Notes for Henry Lunt: History tells us that Henry Lunt and his wife, Ann, came from England in the ship, Mary & John, and that they first landed at Agawam, now Ipswich, Mass., and came to what is now called Newbury, Mass., in the Spring of 1634-5. He was a very successful farmer and left a large property (for those times), as the inventory of his estate shows. He died in 1662; the death of his widow is not known.
Their children were: 2 Sarah, b. Nov. 8, 1639. 3 Daniel, b. May 17, 1641; m. Hannah Coker, May 16, 1664. m. 2d, Mrs. Mary Moody, June 29, 1679. 4 John, b. Nov. 1643; m. Mary Skerry, Nov. 19, 1668. 5 Priscilla, b. Jan. 16, 1645; m. Henry Skerry, Nov. 9, 1665. 6 Mary, b. July 13, 1648; m. Thomas Nelson, May 13, 1680. 7 Elizabeth, b. Dec. 29, 1650; m. Israel Webster, Nov. 9, 1669. 8 Henry, b. Feb. 20, 1652; m. Jane Skipper.
The name Lunt is supposed to be of Scandinavian origin, as the name is very common in Denmark, being spelled there Lundt. In this country the name is confined largely to the northern New England states, where in early times most of them were sea-faring people.
Henry Lunt came to Newbury, Mass., in the Spring of 1634-5 and was one of the original grantees of the Town, took the freeman's oath in 1638. He died July 10, 1662. Anna, his widow, married Joseph Hills, previously of Malden, Mass., but then of Newbury, Mass., on March 8, 1664. He was a lawyer (J. H.), of note, Captain of a Military Company, and the first speaker of the Great and General Court. He had been married three times before, his first wife being Rose Dunster, sister of Henry Dunster, (first President of Harvard College); his second wife being Hannah Mellow, (widow of Edward Mellow); and his third wife being Helen Atkinson. He died in Newbury, Mass., February 5, 1687-8. Anna, his widow, survived him many years. In his will he gave to his wife Anna the household goods, which were her former husband's, also bequeathed to her cows, sheep, etc., besides land from his own estate; and to Daniel Lunt, her oldest son, his brass stilyards; to Henry Lunt his back sword. This Henry was probably her youngest son, who was a military officer according to the inscription on his gravestone, which is still in the burying ground of the First Parish of Newbury, Mass.
Children of Henry Lunt and Ann are:
+Daniel Lunt, b. May 17, 1641, Newbury, Essex, MA5832, 5833, d. January 26, 1702/03, Newbury, Essex, MA5834, 5835.
Henry Lunt (d. July 10, 1662)
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