Brief Life History of James H
When James H Hunt was born in 1826, in Tennessee, United States, his father, James H. Hunt Sr., was 29 and his mother, Rebecca Adkinson, was 25. He married Sarah Jane Wright on 24 December 1849, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Wilson, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years. He died before 1870, in Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (10)
- James H Hunt, "United States Census, 1850"
- James H Hunt, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Jim Hunt in entry for John Campbell Hunt, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
Spouse and Children
1826–1870 Male
1827– Female
Children (5)
1851–1927 Male
1853– Male
1856–1930 Female
1859– Male
1863–1916 Male
Parents and Siblings
1798–1850 Male
1802–1837 Female
Siblings (5)
1825– Male
1825– Male
1826–1870 Male
1834– Male
1837– Male
World Events (6)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 4
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
Age 9
1846
Age 20
Name Meaning
English (southwestern): occupational name for a hunter, from Middle English hunte ‘hunter, huntsman’ (Old English hunta). The term was used not only of the hunting on horseback of game such as stags and wild boars, which in the Middle Ages was a pursuit restricted to the ranks of the nobility, but also to much humbler forms of pursuit such as bird catching and poaching for food. The word seems also to have been used as an Old English personal name and to have survived into the Middle Ages as an occasional personal name. Compare Huntington and Huntley .
Irish: adopted for various Irish surnames containing or thought to contain the Gaelic element fiadhach ‘hunt’; for example Ó Fiaich (see Fee ) and Ó Fiachna (see Fenton ).
Possibly an Americanized form of German Hundt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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