Hunting the Hunts…
Hunts of Alcester
Visit to Warwick Record Office 25th May 2010 to search for 2nd great grandmother MARY HUNT and to establish link to her parents suspected to be Richard and Elizabeth Hunt revealed no baptism for Mary in the period of interest and no reference to Richard Hunt at all.
Conjecture: altough Mary consistantly gives her birth place as Alecester in Census Records either the birth was duly recorded, or she was born there and baptised elsewhere. Two Hunt families are living in the area and it could be that her mother went to Alcester for family support for the birth.
Research Question
Previous research has identified that MARY HUNT married JOSEPH MEREDITH on 11th August 1833 (KIngswinford Parish Register). This makes Mary Hunt my 2nd Great Grandmother.
Mary later remarried to Edward Ford on 21st December 1856. This marriage certificate gives Mary’s father’s name as RICHARD HUNT.
From census data there is a Richard Hunt, with his wife Elizabeth living at Halfcott in 1841 and 1851. This would fit the family as living in the area near to Joseph Meredith. Furthermore the census also illustrates that Richard was born in Exhall, Warwickshire, which fits Mary’s birth as being in Alcester, Warwickshire. At least as far as the county goes.
Therefore it is a reasonable assumption that Richard is Mary’s father and that Elizabeth is Mary’s mother.
The visit to Warwick Archives was to confirm this relationship via a search of the Parish Registers for Alcester.
Research Findings
Search Baptismsms 1801-1832
No record of May Hunt being born.
Two families named Hunt are present in Alcester during the period in question (around 1814):
John and Rebecca Hunt
| 1812 06 Aug | John | s | John and Rebecca Hunt | |||
| 1816 07 Jan | Mary | d | John and Rebecca Hunt | Needlemaker | ||
| 1809 01 Oct | Thomas | s | John and Rebecca Hunt | |||
| 1809 11 May | Joseph | s | John and Rebecca Hunt | |||
| 1823 05 | Elizabeth | d | John and Rebecca Hunt | Needle pointer | Alcester Heath | From December 25 1816 |
and
William and Frances Hunt
| 1810 13 Aug | John | s | William and Fanny Hunt *Assuming Fanny = Frances | |
| 1812 30 Aug | Samuel | s | William and Frances Hunt | |
| 1816 09 Jun | Mary | d | William and Frances Hunt | Butcher |
| 1807 23 Oct | Frances | d | William and Frances Hunt | |
| 1806 06 25 | Alice | d | William and Frances Hunt | |
| 1804 08 06 | Thomas | s | William and Frances Hunt | |
| 1803 01 05 | Ann | d | William and Frances Hunt | |
| 1801 05 31 | William | s | William and Frances Hunt |
The next generation of Hunts in Alcester are also shown on the register
| 1822 11 17 | Elizabeth | d | John and Elizabeth Hunt | Carpenter |
| 1825 02 06 | John | s | John and Elizabeth Hunt | |
| 1827 02 04 | Thomas | s | John and Elizabeth Hunt | Labourer |
| 1829 03 08 | Elizabeth | d | John and Elizabeth Hunt | Carpenter |
| 1832 12 30 | Sarah | d | John and Elizabeth Hunt | Carpenter |
| 1831 12 13 | Frances | d | John and Jane Hunt | Needle maker |
| 1824 03 21 | Caroline | d | William and Sarah Hunt | Labourer |
| 1831 05 23 | Charles | s | Thomas and Ann Hunt | Needle pointer |
| 1831 10 20 | Sarah Ann | d | Thomas and Ann Hunt | Needle pointer |
A further search was carried out in surrounging Warwickshire parishes.
No Hunts were living in Kinwarton.
No Hunts were living in Coughton.
In Arrow the following family was found
| 1814 10 02 | Eliza | d | Francis and Ann Hunt | Labourer |
| 1817 07 03 | Job | s | Francis and Ann Hunt | Labourer |
| 1819 09 12 | Ann | d | Francis and Ann Hunt | Labourer |
| 1822 04 16 | Lucy | d | Francis and Ann Hunt | Labourer |
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