William Hunter
WILLIAM HUNTER: of Springfield; had sons, James and John, killed by Indians, July 4, 1676. Another William was in Barnstable at an early date.
WILLIAM HUNTER: of Springfield; had sons, James and John, killed by Indians, July 4, 1676. Another William was in Barnstable at an early date.
WILLIAM HUNTER: of Boston, married first in 1657, Cicely . She probably died soon afterward. His second wife was Mary, only child of Richard Carter. By her he had children. Savage, in his “Genealogical Dictionary,” says that the four young passengers of the ship Blessing, the record of whose sailing appears above, may have been children of this William, sent to join him in New England.
ROBERT HUNTER: of Ipswich, Massachusetts, was a freeman October 7, 1640. His wife, Mary, was mentioned in his will, dated 1647, but no children. Another Robert Hunter, of Ipswich, had several children. Thomas the eldest died in 1687. It is believed that Thomas Hunter, of Marblehead, 1653, was his son. Another Thomas was in Springfield, in 1678.
JOHN HUNTER: was in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1644. He died in 1648-49.
(Reference 23) ANDREW HUNTER: of County Londonberry, Ireland, was born in 1640, and it was the family tradition that his birthplace was the ancestral home of the Hunters of Hunterston in Scot land. His son, Hugh, married Isabella Semple, and their son, David Hunter, lived in York County, Pennsylvania. He married Martha McIlhenny in 1745. He was a Captain of a York County Company in the French and Indian War, and a member of the expedition against Fort Duquesne. Capt. Hunter mysteriously disappeared in the summer of 1776, and his family never saw or heard from him again. His fate … Read more
(Reference 21) Following are the Hunters who served in the American Revolution from the respective colonies: Connecticut Ebenezer, James, John, Joseph, Nathaniel-2, Peter, Robert-2, Turlle, Turtle. Delaware John, William. Georgia Elizabeth, James, J. W., Miles-2, Moses. Maryland James, Nath’l, Thomas-2, William-7. Massachusetts Adam, Alexander-2, Andrew-3, Archibald, Benjamin, Charles, Dan, David-4, Edward-3, Henry, Hugh, Isaac, James-4, John-6, Jonathan, Joseph-4, Peter, Robert-5, Samuel-3, Solomon, Thomas, William-5. New Hampshire Daniel, James, John, Robert. New Jersey Andrew-2, Harman-2, James, John, Joseph. New York Andrew-2, Archibald, Archebel, Benjamin, David, Ebenezer, Elijah-2, Ezekiel-3, Frederick, George, James-6, John-12, Jonathan-4, Matthew, Moses, Robert-6, Samuel, Stephen, Thomas. Pennsylvania Colonel-4, … Read more
(Reference 20) Alexander Hunter (Pa.). Paymaster 1st Pennsylvania, April 12, 1777. Andrew Hunter (N.J.). Captain 3rd New Jersey Regt. June 1, 1777. Brigade Chaplain August 5, 1778. Daniel Hunter (Pa.). Colonel Pennsylvania Militia, June, 1777. David Hunter (S.C.). Capt. Militia, 1775-1781. Elijah Hunter (N.Y.). 1st Lieut. 4th Regt. New York, 1775; Captain, 1776. Ephsiam Hunter (Pa.). Lieut. Watts Pennsylvania Battalion Flying Camp, 1776. Prisoner Fort Washington, November 16, 1776, released December 8, 1782. George Hunter (Pa.). Surgeons mate, 1777-78. James Hunter (N.C.). Major Militia 1781. James Hunter (Pa.). Second Lieut. and paymaster 3rd Pennsylvania Regt. 1776; Captain 1776. James Hunter … Read more
(See Reference 24) A200 ROLLO, THE DANE: Duke of Normandy, A.D. 912. Married Lady Poppa, daughter of Berengarius, Count of Bayeaux, A201 WILLIAM THE LONGSWARD: second Duke of Normandy. A202 RICHARD I: third Duke of Normandy, married a daughter of a Danish Knight. A203 GODFREY: Count of Eu and Brion. A204 RICHARD FITZ GISLEBRET DE TONEBRIDGE: who accompanied William, Duke of Normandy, to England, and was created Earl of Clare, and made Justiciary of England. A205 GILBERT: second Earl of Clare, married Lady Adeliza, relative to Hugh Capet, King of France. A206 LADY ADELIZA DE CLARE: married Alberic, second Baron … Read more
MAJOR GENERAL WOODBURN HUNTER: R.A.; b. 24 May 1844; s. of Lieut.-Col. Charles Hunter; Bombay Army; m. Marion, dau. of Major General James Morris, of the Bombay Army, 1870; two s. two dau. Educ.: Brighton Coll.; Cheltenham Coll. Entered Royal Artillery, 1865; Capt. 1877; Major 1884; Brevet Lieut.-Col. 1885; Col. 1889; Major General 1898; retired, 1902; Colonel Commandant R.A., 1911; served Nile Expedition, 1884, (despatches, brevet of Lieut.-Col., medal with clasp, and Khedive’s Star).
