Hunt, Thomas

1746 - 1818  (72 years)

• Name	Hunt, Thomas  [1]
  Birth	27 Jul 1746	Dutchess Co., NY   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Dec 1818	Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY   [1]
  Person ID	I85516	My Damon Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2014

  
  

  Family	Woodworth, Jerusha,   b. 17 Apr 1758, Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT d. 07 Apr 1849, Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	19 Feb 1773	Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY   [1]
  Children	1. Hunt, James,   b. 28 Feb 1778, Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY d. 1870, Lewis Co., NY (Age 91 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
  Family ID	F32022	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2014

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Jul 1746 - Dutchess Co., NY Marriage - 19 Feb 1773 - Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY Death - 25 Dec 1818 - Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  Hunt, Charles Wayne - SAR Application.docx

  
  

• Notes

  From SAR Application for Charles Wayne Hunt: "Thomas Hunt was born, we think somewhere in Dutchess County, New York, on July 27, 1746. Hamilton Child's Gazetteer of Saratoga County, New York, published about 1849, when Thomas Hunt's youngest son Ephraim was still living on the home farm states that he was a pioneer "from Dutchess County". His war service is fully set forth in Pension Application No. W18083, Archives Building, Washington, D.C. He received Bounty Land Warrrant No. 987 on July 18, 1791. He died at Stillwater on Dec. 25, 1818. Thirty years after his death, his widow Jerusha filed application for pension, two years before she died. This was granted Aug. 9, 1849, at $416.66 per year, a good sum, retroactive to March 4, 1831. With this moey the family bought the fee title to the farm, all titled prior thereto in that neighborhood being lease holds under N.. Law. Parts of the Thomas Hunt Family Bible are filed with the Pension Application. Enlisting first as a Sergeant in the 4th New York Continental Line, in 1775, he was promoted and commissioned Ensign in 1775, Second Lieutenant in 1776, First Lieutenant on Nov. 9, 1777, thirty days after the second battle of Bemis Heights (Saratoga), in all of which campaigns he participated and knew the terrain as if he owned it. Gates' Headquarters at the second battle was in his father-in-law's weaving house, the Ephraim Woodworth farm. The latter was in the battles as captain of the local militia company, the 4th N.Y. of 13th Regiment. On Jan. 1, 1781 the 5 New York Continental Line Regiments were consolidated into 2, and Thomas Hunt and his commander, Colonel Frederick Weissenfels of Rye, N.Y. were supernumerary. But they then as company captain and as a commanding Colonel, joined New York State troops (Levies) formed to clean up the western Indians. They were both served as such to 1784.

  
  

• Sources

  [S671] Membership Application, Charles Wayne Hunt, National no. 88655, on Leut Thomas Hunt (1746-1818, Minnesota), approved 18 July 1962; Sons of the American Revolution, Office of the General Registrar, Washington D.C.