Thomas Hunt

M, b. 11 July 1647, d. 11 February 1721
     Thomas was born on Thursday, 11 July 1647 in The Lee, Buckinghamshire, England. He was the son of Ephraim Hunt and Anne Richards. Thomas was of Boston and was listed as an anchor smith.1 Thomas married Judith Torrey, daughter of William Torrey and Elizabeth Fry, circa 1673. Thomas and Judith had children: Thomas [11/11/1674], John, Ephraim [4/17/1677], Ann [5/11/1679][m. Peter Coffin], Ephraim [2/17/1681], Elizabeth [12/21/1686], Elizabeth [1/04/1688], Samuel [2/09/1689][m. Mary Landon], Mary 8/28/1692] & Ebenezer [10/13/1695].2 Thomas's wife, Judith, died on 18 October 1693 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, leaving him a widower.1 Thomas departed this life on Tuesday, 11 February 1721 in Boston at age 73 years and 7 months. He was buried there in Copp's Hill Cemetery. The inscription on his tombstone reads: Here lyes ye Body of MR THOMAS HUNT aged 73 years & 7 months
who dec'd Feb'ry ye 11th 1721/22.

Family

Judith Torrey b. 1655, d. 18 Oct 1693

Citations

  1. [S1358] Almira Torrey Blake Fenno Gendrot, The ancestry and allied families of Nathan Blake 3rd and Susan (Torrey ..., page 84
    Note: This will needs to be found for added information - KLM.
  2. [S143] Frederic Crosby Torrey, The Torrey Families in America, page 36.