SIR W. B. HUGHES HUNTER.
WILLIAM HUNTER: C.B. 1916; M.D. (Gold Medallist) C.M. (Edin.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.) F.R.S.E., Colonel A.M.S.; Consulting Physician to Eastern Command; Late Senior Physician, London Fever Hospital; Consulting Physician Charing Cross Hospital; Dean of Medical School, 1910-15; b. 1 June 1861; s. of the late Robert Hunter of Birkenhead; educ.: Edinburgh University; University of Leipsic; Vienna; Strasburg, Ettles Scholar, Edin. University, 1883; research student of Cambridge University, 1887-90; Arris and Gale Lecturer, Royal College of Surgeons, England, 1889-90; Examiner in Medicine, University of Glasgow, 1900-04, Royal College of Physicians, London, 1917-21, University of Cambridge; President of Medical Advisory Committee, Eastern Mediterranean and … Read more
WALTER KING HUNTER: M.D., D.Sc., F.R.F.P.S.G.; Muirhead Professor of Medicine, University of Glasgow; Physician Glasgow Royal Infirmary; Consulting Physician Glasgow Royal Mental Hospital; Major R.A.M.C. (T.F.) (retired); late President, Royal Medico Chirurgical Society of Glasgow; b. Glasgow, 1867; s. of late William Hunter, merchant Glasgow; unmarried. Educ.: Glasgow Academy; Glasgow University; Kings College, London; Paris. Publications: “Recent Advances in Haematology,” 1911; “Acute Degenerative Changes in the Nervous System, as illustrated by Snake-venom Poisoning, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine,” 1910; “Certain Chronic Glandular Enlargements,” Lancet, 1912; and many other papers. Address: 7 Woodsin Place, Glasgow. T.: Diuglas 1533. … Read more
THOMAS ALEXANDER HUNTER: M.A., M.Sc.; Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy, Victoria College, University of New Zealand, since 1909; b. Croydon, London, 1876; 3rd s. of William Hunter, banker; educ.: Otago Univ. Dunedin Senior Scholar N.Z. University, and M.A. with 1st class Honours in Mental and Moral Philosophy; M.Sc. Senior House Master, Wailaki Boy’s High School; Lecturer on Mental and Moral Philosophy and Economics, Victoria University College 1904; Professor of Philosophy and Economics, 1907; Chairman of the Professorial Board, 1911-12. Address: Victoria University College, Wellington, New Zealand.
THOMAS HUNTER: M.P. (S. Fein), N.E. Cork, Dec. 1918-22. Dail for East and Northeast Co. Cork, 1921-22. Address: Castletown-roche Co. Cork.
