John Hunt (Quaker exile) explained

John Hunt
Birth Date:1712
Death Date:March 31, 1778
Death Place:Frederick County, Virginia
Occupation:Merchant
Spouse:
  • Unknown
  • Rachel Tory
Children:Dorothea
Elizabeth
John Jr.

John Hunt (1712  - March 31, 1778) was one of the Virginia Exiles, who were a group of Philadelphia area Quakers that were forcibly exiled to Winchester, Virginia during the Revolutionary War.[1]

Prior to 1769, John Hunt was a London merchant and shipper dealing in tobacco and general merchandise.[2] Between 1738 and 1768, John Hunt made several voyages between London, Philadelphia and Virginia.

In 1769, John Hunt, a widower, emigrated to the province of Pennsylvania with his three children: Dorothea, Elizabeth and John.[3] The Hunt family settled near Philadelphia at Darby. John Hunt married Rachel Tory, a widow, on November 28, 1769.

Some modern writers have confused the John Hunt (1712  - 1778), who is the subject of this article, with another Quaker named John Hunt (1711  - 1729.[4] Adding to the confusion, another Quaker minister by the name of John Hunt (1740  - 1824) also lived near Philadelphia.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Gummere, p. 511
  2. http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/0100.htm Historical Society of Pennsylvania
  3. Hinshaw, p. 560: Three certificates granted to John Hunt by London meetings were received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting on July 4, 1764; April 29, 1768 and March 31, 1769.
  4. Hynes, pp. 4, 5
  5. Gummere, p. 571