10. | Lieutenant Ralph Hunt (6.Thomas3, 4.Richard2, 1.Agnes1) was born in 1613 in London, Middlesex, England; died in Feb 1677 in Newtown, Long Island, Queens Co, New York. Other Events and Attributes:
- Immigration: Aft 1620, London, Middlesex, England
- Will: 1676, Long Island City, Queens, New York
Notes:
He married Elizabeth Jessup, daughter of Edward Jessop of Westchester.
Service: Was Lieut. of Newtown Company, Province of New York, 1665; Member of Provincial Assembly, 1673.
Source: Annals of Newtown, by Ricker; Colonial War Regiser, 1640-1677; Hale's History of Hopewell Church.
"He was one of the first settlers of wht is now Newton, Long Island in 1652. He was a leader in public affairs and defied the authority of the Dutch governor Stuyvesant on Manhatten Island. When the English family acquired New Netherlands and drove the Dutch away, he was one of the first two magistraes appointed under the English rule. In April 1665, he was commissioned Lieutenant by the English Governor Nicoll. He was one of he patentees included in the royal charter when the town called Newtown was erected in 1664." Source: The Pioneering Spirit by Beverly Yount, 1956, page 3.
Burial:
Non-Cemetery Burial
findagrave
Will:
my son Edward, administrator
paying unto his other three brothers as they come of age
my daughter Mary
my daughter Anna's three children, each a sheep
Capt Betts and John Burroughs to be overseer with son-in-law Theophilus Philips.
signed Ralph Hunt (mark
Witnesses Edward Stevenson
John Hayyter
Thomas Morrell
addendum: Jan 13
my daughter Anna shall have...
signed
Ralph Hunt (mark)
Witness
Joseph Burroughs
Edward Hunt
Ralph married Elizabeth Jessup about 1653 in Connecticut or New York (probably). Elizabeth (daughter of Edward Jessup and Elizabeth Burroughs, (immigrant)) was born about 1625. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 13. Anna Hunt
was born in 1653 in Newtown, Long Island, Queens Co, New York; died on 6 Feb 1681.
- 14. Samuel Hunt
was born in 1654 in Newtown, Long Island, Queens Co, New York; died on 12 Oct 1720 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; was buried in 1720.
- 15. Edward Hunt
was born about 1656 in Newtown, Long Island, Queens Co, New York; died in Feb 1715.
- 16. Mary Hunt
was born in 1657 in Newtown, Long Island, Queens Co, New York; died after 1676.
- 17. Ralph Hunt
was born in 1660 in Newtown, Long Island, Queens Co, New York; died in 1727.
- 18. John Hunt
was born in 1664 in Newtown, Long Island, Queens Co, New York; died in 1735.
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Family/Spouse: Anna Wheeler, (wife?). Anna (daughter of Samuel Wheeler and Joanna (..) Wheeler) was born about 1630; died in 1677 in Newtown, Long Island, Queens Co, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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