Son of William and Mary Woolman Hunt
William was a Quaker minister. He began his ministry at the age of 20, and his first travels were to Virginia and through out the Carolinas. In 1761 through 1768 he travelled in the New England states. In 1771 he visited England, while in England he contracted small pox and died. He was buried in the Friends burial ground at Newcastle-on-Tyne. A monument was erected in his memory in the New Garden Friends Burial ground in Guilford County, North Carolina.
William was a Quaker minister. He began his ministry at the age of 20, and his first travels were to Virginia and through out the Carolinas. In 1761 through 1768 he travelled in the New England states. In 1771 he visited England, while in England he contracted small pox and died. He was buried in the Friends burial ground at Newcastle-on-Tyne. A monument was erected in his memory in the New Garden Friends Burial ground in Guilford County, North Carolina.
Son of William and Mary Woolman Hunt
William was a Quaker minister. He began his ministry at the age of 20, and his first travels were to Virginia and through out the Carolinas. In 1761 through 1768 he travelled in the New England states. In 1771 he visited England, while in England he contracted small pox and died. He was buried in the Friends burial ground at Newcastle-on-Tyne. A monument was erected in his memory in the New Garden Friends Burial ground in Guilford County, North Carolina.
William was a Quaker minister. He began his ministry at the age of 20, and his first travels were to Virginia and through out the Carolinas. In 1761 through 1768 he travelled in the New England states. In 1771 he visited England, while in England he contracted small pox and died. He was buried in the Friends burial ground at Newcastle-on-Tyne. A monument was erected in his memory in the New Garden Friends Burial ground in Guilford County, North Carolina.
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IN 1935 this tablet was erected
By his Descendants as a memorial to
WILLIAM HUNT
A Friend & Minister of the Gospel Son of
William & Mary Woolman Hunt of penn. Born 1733
In 1752 settled near New Garden N. C.
In 1772 he died at New Castle on Tyne Eng.
While on a Religious tour of Europe and was Buried there
Married 1756 at Cane Creek Meeting to Sarah Mills
She died in 1778 at New Garden and was Buried here
Children: Uriah, Isaiah, Nathan, John, Eleazar,
Margaret, Hannah & William
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