William Hunt Jr.

  General Notes:

WLLIAM HUNT, of whom Richard Jordan
once said, he was the greatest man North Carolina
ever held, was born at hlanoquacy, in Maryland,
in the year 1733. His parents had removed thither
from New Jersey. William, very early in life, was
made sensible of the visitations of Grace, and submitting
thereto, had, at eleven years of age, remarkable
openings in Divine things. His mind was unusually
mature, and he ~vase nabled to perceive that the works
of creation and of Providence mere full of wonderful
harmony. When about fourteen years old he received
a gift in the ministry, in which he labored with fervency
and heart-awakening power the short period
allotted him on earth. I t has been the will of the
Lord Jesus to commit his precious gifts at times to
such as are very young, and to niake them able ministers
of his Gospel. Some such, having fulfilled their
portion of service in his cause on earth, have bcsn
gathered homc to their heavenly rest, while yet in

  Noted events in his life were:

• Illness: Died of Smallpox in England.

William married Sarah Mills, daughter of John Mills Jr. and Sarah Beals, in Apr 1753 in Cane Creek MM, Orange, North Carolina, USA. (Sarah Mills was born in 1734 in Frederick, Virginia, USA and died on 14 Jul 1778 in New Garden MM, Guilford, North Carolina.)