Samuel HUNTRESS

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• Reference Number: 84
• _UID: F4A0EBA231C64176A59BE7FF233877A067BE
• Will: 29 Mar 1758

Notes:

He and his brother John had by their father's will the north-westerly half of their father's farm which by deed of 2 Apr. 1758 was divided between Samuel, who received a lot nearly square on the river, and Johnathan, son and devisee of John, who received the back lot on the road to Portsmouth and a strip running to the river at Kenney's Cove southeast of Samuel's lot. A straight line running from the head of Kenney's (Canney's) Cove to Hog Sty Cove at the mouth of the Great Bay was the original boundary line between Dover (Newington) and Portsmouth, signed the petition "of the Inhabitants of Bloody Point within the limits of Dover" for a separate Parish of Newington.

Occupation:
yeoman

A yeoman was a term used in those days for a small landowner

Will:
28 May 1758 His wife Mary and children William, Solomon, Joseph, Abigail wife of Phineas Colman, and Elizabeth wife of Samuel Fabyan and children of his son George, deceased, and two sons of his son Samuel, deceased

Died:
His gravestone reads:

Hear: Lies: the: body: of: SaMueL Huntrs: deSed: apral: 28dy: in: the: yer: 1758: aged 71 ye:

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• Reference Number: 72
• _UID: B0AEB383FCE24A48ADD7832A634AB9D77275
• Will: 28 Jun 1715

Notes:

Hunt and often spelled his name as Huntris

He resided in that part of Dover which in 1713 became Newington

He was highway surveyor for Bloody Point side and a soldier in King William's War [CIT:]King William's War (1689-97), see http://www.usahistory.com/wars/william.htm

He came to America when he was a servant of John Locke.

He is first mentioned in New Hampshire records when he gave bail for his wife Mary, he purchased lands from Lieut. Walter Neale that were] then a part of Portsmouth "November 28, 1679, Walter Neal deeded land to George Huntress."

He deposed probably that he was about 24 years of age. The paper is without a date and relates to a transaction in 1669. The following paper is dated 1670 and as the papers are arranged in nearly chronological order it is likely that the deposition is not of later date than 1670. He was then servant to Capt. Richard Cutt. The deposition contains the name of Mary Knot (?Knott)., Hunt, aged 35 years, deposed he was a living with John Locke of Hampton as his servant 13 years before, He purchased from James and John Leach land which was granted to their father by the town of Portsmouth, was taxed, signed the petition of New Hampshire Settlers to the Governor of Massachusetts.

He signed the petition "of the Inhabitants of Bloody Point within the limits of Dover" for a separate Parish of Newington, In a trial of Mr. Richard Cutt's Servants, George (Hunt) testified that he was 24 years of age. The maid, Mary Nott or Knat was said to have brought money from Old England,

George and Mary's eldest son and daughter are named after their father and mother, respectively; the second son, Samuel, received a name presumably for his paternal uncle; the third son, John, received a name presumably for his maternal grandfather. Of George and Mary's sons:
George's first son and daughter, Christopher and Elizabeth, were named possibly for their paternal great uncle and aunt, Christian and Elizabeth, respectively; and John's second daughter, Tamsin, was named presumably for her paternal great grandmother.

Will:
19 Aug 1715 wife Mary, sons George, eldest, then dead, Samuel and John, daughter Abigail, and children of George, viz: Christopher, eldest son, George, youngest son, and daughters Elizabeth, Deborah and Sarah.

He devised to his sons Samuel and John jointly 150 acres on the Long Reach of the Piscataqua where he was then living and to the sons of his son George, then dead, to George 40 acres in Portsmouth constituting the southerly part of the testator's farm, subject to a life estate to his widow, and to Christopher3 all the rest of his real estate.

Died:
in the summer of 1715

George married Mary NATT Abt 1674, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Mary (daughter of John NATT) was born 27 May 1650, Saint Savior, Dartmouth, co. Devon, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 71
• _UID: 986868E917674DFC9B897898E53D7B220B3E

Notes:

Before marriage her name was Mary Natt, Nott, Knat or Knott.

Birth:
(perhaps)

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• Reference Number: 11844
• _UID: 86592AE133DF4BAF87F5DADB0EFDDA98A427

Notes:

Though far from proved, strong onomastic evidence indicates that this George Huntress was the father of George Huntress (1644-1715).

George married Thomasen/Tamsin MILLS 18 Jan 1628/29, Plympton St. Mary, co. Devon, England. Thomasen/Tamsin was born 9 Sep 1610, Hartland, Devon, England; died 16 Jul 1676, Plympton St. Mary, Devon, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 11845
• _UID: 30A545A9720D42F29B5FD23883C536362E75

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• Reference Number: 12054
• _UID: 7C24C7BA754947F9831A9D296D569D725401