John Lunt (1st Gen)

So far, of Henry and Anne's kids, we have started with Mary and Priscilla.

Recently, I just ran across a connection with Bradstreet and Lunt which brings up a son, John. He married Mary Skerry whose brother, Henry, married John's sister, Priscilla.

With a fuller tree (Robinson), we can see other connections. The Skerry family had Moultons as ancestors. This family had some of the early silversmith experts.

There are many other relationships to look at. For now, consider the Bradstreet ancestors, Robert Crosby and John Pickard.

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It is interesting how American families have motivated some of the work overseas. Perhaps, we can expand Lunt information someday.

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We will have a major node for each of the kids.

Remarks:

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

Modified: 08/17/2011

Mary Lunt (1st gen)

There were a couple things reported for Mary, earlier: spouse of Thomas Nelson and mother of Ephraim Nelson.

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We can extend the descendant tree for Mary a little further. Ephraim was her only child, but he had children with three wives. For now, here are descendants lists for each.

• Sarah Brocklebank -- Dowling family, Cornelius family
• Deborah Searle -- Gage family, Cornog, et al
• Mary Kilborn -- ...

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As with her sister, Priscilla, we'll be looking further at collateral families (Larson tree): Ephraim, Sarah, Deborah. Using one of Ephraim's and Deborah's descendants (Francis Edgar Stanley, using the Larson tree) shows all of the families involved at the mid-1800s.

Remarks:

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

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

Modified: 02/01/2013

Col Timothy Pickering

Most who came here were doing so for some reason related to freedom, whether of a political, religious, economic, or other nature. From the time of Henry's arrival here (1634) until the time of George III (reign started in 1760), there were twelve changes in structure in England due to several factors, such as civil war, including the four periods non-royal administration. In other words, things were unsettled.

Our effort at freedom was a continuation, in a sense. The descendants chafed that their rights would be reigned in after the long time of mostly self-administration. I say 'mostly' in that the England, for the most part, decided who was in charge, even with elections.

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It might be interesting to look at Henry's descendants and their lives, in relation to the status in England. Given that we're in July, the theme of Independence might be a good start.

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Who better than Col Pickering to start with? He was a descendant of Mary (Lunt) Wingate who was a grand-daughter of Henry. Mary's daughter was Timothy's mother.

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Timothy was too young to have participated in the French & Indian Wars. So, he was not involved with a conflict under the Crown.

He got out of Harvard in 1763. That is about the time that the 'shadow' governmental efforts, such as the Committee of Safety, were kicking off. Timothy was drilling the Essex County militia; what would have been his opinion of those pushing to remove themselves from British ties?

The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress says that Col Timothy was on a Committee of State of Rights of Colonists in 1773. During the war he served under General Washington as adjutant general.

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After the war, Col Timothy held many positions under Presidents Washington and Adams. He also held political positions.

During the period of the War of 1812, Col Timothy seemed to lean more to England than France. He was involved with an effort that wanted New England to be a separate entity.

Remarks:

07/21/2011 --

Modified: 07/21/2011

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