Bacheler Family Tree » Ralph "Long Island Ralph" Hunt Sr. (1613-± 1676)

Persönliche Daten Ralph "Long Island Ralph" Hunt Sr. 

• Spitzname ist Long Island Ralph.
• Er wurde geboren im Jahr 1613London
  England.
• Er wurde getauft am 31. August 1621 in Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
• Er wurde getauft am 25. Januar 1634.
• Beruf: .
• Er ist verstorben rund 26. Februar 1676Newtown
  New York.
• Er wurde beerdigt in Newton,Long Island,Queens,New York.
• Ein Kind von Richard Hunt und Agnes Richardson
• Diese Information wurde zuletzt aktualisiert am 3. Dezember 2020.

Familie von Ralph "Long Island Ralph" Hunt Sr.

Er ist verheiratet mit Elizabeth Jessup.

Sie haben geheiratet im Jahr 1650 in England, er war 37 Jahre altUK.

Kind(er):

1. Mary Hunt  1660-< 1703 

Notizen bei Ralph "Long Island Ralph" Hunt Sr.

Ralph Hunt, Newtown. "It is my will to have my son Edward sole executor, and he is to give to his other three brothers as they come of age, their portions by equal divisions." "As for my daughter Mary, I doe give her two cows, six sheep, and the feather bed I now lye on." "As to my daughter Anna's three children I give to each of them a sheep." This will of mine being writ when I had my perfe ct memory, although very sicke and weake. Captain Betts and John Burroughs I do desire to be overseers with my son-in-law Theophilus Phillips." Dated January 12, 1676/7
Witnesses: Edward Stevenson, John Hayter, Thomas Morrell, Joseph B urroughs, Edward Hunt.
Administration granted to son Edward February 26, 1676/ 7

RALPH HUNT, Newtown. "It is my will to have my son Edward sole executor, a nd he is to give to his other three brothers as they come of age, their portion s by equal divisions." "As for my daughter Mary, I doe give her two cows, six s heep, and the feather bed I now lye on." "As to my daughter Anna's three childr en I give to each of them a sheep." This will of mine being writ when I had my perfect memory, although very sicke and weake. Captain Betts and John Burroughs I do desire to be overseers with my son-in-law Theophilus Phillips." Dated Jan uary 12, 1676/7. Witnesses, Edward Stevenson, John Hayter, Thomas Morell.

C odicil January 13, 1676/7, "my daughter Anna shall have as good a portion with that she hath already as any of the rest of my children. And as for the red coa t she now has in possession, it is to be valued and one-half given to my daught er Mary."

Witnesses, Joseph Burroughs, Edward Hunt. Administration granted to son Edward February 26, 1676/7.

"settled in Long Island and bought lan d in Middleburg (which became Hastings, and then Newtown), in 1652."
REF: Jim Frost; 401 Melody Lane; Wagoner, OK; 74467. (27 Oct 1988).

Penn. Register of Colonial Dames, p. 221: "Ralph Hunt, Newtown, Long Island, Lieut. under Gov. N icholls in 1655". We have no problem with this. Will recorded at Hall of Record s in N. Y. Will admitted to probate Feb. 26, 1676/7.

The earliest informatio n on Ralph Hunt is his arrival on Long Island near Manhattan Island in an area governed by the Dutch in 1652 "among a party of Englishmen". Some have added "c ame from England" but that is something not yet established as of 1985. For a m eaningful and accurate treatise on this Ralph read Mitchell Hunt's "An Evaluati on of the Consuelo Furman Manuscript" 1985. Copies available from LDS. His will dated Jan12 1676 codicil 13 Jan 1676-7, administration granted 25 Feb. 1676-7 to his son Edward as sole executor with Captain Betts and John Burroughs as ove rseers. He died at Newtown Long Island. Will could be in Hall of Records as sta ted above. When he came to America is a matter of speculation in spite of other speculative dates published in other genealogies.

Lewis D. Cook of Philadel phia, PA has made the most thorough examination and documentation yet found on the descendants of Ralph Hunt of Long Island. Work extending through the period 1940-1970, with an unpublished manuscript and two other volumes of supporting information filed with the Pennsylvania Historical Society Library in Philadelp hia.

THE NAME OF HIS WIFE and where and when they were married has not been found with reliability although there are different versions of her name as Ann , some saying Jessup. (Furman gives her name as Elizabeth Jessup, which is ques tionable and inconsistent with other dates on the Jessup family)(NOTE: She had a daughter ANNA.) Wife Not mentioned in husbands will. of 1676/77.

