Capt. John Hunt

1708 -

• Name	John Hunt  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	Abt. 1708	Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I938	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	Mary Pinckney,   b. Abt. 1710, Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA
  Children	+ 1. John Hunt, Jr.,   b. Abt. 1728, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA   2. Joshua Hunt
  Family ID	F299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2025

  
  

• Notes

  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 ½ 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [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). [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). [S128] Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1895; Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York, Volume 4, 1744-1753, (New York, NY: The New York Historical Society, 1896). [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). [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).