'Hunter03'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Hunter of Dukesfield Hall, Hunter of Hexham, Hunter of Thornton

                               
Robert Hunter of Thornton in Pickering Lythe, Yorkshire (a temp Henry 7 who r. 1485-1509)
m. _ Parkinson of Haghouse (co. Durham)
1. Roger Hunter of Thornton
  m. _ Watson
  A. Robert Hunter of Thornton (a 1612)
  m. (28.08.1576) Ann Carleill (dau of John Carleill of Sewerby)
  i. Robert Hunter of Thornton (d c1652)
  m. Ellen Spacye (dau of William Spacye of Buckton (Brackton))
  a. Bethel Hunter of Thornton (b c1603, d c1655)
m. Magdalen Percyhay (dau of Thomas Percyhay of Ryton)
  (1) Christopher Hunter of Thornton (b c1646, a 1665)
  m. Catherine Danby (dau/heir of Francis Danby of Thorp Bassett (brother of James))
  (A) Machabes Hunter of Thornton (a 06.1739)
  m. Mary Noel (a 1738, dau/coheir of Arthur Noel of Hayholm in Holderness, widow of Edward Johnson of Scarborough)
  (B) Christopher Hunter of Thornton
  m. Dorothy Noel (dau/coheir of Arthur Noel of Hayholm in Holderness, parson of Seam)
  FMG shows Christopher & Dorothy as parents of the following children but includes a note to say that one source shows them as children of Machabes.
  (i) Danby Hunter (younger son?)
  m. Susanna Pilcher (dau of Alderman _ Pilcher of Deal)
  (ii)+ other issue - Noel (dsp 06.1724), Anthony (dsp 1728), Robert (a 1739, deacon of Chester), Arthur, Catherine, Dorothy, Elizabeth
FMG notes that it is probable that one of these sons married ...
  m. _ Strangways (dau of Thomas Strangways of Pickering)
  (C) Magdalena Hunter
  m. Thomas Wilson
  (i) Catherine Wilson (a 1728)
  (D)+ other issue (a 1722) - Elizabeth, Mary, Martha
  (2) Helen (Hester?) Hunter
  m. Samuel Robinson of Farnby/Fermanby
  (3) Mary Hunter
  m. John Hassell (Hessell) of Thornton
  (A) Ralph Hassal (Hassell) of London
  (i)+ issue (a 1722) - Ralph, John
  (4) Anne Hunter
  m. (after 1664) Thomas Lythe of Thornton
  (5)+ other issue - William (d young?), Robert (d young?), Richafrd (d young?), Frances (a 1665)
  b. Robert Hunter of Thornton
  m. Anne Boys (dau of Thomas Boys of Edston)
  c. Christian Hunter
  m. either Michael Coppinson of Hull or _ Berryman
  d. Grisel Hunter
  m. Michael Coppinson of Hull
  e. Dorothy Hunter
  m. Christopher Hobman of Garton
  f. Frances Hunter
  m. William Ives of Thornton
  g. Mary Hunter
  m. Machabee Hollis of Hull
  ii.+ other issue - Ralph, James, Mary, Anne, Mercy, Elizabeth

 

 

Isaac Hunter of Dukesfield Hall (d before 20.04.1793)
m. Mary
1. William Hunter of Hexham (bpt 27.08.1734, d before 01.04.1783)
  m. (04.06.1764) Esther Allgood (a 10.1793, dau/coheir of Lancelot Allgood of Riding)
  A. Allgood Hunter of Hexham (bpt 12.07.1765, dsp bur 10.04.1799)
  B.+ other issue - Thomas (bpt 07.10.1766, d young), William (bpt 06.09.1767, bur 09.12.1767), William of Manchester (bpt 28.01.1770 ,dsp 06.12.1816), Isaac (bpt 31.10.1771, dsp after 09.1795, Surgeon RN), Robert (bpt 08.07.1773, d young), Mary of Hexham (bpt 16.05.1766, d (unm?) 24.05.1828)
2. Isaac Hunter of Dukesfield Hall (bpt 14.09.1737, bur 08.08.1796, 4th son)
  m1. (03.10.1765) Isabella Surtees of Milkwellburn (bur 24.02.1779)
  A. Isaac Hunter of Hexham, later of Acomb (bpt 07.09.1770, 3rd son) had issue
  m. Dorothy Bolden
  B.+ other issue - Thomas (bpt 07.11.1768, bur 25.03.1769), Thomas (bpt 25.03.1769, bur 16.11.1779), Robert (bpt 08.07.1773), Catherine (bpt 29.12.1766, bur 23.09.1803), "Other daughters"
  m2. (14.02.1786) Mary Winship of Stanhope (dsp)
3. John Hunter (bpt 29.09.1746, a 10.1795, dsp, youngest son)
  m. _ Bell (sister of Michael Bell of Hexham & William of High Shield)
4. Anne Hunter (bpt 21.07.1736)
  m. (18.07.1765) Robert Surtees of Milkwellburn
5. Jane Hunter (bpt 29.09.1743)
  m. William Bell of High Shield, Hexham
6.+ other issue - Calverley (bpt 29.04.1731, bur 03.02.17319/2), Thomas (bpt 25.11.1732), George (bpt 12.06.1740)

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 06.02.16) : FMG (vol 1, MS152, 'Hunter', p354+) with some support from Visitation (Foster, Yorkshire, 1612, 'Hunter of Thornton'), Visitation (Dugdale, Yorkshire, 1665, 'Hunter of Thornton')
(2) For lower section (uploaded 21.05.19) : 'A History of Northumberland' (vol 6, John Crawford Hodgson, 1902, 'Hunter of Dukesfield, Hexham & The Riding', p275)
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