Descendants of Samuel Hunter of Augusta County, Virginia
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Hunter Family Register 929.273 H919 HUNTER EA/V\lLYREGISTER DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL HUNTER OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA CHEYENNE, WYOMING Rev. 1964 Mesa Family History Center 41 S. Hobson Strget INTRODUCTION Some years ago, in visiting friends in Missouri and Nehraskzi, I had with me a birthday book in which I obtained the name and date of birth of each relative I met, whether connected with my own family or that of my wife; and it afterwards occurred to me that I had a good beginning for a Family Register. I have since spent much time collecting material for that object. I have re cently published a Ustick Family Register, and have now in hand facts from which to form a partial Register of the Hunter family, the descendants of Sarn uel Hunter, oi Virginia. This pertains mostly to those families living in the west. I hope that someone will take up the matter where I leave off, make it more extensive, supply deficiencies and correct errors. As I have now entered upon the last half of my eightieth year I cannot promise to do anything more in this line, especially in the mechanical department; hut my daughter, Mrs. L. T. Thornely of Duhuque, would be glad to receive additional information pertaining to the history of the various branclies of the Hunter family, and will take pleasure in preserving such information for future reference; and we hereby solicit correspondence with those connected with the family, either by descent or marriage, and especially those who are represented in these pages. In the Register individuals are numbered consecutively. The figure pre ceding the name indicates the individual number, and the Roman numeral which follows it refers to the generation. For example: “23. III. William Hunter, 6th child of Robert (4).” Here 23 is William l"Iunte1"snumber, and III shows that he is of the 3rd generation, commencing with Samuel Hunter, of Virginia. The figure in parenthesis gives the fz1tl1er’snumber. W. W. USTICK DUBUQUE,IOWA, December 1, 1895 HUNTER FAMILY REGISTER 1. I. SAMUEL HUNTER. We are not able to give the date and place of birth of Samuel Hunter, but are of the opinion that he was a native of Vir glma. He was married to SUSAN ALEXANDER,near Rockbridge, Va. CHILDREN 1: John: 2, Andrew; 3, Robert; 4»,Samuel; 5, Henry; 6, William; 7, Cath~ urine. SECOND GENERATION Children of Samuel Hunter and Susan Alexander 2. II. JOHN HUNTER,eldest child of Samuel (1), was born in Augusta County, Va., Nov. 22, 1766, and married POLLYCAMPBELL,April 28, 1806. CHILDREN 1, Alexander Campbell Welch; 2, Samuel Harvey; 3, William Lockhart; 4, John Campbell. Mrs. Polly Campbell Hunter died May 12, 1812. John Hunter married as his second wife CATHARINEBROOKSTHOMPSON, widow of William Thompson, Sept. 7, 1813. CHILDREN 1, Samuel Steele; 2, Mary Catharine; 3, Susan Eliza; 4, Sarah Martha; 5, Augustus Brooks. John Hunter died in Looking Glass Prairie, Ill., April 5, 1832, and was buried in Collinsville, Ill. Mrs. Catharine B. Hunter was married to JOSEPHLANCASTERinMay 1837. Mrs. Catherine Lancaster died March 10, 1853. Genealogy of Mrs. Catharine Brooks Thompson Giles Brooks and Jane Rutledge were married in Augusta County, Va. Their children were Catharine R., Sallie, lane, and Jonathan. Sallie married Matthew Thompson first. After his death she married John Davis. Jane married John Staley, of Wythe County, Va. Jonathan was never married and died when about forty years old. Catharine R. married William Thompson, by whom she had two daughters. Polly Brown, the eldest, died when two years old, under such peculiar circum stances that it was thought she had been poisoned by the colored nurse; William 4. EXUNTER FAMILY REGISTER Thompson died a few months after this child, and before the birth of the second daughter, who was named Jane Alexander, for her grtmdinother. When little Jane was six years old, her mother married Jolm Hunter. Jane Rutledge Brooks, after the death of her husband, Giles Brooks, mar ried Mr. Mayfield, by whom she had two daughters, Pntsey and Salina. Patsey married Mr. Bailey, and moved to Ohio. Salina married James Pew. She died early in life. Jane R. Brooks Mayfield died at an advanced age at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Staley. Mrs. Deborah Rutledge and Mrs. Polly Riddle, aunts of Mrs. Catharine. Brooks Thompson, lived near Tinlcling Springs, Va. Jane Alexander Thompson was born in November 1807, and died at Col linsvil1e,Ill., Sept. 28, 1882. She spent most of her life in Caledonia, Mo. Her's was a long life full of good works. Her remains were taken to Caledonia by her nephew, W. L. Beadle, and interred by the side of her friends, the Misses Margaret and Malinda Peery. (See obituary in appeziclixl 3. II. Amnnnv HUNTER,2nd child of Samuel (1), married Jr:NN1r»;THOMP SON. He moved to Washington County, M0,, in 1826 and died there. 