Lieutenant Richard Hunt

1723 - 1821  (98 years)

• Name	Lieutenant Richard Hunt  [1, 2]
  Title	Lieutenant
  Born	23 Mar 1722/3  [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Will	10 Sep 1814	Sussex Co., New Jersey   [4]
  	To son Richard Hunt: all debts due to me, 100 acres of land, produce, farming utensils, and certain household goods; to son Doctor David Hunt: 35 acres of land; to my eight sons equally: a parcel 4 rods square on the shore of a pond intended for use as a fishery; to the three daughters of son Samuel (Massey wife of Robert Allen, Kasiah wife of John Grigs, and Sarah) and to sons Joseph, Thomas, John, William, Ralph: the remainder of my lands; to Phanny, daughter of Sally Hunt: $20 from each of my six living sons; to daughters Sally (wife of George Armstrong), Elizabeth (wife of John Hankinson), and Patty (wife of John Linn): my remaining household goods; executors son David Hunt and son-in-law George Armstrong
  Will	14 Jun 1819	Sussex Co., New Jersey   [5]
  	In a codicil to the will of 10 Sep 1814, Richard Hunt makes provisions regarding a loan from his son David Hunt to his son Thomas Hunt, who has died; David is bequeathed an amount of land that he is instructed to sell, the proceeds being used to repay the loan with interest and provide additional money to be held in trust for Thomas's children
  Will	8 Feb 1821	Sussex Co., New Jersey   [6]
  	In a second codicil to the will of 10 Sep 1814, Richard Hunt again unravels financial entanglements between two of his sons, this time William owing several hundreds of dollars to Richard, who is also security for several debts of William's; William is to make good on his debts on pain of losing his share of the estate; should he not pay his debts, his share of the land goes to Richard to be sold
  Died	24 Aug 1821	Sussex Co., New Jersey   [2, 3]
  	Some sources give the same date but year 1819; the probate record is clear that he lived into 1821
  Probate	20 Sep 1821	Sussex Co., New Jersey   [4]
  	Will proved
  Probate	30 Mar 1822	Sussex Co., New Jersey   [7]
  	Estate inventory of personal and moveable estate; total value not given, perhaps $150
  Buried	Sussex Co., New Jersey   [3]
  	Hunts Field Burial Ground [3]
  		Lieut Richard Hunt (1723 - 1819) - Find A Grave Memorial Includes genealogical information. Created by: Karen Record added: Sep 21, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 21689203
  Notes	Richard Hunt was an officer in the French and Indian War and served in a New Jersey militia regiment in the war of the Revolution. [2]
  Person ID	I1978	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2018

  
  

  Family	Mercy Hull,   b. 1734,   d. 21 May 1777  (Age 43 years)  [2]
  Married	Bef 1757  [2]
  Family ID	F867	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S26855] The Hull Family in America, Col. Charles H. Weygant, (The Hull Family Association), 292 (Reliability: 2), 08 Jul 2009. Mercy Hull...was the second wife of Lieut. Richard Hunt.... [S26855] The Hull Family in America, Col. Charles H. Weygant, (The Hull Family Association), 292 (Reliability: 2), 08 Jul 2009. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 21689203 (Reliability: 1), 13 Mar 2012. [S156] Sussex County, New Jersey Wills, 1804-1905, New Jersey. Surrogate's Court (Sussex County) (Main Author), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974), Vol. B, pp. 129-131 (Reliability: 3), 5 Jan 2018. [S156] Sussex County, New Jersey Wills, 1804-1905, New Jersey. Surrogate's Court (Sussex County) (Main Author), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974), Vol. B, pp. 131-132 (Reliability: 3), 5 Jan 2018. [S156] Sussex County, New Jersey Wills, 1804-1905, New Jersey. Surrogate's Court (Sussex County) (Main Author), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974), Vol. B, pp. 133-135 (Reliability: 3), 5 Jan 2018. [S155] Sussex County, New Jersey Probate Inventories, 1803-1903, New Jersey. Surrogate's Court (Sussex County) (Main Author), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974), Vol. D, p. 297 (Reliability: 3), 5 Jan 2018.