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Samuel Lunt Sen. (1696 - bef. 1752)

Samuel Lunt Sen.
Born in Newbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Husband of — married about 1720 in Kittery, York, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Died before before age 56 in Falmouth, York, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

BIRTH
"Samuel Lunt (Ensign Henry, Henry) was born 26 March 1696 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, a son of Ensign Henry Lunt and Jane (Browne) Lunt his wife." [1] [2] [3] [4]

Samuel became a "Cordwainer" by trade. [2] His occupation is noted in a number of Cumberland County deeds.

MARRIAGE and CHILDREN
He married Charity Emery about 1719/1720. Both author's Davis and T.S. Lunt say Charity's father Job Emery was "of Kittery" when she and Samuel married. [Davis, Vol. II, 538] [2] [Davis, p.18] [3] [T.S.Lunt, p.267-8]. [4] Family history author Rufus Emery says Charity was born the 24th April 1698, Berwick, Maine [5] the daughter of Job Emery and wife Charity (Nason) Emery. [5] Emery says Charity married in Berwick. [5] Their marriage location is noted in this WikiTree profile as being Kittery. Author Rufus Emery also says the couple resided at Falmouth.

Samuel and Charity had the following known children:

  1. Samuel Lunt, (Jun). [6] b. abt. 1722 [3] prob. Kittery although T.S. Lunt says Samuel was b. 23 Jan 1722 [T.S.Lunt, p.267] [4] ; Samuel m. int. Mary Berry, 3 Oct 1741, "both of Kittery" [Davis, p.18] [T.S. Lunt, p.268] [4] ; in 1757 this Samuel (with wife Charity) was "of Falmouth" when he was legatee of his uncle Daniel Lunt (1690/1-1757) who was of Greenland, N.H. which defines them by their location "To Samuel & Job Lunt of Falmouth, son's of deceased brother Samuel" [Davis, p.18] [3] ; Both brothers Samuel & Job participated in the 1749 "Expedition to Louisburg" & were in the later petition for soldier land grants.
  2. George Lunt, bap. Kittery, 9 May 1725, Kittery [Davis, p.18] [3] his father was of Isles of Shoals no further record [3] prob. d. before 1752 [6]
  3. Job Lunt, [6] bap. 28 May 1727, Star Island Isles of Shoals with baptism at Rye [2] ; m. Abigail Brackett, 8 Oct 1749, of Falmouth [2] ; in 1757 he was legatee of his uncle Daniel Lunt (1690/1-1757) who was of Greenland, N.H. [Davis, p.18] [3] ; Both brothers Samuel & Job participated in the 1749 "Expedition to Louisburg" & were in the later petition for soldier land grants.
  4. Daniel Lunt, [6] b. 7 Sep 1728, [2] ; prob. Star Island Isle of Shoals, birth recorded in Kittery Town Records
  5. Charity (Lunt) Proctor, [6] b. 17 Jul 1730, prob. Star Island Isle of Shoals, birth recorded in Kittery Town Records ; m. int. William Procter, 31 Mar 1749/50, Falmouth [Maine marriages] [2]
  6. Mary Lunt, [6] b. 23 Aug 1732, [2] prob. Star Island Isle of Shoals, birth recorded in Kittery Town Records ; m. int. 6 Mar 1756, Falmouth, John Goodwin [2]
  7. Abraham Lunt, b. 22 Oct 1734, [2] prob. Star Island Isle of Shoals, birth recorded in Kittery Town Records; not in his father's Will, prob. d. bef. 1752 [6]
  8. Jane Lunt, [6] b. 1 Oct 1739 [2] prob. Star Island Isle of Shoals birth, recorded in Kittery Town Records ; m. int. 30 Oct 1759, Falmouth, Zeulon Noyes
  9. Sarah Lunt, b. 20 July 1742, [2] prob. Star Island Isle of Shoals, birth recorded in Kittery Town Records ; not in her father's Will, prob. d. bef. 1752 [6]

RESIDENCY and other Miscellany
As already stated, in 1720 the couple are believed to have married in Kittery but then relocate a few miles off the Maine/New Hampshire coast to Star Island Isles of Shoals, York County, Maine.

