Christian (Hunter) More (bef. 1615 - 1676)

Born before 13 Aug 1615 in Southwold, Suffolk, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Richard More Sr. — married 20 Oct 1636 in New Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 18 Mar 1676 after age 60 in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England

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Christian (Hunter) More migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 3, p. 472) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Christian Hunter was baptized 13 August 1615 and was aged 20 in the passenger list for the 1635 sailing from London of the ship Blessing. Her home was most likely Southwold in Suffolk County, England.

Please see a 4 page study on the ancestry of Christian Hunter from the Oct. 2003 issue of The American Genealogist titled "The English Origin of the Hunter and Hollingsworth Families of Salem, Massachusetts."

In addition to discussing the ancestry of Christian Hunter, the study notes the 1635 travel from London to Massachusetts of Christian, her 3 Hunter siblings, her mother Susan, step-father Richard Hollingsworth, and the four Hollingsworth children on the ship 'Blessing'. Coincidentally, Christian's future husband Richard More was also a passenger on the 'Blessing' returning from a trip to London. Richard More is known as the only person on the ship Mayflower with proven royal and noble British ancestry.

Death

At Salem: "More, Christian, 1st, w. Richard, Mar. 18, 1676, a. 60 y. " ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Essex Institute, Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1916-1925), Vol. VI, Deaths M-Z, p. 74.

• Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. IV p. 148
• Mayflower Bastard - A Stranger Among the Pilgrims by David Lindsay 2002.
• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Vol. 15 1997 Richard More p. 155
• Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 Vol. III p. 175
• The American Genealogist Vol. No. 40 No. 2 April 1964: Notes on the Hollingsworth, Hunter, More and Woodbury Families of Salem, Mass.
• The American Genealogist Whole Number 312 Vol. 78 No. 2 Oct. 2003 (pub. March 2004): The English Origin of the Hunter and Hollingsworth Families of Salem, Massachusetts.
• Mayflower Society record for Richard More.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to David McAvity for starting this profile.

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