"Stacy and Nathan Hunt, brothers and natives of Moorestown, Burlington County, New Jersey, emigrated [in 1790] to [Brownsville,] Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and thence in 1806 to Salem, where Nathan arrived first. Stacy Hunt, in 1807, was employed on the meeting-house of brick which the Friends were then erecting." [1.]
"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." [7.]
"Stacy was expecting to come home [from Salem to Brownsville] to school himself." [2.]
"[Stacy] became the first fore-man of the cotton mill when it was put in operation in 1815, and in the following year married Rebecca Mercer and removed to [Brownsville,] Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1829. Returning in that year, he settled on a farm two miles west of Salem, and in 1847 again made Salem his home, where he died Jan. 31, 1878, in his eighty-ninth year. His widow, Hannah [Cook] and George [Dillwyn Hunt], a son, are living in Salem." [1.]
"Stacy Hunt was the first man in the county to build a cotton mill. He was born in New Jersey in [1789]. He and his brother [Nathan Hunt] constructed a cotton mill in 1814, and the business of spinning cotton yarn was carried on until 1816. The weaving was done by the county weavers, and they used flax and cotton in making cloth. It is reported in the writings of Mr. Hunt, that the cloth made from their cotton yarn, woven with the flax yarn, far surpassed any cloth made now for strength and wear." [1.]
"Salem's first manufacturing industry, established in 1814 by Nathan and Stacy Hunt, was a mill for carding wool and spinning cotton. It was called the Manufacturing Company of Salem." [3.]
Stacy married (1st) Rebecca Mercer, daughter of Daniel and Alice Mercer (died 1814), on May 23, 1816 in the new, brick Middleton Meetinghouse, Fairfield Township, Columbiana County, Ohio. Rebecca was born February 14, 1794 and died October 9, 1829 in Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio. [4.]
In 1816, two newlywed couples- Stacy and Rebecca M. Hunt, and Caleb and Rhoda M. Hunt- began living in the community formed by Brownsville and Bridgeport. Stacy worked at the Bridgeport Manufacturing Company, a new business venture that used equipment powered by steam to process raw cotton and wool into cloth and thread.
Mary (Hussey) Hunt's letter of June 6, 1818 from Brownsville, Pa. to her mother-in-law Esther Collins, Moorestown, NJ:
"Brother S [Stacy} & wife very well she has commenced chees making prety largly and seems in her element"
The children of Stacy and Rebecca M. Hunt were born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania:
i. George Dillwyn, b. March 13, 1819; d. December 22, 1908
ii. Milton, b. March 23, 1821; d. August 16, 1851
iii. Esther, b. July 7, 1823; d. December 13, 1910
iv. William, b. October 8, 1825; d. July 26, 1851
Source: [5.]
In 1829, the Stacy Hunt family removed to Ohio where they lived on a farm two miles west of Salem. [1.]
On June 23, 1830, Salem Monthly Meeting recorded Stacy's request to have his membership transferred from Providence Monthly Meeting.
Stacy married (2nd) Hannah Mercer, daughter of Daniel and Alice Mercer (died 1814), who was born ca. June 1, 1797. In 1835, Hannah was disowned by Salem Meeting (Hicksite). [4.]
Stacy married (3rd) Hannah Cook, who was born June 18, 1795 and died February 15, 1885. [4.] [6.]
In 1847, Stacy left the farm and moved two miles to the east to the town of Salem where he lived until his death in 1878. [1.]
Stacy Hunt's letter of June 15, 1851 from Salem, Ohio to his brother Elisha Hunt, Moorestown, NJ:
"Caleb came home last 3rd day in good heart. William helpt him to funds to make his last trip. I am in hopes he will be able to do something now to save a little. I think he has had experience by this time that he will profit by."
Daniel Howell Hise wrote in his journal:
"Feb 2 [1878] Stacy Hunt buried to day. he was about 88 years of age when he died on the 31st of January 1878." [7.]
Sources:
1. Gibson Lamb Cranmer (1891). History of the upper Ohio valley: with historical account of Columbiana County, Ohio. Madison, Wisconsin: Brant & Fuller. Page 28, 279
2. Elisha Hunt's letter of 1-10-1810
3. Dale E. Shaffer (2003). Salem: a Quaker city history. Arcadia Publishing. Page 100
4. http://www.quaker-chronicle.info
5. Salem Monthly Meeting
6. George D. Hunt (1898). History of Salem and the immediate vicinity.
Necrology of Salem Citizens, Page 231
7. Daniel Howell Hise. The Hise journals: a diary of the life of Daniel Howell Hise from the year 1846 to 1878.
"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." [7.]
