Thomas Hunt, b. ca. 1700-05, named seventh in the bequests of ninechildren in the Will of his father, dated 15 Jan. 1717-18. The namesof his father's wives have not been found. Thomas Hunt and his wifeMary Hunt (widow of John Heath of Amwell Twp., NJ, who died intestatein 1725) gave an accounting of Heath's estate dated 28 Jan. 1728-9. On9 August 1750 Thomas Hunt of Amwell Twp. advertised in thePennsylvania Gazette that his wife Mary Hunt refused to live withhim, and he warned that he would pay no debts contracted by her. Bydeed in 1779, Thomas Hunt and his second wife Abigail of Amwell Twp.conveyed to his son Edward Hunt of Greenwich Twp., Sussex Co., NJ atract of 266 acres there, saying that it was part of the tract whichThomas Hunt had purchased from Peter Lott in 1758, who had purchasedit from John Heath in 1737, who had inherited it on the death of hisfather John Heath. On the back of the Deed is written a receipt signedby Edward Hunt for the receipt of 6 acres of the within described landgratis, as a gift, dated May 5. The will of Thomas Hunt of AmwellTwp., Hunterdon Co., NJ dated 13 Nov. 1789 and proved 12 May 1790leaves to grandson Henry Reading, son of his daughter Abigail, 160acres of the homestead, orders the rest of it sold excepting a quarteracre for a burying ground, to have a stone wall built; devises tograndson Edward Hunt 20 shillings for his birthright; devises money tothe children of daughter Abigail and all his grandchildren except thechildren of son Samuel, but his eldest daughter by his first wife,also Elizabeth and Mary, daughters of Mary Robins (not otherwiseidentified), also Mary, daughter of his son Edward (deceased) alsoJane daughter of his son John (deceased), also Mary Lowrey, also JohnLee, Thomas Lee, Joseph Lee, Levi Lee, Gershom Lee, Nathan Lee,Rebecca Rouze, and Hannah, they being children of his daughter RebeccaLee; which excepted persons are not to have any part of the residue;grandson Edward Hunt to pay to his sister Pamela 15 pounds, andappoints son-in-law Charles Reading and neighbors Samuel Hill andFrancis Person executors.




I am a direct decendent of Ralph thru Samuel (Sr.)and then his son Thomas of Somerset County N.J., then Edward, and then my great X3 grandfather Samuel. He and two brothers James and Thomas left N.J. shortly after the war of 1812 and emigrated to Canada, all three setteling a Homestead claim of 200 acres next to each other on the Talbot road about 15 miles from London Ontario. We have lost all contact with any family of the other brothers, but the original homestead farm (100 acres of it) still is owned by my father. My grandparents had lost all contact with the US only knowing that they came from New Jersey. Someone from New Jersey then contacted us about 10 years ago and answered many questions for us. Not much about what you wanted, maybe it will confirm someone else's info. James Hunt jhunt67@hotmail.com genforum posting 8/16/03

Widow of John Heath of Amwell Twp. who died intestate in 1725.