John Hunt (Quaker exile)

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]

John Hunt
Born1712
DiedMarch 31, 1778
Frederick County, Virginia
OccupationMerchant
Spouses
  • Unknown
  • Rachel Tory
ChildrenDorothea
Elizabeth
John Jr.

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) who also lived near Philadelphia at Moorestown, New Jersey.[4] Adding to the confusion, another Quaker minister by the name of John Hunt (1740 1824) also lived at Moorestown.[5]

Notes

  1. Gummere, p. 511
  2. Historical Society of Pennsylvania "Hunt, John. Letterbook, 1747-1749. John Hunt was a London merchant and shipper dealing tobacco and general merchandise. Continued as Hunt and Greenleafe."
  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, p. 4
  5. Gummere, p. 571

References

  • Cloud, Morgan (2003). "Quakers, slaves and the Founders: profiling to save the Union". Mississippi Law Journal, 73: 369-421.
  • Gilpin, Thomas (1848). Exiles in Virginia - account of the exile of 22 Philadelphia Quakers to Winchester, Virginia.
  • Gray Vining, Elizabeth (1955). The Virginia Exiles. (novel)
  • Gummere, Amelia Mott (1922). The journal and essays of John Woolman. New York: The Macmillan Company.
  • Hinshaw, William Wade and Thomas Worth Marshall (1936). Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers.
  • Hynes, Judy (1997). The descendants of John and Elizabeth (Woolman) Borton. Mount Holly, New Jersey: John Woolman Memorial Association.
  • Worrall, Jay (1994). The friendly Virginians, America's first Quakers. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Co., 632 pages.
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