"Stacy was expecting to come home [from Salem to Brownsville] to school himself." [2.]
"[Stacy] became the first fore-man of the cotton mill when it was put in operation in 1815, and in the following year married Rebecca Mercer and removed to [Brownsville,] Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1829. Returning in that year, he settled on a farm two miles west of Salem, and in 1847 again made Salem his home, where he died Jan. 31, 1878, in his eighty-ninth year. His widow, Hannah [Cook] and George [Dillwyn Hunt], a son, are living in Salem." [1.]
"Stacy Hunt was the first man in the county to build a cotton mill. He was born in New Jersey in [1789]. He and his brother [Nathan Hunt] constructed a cotton mill in 1814, and the business of spinning cotton yarn was carried on until 1816. The weaving was done by the county weavers, and they used flax and cotton in making cloth. It is reported in the writings of Mr. Hunt, that the cloth made from their cotton yarn, woven with the flax yarn, far surpassed any cloth made now for strength and wear." [1.]
"Salem's first manufacturing industry, established in 1814 by Nathan and Stacy Hunt, was a mill for carding wool and spinning cotton. It was called the Manufacturing Company of Salem." [3.]
Stacy married (1st) Rebecca Mercer, daughter of Daniel and Alice Mercer (died 1814), on May 23, 1816 in the new, brick Middleton Meetinghouse, Fairfield Township, Columbiana County, Ohio. Rebecca was born February 14, 1794 and died October 9, 1829 in Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio. [4.]
In 1816, two newlywed couples- Stacy and Rebecca M. Hunt, and Caleb and Rhoda M. Hunt- began living in the community formed by Brownsville and Bridgeport. Stacy worked at the Bridgeport Manufacturing Company, a new business venture that used equipment powered by steam to process raw cotton and wool into cloth and thread.
Mary (Hussey) Hunt's letter of June 6, 1818 from Brownsville, Pa. to her mother-in-law Esther Collins, Moorestown, NJ:
"Brother S [Stacy} & wife very well she has commenced chees making prety largly and seems in her element"
The children of Stacy and Rebecca M. Hunt were born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania:
i. George Dillwyn, b. March 13, 1819; d. December 22, 1908
ii. Milton, b. March 23, 1821; d. August 16, 1851
iii. Esther, b. July 7, 1823; d. December 13, 1910
iv. William, b. October 8, 1825; d. July 26, 1851
Source: [5.]
In 1829, the Stacy Hunt family removed to Ohio where they lived on a farm two miles west of Salem. [1.]
On June 23, 1830, Salem Monthly Meeting recorded Stacy's request to have his membership transferred from Providence Monthly Meeting.
Stacy married (2nd) Hannah Mercer, daughter of Daniel and Alice Mercer (died 1814), who was born ca. June 1, 1797. In 1835, Hannah was disowned by Salem Meeting (Hicksite). [4.]
Stacy married (3rd) Hannah Cook, who was born June 18, 1795 and died February 15, 1885. [4.] [6.]
In 1847, Stacy left the farm and moved two miles to the east to the town of Salem where he lived until his death in 1878. [1.]
Stacy Hunt's letter of June 15, 1851 from Salem, Ohio to his brother Elisha Hunt, Moorestown, NJ:
"Caleb came home last 3rd day in good heart. William helpt him to funds to make his last trip. I am in hopes he will be able to do something now to save a little. I think he has had experience by this time that he will profit by."
Daniel Howell Hise wrote in his journal:
"Feb 2 [1878] Stacy Hunt buried to day. he was about 88 years of age when he died on the 31st of January 1878." [7.]
Sources:
1. Gibson Lamb Cranmer (1891). History of the upper Ohio valley: with historical account of Columbiana County, Ohio. Madison, Wisconsin: Brant & Fuller. Page 28, 279
2. Elisha Hunt's letter of 1-10-1810
3. Dale E. Shaffer (2003). Salem: a Quaker city history. Arcadia Publishing. Page 100
4. http://www.quaker-chronicle.info
5. Salem Monthly Meeting
6. George D. Hunt (1898). History of Salem and the immediate vicinity.
Necrology of Salem Citizens, Page 231
7. Daniel Howell Hise. The Hise journals: a diary of the life of Daniel Howell Hise from the year 1846 to 1878.
"Stacy and Nathan Hunt, brothers and natives of Moorestown, Burlington County, New Jersey, emigrated [in 1790] to [Brownsville,] Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and thence in 1806 to Salem, where Nathan arrived first. Stacy Hunt, in 1807, was employed on the meeting-house of brick which the Friends were then erecting." [1.]
