General Notes

REFN: 215AN
REFN: P215
IMMIGRANT, ABT 1635
FREEMAN, 1654
SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS
BUILDER OF HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND BRIDGES
KING PHILIP'S WAR VETERAN, 1675
In 1654, Samuel was executor of his uncle Robert Best's estate. About 165
5, Samuel Hunt moved from Concord to Ipswich.
"Samuel HUNT, was an aggressive man. He was aggressive in his business act
ivities, his civic responsibilities, and his convictions. As a young chi
ld of four he had crossed the ocean with his Puritan parents and his old
er brother, Nehemiah. He had trudged the weary difficult miles from Bost
on to Musketaquid of Concord and with them had survived that first terrib
le winter... Samuel was a developer of industries. The Great Cove was lat
er renamed and still named today as Hunt Coves." --Audentia Smith Anderson
"Samuel was involved in his community and included civic responsibiliti
es upon his business duties. He was reputed to be a volatile man. He had m
any jury duties, Surveyor of Highways, builder of highways, roads, and bri
dges. He also had occasional court appointed positions as property apprais
er for estate settlements.
Samuel served as a militiaman until he had a disagreement with his sergean
t. Charges were brought up and Samuel with others were disenfranchised. {L
ost there Freeman status} Samuel appealed but lost and he was not reinstat
ed until 14 years later when his son received his." --Audentia Smith Ander
son
KING PHILIP'S WAR, 1675-76
King Philip was the chief of the Wampanoag Indians and the son of Massasoi
t, the chief who had befriended the Pilgrims and celebrated the first Than
ksgiving in 1620. King Philip resented the intrusion and domination of t
he colonists and led an uprising of several tribes, including the Narragan
setts, in 1675-76, terrorizing New England in what would become known as t
he bloodiest Indian War ever to take place there. By the time the war end
ed 52 out of 90 New England settlements had been attacked, 12 completely d
estroyed. King Philip himself was trapped and killed in Aug. 1676.
"In 1675, King Phillip, crafty, sagacious, former friend of the colonis
ts and chief of 30 tribes, joined by many other New England tribes began h
is last ditch stand against the encroaching Englishmen. At this point t
he militia training every year paid off. Despite their training 600 coloni
sts lost their lives and 13 towns were completely destroyed.
The Confederacy of New England had already taken steps to raise a defensi
ve force of 1000 men. A great strain was put on the town of Ipswich to me
et the heavy demands of the war. The men had to be 'fitted with arms, ammu
nition and cloaths...' A warning was given to the parents, that if their s
ons were not ready to go they must go in their place to make up the 289 m
en which was Ipswich's proportion. So Samuel and his son Samuel marched aw
ay with Major Appleton on the eighth of December 1675. Many of the battl
es with the Englishmen father and son fought sided by side in hand to ha
nd combat. Eventually both received the rank of 'Ensign'.
Both survived the War and lived to an old age. Samuel was hearty and robu
st in his old age. Elizabeth died after 51 years on 15 Feb. 1707. Samuel f
eared no man regardless of his position. He stood for what he consider
ed to be right against any foe of odds and regardless of any circumstanc
es of consequences." --Audentia Smith Anderson