Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Hunter was born on 23 August 1750, in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Hunter, was 11747 and his mother, Elizabeth Bessie Patterson, was 19. He died before 5 June 1762, in Clackmannanshire, Scotland.
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- Robert Hunter in Scotland, Parish Births & Baptisms
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Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: occupational name from Middle English hunter(e) ‘huntsman’ (see Hunt ).
Irish (Antrim and Derry): adopted for Gaelic Ó Fiaich (see Fee ) due to confusion with the word fiadhach ‘hunt’.
History: A Scottish family of this name (see 1 above) has been established at Hunterston (Ayrshire) since the 13th century.
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