Brief Life History of Elijah
When Elijah Hunt was born about 1817, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Jesse Hunt, was 47 and his mother, Martha Jane Baker, was 49. He married Julia Bryant on 16 August 1837, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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Family Time Line
Sources (15)
- Elijah Hunt, "United States Census, 1850"
- Elijah Hunt, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Elijah Hunt, "United States Census, 1860"
Spouse and Children
1817– Male
1809–1839 Female
Children (1)
1838–1924 Male
Parents and Siblings
1771–1865 Male
1770–1830 Female
Siblings (11)
1797– Male
1798–1850 Male
1799–1873 Female
1801–1861 Male
1802–1860 Male
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 2
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
Age 18
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
Age 45
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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