James Lunt (1718 - 1799)

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Noyes) Lunt — married 28 May 1743 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 14 Jan 1799 at about age 81 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

JAMES LUNT,^[1] born 1718 son of Benjamin Lunt and Hannah Noyes;^[2] James died at Falmouth, (current day Maine), 14 Jan 1799; married 28 May 1743^[3][4] (recorded at Newbury and Falmouth), HANNAH NOYES, born at Newbury, 6 Jul 1720 daughter of Joseph Noyes and Jane Dole;^[5] Hannah died at Falmouth, by 1761 (deed to settle father's estate).

Children

Hannah Noyes and James Lunt were parents of four children.

i BENJAMIN LUNT, b. 1747; d. at Falmouth, ME, 1824; m. at Portland, 7 Jan 1768, MERCY BRACKETT, b. at Falmouth, 1747 daughter of Joshua and Esther (Cox) Brackett; Mercy d. at Falmouth, 1829.

ii JAMES LUNT, b. 1750; d. at Portland, 21 Aug 1800; m. at Portland, 14 Feb 1782, his first cousin, EUNICE NOYES, b. at Portland, 26 Oct 1753 daughter of Josiah and Mary (Lunt) Noyes. There are no known children of James and Eunice.

iii AMOS LUNT, b. 29 Feb 1752; d. at Brunswick, ME, 1 Mar 1837; m. at Portland, 24 Jul 1785, his first cousin, HANNAH NOYES, b. at Portland, 5 Dec 1751 daughter of Josiah and Mary (Lunt) Noyes; Hannah d. at Brunswick, 26 Sep 1836.

iv JOSEPH LUNT, b. 3 Apr 1757; d. at Portland, 15 Sep 1804; m. at Portland, 22 Feb 1785, his first cousin, JANE NOYES, b. 1754 daughter of Peter and Hannah (Merrill) Noyes; Hannah d. 12 Sep 1834.

Sources

1. ↑ Lunt, Lunt: A History of the Lunt Family in America, p 13 incorrectly identifies the spouse of Hannah Noyes as James Lunt born in 1698 a son of Henry Lunt, but James was the son of Benjamin Lunt and born about 1718.
2. ↑ Davis, The Ancestry of Abel Lunt, p 24
3. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVJ-R42 : Sun Mar 10 22:11:24 UTC 2024), Entry for James Lunt and Hannah Noyes, 10 Apr 1743.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCZH-PMT : 28 December 2022), James Lunt, 1743.
5. ↑ Noyes, Hanna, d. Joseph, 3d and Jane, July 6, 1720. Newbury Vital Records, Volume 1, p 360

• Davis, Walter Goodwin. 1963. The Ancestry of Abel Lunt, 1769-1806, of Newbury, Massachusetts. Portland, ME: The Anthoensen Press.

See Also

• Smith, Thomas, Samuel Deane, Samuel Freeman, and William Willis. 1849. Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith, and the Rev. Samuel Deane, Pastors of the First Church in Portland: with Notes and Biographical Notices: and a Summary History of Portland. Portland, ME: J. S. Bailey. p 159, https://archive.org/details/journalsofrevtho00lcsmit/page/158/mode/2up?q=%22james+lunt%22