"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." [7.]
"Stacy was expecting to come home [from Salem to Brownsville] to school himself." [2.]
"[Stacy] became the first fore-man of the cotton mill when it was put in operation in 1815, and in the following year married Rebecca Mercer and removed to [Brownsville,] Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1829. Returning in that year, he settled on a farm two miles west of Salem, and in 1847 again made Salem his home, where he died Jan. 31, 1878, in his eighty-ninth year. His widow, Hannah [Cook] and George [Dillwyn Hunt], a son, are living in Salem." [1.]
"Stacy Hunt was the first man in the county to build a cotton mill. He was born in New Jersey in [1789]. He and his brother [Nathan Hunt] constructed a cotton mill in 1814, and the business of spinning cotton yarn was carried on until 1816. The weaving was done by the county weavers, and they used flax and cotton in making cloth. It is reported in the writings of Mr. Hunt, that the cloth made from their cotton yarn, woven with the flax yarn, far surpassed any cloth made now for strength and wear." [1.]
"Salem's first manufacturing industry, established in 1814 by Nathan and Stacy Hunt, was a mill for carding wool and spinning cotton. It was called the Manufacturing Company of Salem." [3.]
Stacy married (1st) Rebecca Mercer, daughter of Daniel and Alice Mercer (died 1814), on May 23, 1816 in the new, brick Middleton Meetinghouse, Fairfield Township, Columbiana County, Ohio. Rebecca was born February 14, 1794 and died October 9, 1829 in Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio. [4.]
In 1816, two newlywed couples- Stacy and Rebecca M. Hunt, and Caleb and Rhoda M. Hunt- began living in the community formed by Brownsville and Bridgeport. Stacy worked at the Bridgeport Manufacturing Company, a new business venture that used equipment powered by steam to process raw cotton and wool into cloth and thread.
Mary (Hussey) Hunt's letter of June 6, 1818 from Brownsville, Pa. to her mother-in-law Esther Collins, Moorestown, NJ:
"Brother S [Stacy} & wife very well she has commenced chees making prety largly and seems in her element"
The children of Stacy and Rebecca M. Hunt were born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania:
i. George Dillwyn, b. March 13, 1819; d. December 22, 1908
ii. Milton, b. March 23, 1821; d. August 16, 1851
iii. Esther, b. July 7, 1823; d. December 13, 1910
iv. William, b. October 8, 1825; d. July 26, 1851
Source: [5.]
In 1829, the Stacy Hunt family removed to Ohio where they lived on a farm two miles west of Salem. [1.]
On June 23, 1830, Salem Monthly Meeting recorded Stacy's request to have his membership transferred from Providence Monthly Meeting.
Stacy married (2nd) Hannah Mercer, daughter of Daniel and Alice Mercer (died 1814), who was born ca. June 1, 1797. In 1835, Hannah was disowned by Salem Meeting (Hicksite). [4.]
Stacy married (3rd) Hannah Cook, who was born June 18, 1795 and died February 15, 1885. [4.] [6.]
In 1847, Stacy left the farm and moved two miles to the east to the town of Salem where he lived until his death in 1878. [1.]
Stacy Hunt's letter of June 15, 1851 from Salem, Ohio to his brother Elisha Hunt, Moorestown, NJ:
"Caleb came home last 3rd day in good heart. William helpt him to funds to make his last trip. I am in hopes he will be able to do something now to save a little. I think he has had experience by this time that he will profit by."
Daniel Howell Hise wrote in his journal:
"Feb 2 [1878] Stacy Hunt buried to day. he was about 88 years of age when he died on the 31st of January 1878." [7.]
Sources:
1. Gibson Lamb Cranmer (1891). History of the upper Ohio valley: with historical account of Columbiana County, Ohio. Madison, Wisconsin: Brant & Fuller. Page 28, 279
2. Elisha Hunt's letter of 1-10-1810
3. Dale E. Shaffer (2003). Salem: a Quaker city history. Arcadia Publishing. Page 100
4. http://www.quaker-chronicle.info
5. Salem Monthly Meeting
6. George D. Hunt (1898). History of Salem and the immediate vicinity.
Necrology of Salem Citizens, Page 231
7. Daniel Howell Hise. The Hise journals: a diary of the life of Daniel Howell Hise from the year 1846 to 1878.
"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." [7.]