{geni:about_me} The well-researched and sourced genealogies by Needham indicate that Ralph Hunt's wife was Elizabeth Ann Jessup, daughter of Edward Jessup and Elizabeth Bridges. See: https://jrm.phys.ksu.edu/Genealogy/Needham/d0003/I2909.html and https://jrm.phys.ksu.edu/Genealogy/Needham/d0002/I2940.html

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There is a serious problem with listing him as a son of https://www.geni.com/people/Colonel-Thomas-Hunt-Col/6000000012977529377 Ralph and Thomas knew each other in Newtown and their families even married within the same circles, but DNA clearly shows that descendants of RALPH AND THOMAS ARE NOT RELATED.--Charles Hunt. - Disconnected Aug 2017

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Immigrated from England to New York c.1652, established a home in Newton (now Queens), Long Island which was where La Guardia airfield now stands.

Was instrumental in drivng the Dutch from Manhattan Island (Governor Stuyvssand) and as a result was appointed one of the first two magistrates under English rule. Later commissioned as Lieutenant by English Governor Driscoll on April 21, 1665.

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Raph Hunt of Middleburrough was born in 1613 at London, England.2 He was the son of '''Thomas Hunt''' and '''Cicely Paisley'''.2 Raph Hunt of Middleburrough immigrated to America arriving 1652. He married Elizabeth Jessup, daughter of John Jessup and Joanna Kerrich, in 1652.2 Raph Hunt of Middleburrough was entrusted, along with John Burrows, John Coe, Edward Jesup, and Elias Bailly, with the estate of Mr. Wood, and the keeping of Mary Wood until she turned fifteen, being now five, on 11 January 1662 at Middleburrough, Long Island, New York.3 He was appointed as a fence viewer on 18 September 1663 at Newtown, Long Island, New York.4 He sold stock on 2 March 1666 at Newtown, Long Island, New York.5 He was a planter on 5 November 1667 at Newtown, Long Island, New York.6 He sold John Fosicer (?) of New Utrecht, land on the north side of Newton, 6 acres on 5 November 1667 at Newtown, Long Island, New York.6 He died on 26 February 1676/77 at Newton, Long Island, New York, at age 64 years.
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There are various guesses (easily found online) about the ancestry, origin, and wife of Ralph Hunt. I do not yet accept any of them yet as likely enough to merit inclusion here.

"Ralph Hunt of Long Island produced a prolific line of Hunts which had many outstanding people of national significance in the development of the U.S."

"He is assumed to have come from England (probably true) but extensive contemporary research in early New York records and records in England by a group of dedicated descendants in person and through professional genealogists in New York area and England have failed to come up with any clue as to where he came from or who his ancestors were."

In Riker's "Annals of Newtown" we find the name of Ralph Hunt among a party of Englishmen who emigrated to Long Island in 1652. He was also one of the party who purchased Middleburg in 1656, his share of the purchase being one pound. January 7, 1662-3, he was chosen one of seven men to conduct the affairs of the town. In 1663, he, with other leading men, was denounced for resisting Dutch authority, aiding to form a junction with the Connecticut colony.

In February, 1663-4, he was chosen, with six others, in the name of his majesty, Charles II, to town office in Hastings (the new name of Middleburg), for the ensuing year. In 1664 he was admitted as a freeman of the colony of Connecticut, and was chosen a surveyor to view the "Indian reserved lands," which the town was to purchase. April 21, 1665, he was commissioned lieutenant of the military in Newtown (the new name of Hastings), by Governor Nicholl, and from November, 1666 to April, 1668, was the town overseer.

December 4, 1666, he was a freeholder of Newtown named in the list, and the same year was also "overseer" of Edward Jessop's will. January 4, 1666-7, he was one of the eleven land holders who agreed to enclose their lands in a single field for cultivation. March 1666-7, after having been appointed by the town to get a draught of boundaries, he became one of the patentees of "Newtowne, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, upon Long Island." April 2, 1667, he was chosen constable. About 1668, his house and barns, with all his effects, were destroyed by fire, together with the corn which he had collected for rates. January, 1667-8, he was chosen permanent surveyor, and in 1670 elected town overseer.

In 1671, the first church edifice in Newtown was erected on a "gore" of land appropriated for the church by Ralph Hunt. The site is at the corner of Main street and Jamaica Road, the corner house recently owned by Peter Duryea.

The site is at the corner of Main street and Jamaica Road, the corner house recently owned by Peter Duryea.