4. 11. ROBERTHUNTER,31-dchild of Samuel (1), was born Jan. 1, 1771, and married MISS MCCIIESTNEY,of Augusta County, Va. ozvry cmrn Isabella After the death of his first wife, Robert Hunter married ELEANORFULTON, who was born in Augusta County, Va., in 1781. They were married about 1803. CHILDREN 1, Sarah; 2, Samuel Alexander; 3, Susan A.; 4, Hugh Fulton, 5, William; 6, Mary Steele; 7, Robert; 8, John Andrew; 9, Catlmrine; 10, Henry Thomas; 11, Matthew; 12, Martha Ellen. Robert Hunter emigrated to Callaway County, Mo., in 1829, and died Sept. 12, 1832. Eleanor Hunter died there on March 10, 1834. 5. II. SAMUELHUNTER,4th child of Samuel (1), married SALLY DALLAS of South River, Augusta County, Va. 6. II. HENRYHUNTER,5th child of Samuel (1), was a lawyer by profes sion. He married Bursar ANDERSONofGreenbriar County, Va. He died near White Sulphur Springs, Creenbriar County. 7. II. WILLIAMHUNTER,6th child of Samuel (1), was a physician in Staunton, Va. He died at the age of 30. 8. II. CATHARINEHUNTER,7th child of Samuel (I), married MATTHEW HUNTER,a distant relative of her father. THIRD GENERATION 5 THIRD GENERATION Children of John Hunter and Polly Campbell 9. III. ALEXANDERCAMPBELL WELCH HUNTER, eldest child of John (2), was born Feb. 19, 1807, and died in Texas in 1852. 10. III. SAMUELHARVEYHUNTER,2nd child of John (2), was born July 13, 1808, and died in 1810. 11. III. WILLIAM LOCKHABT HUNTER, 3rd child of John (2), was born Dec. 12, 1809. He was twice married, the second time to FIDELIACOOK. CHILDREN 1, William; 2, Mary. William Lockhart Hunter died Oct. 26, 1886, and was buried in the State Cemetery at Austin, Texas. (See personal sketch in appendix) 12. III. JOHN CAMPBELLHUNTER,4th child of John (2), was born May 3, 1812. Children of John Hunter and Catharine Brooks Thompson 13. III. SAMUELSTEELE HUNTER,5th child of John (2), was born June 27, 1814, and married SARAH HARRINGTONMarch 19, 1840. They had no chil dren. Samuel Steele Hunter died March 31, 1861. 14. III. MARY CATHARINEHUNTER,6th child of John (2), was born May 24, 1816, and married WARRENBEEULEMarch 27, 1834. CHILDREN 1, Catharine J.; 2, Sarah 13.; Samuel H.; 4-, Augustus; 5, Warren; 6, Theodore 0.; 7, William L.; 8, Jennie C.; 9, Annie T.; 10, Mary Frances. Warren Beedle died in Bloomington, Ill., Jan. 5, 1892. Mrs. Mary C. Beedle died there on May 26, 1895. 15. III. SUSAN ELIZA HUNTER, 7th child of John (2), was born Oct. 23, 1818, and married JAMES D. BYRDOct. 14, 1838. CHILDREN 1, America _I.; 2, Mary C.; 3, John; 4, Allan; 5, James; 6, Sarah J.; 7, William. 16. IH. SARAH MARTHA HUNTER, 8th child oi John (2), was born in Augusta County, Va., June 10, 1824-. CHARLESHENRYWINSLOW was born in Hallowell, Me, Nov. 8, 1816. Sarah Martha Hunter and Charles Henry Winslow were married in St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 13, 1851. CHILDREN A 1, Kate; 2, Edward Everett; 3, Jennie Thompson; 4, Henry Augustus. I Charles H. Winslow died in Cass County, Nebr., Sept. 10, 1.878. 6 HUNTER FAMILY REGISTER 17. III. AUGUSTUSBROOKSHUNTER,9th child of John (2), was born Nov. 26, 1826. ANN REBECCARUTLEDCEwas born June 24, 1835. Augustus B. Hunter and Ann R. Rutledge were married Sept. 18, 1855. CHILDREN 1, John Finley; 2, Minnie Jane; 3, Frank Augustus; 4, Carrie Thompson; 5, Archibald Ernest. Daughter of Robert Hunter and Miss McChestney 18. III. ISABELLAHUNTER,eldest child of Robert (4), was born in Augusta County, Va., August 23, 1802, and married HARRISONSTEWARTYOUNG,a native of Boston, Mass. ONLY CHILD Theodore Mrs. Isabella Young was married about 1848 or 1849 to C01. Wallace of LaFayette County, Mo. She died in Lexington, Mo., Aug. 17, 1850. ,4 Children of Robert Hunter and Eleanor Fulton V"! 19. III. SARAHHUNTER,2nd child of Robert (4), was born in Augusta County, Va., in 1804, and married WILLIAMMETEERof Augusta County. CHILDREN 1, Mary Ellen; 2, James; 3, Robert Hunter; 4, Samuel. Sarah Meteor died in Monroe County, Mo., about 1842. William Meteer died about 1844. 20. III. SAMUELALEXANDERHUNTER,3rd child of Robert (4), was born in Augusta County, Va., June 6, 1805. ELIZADYSARTwas born in Rock Castle County, Ky., March 30, 1820. Samuel A. Hunter and Eliza Dysart were married in Fulton, Mo., Jan. 14, 1339. CHILDREN 1 1, James M.; 2, Robert B.; 3, Annie; 4, Elizabeth; 5, Martha E.; 6, M. Dora; 7, Laura Jane; 8, Arbelle; 9, Samuel T.; 10, Mary S. Samuel A. Hunter died Feb. 26, 1871. Mrs. Eliza Hunter died March 4, 1875. 21. III. SUSANA. HUNTER,4th child of Robert (4), was born in Augusta County, Va., Nov.