Hunt, John

1778 - 1864  (86 years)

• Name	Hunt, John
  Born	1778	Currawn,Mohill,County Leitrim, Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Buried	1864	Hunt Cemetery, Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
  Died	25 Dec 1864	Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
  Notes	BIOGRAPHY: John Hunt was born in 1778 in Curraun, Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland . He married Latetia Gillan in 1804. (Disc #36 of LDS Pedigree Resource File Collection Pin#37945) BIOGRAPHY: From Birthrights By William Harold Hunt BIOGRAPHY: Before leaving Ireland, John Hunt it is said held land by long term lease, the time limit on his holding being "as long as water flows and grass grows." That these lands were disposed of when John came to Canada, is vouched for by Mr. Henry John Hunt of Calgary, Alberta who remembers of hearing his father say that when John died he still had some of the old sovereigns, which he had received in payment for his former holdings in Ireland. BIOGRAPHY: The census returns of 1821 indicate that the Curraun Hunts were living on parcels of land varying in area from 5 to 40 acres, and that they, made their living, partly at least from the linen industry. Minnie Gillan of Glenmaple, Ontario states that she remembers hearing her mother say that her grandfather John Hunt before coming to Canada , had a number of looms for weaving linen. Although unable to weave himself, he employed weavers and did custom work. The same lady, who is blessed with a wonderful memory states that Mrs. Joshua Burr of Galetta, Ontario remembered as a child often visiting her Uncle Jack’s orchard in Ireland. The orchard was a very large one. Mrs. Burr, maiden name was Body, and she was John Hunt's niece. BIOGRAPHY: In 1932 John Hunt prompted by, a desire to establish a home in Canada . He disposed of his property, and with his wife Latetia and their large family left Ireland in a sailing vessel for Canada . The passage lasted six weeks, during which period very rough weather was encountered in which some of the family baggage was lost overboard. They finally reached their destination in July, The journey from Montreal where they, left their ship was made in batteaux, up the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa River . John purchased a property from a widow, Rachel Horton, who had obtained it from the Crown in 1831. This property, Lot 16 in the 5th Concession of Fitzroy is still (1940) in the possession of his grandson. Shortly after arriving at Fitzroy one of his sons, John born 1814, died ( July 4 1832 ) from a fever contracted on the ship. His body was buried on the banks of a creek near the Mississippi River , This burial plot, in which several of the Hunts and Burrs are buried including John and Latetia Hunt is now known as the Hunt Cemetery. BIOGRAPHY: The name of the sailing vessel which brought John and his family to Canada is not known but the information shown in the footnote “A” would suggest that it might have been either the “Lord Melville,” “Evenline,” “ The England” or “The Carrick” Note "A"; - In 1832 three ships. Lord Melville, Eveline, and the England sailed from Portsmouth, with 760 immigrants to Upper Canada. (Brices History of Canada) BIOGRAPHY: On 8th of June 1832 news reached Quebec City that a ship "The Carrick" had reached cross isle, (the quarantine station below Quebec ) on which 59 of its 133 passengers had died with asiatic cholera. Next day as if borne on the wind came the infections, several cases being reported in Quebec City . On the 10th of June the plague, reached Montreal , and so on through the towns and villages of Upper Canada. In Quebec City alone 3000 people died, and a proportionate number in Montreal . In 1834 a second outbreak occurred, of equal violence to that of 1832. During these two terrible visitations persons of all ages. in all positions in social life fell victims to the plague. (Brices History of Canada ) BIOGRAPHY: Although John Hunt and his family experienced many hardships and difficulties, they were more comfortably situated in Canada than they would have been later on had they remained in Ireland for the Irish census, of 1851 (which was taken on the heels of the famine of 1847) indicates that the inhabitants ofCurraun, Mohill were at that time far from prosperous. Information relative to John Hunt’s life in the Ottawa Valley from the time of his arrival in 1832 until his death on 25th December 1864 is meager. The buildings which he and his sons erected are still standing on Lot 16 of the Fifth Concession of Fitzroy. The dwelling house which was built of squared timbers, has been bricked in and the land for the most part has been under cultivation for many years. BIOGRAPHY: As previously stated John Junior son of John Hunt and Latia Gillton, (as her name appears on her tombstone), was suffering the effects of his sea voyage when his family made the journey in batteaux up the Ottawa River from Montreal to Fitzroy died shortly after the family arrived at their new home on 4 July 1832. BIOGRAPHY: A heart rendering story is told of his mother still unsettled by the breaking up of their home in Ireland, the rough sea voyage and the tiresome journey up the Ottawa River going out across their newly acquired land to find a suitable spot in which to bury her son. She choose a triangular shaped area on the banks of a brook flowing in to the Mississippi River nearby and there her son was buried under the shade of an elm tree a, few hundred yards from the rough log shanty which was the family home. Twenty years later the mother aged 70 was laid beside her son. On Christmas day, 1864 her life’s partner John Hunt senior aged 85, died and was buried in the same plot.
  Person ID	I1288	McFadyen and Parker
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2007

