George HUNTRESS

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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: 86
• _UID: 3F9ADABE652D478BAFA83FD2E092E926BEAE

Notes:

Her husband was a Seward.

Birth:
While not mentioned in the will of George1 there was no
other Huntress in New England who could have been her father. The similarity in Christian names in the two families is striking.

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• Reference Number: 85
• _UID: 4BE58693E29844628CD876554ABC945284AB

Notes:

Married a Chesley.

Died:
late

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• Reference Number: 70
• _UID: C9E1E02D548C409A86F869B0E98E9307197F

Notes:

Each of their children below were mentioned in the will of
George1 Huntress

Died:
when his father made his will

George married Sarah MORRELL 4 Aug 1701, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Sarah (daughter of John MORRILL and Sarah HODSDON) was born Abt 1680, Kittery, York Co, Maine; died Aft 1750. [Group Sheet]

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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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• Occupation: Newington, New Hampshire
• Reference Number: 83
• _UID: 6CD0753188DE4EB298FC8CE6A3429C8E5D8D
• Will: 11 Jul 1746, Newington, New Hampshire

Notes:

By his father's will he and his brother Samuel had an undivided half of the farm at Newington. John Huntress devised his share to his youngest son, Jonathan, who divided the half part with his uncle, Samuel, by deed of 2 Apr. 1758.

Occupation:
a yeoman

Will:
29 May 1750 his wife Mary and all of his children as below, Jonathan Huntress, executor, and John Knight and Samuel Nutter, sureties, all of Newington.

Died:
A coroner's jury of 28 Apr 1751 viewed his body and found
that he died of drowning.

John married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 81
• _UID: 275DBEF68FBB49C390E5F9C4431D434EB1DB

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• Reference Number: 82
• _UID: 058261E3D4884372B57308A06F34E8E11851

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• Occupation: Newington, New Hampshire; a bricklayer
• Reference Number: 87
• _UID: 13526412557E4B848A7C4BA00C3C7FDD12AD
• Will: 1 Oct 1763

Notes:

He had under his grandfather's will the northwesterly half of the farm occupied by his father, the part which lay in Newington, bounded southeast by Stony Brook. He acquired from his younger brother George the southeasterly half lying in Portsmouth, He was a petitioner for grant of a tract of land for a township on the Merrimack River.

May 1745, fought in King George's War [CIT:]War of Austrian Succession, or King George's War at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia

His will probated 1 Oct. 1782 mentions his wife Mary, sons Christopher, Darling, George, Nathan, Noah, daughters Mary "Rawlings" and Elizabeth Stevens and granddaughter Martha Lord. Nathan and Noah Huntress were executors.

Christopher married Mary CHICK 26 Oct 1724, Kittery, York Co, Maine. Mary (daughter of Richard CHICK and Martha LORD) was born Abt 1703, Kittery, York Co, Maine; was christened 19 Jun 1727, Church of Newington, Newington, NH by Rev. Joseph Adams. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 90
• _UID: 20B409EC46464562BC4FC335344DEB40ABE5

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Died:
This is the date when her husband remarried.

Elizabeth married MERRILL. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 68
• _UID: 994219BC935E4AA19DC42CFAF0730F199E51

Notes:

He had under his father's will half of his father's farm which lay in Portsmouth, bounded north by Stony Brook. In 1729 George Huntress, of Newington, cordwainer with Elizabeth his wife, conveyed to his elder brother Christopher of Newington, bricklayer, all his right under the will of George Huntress his grandfather, and at once bought a lot 40 x 70 feet on Pickering's Neck in Portsmouth.

In 1742/3 George Huntress, cordwainer, with Elizabeth his wife took Pelatiah Moses as apprentice.

George and Elizabeth probably had other children.
Huntress was received into the covenant, renewed his baptismal covenant

A warrent was issued authorizing he and Tobias Lear, both
to appraise the estate of Sarah Martyn.

