Between 1738 and 1768, he made frequent voyages between London, Philadelphia and Virginia.
In 1769, John Hunt, a widower, emigrated to the province of Pennsylvania with his three children. They settled near Philadelphia at Darby. He married Rachel Tory, a widow, on November 28, 1769.
John Hunt and about twenty other prominent Quakers from Philadelphia were exiled by force of arms to Winchester, Virginia. This group became known as the "Virginia Exiles". He died March 31, 1778 at Winchester.[1]
Some modern writers have confused the John Hunt (1712 – 1778), who is the subject of this article, with another Quaker named John Hunt (1711 – 1729) who also lived near Philadelphia at Moorestown, New Jersey.[2] Another Quaker minister by the name of John Hunt (1740 – 1824) also lived at Moorestown.[3]
References
^ Gummere, Amelia Mott (1922), The journal and essays of John Woolman, New York: The Macmillan Company, p.511
^ Hynes, Judy (1997), The descendants of John and Elizabeth (Woolman) Borton, Mount Holly, New Jersey: John Woolman Memorial Association, p. 4
