Advertisement

Nathan Hunt Sr.

Advertisement

Nathan Hunt Sr.

Birth
Moorestown, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
Death
15 Apr 1851 (aged 67)
Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
Nathan and Stacy Hunt, brothers, were natives of Moorestown, Burlington County, New Jersey. In 1790, the Joshua and Esther Hunt family emigrated to the Brownsville area, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. In 1806, Nathan removed to Salem, followed by Stacy. "A Plan of Salem in Columbiana County and State of Ohio" was recorded on May 16, 1806. Nathan Hunt purchased the first lots. Nathan was a builder and contractor, and erected the first frame dwelling in Salem, [7.] on the lot adjoining that on which the African Methodist Episcopal church stands, on Green [Second] Street.

Daniel Howell Hise wrote:
"May 21 [1867] found Widow Wisners House Burned entirely Down. it was about the Oldest Frame House in Salem having Been Built By Nathan & Stacy Hunt in 1807."

On May 25, 1808, Nathan and Ann Warrington, daughter of Abraham Warrington and Rachel Evans, were joined in marriage by Quaker ceremony in the Salem Meetinghouse. Ann was born August 8, 1789 and died February 15, 1823. [4.]

The children of Ann Warrington and Nathan Hunt:

i. Joshua Hunt, a namesake for his paternal grandfather, was born January 17, 1809 and died January 20, 1809.

ii. Ira Hunt was born March 10, 1810 and died August 29, 1883. He married Hannah D. Maxwell. Their children were born in Henry County, Iowa: 1. Asenath, born 3-14-1845; 2. Elizabeth, born 10-9-1846; 3. Priscilla, born 8-29-1850.

iii. Esther Hunt, a namesake for her paternal grandmother, was born on June 1, 1811. She married Thomas Darlington, the son of Stephen Darlington and Rachel Cattell, on August 31, 1836 in the Salem Meetinghouse. He was born on November 25, 1810 and died on March 30, 1864. About 1840 they removed to Iowa, where Esther and an infant son died, at Muscatine.

iv. Enoch Hunt, a namesake for his paternal uncle, was born January 30, 1813 and died June 21, 1864. He married Malissa Barns.

v. Caleb Hunt, a namesake for his paternal uncle, was born September 15, 1814 and died December 1, 1862. He married Mary Ann Sharp, daughter of Joel and Rebecca Sharp, on April 1, 1835 in the Salem Friends Meetinghouse. She was born on December 4, 1814. On October 13, 1851 Caleb demonstrated a steam engine at Salem that he and half-brother Nathan Hunt, Jr. had constructed. During the Civil War, Caleb was a First Lieutenant with Company A of the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery Regiment.

vi. Rachel Hunt was born November 6, 1816. She married George Eldridge.

vii. Priscilla Warrington Hunt was born June 10, 1821 and died August 9, 1874. She married Jonathan W. Coffee on August 1, 1842. A native of Ohio, he was born July 19, 1809 and died June 21, 1871.

viii. Ann Warrington Hunt, a namesake for her mother, was born January 3, 1823. She married Charles D. Bassett.
Sources: [4.] [5.]

In 1814, Nathan and Stacy Hunt established Salem's first manufacturing industry, a mill for carding wool and spinning cotton that was called the Manufacturing Company of Salem. [3.]

On July 15, 1817, it was recorded in the Salem Monthly Meeting Minutes that the Nathan Hunt family had become members of Marlborough Monthly Meeting. Marlborough was a small village that had been founded by Quakers and was located to the west of Salem.

Redstone Monthly Meeting Minutes for June 28, 1820:
"A certificate is produced for Nathan Hunt and Ann his wife with their five minor children viz. Ira, Esther, Enoch, Caleb & Rachel from Marlborough dated 25th of 3rd month last which being read was indors'd to Providence Monthly Meeting." The meetinghouse was located several miles north of Brownsville.

Providence Monthly Meeting Minutes for October 22, 1822:
"The friends appointed to unite with womens commitee in preparing a Certificate for Nathan Hunt & wife have produced one, for them and their six minor children, to wit, Ira, Esther, Enoch, Caleb, Rachel, and Priscilla, which being read, was approved and signed. Stacy Hunt is appointed to forward the same, to Salem Monthly Meeting, Ohio."

Nathan Hunt married (2nd) Rebecca Sharp, widow of Joel Sharp, in the Salem Meetinghouse on April 28, 1824. She was born November 17, 1783 and died June 12, 1875. [4.]