On September 6, 1673, he was sworn to office as a "Shepen," or magistrate, upon the reinstating of Dutch authority. He died early in 1677, and his biographer gave a glowing tribute to his high character and usefulness as a man and citizen.

His will: "It is my will to have my son Edward sole executor, and he is to give to his other three brothers as they come of age, their portions by equal divisions." "As for my daughter Mary, I doe give her two cows, six sheep, and the feather bed I now lye on." "As to my daughter Anna's three children I give to each of them a sheep." This will of mine being writ when I had my perfect memory, although very sicke and weake. Captain Betts and John Burroughs I do desire to be overseers with my son-in-law Theophilus Phillips." Dated January 12, 1676/7. Witnesses, Edward Stevenson, John Hayter, Thomas Morell.

Codicil January 13, 1676/7, "my daughter Anna shall have as good a portion with that she hath already as any of the rest of my children. And as for the red coat she now has in possession, it is to be valued and one-half given to my daughter Mary."

Witnesses, Joseph Burroughs, Edward Hunt. Administration granted to son Edward February 26, 1676/7.

Penn. Register of Colonial Dames, p. 221: "Ralph Hunt, Newtown, Long Island, Lieut. under Gov. Nicholls in 1655". Will recorded at Hall of Records in N. Y. Will admitted to probate Feb. 26, 1676/7.

"settled in Long Island and bought land in Middleburg (which became Hastings, and then Newtown), in 1652."

The earliest information on Ralph Hunt is his arrival on Long Island near Manhattan Island in an area governed by the Dutch in 1652 "among a party of Englishmen". Some have added "came from England" but that is something not yet established as of 1985. For a meaningful and accurate treatise on this Ralph read Mitchell Hunt's "An Evaluation of the Consuelo Furman Manuscript" 1985. Copies available from LDS. His will dated Jan12 1676 codicil 13 Jan 1676-7, administration granted 25 Feb. 1676-7 to his son Edward as sole executor with Captain Betts and John Burroughs as overseers. He died at Newtown Long Island. Will could be in Hall of Records as stated above. When he came to America is a matter of speculation in spite of other speculative dates published in other genealogies.

Lewis D. Cook of Philadelphia, PA has made the most thorough examination and documentation yet found on the descendants of Ralph Hunt of Long Island. Work extending through the period 1940-1970, with an unpublished manuscript and two other volumes of supporting information filed with the Pennsylvania Historical Society Library in Philadelphia.

THE NAME OF HIS WIFE and where and when they were married has not been found with reliability although there are different versions of her name as Ann, some saying Jessup. (Furman gives her name as Elizabeth Jessup, which is questionable and inconsistent with other dates on the Jessup family) (NOTE: She had a daughter ANNA.) Wife Not mentioned in husbands will. of 1676/77.

"Few, if any, of the early settlers of the northeastern US have had their histories and genealogies of descendants so badly distorted and confused as Thomas Hunt, the New York pioneer, and his contemporary unrelated neighbor Ralph Hunt, the pioneer on Long Island. Older histories and genealogies speculate that both descend from a Richard Hunt of Shrewsbury, ENG, and a Col. Thomas Hunt of Cromwell's Army. Despite numerous refutations in periodical genealogical literature, the legend continues to be perpetuated."

see also:

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~huntpage/ralph0001.htm :

Some say he is the son of Richard.

Other Hunts who landed in the (northeast) New World:

from ( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~huntpage/index.html )

Bartholomew of Rhode Island

Edmund of Duxbury, Massachusetts

Edward of Amesbury, Massachusetts

Enoch of Weymouth, Massachusetts

John of Gloucester, Rhode Island

Jonathan of Northampton, Massachusetts

Ralph of Long Island

Robert and William of New Jersey

Thomas of New York

William of Concord, Massachusetts

John of Woodbury and Roxbury, Connecticut

from http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Queens/history/newtown.html

Middleburg was now in allegiance to King Charles II. In the ardor of their

loyalty the citizens discarded the former name of the settlement, and adopted

that of Hastings, after a town in Sussex, England. The people of Hastings were

filled with apprehension on account of an agreement between Stuyvesant and

Connecticut, by which the jurisdiction of both provinces over the English on the

west end of Long Island was suspended, and these towns therefore were left

without a head. They thereupon entered into a combination to manage their own

affairs, and on the 4th of February 1664 they met for the transaction of

business. They drew up and signed a compact, in which they set forth the grounds

of their allegiance to England, with their determination to defend to any

extremity the interests of their royal master, King Charles II. The inhabitants,

with few exceptions, signed this instrument, and proceeded to ballot for a

president for the ensuing year. Captain John Scott received their unanimous

vote. Town officers were elected, consisting of a clerk, constable, and five

townsmen. The latter were John Burroughs, Ralph Hunt, John Ramsden, Samuel Toe

and John Layton. Richard Betts and John Coe were appointed magistrates. But

Scott’s authority was brief. Connecticut, jealous of his proceedings, sent a

company of soldiers to arrest him, and he was thrown into jail in Hartford.