In 1724 he was a resident at Star island [today in the New Hampshire side of these islands] when he witnessed the Will of Edward Gould [Davis, Vol. II, p. 538] [2] and when he also conveyed to his brother John Lunt his interest in their father's [Newbury, Massachusetts] estate. [Davis Ancestry, Vol. II: 537-8, original source Essex Deeds, 56:65] [2] The distance between Kittery and the Isle of Shoals is about nine miles. The Isle of Shoals is a designated name for a group of small islands off the Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine coast line. [7]

16th March 1729 dated deed "Samuel Lunt of Falmouth, cordwainer," purchased from William Pepperell of Kittery for the sum of L10. (ten pounds) one half acre of land situated in Kittery at a place called Kittery Point which is a jut of land bounded on the east by the Piscataqua River. Wife Margery Pepperell surrenders her right of dower. The deed was received and recorded the 8th April 1730. [8]

In a York County Deed dated the 12th October 1731 where William Pepperell (and wife "Margerry") of Kittery sell 1/4 acre of a parcel at Kittery Point (cove) to John Morse of Kittery, Black Smith, the land description says that the quarter acre being sold to Morse is bounded on several sides by "Mr. Samuel Lunt's land" and being mostly between "Lunt's stone wall".[9]

1737 he relocated to Kittery "on the mainland" [Davis, Vol. II:538] [2] In a Will dated 25 April 1737, "Mr. Samuel Lunt of Kittery, Cordwainer, with Charles Frost and Richard Cutt, Jun. both also of Kittery", are named Executor's of the estate of George Collings in his Will. [10]

In a Will dated the 25th April 1737 "Mr. Samuel Lunt of Kittery, Cordwainer" was one of the named Executors for the estate of George Collings of Kittery. [The Will was probated 11th Nov 1747; inventory returned 8 Dec 1747.] [11]

1743 he purchased land from Jonathan Flint on Back Cove at Falmouth, Maine where he and Charity resided their till death. [Davis Ancestry, Vol. II:538 quoting York Deeds, 24:89] [2]The distance between Kittery and Falmouth, Maine is about 57 U.S. miles. Both are coastal towns.

On the 10th March 1752 in a Falmouth annuel town meeting Samuel Lunt [Sr.] was voted with others to be among those the town referred to as "hog drivers" and who were expected to carry out their duties on behalf of the community as a whole. [Falmouth Town Records, p.197] [12]

Years after his somewhat early death, in a deed dated 12th October 1773, widow Charity (Emery) Lunt of Falmouth, for a sum of L98.13.4, sold to her son Daniel Lunt, Blacksmith, of Falmouth, "the land left to her by her husband Samuel Lunt in his last Will and Testament which he purchased from Jonathan Flint and situated in Back Cove at Falmouth, Cumberland County" consisting of 27 1/2 acres. [13]

The WILL of Samuel Lunt

I give to my Dear Children Samuel Lunt, Job Lunt, Charity Procter, Mary Lunt & Jane Lunt each of them the Sum of twenty Shillings lawful Money to be paid them by my Wife out of my Estate.
I give to my dear Wife Charity Lunt the whole & every part of my Estate real & personal (after my debts are paid and the fore mentioned Legacies to my Children) to be to her Use profit ...
Dated 17 June 1752. Wits. Isaac Ilsley, Iohn Snow, Dorothy Pote. Samuel Lunt's Mark (Seal) Probated 2 Oct. 1752. [6]

