William Hunt

  General Notes:

William Hunt produced a certificate at Abingdon Meeting, Pa., (Quaker) 1 month, 30 day, in 1719, from Radnor, a border country West of Warwickshire, England.
Abingdon minutes refer to him 'late of Bayberry', a Philadelphia county, Pa. settlement made in 1635 by Nathaniel, Daniel, Thomas and Wm. Walton, all from Bayberry, Glouchestershire, England.
William Hunt born 1690 in England and died 1781. Married 2-14-1700, Mary Woolman, born 1692, died 1785. Mary, the daughter of John, 1655-1718, of Burlington Co., N.J. and Elizabeth (Bourton) Woolman. Also the granddaughter of William Woolman who died 1692 of Glouchester, England. Mary Woolman's father John Woolman and her grandfather William Woolman came to America on the ship Shield, ship Captain Daniel Travis, in December 1677. The ship docked and waited until morning. In the morning the ice had frozen so thick and hard that Old William and John Woolman, the Captain Daniel Travis, and John Borton walked on the ice to the shore. This was at the head of the Rancocis River flowing into the Delaware on the left bank. John Woolman was 23 years old at this time. Five years later John married Elizabeth Borton who was 8 years his junior, daughter of John Borton who had walked on the ice from their ship.
John Woolman as well as his son Samuel were weavers by trade. John also was a good business man and was a very exacting man. He held important offices in the Quaker church and was a great exponent of his faith. (This information from 'John Woolman, American Quaker' by Janet Whitney. Wichita Library.)
William and Mary (Woolman) Hunt were at Abingdon Pa. They went to New Jersey to Monocacy, Md. to N. Carolina. William Hunt was a strict follower of the Quaker faith and preached and helped raised money for the cause.

William married Mary Woolman, daughter of John Woolman and Elizabeth Borton, on 14 Feb 1720 in Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, USA. (Mary Woolman was born on 7 Mar 1692 in Northampton, Evesham, Burlington, New Jersey and died on 26 Mar 1745 in Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, USA.)