John Hunt (Quaker minister)
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John Hunt (1740-1824) was a prominent Quaker minister and journalist from Moorestown, New Jersey. From 1770 to 1824, he kept a diary and most of it has been preserved. Hunt's diary relates his personal activities, concerns and beliefs. It is also a concise source of primary evidence that documents local people and events.
John Hunt was born August 5, 1740, the son of Robert Hunt (1709-1764) and the former Abigail Wood ( -1747), in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.[1] His father was a first cousin to John Woolman, the renowned Quaker minister. The family moved to a farm at Colestown which is a few miles south of Moorestown. Here Abigail Hunt died February 22, 1747. Robert Hunt married the former Martha Bates (C. 1725-1770), the widow of George Ward, in May, 1749.[2] Robert Hunt's seven children, from both marriages, grew up together on the farm at Colestown.
John Hunt married Esther Warrington on March 17, 1763, in the Chester meeting house at Moorestown. They had ten children, three of whom died young. Hunt was a Quaker minister for more than 50 years.[3]
John Hunt died September 21, 1824, and was buried in the Moorestown Friends burial ground.[4]
His memorial, published in 1842, highlighted his public testimony concerning pride and superfluity, and stated that he was particularly concerned with temperance.
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- Gummere, Amelia Mott (1922), The journal and essays of John Woolman, New York: The Macmillan Company
- Hunt, John (1770-1824), John Hunt's journal, Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
- Hynes, Judy (1997), The descendants of John and Elizabeth (Woolman) Borton, Mount Holly, New Jersey: John Woolman Memorial Association
- Memorials concerning deceased Friends (1842), Philadelphia: S. B. Chapman & Co., pp. 12-16
- Lamborn, Suzanne Parry (2006), John and Sarah Roberts, with many related families, Morgantown, Pennsylvania: Masthof Press, ISBN 1-932864-58-X
