When James Hunting was born in 1747, in Church Lench, Worcestershire, England, his father, William Hunting, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Tolley, was 32. He married Ann Smith in 1770, in Lenchwick, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 14 September 1770, in Lenchwick, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 23.
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English (Suffolk and Norfolk): from the Middle English personal name Hunting, a derivative of Old English hunta ‘hunter’, perhaps originally used as a patronymic.
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