Caleb Hunt

1710 - 1769  (~ 59 years)

• Name	Caleb Hunt  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	Abt. 1710	Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Residence	3 Mar 1769	Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA   [1, 2, 4, 8]
  Will	3 Mar 1769	Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA   [1, 2, 4, 8]
  Death	Bef. 12 Dec 1769	Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA
  Probate	12 Dec 1769	White Plains, Westchester, New York, USA   [2, 3, 4, 8]
  	Surrogate's Court
  Person ID	I84	Ryer Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Joshua Hunt, Esq.,   b. Abt. 1683, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA d. Bef. 25 Mar 1762, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA (Age ~ 79 years)
  Mother	Mercy Oakley,   b. Abt. 1692, Westchester, New York, USA d. Bef. 5 Jul 1762, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA (Age ~ 70 years)
  Family ID	F251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Pinckney,   b. Abt. 1712, Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA d. Aft. 15 May 1783, Throggs Neck, Westchester, New York, USA (Age ~ 71 years)
  Children	+ 1. Eleanor Pell Hunt,   b. Abt. 1743, Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA d. Aft. 27 Jul 1827, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age ~ 84 years)   2. Ithamar Hunt,   b. Abt. 1745, Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  In the name of God, Amen. I, JOSHUA HUNT, SR., of the Borroughtown of Westchester, being indisposed in body. I leave to my grandson, Joshua Hunt, son of John Hunt, 10 shillings. To my son, Caleb Hunt, £5, To my son Joshua £5, To my son Israel £3, To my daughter, Miriam Oakley, £5, To my daughter, Mary Hunt, £20. I leave to my wife, Mercy Hunt, £100, and a bed and furniture in full bar to all claim for dowry. I leave to my son, Enos Hunt, all the rest of my estate, real and personal, and he is to pay all debts and legacies, and I make him and Benjamin Palmer executors. Dated July 24, 1760. Witnesses, Philip Palmer, William Doty, Miles Oakley. Proved, March 20, 1762. source: Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1897; Abstracts of Wills on File at the Surrogate's Office, City of New York. Volume 6, 1760-1766. New York, NY: The New York Historical Society, 1898. In the name of God, Amen. March 3, 1769. I, CALEB HUNT, of East Chester, in Westchester County, being sick. After all debts are paid, I leave to my wife Sarah all my right in the place we now live on, “which was her father's, Capt. William Pinckney's,” deceased. I also leave her a bond of Moses Drake, and a bond of John Hunt, Jr., son of Capt. John Hunt, of Westchester; Also a negro man, “Frank,” and 2 horses, and all my grain and household goods, and the interest on a bond of Nathan Vail. I leave to my daughter, Thamar Haight, 2 beds and furniture, and 3 cows, and sheep, and a looking glass, “and ½ of my land at the New City Island.” I leave to my grandson, Stephen Williams, a cow and calf; To my daughter, Eleanor Williams, ½ of my land on New City Island, and 1/2 of my other monies. I make my friend, Benjamin Drake, and my wife Sarah, executors. Witnesses, Samuel Sneden, Moses Drake, Philip Huestis. Proved, December 12, 1769. source: Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1898; Abstracts of Wills on File at the Surrogate's Office, City of New York. Volume 7, June 6, 1766-November 29, 1771. New York, NY: The New York Historical Society, 1899. Frederick Williams of Throgs Neck, yeoman, and Eleanor Williams to Sarah Hunt, widow of Caleb Hunt of Throgs Neck; all lands in Westchester Co. May 15, 1783. source: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 21. New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1890.

  
  

• Sources

  [S192] Will of Caleb Hunt, 3 Mar 1769, Eastchester, Westchester County, New York. [S284] Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1898; Abstracts of Wills on File at the Surrogate's Office, City of New York. Volume 7, June 6, 1766-November 29, 1771, (New York, NY: The New York Historical Society, 1899). [S285] Probate of the will of Caleb Hunt, 12 Dec 1769, Surrogate's Court, White Plains, Westchester County, New York. [S6] William Smith Pelletreau, Early Wills of Westchester County, New York: from 1664 to 1784: a Careful Abstract of all Wills (nearly 800) recorded in New York Surrogate's Office and at White Plains, N.Y. from 1664 to 1784 : also the Genealogy of "the Havilands" of Westchester County and Descendants of Hon. James Graham (Watkinson and Ackerley Families): with Genealogical and Historical Notes, (New York, NY: F. P. Harper, 1898). [S126] Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1897; Abstracts of Wills on File at the Surrogate's Office, City of New York. Volume 6, 1760-1766, (New York, NY: New York Historical Society, 1898). [S229] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 21, (New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1890). [S289] Will of Joshua Hunt Sr., 24 Jul 1760, Westchester, Westchester County, New York. [S21] Ancestry.com, New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 [database on-line]., (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015).