The child of Rebecca Sharp and Nathan Hunt:

i. Nathan Hunt, Jr. was born March 2, 1825 and died August 31, 1887. He and half-brother Caleb Hunt constructed a steam engine that Caleb demonstrated at Salem on October 13, 1851. He married Phebe Jane Boone, daughter of Isaac and Esther (Starr) Boone, on June 2, 1847. She was born June 27, 1827 in Adams County, Pennsylvania and died December 20, 1917 in Salem, Ohio.

From November 24, 1830 to September 19, 1832, Salem Monthly Meeting minutes show that Nathan served as a clerk.

From July 23, 1828 to May 22, 1833, Rebecca was recorded numerous times in the Salem Monthly Meeting minutes. On June 19, the recording stated: "Rebecca Hunt having removed it thought right to release her". Therefore, between May 22 and June 19, the Nathan and Rebecca Hunt family removed from Salem and settled in Cleveland.

In 1840, Nathan Hunt and Caleb Hunt were each the head of their respective household in Cleveland as recorded in the U. S. Federal Census.

On January 23, 1841 Stacy Hunt wrote from Salem, Ohio to his brother Elisha Hunt, Moorestown, NJ regarding their brother Nathan, his wife Rebecca, and Nathan's sons Enoch and Caleb:
"Brother Nathan is now here." " ...him and Rebecca came expecting to spend the winter about here,..." "I dont know whether they will stay here or return to Cleaveland in the spring. I dont think Enoch or Caleb are engaged at any permanent business. Enoch works in a boat yard and gets $1.75 a day which I should call meager enough. Caleb is doing little jobs turning at which by less attention he can make good wages at many jobs. if their mother and father should settle at Salem I shall look for their return likewise as soon as they can leave there [?]."

Sources:
1. Gibson Lamb Cranmer (1891). History of the upper Ohio valley: with historical account of Columbiana County, Ohio. Madison, Wisconsin: Brant & Fuller. Page 279

2. Dale E. Shaffer. A brief history of early Salem.

3. Dale E. Shaffer (2002). Salem: a Quaker city history. Arcadia Publishing. Page 100

4. Salem Monthly Meeting

5. Providence Monthly Meeting

6. Daniel Howell Hise. The Hise journals: a diary of the life of Daniel Howell Hise from the year 1846 to 1878.

7. Salem Daily News (April 14, 1894). Page 2: "Salem was laid out in 1806. Nathan Hunt built the first frame house in the town."
Nathan and Stacy Hunt, brothers, were natives of Moorestown, Burlington County, New Jersey. In 1790, the Joshua and Esther Hunt family emigrated to the Brownsville area, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. In 1806, Nathan removed to Salem, followed by Stacy. "A Plan of Salem in Columbiana County and State of Ohio" was recorded on May 16, 1806. Nathan Hunt purchased the first lots. Nathan was a builder and contractor, and erected the first frame dwelling in Salem, [7.] on the lot adjoining that on which the African Methodist Episcopal church stands, on Green [Second] Street.

Daniel Howell Hise wrote:
"May 21 [1867] found Widow Wisners House Burned entirely Down. it was about the Oldest Frame House in Salem having Been Built By Nathan & Stacy Hunt in 1807."

On May 25, 1808, Nathan and Ann Warrington, daughter of Abraham Warrington and Rachel Evans, were joined in marriage by Quaker ceremony in the Salem Meetinghouse. Ann was born August 8, 1789 and died February 15, 1823. [4.]

The children of Ann Warrington and Nathan Hunt:

i. Joshua Hunt, a namesake for his paternal grandfather, was born January 17, 1809 and died January 20, 1809.

ii. Ira Hunt was born March 10, 1810 and died August 29, 1883. He married Hannah D. Maxwell. Their children were born in Henry County, Iowa: 1. Asenath, born 3-14-1845; 2. Elizabeth, born 10-9-1846; 3. Priscilla, born 8-29-1850.

iii. Esther Hunt, a namesake for her paternal grandmother, was born on June 1, 1811. She married Thomas Darlington, the son of Stephen Darlington and Rachel Cattell, on August 31, 1836 in the Salem Meetinghouse. He was born on November 25, 1810 and died on March 30, 1864. About 1840 they removed to Iowa, where Esther and an infant son died, at Muscatine.

iv. Enoch Hunt, a namesake for his paternal uncle, was born January 30, 1813 and died June 21, 1864. He married Malissa Barns.

