. His wife and all his children were listed as heirs. His sons, Samuel and Richard , were the Executors of the will.,