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Elder John Hunting

Birth
Thrandeston, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England
Death
12 Apr 1689 (aged 91–92)
Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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“Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts” William Richard Cutter Published in 1908
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John Hunting, the first of this family of whom there is record in America, was born in England in 1597. He came to New England in the spring of 1638 and settled in Dedham, where he was admitted a freeman March 1639. He was one of the founders of the Church at Dedham and was its first rulling elder. Previous to coming to this country, he was a “ruling elder” and his living was in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, England. The first authentic record of him is on the Dedham Register, under date of August 28, 1639, when he “entertayned to purchase John Dodges lot.” From the church records, he is to have taken an active part in religiuos orders.

He died April 12, 1689, buried at Dedham.

He married Hester Seaborne, second cousin of John Rogers, about 1617.

Children:
1 - John
2 - Samuel, born March 22, 1640; Married December 24, 1662, Hannah Hackborne.
3 - Nathaniel, born December 15, 1643, died in infancy
4 - Matthew, born March 6, 1648
5 - Margaret, married Robert Ware
6 - Mary Married ______Buckner
7 - Hester, Married Daniel Fisher, December 26, 1649
8 - Elizabeth, Married John Peck
“Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts” William Richard Cutter Published in 1908
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John Hunting, the first of this family of whom there is record in America, was born in England in 1597. He came to New England in the spring of 1638 and settled in Dedham, where he was admitted a freeman March 1639. He was one of the founders of the Church at Dedham and was its first rulling elder. Previous to coming to this country, he was a “ruling elder” and his living was in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, England. The first authentic record of him is on the Dedham Register, under date of August 28, 1639, when he “entertayned to purchase John Dodges lot.” From the church records, he is to have taken an active part in religiuos orders.

He died April 12, 1689, buried at Dedham.

He married Hester Seaborne, second cousin of John Rogers, about 1617.

Children:
1 - John
2 - Samuel, born March 22, 1640; Married December 24, 1662, Hannah Hackborne.
3 - Nathaniel, born December 15, 1643, died in infancy
4 - Matthew, born March 6, 1648
5 - Margaret, married Robert Ware
6 - Mary Married ______Buckner
7 - Hester, Married Daniel Fisher, December 26, 1649
8 - Elizabeth, Married John Peck


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