Henry LUNT

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21 December 1610 , Highworth, Wiltshire, England

Died

10 July 1662 , Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Born: 21 December 1610 in Highworth, Wiltshire, England

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Henry was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1639.

Immigration to the United States: A Genealogist’s Perspective

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Henry married Anne Hurst CARRINGTON 23 May 1631 in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Anne Hurst CARRINGTON was born 8 November 1614 in England (United Kingdom).

Henry LUNT died 10 July 1662 in Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony .

Son of Thomas Lunt and Katherine Fludd

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Henry LUNT married

Anne Hurst CARRINGTON
Marriage date: 23 May 1631
Marriage place: Ormskirk, Lancashire, England

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The name Lunt is supposed to be of Scandinavian origin, as the name is very common in Denmark, being spelled there Lundt. Tn this country the name is confined largely to the northern New England states, where in early times most of them were sea-faring people.

Henry Lunt came to Newbury. Mass.. in the Spring of 1634-5 and was one of the (original grantees of the Town, took the freeman's oath in 1638. He died July 10 1662. Anna, his widow, married Joseph Hills, previously of Maiden. Mass.. but then of Newbury. Mass..

on March 8. 1664. He was a lawyer (J. H.). of note. Captain of a Military Company, and the first speaker of the Great and General Court. He had been married three times before, his first wife being Rose Dunster, sister of Henry Diinster, (first President of Harvard College) ; his second wife being Hannah Mellow, (widow of

Edward Mellow) ; and his third wife being- Helen Atkinson. He died in Newbury, Mass.. February 5, 1687-8.

Anna, his widow, survived him many years. In his will he gave to his wife Anna the household goods, which were her former husband's, also bequeathed to her cows, sheep, etc., besides land from his own estate ; and to Daniel Lunt, her oldest son, his brass stilyards ; to Henry Lunt his back sword. This Henry was probably her youngest son, who was a military officer according to

the inscription on his gravestone, which is still in the burying ground of the First Parish of Newbury, Mass...

History tells us that Henry Lunt and his wife, Ann, came from England in the ship, Mary & John, and that they first landed at Agawam, now Ipswich, Mass., and came to what is now called Newbury, Mass., in the Spring of 1634-5. He was a very successful farmer and left a large property (for those times), as the inventory of his estate shows. He died in 1662 ; the death of his

widow is not known.

Their children were :

Sarah, b. Nov. 8, 1639.

Daniel, b. May 17, 1641 ; m. Hannah Coker, May 16, 1664. m. 2d, Mrs. Mary Moody, June 29, 1679.

John, b. Nov. 1643 ; m. Mary Skerry, Nov. 19, 1668.

Priscilla, b. Jan. 16, 1645 m. Henry Skerry, Nov. 9, 1665.

Mary, b. July 13, 1648; m. Thomas Nelson, May 13, 1680.

Elizabeth, b. Dec. 29, 1650; m. Israel Webster, Nov. 9, 1669.

Henry, b. Feb. 20, 1652; m. Jane Skipper.

Lunt : a history of the Lunt family in America

by Lunt, Thomas Simpson, 1854-

Published [1914]

Salem, Mass. - Salem Press Co.

Children of Henry LUNT and Anne Hurst CARRINGTON

Daniel LUNT

Born: 17 May 1641, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 26 January 1702, Newbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Hannah COKER 16 May 1664 Place: Newbury, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Mary CUTTING 29 June 1679 Place: Newbury, Massachusetts, USA

John LUNT

Born: 20 November 1643, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 17 September 1678, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Married: Mary SKERRY 19 November 1668 Place: Newbury, Massachusetts, USA

Priscilla LUNT

Born: 16 January 1645, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: ,

Married: Henry SKERRY 9 November 1665 Place: Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Henry LUNT

Born: 20 February 1652, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 15 October 1709, Newburyport, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Jane BROWN 1676 Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

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Birth — 1610
21 December 1610
Highworth, Wiltshire, England

Biography
'Henry Lunt and his wife, Ann, immigrated to America from London, Middlesex, England on 22 March 1633, on the ship Mary and John.

The ship first landed in Agawam (now Ipswich), Massachusetts in 1633. Some of the passengers remained in Agawam, while the Lunts joined a group who had decided to settle in Newberry Plantation (subsequently renamed Newbury) in 1634-35.

The trek from Ipswich to Newberry Plantation was not simple. There were no roads; the wilderness was trackless. Tradition has it that the settler families and all their household goods arrived via the Plum Island Sound in May or June of 1635, landing on the north shore of the Parker River. And so Henry and Ann Lunt and their fellow colonists began plowing, planting, building sheds and houses, and laying out and granting meadow lots for grazing.

Newbury began its existence as a joint stock-raising enterprise; its cattle imports arrived from Holland with the second wave of inhabitants. The first supply of Dutch cattle...Read full story

Lunt Family
'The Lunt family is well-established in the Newbury’s. Henry Lunt was one of the first settlers that arrived here with Rev. Parker and he established himself a large tract of farm land which he managed with his wife Anna. The Lunt family has a Scandinavian background and had originally come from Northern England near York. That fighting spirit from the days of the Vikings obviously had not been diluted by the time of the American Revolution. Men such as Cutting Lunt fought bravely as privateers or even valiantly with the fledgling navy with John Paul Jones as in Henry Lunt. Captain Macijah Lunt after the harrowing experiences of being a privateer went on to be one of the most prosperous merchants in Newburyport. The Lunt family grew expansively with like reputations and even had strong branches in Portland, Maine and a presence in small communities along the eastern seaboard...'

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1631 Marriage / Partner
Henry LUNT and Anne Hurst CARRINGTON 23 May 1631, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England

He was 20 years old.

1641 Birth of Child
Daniel LUNT was born 17 May 1641, Newbury, Massachusetts, USA

Henry was 30 years old.

1643 Birth of Child
John LUNT was born 20 November 1643, Newbury, Massachusetts, USA

Henry was 32 years old.

1645 Birth of Child
Priscilla LUNT was born 16 January 1645, Newbury, Massachusetts, USA

Henry was 34 years old.

1652 Birth of Child
Henry LUNT was born 20 February 1652, Newbury, Massachusetts, USA

Henry was 41 years old.

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

Death
Name: Henry Lunt
Event Type: Death
Death Date: 10 Jul 1662
Death Place: Newbury, Massachusetts

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.