Scott’s magistrates were deposed, and others appointed.

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12 JAN 1677 Will written.
_FA2: 26 FEB 1677 Will proved.
Note:

James Riker, Jr., The Annals of Newtown, in Queens County, New-York; D. Fanshaw, 108 Nassau-Street, New York, 1852, p. 85.

Ralph Hunt was a useful citizen, as the records abundantly prove. He served long as a town surveyor, and as an overseer; and during the reoccupation by the Dutch, held the office of schepen, or magistrate. He died early in 1677, leaving sons Ralph, Edward, John, and Samuel, and daughters Ann and Mary--the former then the wife of Theophilus Phillips. Of the sons, Ralph and Samuel settled in Jamaica. John was a magistrate in Newtown for some years, and left a son Ralph, and perhaps others. Edward became a man of estate, and died in Newtown in 1716, having five sons, and as many daughters--to wit: Edward, born February 4th, 1684; Richard, Ralph, Thomas, Jonathan, Sarah, Martha, Elizabeth, Hannah, and Abigail. The two sons last named continued in Newtown, but Edward and Richard settled in Hunterdon county, New Jersey. Of some one branch of this family, early transferred from Long Island to New Jersey, was Oliver Hunt, the grandfather of Col. George W. Hunt, of White Pot.
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Francis Bazley Lee, ed., Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey; The Lewis Publishing Company, New York & Chicago, 1907, p. 68.

Ralph Hunt settled on Long Island in 1652. On January 9, 1663, he was one of the seven patentees to whom a grant of land was made by Governor Richard Nichols (who was at one time also governor of New Jersey), on which Newtown was afterwards built. He was previously manager of the affairs of the Indian town of Middlebury, L.I. In 1664 he is recorded as a freeman of Connecticut. On 21st April, 1665, he was commissioned by Governor Nichols as lieutenant of militia of Newtown. On the 16th September, 1673, under resumption of Dutch authority, he was sworn in as a "schepen," or magistrate, by the Lord Commandel and Military Tribunal. In 1667 he was appointed permanent surveyor of Newtown. In 1671 he deeded a gift of the tract of land upon which his church in Newtown was built. He was a man of note, and the ancestor of many distinguished people. He was the son of Colonel Thomas Hunt, whose ancestor was Thomas Hunt, a colonel in Cromwell's army.
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Elizabeth Jessup was born in 1628 at Newton, Long Island, New York.1 She was the daughter of John Jessup and Joanna Kerrich.1 Elizabeth Jessup married Raph Hunt of Middleburrough, son of Thomas Hunt and Cicely Paisley, in 1652
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Ralph Hunt was an early colonist in Long Island, New York. He was said to be born in London, England in 1613. The first record of him was when he arrived to Long Island in 1652 with a boat of Englishmen. He was an early leader in Middleburg (aka Middleborough, Hastings, Newtowne, and now Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island), where he served as a magistrate, freeholder, and later a Lieutenant. During this time he also bought Middleborough from the local Indian tribes. Most sources say that he married Elizabeth Jessup. During the British takeover of New York, Ralph Hunt beat arms against the Dutch and showed his support of a British government. When the Dutch left New York, he surveyed for the new town. His descendents moved to New Jersey and eventually the whole nation.

"RALPH HUNT OF NEWTOWN, L.I., AND HIS DESCENDANTS IN NEW JERSEY. By Lewis D. Cook, F.A.S.G., Philadelphia, 1963. "Ralph Hunt served long as a town surveyor and as an overseer; and during the reoccupation by the Dutch held the office of schepen or magistrate. He died early in 1677, leaving sons Ralph, Edward, John, and Samuel, and daughters Ann and Mary, the former then the wife of Theophilus Phillips. Of the sons, Ralph and Samuel settled in Jamaica, L.I. John was a magistrate in Newtown for some years, and left a son Ralph, and perhaps others. Edward became a man of estate, and died in Newtown in 1716, having five sons and as many daughters, to wit, Edward born February 4th 1684, Richard, Ralph, Thomas, Jonathan, Sarah, Martha, Elizabeth, Hannah, and Abigail. The two sons last named continued in Newtown, but Edward and Richard settled in Hunterdon, County, N.J." - James Riker, The Annals of Newtown, Queens County, N.Y., 1852, page 85.

