Priscilla Lunt (1st Gen)

Earlier, we listed the kids of Henry and Anne and tried to do a 2-generation expansion. In both cases, we didn't have much for Priscilla (c 1644 - 1695).

I just ran across a family site that has more information on Priscilla and on Henry Skerry who she married in 1635. Henry's sister, Mary, married Priscilla's brother, John.

Here are the descendants' list (and pedigree) for two of Priscilla's daughters.

• Ann (Skerry) Smith (pedigree) -- Ann married John Smith who was a descendant of Robert Goodale, featured at two excellents sites: Miner blog (exhibits many desirable properties), historic collection.
• Sarah (Skerry) Saunders (pedigree) -- ..., no info on Philemon Saunders, yet ...

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We'll be looking to collect these types of reference from collateral families. A sufficient collection would help tell the tale.

Remarks:

08/17/2011 -- John, Mary, and Priscilla

Modified: 08/17/2011

Domesday book

While poking around genealogy sources, one keeps running into reference of the Domesday book.

Ever wonder about the status? Here are a few links that apply.

• Domesday on-line (from 1085-1086)
• BBC has a story
• Domesday Special Interest Group
• Wiki pages: Original survey, reload
• ...
• UK National Archives
• ...

Here is a sample reference (Palgrava) found in a memorial book.

Remarks:

11/05/2012 -- Domesday book and beyond: Three Essays in the early History of England (google.com, archive.org).

05/12/2012 -- Finally realized that I had fat-fingered the title. Changed to Domesday. As said elsewhere, to some, being fingered to pay more is 'doomsday' awaiting.

05/25/2011 -- Tidbits of English history.

05/23/2011 -- An interesting tidbit, that will be looked at further, is that William's effort found out that the Church owned a lot of land. Of course, this was the Church of England for whom the Pope, in Rome, took a hands-off approach.

Modified: 11/05/2012

Pastor of Presidents

In Quincy, MA, the United First Parish Church is the burial site for both John Adams and his son, John Quincy. Prior to his death, the pastor of this church was William Parsons Lunt (#1202 The Lunt family) who was a descendant of Henry and Ann through son Daniel. William was also a grandson of Henry Lunt (Mariner).

Several of William's sermons have been published (his last).

John Quincy Adams gave the address at William's funeral in 1857. In one of his roles, William had edited a hymn written by John Quincy for the Christian Psalter (1841).

William is credited with requesting the carol, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, that was written by Edmund Sears. It was first sung in 1849.

Remarks:

12/30/2018 -- Changed link to Discipleship Ministries' article on History of Hymns: "It came upon a midnight clear."

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

Modified: 12/30/2018

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