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John Hunt was a prominent Quaker minister and journalist from Moorestown, New Jersey. He kept a diary, most of which has been preserved, from 1770 to 1824. The diary relates Hunt's personal activities, concerns and beliefs. It is also a concise source of primary evidence that documents local people and events.〔Hunt; Inventory of the John Hunt Papers〕 John Hunt, the son of Robert Hunt, Jr. (April 21, 1709 - February 29, 1764) and Abigail Wood (ca. 1715 - February 22, 1747), his wife, was born August 5, 1740 at the small, rural community of Mount Pleasant.〔Hynes, p. 10〕 Mount Pleasant is located in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey about two miles east of the town of Columbus. His father was a first cousin to John Woolman, the renowned Quaker minister.〔Hynes, p. 2-7, 10-13. Robert Hunt (died 1716), John Hunt's grandfather and progenitor of the Hunt family, and Elizabeth Woolman (1685-1755), widow of Nathaniel Paine, were married June 7, 1708. Her brother, Samuel Woolman, is the father of John Woolman, the minister.〕 The family moved to a farm at Colestown, a small community located a few miles south of Moorestown.〔''Letterbooks of Asa Matlack'', Pg. 561: "John Hunt, Born in 1740 says... (Hunt ) learned the trade of shoemaker in Burlington then came to a small village called Colestown in Chester Township. The country was then much like a wilderness I heard him say, and that so as he came along through the woods he sat down on the road and wept."〕〔(''Colestown, the Deserted Village'' ) by George DeCou〕 Here, Abigail Hunt died February 22, 1747. Robert Hunt and Martha Bates (ca. 1725-1770), widow of George Ward, were married in May, 1749.〔 Robert Hunt's seven children, from both marriages, lived together on the farm at Colestown. John Hunt and Esther Warrington were married March 17, 1763 in the Friends Meetinghouse at Moorestown. They had ten children, three of whom died young. Hunt was a Quaker minister for more than 50 years.〔Hynes, p. 23〕 John Hunt died September 21, 1824 and was buried in the Moorestown Friends burial ground.〔 His memorial, published in 1842, highlighted his public testimony concerning pride and superfluity, and stated that he was particularly concerned with temperance. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Hunt (Quaker minister)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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