1569 "Richard, the sonne of Thomas Hunte" was baptized on October 18 at St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [1]
1602 Thomas, son of Richard Hunt, was born. [2]
1607 "John the sone of Richard Hunt" was baptized "the xxvith of November" at St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [3]
1610 "Edwarde ye Son of Rychard Hunt" was baptized "the xth Daye of June" at St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [4]
1613 "Joyce ye Daughter or Rychard Hunte" was baptized on April 4 in St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [5] [6]
1616 Richard Hunt wrote his will on December 27. An abstract states, [7]
27 Dec 1616--Richard Hunt .... my body to be buried in the ch. of Saint Nicholas, Leicester .... my father, Thomas Hunt, deseased .... Thomas Hunt, my eldest son, and his sons ... my son Richard and his heirs .... my wife, Agnes .... my son Edward and Joyce, my daughter, at the age of eighteen, ...... William Hunt and Thomas Hunt, my brethren, overseers. Proved at Leicester 20 Aug. 1621.
Richard's will states, [8]
In the name of god Amen I Richard Hunte sicke in body but in perfect memory thanks be giuen to god, First I bequeathe my soule vnto almighty god my maker and to Jesus Christ my redeemer who hath shed his pretious blood for me vppon the altar of the crosse xc and my body to be buried in the church of S Nicholas I bequeathe the house wch were giuen me by Thomas Hunte my father Deceased in the back Lanes by the house of correction and one partiall of land in the occupacon of George Fewks neere the towne hall in Leicester vnto Thomas Hunte my eldest sonne and his heirs And if my sonne doe happen to decease without heirs I give them to my sonne Richard And if he bothe nexte of my sonns And so to the Suruiuior I give vnto my sonne William and his heirs this house wherein I nowe dwell after my wife Decease giving vnto my Children tenne pounds that is to say vnto my sonne Richard Edward Joyce my daughter and that childe wch my wife is nowe withall and to the suruiuiour of any of them at such time as he shall enter of the house after my wife Agnes Hunte is deceast to be equally diuided amongst them and if William doe decease then this house to be deuided amongst the rest of my children that are then liuing Item my will is that the three houses nexte unto me shalbe sould and the money to be given to Richard Hunte Edward and Joyce my daughter and the child that she nowe is withall or amongst them, or their heirs, and this money to be paid them at the age of xxj yeares and not before only my daughter Joyce to haue her porcion at xviij yeares of age All the rest of my goods vnbequeathed I giue vnto Edward Hunte my sonne whom I make my sole executor he paying my Debts and my funerall Discharged dated the xxvijth of December 1616 Lastley I make William Hunte and Thomas Hunte my brothren esqr John Wirkhead my ouerseers of this my last will and testamente and have thereunto sett my hand Also I giue vnto my wife Agnes Hunte Tenne pounds of the moueable goods.
Richard Hunte his Marke
Will'm Hunte Thomas Hunte
John Wirkhead Michaell Rading
Probatum [9] die mensis Augusti 1621 ... minori ... Edwardi Hunte filij ...
1616 Richard Hunt was buried December 31 at St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [10]
1617 "Ann the daughter of Richard hunt was baptized the 30 day of March" at St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [11]
1617 "An daughter of Richard hunt" was buried on June 16 at St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [12]
1621 The will of Richard Hunte of St. Nicholas, Leicester, was proved on August 2o in the Archdeaconry Court of Leicester.[13] [14]
Research Notes:
1699[/1700?] A certificate in the Massachusetts Archives from the Mayor of London regarding a deposition taken on January 31 describes some of the descendants of Richard Hunt. Wyman provides an abstract of the item, [15]
Certificate from the Lord-Mayor of London, Feb. 29, 1699. — Abstract of deposition taken Jan. 31, 1699. Richard Hunt of the parish of St. Nicholas, Leicester, had issue, 1. Thomas, b. 1602; father of John Hunt, b. 1633; formerly of Shambles Lane, in St. Nicholas Parish. 2. John, b. 1607; father of Sarah, b. 1628; mother of Thomas Morris, a baker, her eldest son, now bound for the West Indies, heir of John Hunt (as before) of Shambles Lane, who deceased without issue.
Curiously, a son named John is not mentioned in the will of Richard Hunt.
[1] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 6 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1888), 344-352 at 346, "Anno RRne Nos Eliz: 11 Item the xviiith daye of October Richard, the sonne of Thomas Hunte, was baptized" in the transcription, [HathiTrust].
[2] Thomas Bellows Wyman, Genealogy of the name and family of Hunt (Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1863), 368, citing the "Massachusetts Archives," vol. viii. p. 78, [InternetArchive].
[3] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester (continued)," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 7 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1893), 31-38, 195-200, 227-232, 298-304 at 35, [GoogleBooks].
[4] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester (continued)," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 7 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1893), 31-38, 195-200, 227-232, 298-304 at 36, [GoogleBooks].
[5] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester (continued)," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 7 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1893), 31-38, 195-200, 227-232, 298-304 at 198, "ye iiii of Aprill" in the transcription, [GoogleBooks].
[6] Family Search record citing FHL film 585275, Parish Register Transcription, St. Nicholas, Leicester, Baptisms and Marriages, 1559-1837, Burials, 1567-1875, states the date as Apirl 3, [FamilySearchRecord], [FHLCatalog].
[7] John G. Hunt, "Origin of Families of Hunt of Northampton and Hull, Mass., and Barnes of Westchester; N.Y.:--Correction and Supplement," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 114 (1960), 147-148 at 147, [AmericanAncestors].
[8] Leicester Record Office, Probate records for the Commissary Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Archdeaconry of Leicester), Wills and inventories, 1619 (cont'd.) - 1623, FHL film 1520017, [FHLCatalog].
[9] Henry Hartopp, ed., Calendars of Wills and Administrations Relating to the County of Leicester: Proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Leicester, 1495-1649, and in the Peculiars of St. Margaret Leicester, Rothley, Groby, Evington, and the Unproved Wills Etc., Previous to 1801. All Now Preserved in the Probate Registry at Leicester (London: The British Record Society, 1902), 114, will of folio number 53 of 138, [GoogleBooks].
[10] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester (continued)," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 7 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1893), 31-38, 195-200, 227-232, 298-304 at 230, [GoogleBooks].
[11] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester (continued)," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 7 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1893), 31-38, 195-200, 227-232, 298-304 at 227, [GoogleBooks].
[12] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester (continued)," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 7 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1893), 31-38, 195-200, 227-232, 298-304 at 230, [GoogleBooks].
[13] Leicester Record Office, Probate records for the Commissary Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Archdeaconry of Leicester), Wills and inventories, 1619 (cont'd.) - 1623, FHL film 1520017, [FHLCatalog].
[14] Henry Hartopp, ed., Calendars of Wills and Administrations Relating to the County of Leicester: Proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Leicester, 1495-1649, and in the Peculiars of St. Margaret Leicester, Rothley, Groby, Evington, and the Unproved Wills Etc., Previous to 1801. All Now Preserved in the Probate Registry at Leicester (London: The British Record Society, 1902), 114, will of folio number 53 of 138, [GoogleBooks].
[15] Thomas Bellows Wyman, Genealogy of the name and family of Hunt (Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1863), 368, citing the "Massachusetts Archives," vol. viii. p. 78, [InternetArchive].