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:''For the U.S. representative from Vermont, see Jonathan Hunt (Vermont congressman)'' Jonathan Hunt (September 12, 1738 – June 1, 1823) was an American pioneer, landowner and politician from Massachusetts. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Vermont and was a member of the prominent Hunt family of Vermont. ==Early life== Hunt was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, the son of Captain Samuel Strong Hunt of Northampton and Ann (Ellsworth) Hunt of Windsor, Connecticut.〔(The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Massachusetts, Vol. II, Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, Joel Munsell, Albany, 1871 )〕 He was one of the earliest settlers of Vermont, and he began clearing land at Guilford, Vermont in 1758.〔(Memorials of a Century, Embracing a Record of Individuals and Events Chiefly in the Early History of Bennington, Vermont, Isaac Jennings, Gould and Lincoln, Boston, 1869 )〕 There are indications that the Hunt family had ties to Vermont even earlier, when Hunt's grandfather Jonathan witnessed a 1687 Massachusetts deed conferring land in what was later Vermont by several Native Americans.〔(Vermont: Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont, Vol. III, E.P. Walton, J. & J.M. Poland, Montpelier, 1875 )〕 Hunt's father, Captain Samuel, had himself been the proprietor named in the charter of many New Hampshire towns.〔There are indications that the Strong family's push into Vermont may have been spurred, as with many Vermonters, by an independent cast of mind. Captain Samuel, a highly opinionated individual, was not always comfortable with the ruling Puritan-influenced oligarchs of Northampton and the surrounding Connecticut River Valley. Northampton was a hotbed of religious fervor since the days of Reverend Jonathan Edwards 〕 Hunt and his associates were granted extensive tracts of land by New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth, as well as by patent from New York State and by purchase.〔(Jonathan Hunt, virtualvermont.com )〕 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「Jonathan Hunt (Vermont lieutenant governor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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