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CPT William Edgar Hunt

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CPT William Edgar Hunt Veteran

Birth
Lambertville, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
Death
Sep 1860 (aged 54)
Burial
Buried or Lost at Sea Add to Map
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William Edgar HUNT
s/o Peter HUNT 1768-1810 & Anna Maria FURMAN 1774-1816
g/s/o James HUNT 1730-1823 & Jemima GREEN 1738-1838
g/g/s/o Wilson HUNT 1715-1782 & Susannah PRICE 1713-1790
g/g/g/s/o John HUNT 1698-1743 & Margrt MOORE 1690-1752
g/g/g/g/s/o John & Joanna HUNT
g/g/g/g/g/s/o Ralph HUNT & Eliz Ann JESSUP

…Captain U.S. Navy Sloop LEVANT in SEP1860 under command of William E. HUNT sailed from the Kingdom of Hawaii to Panama but never arrived. It is thought the ship was lost in a typhoon and the over 200 crew members were lost at sea. Commander HUNT on May 7, 1860 had visited in Honolulu with King KAMEHEMEHA IV and then ports at Lahaina, Maui, and Hilo in the Kingdom before departing for Panama. A year later in JUN1861 off of Hilo, HI a mast and a part of a lower yardarm was found with spikes driven into the mast as if to form a raft – all thought to be the remains of the LEVANT.

-Midshipman, 28 October, 1823. Passed Midshipman, 23 March, 1829. Lieutenant, 21 June, 1832. Reserved List, 13 September, 1855. Commissioned a Commander on Active List, from 22 August, 1855. Lost in Sloop of War Levant, 18 September, 1860.

-1850:Nottingham,Mercer.Co,NJ:
..Willliam E HUNT 42.NJ U. S. Navy $80,000 Property
..Anna B HUNT 30.NJ
..Virginia HUNT 9.NJ
..Anna B HUNT 6.NJ
..William Edgar HUNT 5.NJ
..Others:servants, waiters, coachman etc

-1860:Trenton(Ward.6),Mercer.Co,NJ:
..William E HUNT 47.NJ U.S. Navy Capt $150,000/15,000
..Annie B HUNT 35.NJ
..James Clarke HUNT 24.NJ
..Virginia H HUNT 18.NJ
..Annie B HUNT 17.NJ
..Sue E HUNT 9.NJ
..Matilda E HUNT 5.NJ
..Others: servants

..Virginia Higbee HUNT -27DEC1894.Dover,DE m.1864.Trenton,NJ Lt. PETER J HARGOUS 1840-
..Annie Belleville HUNT m Edward Shippen McILVAINE 1843-1910
..Matilda HUNT m Cleveland HILSON c1852.NC-

He had m1.Trenton,NJ Susan CLARK(1810-1848 d/o Dr. James)

He m2 Annie B/W CLARK(c1830- d/o Dr. James)

PARENTS: Peter HUNT c1767-1810.Charleston, SC …Wealthy Merchant with store & mansion in LambertonNJ …Adj. General …m Maria FURMAN(d/o Moore) CH: Sarah Ann, Maria, Susannah Matilda, Furman, Peter & William …Moore FURMAN during the Revolution, was Deputy Quarter-Master General of New Jersey, who had an estate five miles away at the former Hoff's Mills, which he renamed Pittstown, where he carried out his duties.

-- Click on RUBBINGS Levant photo for more info on USS LEVANT
William Edgar HUNT
s/o Peter HUNT 1768-1810 & Anna Maria FURMAN 1774-1816
g/s/o James HUNT 1730-1823 & Jemima GREEN 1738-1838
g/g/s/o Wilson HUNT 1715-1782 & Susannah PRICE 1713-1790
g/g/g/s/o John HUNT 1698-1743 & Margrt MOORE 1690-1752
g/g/g/g/s/o John & Joanna HUNT
g/g/g/g/g/s/o Ralph HUNT & Eliz Ann JESSUP

…Captain U.S. Navy Sloop LEVANT in SEP1860 under command of William E. HUNT sailed from the Kingdom of Hawaii to Panama but never arrived. It is thought the ship was lost in a typhoon and the over 200 crew members were lost at sea. Commander HUNT on May 7, 1860 had visited in Honolulu with King KAMEHEMEHA IV and then ports at Lahaina, Maui, and Hilo in the Kingdom before departing for Panama. A year later in JUN1861 off of Hilo, HI a mast and a part of a lower yardarm was found with spikes driven into the mast as if to form a raft – all thought to be the remains of the LEVANT.

-Midshipman, 28 October, 1823. Passed Midshipman, 23 March, 1829. Lieutenant, 21 June, 1832. Reserved List, 13 September, 1855. Commissioned a Commander on Active List, from 22 August, 1855. Lost in Sloop of War Levant, 18 September, 1860.

-1850:Nottingham,Mercer.Co,NJ:
..Willliam E HUNT 42.NJ U. S. Navy $80,000 Property
..Anna B HUNT 30.NJ
..Virginia HUNT 9.NJ
..Anna B HUNT 6.NJ
..William Edgar HUNT 5.NJ
..Others:servants, waiters, coachman etc

-1860:Trenton(Ward.6),Mercer.Co,NJ:
..William E HUNT 47.NJ U.S. Navy Capt $150,000/15,000
..Annie B HUNT 35.NJ
..James Clarke HUNT 24.NJ
..Virginia H HUNT 18.NJ
..Annie B HUNT 17.NJ
..Sue E HUNT 9.NJ
..Matilda E HUNT 5.NJ
..Others: servants

..Virginia Higbee HUNT -27DEC1894.Dover,DE m.1864.Trenton,NJ Lt. PETER J HARGOUS 1840-
..Annie Belleville HUNT m Edward Shippen McILVAINE 1843-1910
..Matilda HUNT m Cleveland HILSON c1852.NC-

He had m1.Trenton,NJ Susan CLARK(1810-1848 d/o Dr. James)

He m2 Annie B/W CLARK(c1830- d/o Dr. James)

PARENTS: Peter HUNT c1767-1810.Charleston, SC …Wealthy Merchant with store & mansion in LambertonNJ …Adj. General …m Maria FURMAN(d/o Moore) CH: Sarah Ann, Maria, Susannah Matilda, Furman, Peter & William …Moore FURMAN during the Revolution, was Deputy Quarter-Master General of New Jersey, who had an estate five miles away at the former Hoff's Mills, which he renamed Pittstown, where he carried out his duties.

-- Click on RUBBINGS Levant photo for more info on USS LEVANT


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