John Hunt (1712 – March 31, 1778) was one of the ''Virginia Exiles'', who were a group of
Philadelphia
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area
Quakers
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that were forcibly exiled to
Winchester, Virginia
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during the
Revolutionary War.
Prior to 1769, John Hunt was a
London
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merchant and shipper dealing in tobacco and general merchandise. Between 1738 and 1768, John Hunt made several voyages between London, Philadelphia and
Virginia
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.
In 1769, John Hunt, a widower, emigrated to the province of Pennsylvania with his three children: Dorothea, Elizabeth and John. The Hunt family settled near Philadelphia at
Darby. John Hunt married Rachel Tory, a widow, on November 28, 1769.
Some modern writers have confused the John Hunt (1712 – 1778), who is the subject of this article, with another Quaker named John Hunt (1711 – 1729. Adding to the confusion, another Quaker minister by the name of
John Hunt (1740 – 1824) also lived near Philadelphia.
[Gummere, p. 571]
Notes
References
* Cloud, Morgan (2003). "Quakers, slaves and the Founders: profiling to save the Union". ''Mississippi Law Journal'', 73: 369-421.
* Gilpin, Thomas (1848). ''Exiles in Virginia'' - account of the exile of 22 Philadelphia Quakers to Winchester, Virginia.
* Gray Vining, Elizabeth (1955). ''The Virginia Exiles''. (novel)
* Gummere, Amelia Mott (1922). ''The journal and essays of John Woolman''. New York: The Macmillan Company.
* Hinshaw, William Wade and Thomas Worth Marshall (1936). ''Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy''. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers.
* Hynes, Judy (1997). ''The descendants of John and Elizabeth (Woolman) Borton''. Mount Holly, New Jersey: John Woolman Memorial Association.
* Worrall, Jay (1994). ''The friendly Virginians, America's first Quakers''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Co., 632 pages.
External links
"Quakers, slaves and the Founders: profiling to save the Union", by Morgan Cloud
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