Henry Lunt (Mariner)

Henry Lunt (#306 - The Lunt Family) was a descendant of Henry and Anna through Daniel (#3 The Lunt Family).

He was a cousin of Abel (#318 The Lunt Family, Robinson Tree) who is featured in The ancestry of Abel Lunt 1769-1806, of Newbury Massachusetts. In 1947, Walter G. Davis (a descendant) also wrote The ancestry of Phoebe Tilton 1775-1847 Wife of Captain Abel Lunt (Phoebe's tree - McDonald).

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Henry Lunt served with John Paul Jones for some years (Alfred, Providence, Bon Homme Richard) despite Henry pointing out failures in character in his superior officer.

James Fenimore Cooper chronicled the endeavors (stale) of Henry (and his kinsman, Cutting, #193 The Lunt family, who was the brother of Paul, the diarist) Lunt in his biographical look at JPJ's role in naval history.

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Some nautical novels, by a descendant (Tom McNamara), featured Henry Lunt's exploits. An example is Henry Lunt & the Ranger, January 1991.

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A portrait by Raphaelle Peale from 1805 is believed to be of Henry's son. Raphaelle's father did miniatures of both Henry Lunt and John Paul Jones (stale) in 1781.

Remarks:

08/10/2015 -- Removed and marked stale links. One was to a J.F. Cooper story. Also, there was a naval report: Daniel Lunt, essentially, told John Paul that he was mistreating his subordinates. Need to find this. [A bane of the Internet: disappearing sites/pages (many reasons- restructuring, moves, ...) create the not-found error] I did see this story back in the day (4 years ago). Here is the JFC look via Google docs.

02/06/2015 -- Walter G. Davis wrote the Ancestry of Abel Lunt.

03/05/2013 -- Comment received in late Feb, 2013, moved to post on Henry's journal. Also, note that Walter G. Davis, the genealogist, was a descendant.

05/09/2011 -- According to Henry's Will, his wife was Anna.

05/08/2011 -- Will collect further mentions of Henry Lunt (Yorkshire history - stale).

Modified: 08/10/2015

Paul Lunt (Patriot)

Lieutenant Paul Lunt (#192 The Lunt Family) was a descendant of Henry and Ann, through son Daniel (#3 The Lunt Family), from Newburyport who lived in the 18th century. He had a diary of the Revolutionary War period from May to December of 1775 that was published in Boston in 1872. The diary is available on-line at the Internet Archive.

Paul Lunt's diary: May-December, 1775

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Here is a sample pedigree chart for Paul from rootsweb.

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There is an interesting bit about the weather of March 1779 on page 19 considering that everyone in New England has fresh memories from this year's storms.

Remarks:

12/30/2018 -- Updated the pointer to the rootsweb pedigree: Lundstedt-Carew.

05/09/2011 -- According to Henry's Will, his wife was Anna.

05/08/2011 -- Paul was the brother of Cutting who served with Henry under John Paul Jones.

Modified: 12/30/2018

Mary (Wingate) Pickering

There will be connections from many families to Henry and Ann and different ways to group these, such as by generation.

For example, Henry and Ann Lunt were grandparents of Mary Wingate (#34 The Lunt Family) who, being the wife of Rev Timothy Pickering, was the mother of Timothy Pickering (Larson tree). Mary's daughter, Elizabeth, was the great-grandmother of John Lowell Gardner I (Larson tree). Also, in Mary's descendants list are Robert Charles Winthrop, Jr. and John Kerry (descendants).

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Mary's grandfather, John Wingate, is on the list of royal gateways.

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Timothy was a Harvard graduate from Salem, MA. He held several positions including Adjutant-General, Secretary of War, Secretary of State under both Washington and Adams, and U.S. Senator.

Remarks:

02/01/2013 -- Update rootsweb references for Larson tree.

08/30/2011 -- Update on Henry (2nd gen) son of Daniel (1st gen).

07/05/2011 -- More on Col. Timothy.

05/09/2011 -- According to Henry's Will, his wife was Anna.

Modified: 02/01/2013

George C. Lunt (Silversmith)

As we look at the time between the start of the Great Migration and the present, there are many things that will demand attention. For instance, there are historic events, and people, to consider. Too, Henry's tree will become entangled with many other families. The number of families mentioned in the Index suggests this.

As well, there can be many stories told about the early times. The middle times give us several major conflicts that we need to look at; we have already mentioned Henry Lunt and John Paul Jones, as one example of many. For the current times, a look at the breadth of influence will always be of interest.

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We have a good example with Lunt Silversmiths which got its current name in 1935.

George C. Lunt (#1655 The Lunt Family), who was a descendant of Henry through his son, Daniel, was born in Newburyport, MA in 1864. George's grandfather was Silas (Baker-James tree) who was a descendant of Capt. John Cutting.

George apprenticed at the factory (stale), which is in Greenfield, MA, and took ownership from A. F. Towle (Anthony Francis) in 1902. A. F. had taken over the factory from William Moulton (IV - Gault tree) a member of the Moulton family in the 1880s.