Davis remarks that Samuel's residency is not stated in his Will but the three witnesses were "Falmouth" people. [Davis, p.18] [3]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Newbury & Newbury Port [Essex, Massachusetts] Births, Marriages and Deaths" Vol.A: p.242. See right page side of image. Reprinted ($ online db) "Massachusetts U.S. Town & Vital Records, 1620-1988" Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 31 May 2023. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/3995063?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a2231476258464b3951674178356b632b433978553133396d6a61716d30706e616a7146566d6d6d2f696e2b773d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 "Massachusetts & Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966)" Vol. II: 537-538. Surnames Gardner-Moses; A Reprinting in Alphabetical Order by Surname of the Sixteen Multi-ancestor Compendia. Baltimore, MD., USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996. Reprinted ($ online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 3 Jun 2023.
    p.537 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/4058949?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a226f76322f4833673572465775395671674f44494776663679693555547a6e5a34686e7a5457666d614b774d3d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d
    p.538 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/4059122?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a226339424a7250776257337a306f4363416f362b7071356a6a59357868724d4263647438686c4b4d596430413d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Davis, Walter Goodwin "Ancestry of Abel Lunt, 1769-1806" 1963. p.17-18. Portland, ME., USA: The Anthoensen Press, 1963. 269 pp. Note this source does not include the source "Massachusetts & Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis: Ancestry of Abel Lunt" Vol. II 'surnames Gardner-Moses' which has also been cited in this profile. https://archive.org/details/ancest0abellunt2021/page/17/mode/1up?q=Samuel&view=theater
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Lunt, T.S. "Lunt: A History of the Lunt Family in America" Salem, Massachusetts, USA: Salem Press Co. 1914. https://archive.org/stream/lunthistoryoflun00lunt/lunthistoryoflun00lunt_d jvu.txt
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Emery, Rev. Rufus, et al "Genealogy of the Emery Family, four generations" p.18. Salem, Massachusetts, USA: Emery Cleaves. Reprinted ($ online db) "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000" Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. ::Accessed 31 May 2023.Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image Emery, Rufus, Reverend, comp. "Genealogical Records of Descendants of John & Anthony Emery of Newbury, Massachusetts, 1590-1890" p.320 Salem, Massachusetts, USA: Cleaves Publishing, 1890. CAUTION: Emery only includes the 6 children found in Kittery Town Births. He omits eldest child Samuel Lunt, Jr. & 2nd child George Lunt the former who is found in Samuel Lunt, Sr.'s Will and the latter who died sometime before the Will was probated but is found in other records. https://archive.org/details/genealogicalreco00emer/page/320/mode/1up?q=Lunt
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 Sargent, William M. (William Mitchell) “Maine Wills, 1640-1760” p.677 [Probate Office, 8, 168] Maine Historical Society: York County, Me. Court of Probate, 1887. https://archive.org/details/mainewills16401702sarg/page/n407/mode/1up?q=Lunt
  7. ↑ Wikipedia, the online free Encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isles_of_Shoals
  8. ↑ York County [Maine] Deeds Vol XIII: 426-7 ; Folio 191. Reprinted ($ online db) "Maine Early Wills and Deeds, 1640-1760" NEHGS: AmericanAncestors.org https://www.americanancestors.org/DB84/i/7510/426/7466349
  9. ↑ York Deeds [York County, Maine, Province of Massachusetts Bay] Book 17 (Folio 125): 360-361. Pub. Bethel, Maine, USA: E.C. Bowler, 1909.
  10. ↑ Sargent, William M. "Maine Wills, 1640-1760" York County, Maine, Court of Probate: Maine Historical Society, 1887. p. 562-563 [Will of Geo. Collings]; p.677 [Will of Samuel Lunt, Sr. citing Probate Office, 8, 168]. https://archive.org/details/mainewills16401702sarg/page/n179/mode/1up?q=Lunt
  11. ↑ "Maine Wills, 1640-1760" Vol. 2: 562-563. York County Probate Office, 7, 125. Accessed 19 Feb 2024. https://archive.org/details/mainewills16401702sarg
  12. ↑ "Falmouth, Maine Town Records, 1728-1773" p.197. Reprinted "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-VHSD?cc=1803978 : 28 November 2018), image 501 of 899; multiple sources, Maine.
  13. ↑ Cumberland County, Maine Land Records; Book 8 (1773-1777): p.47 Samuel Lunt, dec'd & wife Charity Lunt of Falmouth to Daniel Lunt of Falmouth. Deed dated 12 Oct 1773. (Online database) FamilySearch.org. Accessed 11 Jan 2024. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVL-ZZ34?i=325&cat=333246

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