Thomas and Mary Ann Beals Hunt of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina
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Thomas and Mary Ann Beals Hunt Family
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Thomas Hunt was son of William & Mary Woolman Hunt of England, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Thomas Hunt's parents died while his brother William Hunt was quite young (bef. Sept 1746)and Thomas probably took on the care of his brother. Thomas's sister Margaret Hunt married John H. Beals, brother of Mary Ann Beals.

Mary Ann Beals was the daughter of John & Sarah Bowater Beals of Pennsylvania and Virginia. The Beals were very strict Quakers and whether it was Thomas and Mary Ann Beals Hunt or John and Margaret Hunt Beals who looked after William, they no doubt had a strong Quaker influence on him.

After Thomas Hunt's death Ann Beals married William Baldwin, parent of Ann Baldwin who married Samuel Millikan. William & Ann Beals Hunt Baldwin had no children as they were in their 60's and 70's when they married (6/18/1788 New Garden MM).

Mary Ann Beals
born abt 1715 Chester Co, Pa
died 7/10/1790 Guilford Co, NC
burial New Garden MM
Thomas Hunt
born 1/1/1723 Chester Co Pa
died 9/15/1763 Rowan Co, NC
burial New Garden MM

  Married:
1740 probably in Virginia. They probably married out of unity.

Children:
Mary Hunt born Virginia; married William Robenson at New Garden, NC. Moved to Ohio in 1805
Ruth Hunt born Virginia; married Thomas Thornbrough who would accompany uncle William Hunt on Quaker ministerial trips
Sarah Beals Hunt born 8/29/1747 Virginia; married (1)John Unthank and (2) Solomon Hiatt
Abner Hunt born 1751 North Carolina; married Mary Pope
Jemima Hunt born about 1753 in North Carolina; married Allen Unthank, brother of John Unthank
Jacob Hunt born about 1755 in Rowan County, North Carolina; married Hannah Brittain
Isham Hunt born about 1760 in Rowan County, North Carolina; married (1)Ann Moon and (2) Margaret Bundy
William Hunt born Rowan County, North Carolina; married Ruth Brittain, sister of Hannah Brittain
Thomas Hunt born Rowan County, North Carolina; married Phoebe Coffin
Ann Hunt born 2/22/1764 (after Thomas's death); married Jacob Rogers

Thomas Hunt's History

(Thanks to Bill Putnam for information on this family. Additional information from Hinshaw�s Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy)
The first Quaker record of Thomas Hunt is at Fairfax Monthly Meeting, Louden Country, Virginia. Fairfax was split off from Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Frederick County, Virginia, the meeting of the Beals family. It was located about fifty miles from Hopewell Meeting. The record (reconstructed by Hinshaw, Vol VI, page 513) reads: "Hunt, Thomas recrq 16-6-1749; he and his wife gct Carver's Creek MM, Bladen Co. N.C. 25-6-1750 (Note: They were original members of Cane Creek MM, N.C., estb in 1751; trans. to New Garden MM, N.C. 1754; lived in Roan Co N.C. later)." Thomas's brother Eleazar Hunt and sister Hannah Hunt (married William Kersey) were also received by request at this meeting and are later found at New Garden Monthly Meeting in North Carolina.

On 19 October 1756 Richard Williams deeded to Henry Ballinger & Thomas Hunt for five pounds sterling, 53 acres, to be used by the Quakers for the New Garden Meeting House and for a cemetery. The deed was witnessed by John & Bowater Beals.

More on the Children of Thomas and Mary Ann Beals Hunt

There are no birth records for the children of Thomas & Mary Ann Hunt found but the marriage records of the children are at New Garden Monthly Meeting in North Carolina (sometimes listed with Thomas & Mary as parents and sometimes with Thomas & Ann.) Ann's second marriage is also listed at New Garden.

Many of the children joined the migration north to Indiana and Ohio and their transfer certificates are recorded at New Garden.

The Hunt family is large and complex including children of Thomas, William, and Eleazar at New Garden, many with the same names; we have not totally sorted them all out, our main interest being only in those connected to our Woodward & Thornbrough families.

Mary Hunt Robenson

Daughter Mary Hunt married William Robenson, son of Nicholas Robenson, 23 Dec 1761 at New Garden Monthly Meeting.

Ruth Hunt Thornbrough

Daughter Ruth Hunt married Thomas Thornbrough III 26 Mar 1766 at New Garden MM. Ruth died 20 Jan 1767 and is buried at New Garden MM.. Son Thomas Thornbrough was born 5 January 1767, so Ruth died as a result of childbirth. There is more about son Thomas on the Thomas Thornbrough III page linked above.

Sarah Beals Hunt Unthank

Daughter Sarah Hunt married John Unthank, son of Joseph and Ann Allen Unthank, April 1 1767 at New Garden MM. John Unthank, died Jan 29 1781 in Guilford County and Sarah married second to Solomon Hiatt in 1782.

Abner and Mary Pope Hunt

Son Abner Hunt married Mary Pope 16 Jan 1771 at New Garden Monthly Meeting. He died 27 Nov 1839 in Clinton County, Ohio where they had moved in 1812.

Jemima Hunt Unthank

Daughter Jemima Hunt married Allen Unthank, son of Joseph and Ann Allen Unthank, 7 Dec 1774 at New Garden MM. They had a daughter Rachel Unthank who married Isaac Cook, son of Abraham and Phebe Mills Cook. More on this family is given on the Cook page. A son of Isaac and Rachel married into the Beard family, so closely connected with the family of Abraham Woodward.

Jacob and Hannah Britain Hunt

Son Jacob Hunt married Hannah Brittain, daughter of William and Rebecca Ballinger Brittain, 8 May 1776 at New Garden Monthly Meeting.

Isam Hunt

Son Isam Hunt married Ann Moon, daughter of Richard and Susannah Beeson Moon 9 Jan 1781 at New Garden Monthly Meeting. Ann died sometime before 1793 when Isam married Margaret Bundy 14 Nov 1793 at Back Creek Monthly Meeting. They moved on to Henry County, Indiana.

William and Ruth Brittain Hunt

Son William Hunt married Ruth Brittain, daughter of William and Rebecca Ballinger Britain but we do not have a date. William died 28 March 1791.

Thomas and Phoebe Coffin Hunt

Son Thomas Hunt married Phoebe Coffin Hunt, daughter of Peter and Miriam Coffin Hunt but we do not have a date.

Ann Hunt Rogers

DaughterAnn Hunt married Jacob Rogers , son of Jacob and Martha Rogers, on 2 May 1788 at New Garden Monthly Meeting.



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