William Moulton (I) and his brothers arrived in 1637. The grandson, William (III), was the first confirmed silversmith (c 1742), however the Moultons had worked in metals from the beginning.

Hence, George picked up a 200-year old business.

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This is a cursory look that we expect to expand further.

Remarks:

08/10/2015 -- This is the most popular post. We will be checking links. Replaced stale pointer with this: Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen.

04/20/2011 -- There is an effort to identify early artisans and tradesmen (stale). 

Modified: 08/10/2015

Great migration

Some may know of this project, but here is a link to the Great Migration study that is looking at New England, and all of the families that arrived, from 1620-1640.

Henry Lunt has 3 1/2 pages (Vol IV, I-L, pg 365).

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Remarks:

08/10/2015 -- Removed link to the GM books (will recover, at some point).

09/20/2011 -- After some more research, we'll compare the information in this study with that provided by Thomas S. Lunt in his 1913 book. There seems to be some differences that bear a closer look.

09/20/2011 -- Most likely the text was left damaged while editing. How? Something gets accidentally highlighted, then an edit macro (keyboard driven) takes effect, with a garbled results. The lesson: more careful proof-reading on a regular basis.

Modified: 08/10/2015

North (east and central) Essex County

As we look at Henry, Ann, and the family, we will need to include the northern area of Essex County (note the dragon -- ca 1812). The sister blog centers itself on the southern end of the county.

The original settlement point for Henry and Anna was Newbury. Two daughters married into families in adjoining towns, Elizabeth in Amesbury and Mary in Rowley.

Over hundred years later, in 1764, Newburyport was split out of Newbury. The author, Thomas S. Lunt, says that he descended from seven generations of Lunts who lived in Newburyport.

The eastern boundary of this area is Plum Island which is shared by Newbury, Rowley, and Ipswich. Captain John Smith was there in 1616.

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The following is a list of web-accessible information about northern Essex County.

• Newbury, MA -- see earlier post.
• Amesbury -- split out of Salisbury in 1668. One Salisbury resident was a victim of the 1692 mischief, Susannah Martin (ancestors, descendants). A history of Amesbury is available via Google books.
• Rowley -- proud owner of 1/5 of Plum Island, this little town was founded by Rev. Ezekiel Rogers.
• Newburyport -- this town, carved out of Newbury, was populated by many offspring of Newbury families, such as Jacob Perkins, Francis Cabot Lowell, Adolphus Greely, and more.
• ...

Remarks:

05/09/2011 -- According to Henry's Will, his wife was Anna.

01/18/2011 -- 2/5ths of Plum Island is owned by Ipswich, MA which we'll look at, with its central Essex County mates, as many related families settled there.

Modified: 09/20/2011

Two generations

Henry and Ann arrived early (1634), in the Newbury area. The descendant tree from these two will be large and contain relations to many families. Fortunately, a lot of these families have researched their history both here and before the movement across the waters.

Like the Mayflower group, with their list for three generations, we can start with Henry's and Ann's kids and carry this forward a couple of notches as a means to identify gaps.

In the below list, we'll start first with information from Thomas S. Lunt's book about spouses and children. There may be pointers to work done already, for some, but only as an example (meaning, of course, to be verified). Also, the pointer may be only to partial information. At some point, the goal is to pull this data together, hopefully with a full tree that includes both genders' offspring. That is, for each generation, fill in the information for all siblings, to the extent possible, of course.

• Sarah -- m 1st John Bachelor (Rebecca, John, Sarah, Samuel, Nathaniel) ... Dowling tree, as an example ...
• Daniel -- m 1st Hannah Coker (Hannah, Daniel, Henry, John, Sara, Mary, Joseph, Anne, Benjamin) m 2nd Mrs Mary Moody ()
• John -- m 1st Mary Skerry (John, Elizabeth, Henry Tertius, Judith)
• Priscilla -- m 1st Henry Skerry (Frances, Ann, Priscilla)
• Mary -- m 1st Thomas Nelson (Ephraim)
• Elizabeth -- m 1st Israel Webster (Elizabeth, Anne, _son_, Joseph, Mary, Lydia)
• Henry -- m 1st Jane Skipper (Henry, Skipper, Mary, Abraham, John, William, Daniel, Jane, Samuel, James)

Remarks:

01/14/2012 -- Sarah's husband, John, (descendants - Larson) was a grandson of Rev. Stephen Bachiler. One of her offspring is Alan Bartlett Shepard.

08/30/2011 -- Update on Henry (2nd gen) son of Daniel (1st gen).

08/10/2011 -- More info about Mary Lunt.

06/08/2011 -- More info on Priscilla Lunt.

05/09/2011 -- According to Henry's Will, his wife was Anna.

03/22/2011 -- George C. Lunt and Lunt Silversmiths.

02/22/2011 -- Added information about Sarah, from the Great Migrations project (several volumes).

01/18/2011 -- Changed descendants for Skipper (Henry, Henry). Had used his grandson, Samuel. Added descendants for Samuel (Henry, Henry).

Modified: 01/14/2012