  
  

  Father	Hunt, William,   b. 1744/1748, Limerick, Ireland ,   d. 19 Mar 1821, Curraun, Mohill Parish, County Leitrim, Ireland  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Waters, Mary,   b. 1748, Ireland ,   d. 22 Jan 1823, Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland  (Age 75 years)
  Married	Ireland
  Family ID	F394	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gillan, Latetia,   b. 1782, Cloonageeher, County Longford, Ireland ,   d. 4 Apr 1852, Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Married	1804	Curraun,County Leitrim, Ireland
  Children	1. Hunt, Robert,   b. 12 May 1805, Curraun, Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland ,   d. 9 Dec 1880, Kincardine, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   2. Hunt, Sarah,   b. 7 Mar 1807, Currawn, Mohill, Leitrim, Ireland ,   d. 1898, Kincardine, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)   3. Hunt, Thomas,   b. 5 Mar 1808, Curraun, Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland ,   d. 10 Oct 1867, Ontario, Canada  (Age 59 years)   4. Hunt, John,   b. 1814, Curraun, Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland ,   d. 4 Jul 1832, Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada  (Age 18 years)   5. Hunt, Rev. Francis,   b. 5 Sep 1816, Curraun, Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland ,   d. 24 Apr 1893, Lennoxville, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)   6. Hunt, Elizabeth,   b. 1817, Curraun, Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland ,   d. 21 Feb 1891, Lanark, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   7. Hunt, William,   b. 23 Jan 1818, Curraun, Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland ,   d. 23 Jan 1890, Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)   8. Hunt, George,   b. 1 Sep 1821, Curraun, Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland ,   d. 2 Mar 1886, Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)   9. Hunt, Charles,   b. 21 Jan 1823, Curraun, Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland ,   d. 2 May 1888, Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)   10. Hunt, Alice Latetia,   b. 24 Apr 1825, Curraun, Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland ,   d. 24 Jun 1884, Galetta, Ontario, Canada  (Age 59 years)   11. Hunt, James,   b. 1830, Curraun, Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland ,   d. 1 Dec 1882, Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada  (Age 52 years)
  Histories		John Hunt and Latetia Gillan Family A brief history of their family in Fitzroy Ontario.
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 25 Dec 1864 - Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S27] Canada Census - 1851, C_11716, D-4, s-24, pg-37. Canada West (Ontario) Carleton County, Fitzroy John Hunt, widower, Farmer, b:Leitrium Ireland, Methodist, 70, male Charles Hunt, b:Leitrium Ireland, Methodist, 21, male James Hunt, b:Leitrium Ireland, Methodist, 19, male Alice Hunt, b:Leitrium Ireland, Methodist, 18, female John Hunt, b:Fitzroy Canada West, Methodist, 3, male