"Stacy was expecting to come home [from Salem to Brownsville] to school himself." [2.]
"[Stacy] became the first fore-man of the cotton mill when it was put in operation in 1815, and in the following year married Rebecca Mercer and removed to [Brownsville,] Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1829. Returning in that year, he settled on a farm two miles west of Salem, and in 1847 again made Salem his home, where he died Jan. 31, 1878, in his eighty-ninth year. His widow, Hannah [Cook] and George [Dillwyn Hunt], a son, are living in Salem." [1.]
"Stacy Hunt was the first man in the county to build a cotton mill. He was born in New Jersey in [1789]. He and his brother [Nathan Hunt] constructed a cotton mill in 1814, and the business of spinning cotton yarn was carried on until 1816. The weaving was done by the county weavers, and they used flax and cotton in making cloth. It is reported in the writings of Mr. Hunt, that the cloth made from their cotton yarn, woven with the flax yarn, far surpassed any cloth made now for strength and wear." [1.]
"Salem's first manufacturing industry, established in 1814 by Nathan and Stacy Hunt, was a mill for carding wool and spinning cotton. It was called the Manufacturing Company of Salem." [3.]
Stacy married (1st) Rebecca Mercer, daughter of Daniel and Alice Mercer (died 1814), on May 23, 1816 in the new, brick Middleton Meetinghouse, Fairfield Township, Columbiana County, Ohio. Rebecca was born February 14, 1794 and died October 9, 1829 in Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio. [4.]
In 1816, two newlywed couples- Stacy and Rebecca M. Hunt, and Caleb and Rhoda M. Hunt- began living in the community formed by Brownsville and Bridgeport. Stacy worked at the Bridgeport Manufacturing Company, a new business venture that used equipment powered by steam to process raw cotton and wool into cloth and thread.
Mary (Hussey) Hunt's letter of June 6, 1818 from Brownsville, Pa. to her mother-in-law Esther Collins, Moorestown, NJ:
"Brother S [Stacy} & wife very well she has commenced chees making prety largly and seems in her element"
The children of Stacy and Rebecca M. Hunt were born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania:
i. George Dillwyn, b. March 13, 1819; d. December 22, 1908
ii. Milton, b. March 23, 1821; d. August 16, 1851
iii. Esther, b. July 7, 1823; d. December 13, 1910
iv. William, b. October 8, 1825; d. July 26, 1851
Source: [5.]
In 1829, the Stacy Hunt family removed to Ohio where they lived on a farm two miles west of Salem. [1.]
On June 23, 1830, Salem Monthly Meeting recorded Stacy's request to have his membership transferred from Providence Monthly Meeting.
Stacy married (2nd) Hannah Mercer, daughter of Daniel and Alice Mercer (died 1814), who was born ca. June 1, 1797. In 1835, Hannah was disowned by Salem Meeting (Hicksite). [4.]
Stacy married (3rd) Hannah Cook, who was born June 18, 1795 and died February 15, 1885. [4.] [6.]
In 1847, Stacy left the farm and moved two miles to the east to the town of Salem where he lived until his death in 1878. [1.]
Stacy Hunt's letter of June 15, 1851 from Salem, Ohio to his brother Elisha Hunt, Moorestown, NJ:
"Caleb came home last 3rd day in good heart. William helpt him to funds to make his last trip. I am in hopes he will be able to do something now to save a little. I think he has had experience by this time that he will profit by."
Daniel Howell Hise wrote in his journal:
"Feb 2 [1878] Stacy Hunt buried to day. he was about 88 years of age when he died on the 31st of January 1878." [7.]
Sources:
1. Gibson Lamb Cranmer (1891). History of the upper Ohio valley: with historical account of Columbiana County, Ohio. Madison, Wisconsin: Brant & Fuller. Page 28, 279
2. Elisha Hunt's letter of 1-10-1810
3. Dale E. Shaffer (2003). Salem: a Quaker city history. Arcadia Publishing. Page 100
4. http://www.quaker-chronicle.info
5. Salem Monthly Meeting
6. George D. Hunt (1898). History of Salem and the immediate vicinity.
Necrology of Salem Citizens, Page 231
7. Daniel Howell Hise. The Hise journals: a diary of the life of Daniel Howell Hise from the year 1846 to 1878.
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