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Leicestershire / Hunts/Websters of Thurnby
« on: Tuesday 03 May 22 19:33 BST (UK) »
This is a bit of a strange request. I composed the piece below for a DNA contact who believed I was connected to him through Websters and Westons. I found the Hunts last year when trying to fill in boxes suggested by Lost Cousins. I have found out quite a lot coming forward from this family, but not been able to find any more about John Hunt (Clerk). I have tried various clerical records, only finding a vague possibility in Northamptonshire. Any help would be welcome.
I do have another Webster in my tree. Ann Webster was my father's maternal great grandmother - his paternal great grandmother was Sarah Hunt. There is an entry in the Parish Register of Thurnby, now a south eastern suburb of Leicester as follows:
John, born March 26, 1784 ) The reputed children of John Hunt,
Elizabeth, born March 25, 1788 ) Clerk, and Jane Webster, were all
Ann, born Jan 27, 1791 ) baptized_____May 15, 1807
Orlando, born Dec 30, 1798 )
The Revd John Hunt was buried in Thurnby on July 13, 1806. In his will he left significant amounts of money and property to all four children, and "£1000 to my servant, Jane Webster". In the records, he is always John Hunt, Clerk. Sarah's father (above) was John Hunt, Gent, and his son, Sarah's brother, was John Hunt, Surgeon - he was a prominent member of the Leicestershire Antiquarian Society who was regularly published in their Journal and showed historical artifacts from his collection at events throughout the County. He also gave a stained glass window to the Thurnby Parish Church, while his uncle, Orlando, gave a bell! John Hunt, Gent, died in 1816 at the age of 32 - Sarah's mother remarried fairly quickly, and although Sarah was in her brother's household in 1841, she was then married off to a farmer who was over 50 at the date of their marriage. I have not found Jane Webster yet. Although Thurnby is the opposite side of Leicester to Markfield, where the Websters and Westons were, there could be a connection there.
I do have another Webster in my tree. Ann Webster was my father's maternal great grandmother - his paternal great grandmother was Sarah Hunt. There is an entry in the Parish Register of Thurnby, now a south eastern suburb of Leicester as follows:
John, born March 26, 1784 ) The reputed children of John Hunt,
Elizabeth, born March 25, 1788 ) Clerk, and Jane Webster, were all
Ann, born Jan 27, 1791 ) baptized_____May 15, 1807
Orlando, born Dec 30, 1798 )
The Revd John Hunt was buried in Thurnby on July 13, 1806. In his will he left significant amounts of money and property to all four children, and "£1000 to my servant, Jane Webster". In the records, he is always John Hunt, Clerk. Sarah's father (above) was John Hunt, Gent, and his son, Sarah's brother, was John Hunt, Surgeon - he was a prominent member of the Leicestershire Antiquarian Society who was regularly published in their Journal and showed historical artifacts from his collection at events throughout the County. He also gave a stained glass window to the Thurnby Parish Church, while his uncle, Orlando, gave a bell! John Hunt, Gent, died in 1816 at the age of 32 - Sarah's mother remarried fairly quickly, and although Sarah was in her brother's household in 1841, she was then married off to a farmer who was over 50 at the date of their marriage. I have not found Jane Webster yet. Although Thurnby is the opposite side of Leicester to Markfield, where the Websters and Westons were, there could be a connection there.