v. Caleb Hunt, a namesake for his paternal uncle, was born September 15, 1814 and died December 1, 1862. He married Mary Ann Sharp, daughter of Joel and Rebecca Sharp, on April 1, 1835 in the Salem Friends Meetinghouse. She was born on December 4, 1814. On October 13, 1851 Caleb demonstrated a steam engine at Salem that he and half-brother Nathan Hunt, Jr. had constructed. During the Civil War, Caleb was a First Lieutenant with Company A of the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery Regiment.

vi. Rachel Hunt was born November 6, 1816. She married George Eldridge.

vii. Priscilla Warrington Hunt was born June 10, 1821 and died August 9, 1874. She married Jonathan W. Coffee on August 1, 1842. A native of Ohio, he was born July 19, 1809 and died June 21, 1871.

viii. Ann Warrington Hunt, a namesake for her mother, was born January 3, 1823. She married Charles D. Bassett.
Sources: [4.] [5.]

In 1814, Nathan and Stacy Hunt established Salem's first manufacturing industry, a mill for carding wool and spinning cotton that was called the Manufacturing Company of Salem. [3.]

On July 15, 1817, it was recorded in the Salem Monthly Meeting Minutes that the Nathan Hunt family had become members of Marlborough Monthly Meeting. Marlborough was a small village that had been founded by Quakers and was located to the west of Salem.

Redstone Monthly Meeting Minutes for June 28, 1820:
"A certificate is produced for Nathan Hunt and Ann his wife with their five minor children viz. Ira, Esther, Enoch, Caleb & Rachel from Marlborough dated 25th of 3rd month last which being read was indors'd to Providence Monthly Meeting." The meetinghouse was located several miles north of Brownsville.

Providence Monthly Meeting Minutes for October 22, 1822:
"The friends appointed to unite with womens commitee in preparing a Certificate for Nathan Hunt & wife have produced one, for them and their six minor children, to wit, Ira, Esther, Enoch, Caleb, Rachel, and Priscilla, which being read, was approved and signed. Stacy Hunt is appointed to forward the same, to Salem Monthly Meeting, Ohio."

Nathan Hunt married (2nd) Rebecca Sharp, widow of Joel Sharp, in the Salem Meetinghouse on April 28, 1824. She was born November 17, 1783 and died June 12, 1875. [4.]

The child of Rebecca Sharp and Nathan Hunt:

i. Nathan Hunt, Jr. was born March 2, 1825 and died August 31, 1887. He and half-brother Caleb Hunt constructed a steam engine that Caleb demonstrated at Salem on October 13, 1851. He married Phebe Jane Boone, daughter of Isaac and Esther (Starr) Boone, on June 2, 1847. She was born June 27, 1827 in Adams County, Pennsylvania and died December 20, 1917 in Salem, Ohio.

From November 24, 1830 to September 19, 1832, Salem Monthly Meeting minutes show that Nathan served as a clerk.

From July 23, 1828 to May 22, 1833, Rebecca was recorded numerous times in the Salem Monthly Meeting minutes. On June 19, the recording stated: "Rebecca Hunt having removed it thought right to release her". Therefore, between May 22 and June 19, the Nathan and Rebecca Hunt family removed from Salem and settled in Cleveland.

In 1840, Nathan Hunt and Caleb Hunt were each the head of their respective household in Cleveland as recorded in the U. S. Federal Census.

On January 23, 1841 Stacy Hunt wrote from Salem, Ohio to his brother Elisha Hunt, Moorestown, NJ regarding their brother Nathan, his wife Rebecca, and Nathan's sons Enoch and Caleb:
"Brother Nathan is now here." " ...him and Rebecca came expecting to spend the winter about here,..." "I dont know whether they will stay here or return to Cleaveland in the spring. I dont think Enoch or Caleb are engaged at any permanent business. Enoch works in a boat yard and gets $1.75 a day which I should call meager enough. Caleb is doing little jobs turning at which by less attention he can make good wages at many jobs. if their mother and father should settle at Salem I shall look for their return likewise as soon as they can leave there [?]."

Sources:
1. Gibson Lamb Cranmer (1891). History of the upper Ohio valley: with historical account of Columbiana County, Ohio. Madison, Wisconsin: Brant & Fuller. Page 279

2. Dale E. Shaffer. A brief history of early Salem.

3. Dale E. Shaffer (2002). Salem: a Quaker city history. Arcadia Publishing. Page 100

4. Salem Monthly Meeting

5. Providence Monthly Meeting

6. Daniel Howell Hise. The Hise journals: a diary of the life of Daniel Howell Hise from the year 1846 to 1878.

7. Salem Daily News (April 14, 1894). Page 2: "Salem was laid out in 1806. Nathan Hunt built the first frame house in the town."


Advertisement