LT.-COL. THOMAS HUNTER: C.I.E. 1923; I.M.S.; Civil Surgeon, Lucknow, India; Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Lucknow; b. 1873; s. of Thomas Hunter, of Kilmar nock; m. Jessie Catanach, dau. of Adam A. Haig, Innerleithen; two s. three dau. Educ.: Kilmarnock Academy; Glasgow University; M.A. 1892; B.Sc. (1st Hons.) 1895; M.B., Chem.B. (1st Hons.) 1897; M.D. 1907. Entered I.M.S. 1898; Capt. 1891; Major 1910; Lt. -Col. 1918; served with China Expeditionary Force, 1900-01; Civil Surgeon United Provinces since 1902. Address: Chelston, Beckenham, Kent; T.: Ravensbourne 993; 24 Outram Road, Lucknow, India: T.:30. Clubs: East India United Service; United Service, … Read more
SUMMERS HUNTER: C.B.E. 1918; J.P.; M. Inst. C.E., etc.; Chairman and Managing Director, The North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne and Sunderland; b. 12 July 1856; s. of John Ranson Hunter and Mary Isabella Dunliffe Hunter; educ.: Royal Academy, Inverness; privately; Wedgewood Institute, Burselem. Apprenticed to Barker & Cope General Engineers at Kidsgrove Stoke-on-Trent; joined the Northeastern Marine Eng. Co., Ltd., at their Dunserland works, 1880; after a short time in the shops, went to sea for two years, taking his Chief Engineers Certificate, after which he was appointed on the Staff of the North-Eastern Marine Eng. Co. at their … Read more
MAJOR RICHARD DEVAS HUNTER: D.S.O. 1919 late The Cameronians; y.s. of Robert Lewin Hunter of Lincoln’s Inn; m. 1918, Vixen, dau. of Harry Lomas; one s. Served European War (D.S.O. and bar, despatches thrice, Ordre de Leopold avec Croix de Guerre). Address: 39 South Street W.1. Club: Naval and Military.
PHILIP VASSAR HUNTER: C.B.E., M.I.E.E.; Electrical Engineer; Joint Manager of Callender’s Cable and Construction Co., Ltd.; b. 1883; s. of J. Hunter of Emneth Hunter, Norfolk; m. 1904, Helen Maud, dau. of Charles Golder, Finchley; two dau. Educ.: Wisbech Grammar School; Faraday House. Pupil to Willans and Robinson, Ltd., Rogby; Gordon Briant, M.I.E.E., Electrical Engineer to the Great Yarmouth Corp.; and E. T. Ruthven Murray, M.I.E.E., Electrical Engineer to Willesden U.D.C.; Ass’t. Eng. to the late Robert Hammond, M.I.E.E., 1903-04; with Merz & McLellan, Consulting Engineers, 1904-19 (from 1909 as Head of Electrical Department); since 1919 with Callender’s Cable and … Read more
C.I.E. 1916; Indian Educational Service (retired); s. of late William Hunter, Conside, Settle, Yorkshire; unmarried. Educ.: Giggleswick School and Heidelberg University; Queen’s College, Oxford; Strasburg University. Honours, Final School of Natural Science; Burdett-Coutts University Scholarship in Geology; M.A. 1890. Lecturer in Chemistry and Physics, Rangoon College, 1890-1905; Acting Principal Rangoon College, 1905, and 1909-11; Principal, Rangoon College, (now University College), Rangoon, 1922. Address: 28 West Bourne Park Villas, W. 2. Club: Savile.
REV. CANON LESLIE STANNARD HUNTER: M.A.; Vicar of Barking, Essex, since 1926; b. 1890; y.s. of late Rev. John Hunter, D.D., Minister of the King’s Weigh House Church, Lon don and Trinity Church, Glasgow, and Marion Martin; educ.: Kelvinside Academy; New College, Oxford; 2nd Class Hons. in Theology; President of the Oxford University Lawn Tennis Club, 1911-12. Assistant Secretary of the Student Christian Movement of Great Britain and Ireland, 1913-20; Curate of St. Peter’s Brockley, S.E., 1915-18; served with Y.M.C.A., B.E.F., 1916, and the Army of Occupation, 1919; member of the Army and Religion Inquiry Commission, 1917-19; Assistant Curate of … Read more