In February, 1663-4, Ralph Hunt was chosen, with six others, in the name of his majesty, Charles II, to town office in Hastings (the new name of Middleburg), for the ensuing year. In 1664 he was admitted as a freeman of the colony of Connecticut, and was chosen a surveyor to view the "Indian reserved lands," which the town was to purchase. April 21, 1665, he was commissioned lieutenant of the military in Newtown (the new name of Hastings), by Governor Nicholl, and from November, 1666 to April, 1668, was the town overseer[1].

Maspeth/ Middleburgh/Hastings/Newtown
In 1642, West Indies Company Director Kieft issued the Mispat|Maspath patent to Rev. Doughty to establish an English community under Dutch rule. This patent consisted of six thousand, six hundred and sixty-six Dutch acres or thereabouts, comprehended within four right lines…"-more or less the entire western half of the borough of Queens. But the newcomers had just begun their settlement in earnest when an Indian attack leveled the place in 1643. The survivors limped back to Manhattan, thus ending the original community of Mispat|Maspeth. Nine years later, In 1652, a group of Englishmen from New England founded the "new town" of Middleborough|Middleburgh on the same land. With the English takeover of the province of New Netherland in 1664, the name Middleborough was changed to Hastings. Apparently, however, the residents had long called the place Newtown, as if to make a clear distinction from the earlier, abortive settlement, and so the community was called well into the nineteenth century, when it became part of Brooklyn.
Birth

Ralph Hunt was born in England ca. 1613

Immigration

Ralph Hunt emmigrated from England, possibly through New England, to eventually arrive at Mispat|Maspath ca 1652.

Marriage

Ralph Hunt married. The exact name of his wife appears to be unknown.

Children

Children of Ralph Hunt were:

Anna Hunt was born in 1650, Middleborough|Newtown, Long Island, NY. She married Theophilus Phillips, son of Zorababel (Zerobabel) Phillips, circa 1670 at in Newtown, Long Is., NY. She died on 6 Feb 1681/82 at Newtown, Long Island, New York, aged 32.[2]
Edward Hunt was born circa 1652. He married Sarah Betts, daughter of Richard Betts and Joanna Chamberlain. He married Elizabeth Hazzard, daughter of Jonathan Hazzard . He died in 1715/16 at Newtown, Long Island, New York.
Mary Hunt was born circa 1654. She married John Hart before 1675. She died in 1735 at Hopewell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Wife of Theophilus Phillips.
Ralph Hunt was born circa 1656 at Newtown, Long Island, New York. He married Susanna _____. He married Elizabeth _____ circa 1712. He died in Jan 1732/33. His estate was probated on 9 Feb 1732/33.
John Hunt was born circa 1658. He married Johanna (--?--) . He died say 1735.
Samuel Hunt was born circa 1660 at Newtown, Long Island, New York. He married Mary _____ . He died before 26 Dec 1719 at Maidenhead, Burlington County, New Jersey. His estate was probated on 26 Dec 1719.
Death

A Ralph Hunt died in 1677 at Newtown, Queens, New York

Sources

Wilipedia: / Ralph Hunt (Colonist)
Ancestry.com. U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
Hunt, Mitchell J. Descendants of Ralph Hunt. Rootsweb; retrieved 22 January 2014.
Lee, Francis Bazley, editor. Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. 1907.
Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Boston: 1860 – 1862. Vol. 1 – IV.
Wyman, Thomas Bellows, comp. Genealogy of the name and Family of Hunt: early established in America from Europe. Boston: J. Wilson and Son, 1862-3.
Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Source book: Pioneers of Old Hopewell: With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes, Ralph Ege, Race & Savidge, 1908 - Hopewell (N.J.) - 289 pages
Footnotes

↑ [http://www.geni.com/people/Raph-Hunt-of-Middleburrough/6000000006725587447 GENI--Raph Hunt, of Middleburrough
↑ RootsWeb--Abner Phillips of Surry Co., NC: His Ancestors and Descendants
Acknowledgements

This profile was created through the import of the following files:

104-B.ged on 12 September 2010
Bierbrodt.GED on Jul 14, 2011 by Becky Bierbrodt
Foster Family Tree.ged on 26 May 2011 by Ferrell Foster
WORCESTER_2012-07-31.ged on Jul 31, 2012 by Bob Worcester.
Robin Kabrich helped with merges and edited the biography.
Hunt-1599 created through the import of YOUNG.ged on Jul 12, 2011 by Zak Young.
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Ralph HUNT
c1613.DevonshireENG(?London)-
16FEB1675.Newtown, Queens, Long Island, New York

Ralph HUNT Sr. settled in Newtown on Long Island NY in 1652 and purchased land from the Indians in 1656.