Occupation:
A cordwainer is a leatherworker who made things of cordovan, esp. shoes. Cordovan is a fine-grained, colored leather, usually of split horsehide, but orig. made of goatskin at Cordoba, Spain.

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• Reference Number: 89
• _UID: 51CB684FD60244DB93BA75A1435AA8D244EE

Deborah married TUTTLE. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 88
• _UID: 4F449CB5B03B4631B6331BDFB6BCF1CE5AB1

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• _UID: 22B0E4ABE3154AA28CC6E7A0402B5655348E

Notes:

John Huntress devised his share to his youngest son, Jonathan, who divided the half part with his uncle, Samuel, by deed of 2 Apr. 1758.

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• _UID: 6DE8241B16124327BD0CA1919E7E5E5FFA6E

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John's second daughter, Tamsin, was named presumably for her paternal great grandmother.

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• Reference Number: 267
• _UID: 3CA2833B73634ABBB2F10C8CBBC82A39987F
• Occupation: 1780, Fryeburg, Oxford Co, Maine

Notes:

He is not in the Census of 1790.

was commissioned in the New-Hampshire Regiment of Col. Samuel Moore, Esq. as an Ensign

He was a petitioner for grant of a tract of land for a
township on the Merrimack River.

Christopher Huntress served in the "Crown Point Expedition" under Col. John Hart in Capt. John Pickering's Company entering service and discharged 10 Aug 1758, entered again 11 Aug 1758 and discharged 30 Oct 1758.

Occupation:
a mason

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• Reference Number: 276
• _UID: 21EDA02DDA964EE4B483E0911B76AA6ACA8C

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Died:
This is the date when her husband Joseph married Prudence Hodsdon.

Martha married LORD. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 281
• _UID: 2B6165A34CC3425A9CE2FE8476F3963F7D8D

Notes:

He was a member of the Berwick Committee to fix the prices of commodities

Christopher Huntress conveyed to his son Darling 10 acres and a house at Newington which Darling reconveyed in 1757.

Darling married Love HEARL 6 Dec 1751, First Church, Berwick, York Co, Maine. Love (daughter of Etherington HEARL and Hannah GOODWIN) was christened 13 Apr 1735, Kittery, York Co, Maine. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 282
• _UID: CAE5172BFD0F4AB2B7609C437A8D9D58EB93

Mary married ROLLINS. [Group Sheet]

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• Occupation: Berwick, York Co, Maine
• Reference Number: 299
• _UID: 4232DB8E54A047CFBE3D5B0C296A5BDD1489
• Will: 13 Feb 1786

Notes:

Occupation:
a yeoman

Will:
13 Feb 1809 wife Patience and children Sarah Stiles, Elizabeth, Mehitable, Lydia, George and Elisha

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• Reference Number: 300
• _UID: 61B75389A32C4B53974A3B8186EAD569AC37

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Died:
Not mentioned in his father's will and probably then dead

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• Reference Number: 301
• _UID: F4B80FF645644EE2AEDEE45DE93F4716DC8E

Notes:

In 1799 he sold his farm, 50 acres, in Newington on the road from Piscataqua Bridge to Greenland to Joseph Langdon and bought 100 acres in the extreme northwest corner of Parsonfield, Me, bounded north by the Ossipee river and west by New Hampshire. In 1809 he conveyed this farm to his son Joseph C. Huntress except 57 acres theretofore conveyed to his son John F. Huntress.

Nathan married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 302
• _UID: 51C0F8EA4CB34972B1328DF224401773FDBE
• Occupation: 1797, Centre Harbour, Strafford Co, New Hampshire

Notes:

Noah Huntress bought 30 acres at Barnstead,

Occupation:
a husbandman

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• Reference Number: 303
• _UID: C1274AE114B54AA49BA99237BA5FF15B3C69

Elizabeth married STEVENS. [Group Sheet]