He may have been a Lieutenant in the army of Charles II, who after being on the losing side against CROMWELL'S Parlaimentarians was forced to flee to foreign lands such as that of the Dutch on Long Island.

Altho Long Island was under Dutch authority, he conspired to unite Long Island with Connecticut & was denounced by the Dutch in 1663.

From 1663 to 1664, he was Town Officer of Hastings(Newtown). On 4JAN1666/67, he & eleven others agreed to enclose their lands in a single field for cultivation. On 2APR1667, he was chosen constable of Newtown.

About 1668, his house, barns, & all his effects were destroyed by fire together with corn collected from tax rates.

In 1667, he was chosen permanent surveyor.

In 1671, the first church edifice in Newtown was erected on land appropriated for its use by Ralph Sr. which is now land at the corner of Main St. & Jamaica Rd. in Queens, N.Y.

Upon the return of Dutch authority, he was appointed 'schepen' or magistrate on 6SEP1673.

Ralph Hunt, a native of England, who was supposed to have been a Royalist and a warm partisan of Charles Stuart II, in whose army he was probably engaged against the commonwealth.

Upon the defeat of the young king and his consequent flight into Normandy as well as the unsettled condition of affairs in England during the reign of Cromwell, Ralph HUNT was led to look to America, where he came and settled in what is now Queens county, Long Island and where he was one of a company that purchased from the Indians the land on which Newtown, in said county, is situated, in 1656, and was one of the patentees.

--- CHILDREN/DESCENDANTS ---
-1 Ann 1650NY-c1709 m Theophilius PHILLIPS
-2 Edward 1652NY-1716NY m1 Sarah Betts
m2 Elizabeth Hazard
-3 Mary 1654NY- m John Hart
-4 Ralph (Capt.) 1656NY-31AUG1727NJ m1 Susanna ?
-5 John c1658NY-1711NY m Joanna WILSON/MOORE
-6 SAMUEL 1660NY- c1719NJ m Mary ?
- All born Newton, Long Island(Queens), New York..
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Linda MONDY ADDS:

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 Register, 1640-1677; Hale's History of Hopewell Church.

"He was one of the first settlers of what 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 magistrates 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.

Family links:
Spouse:
Elizabeth Jessop Hunt*

Children:
Edward Hunt (1652 - 1715)*
Mary Hunt Hart (1655 - ____)*
Samuel Hunt (1660 - 1719)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Unknown

Created by: H BRAUN
Record added: Jan 19, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 33052227

- Valorie Franklin
Added: May. 22, 2016

- Harry W Cameron
Added: Sep. 13, 2015

- Saralyn
Added: May. 24, 2015
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It is believed that Ralph Hunt I was born in Middlesex, England before 1613. He died in Newtown, Queen Co., Long Island, NY,

His will is dated January 13, 1676, proved February 26, 1676 (Source: The Scudder Family of Trenton by Moses Bigelow. 1948.Page 19.)

Served as a Lieut. under Gov. Nicholls, 1655 (Long Island)

The Hunt family was very prominent in Newtown, Long Island, and later in
Hunterdon Co., NJ where they intermarried with the Phillips family for
several generations.
When Ralph came to America is unknown In 1656 he was one of several
English families who purchased the village of Middleburg, on eastern Long
Island, from the local Indians. This became the village of Newtown and
much later the borough of Queens, New York City. His name appeared on the
patent for this site granted by Govenor Richard Nichols on Jan 9, 1663.
In 1664, he is recorded as a freeman of Connecticut which at that time
includeed Long Island. On April 21, 1665, he was commissioned as a
lieutenant of militia of Newtown, On Sept. 16, 1673, durning a brief
resumption of Dutch rule, he was sworn in as a 'schepen' or magistrate by
the Dutch military authorities. in 1667 he was appointed permanent
surveyor of Newtown. In 1671 he deeded a gift of the tract of land upon
which his church in Newtown was built.

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