Just finishing off the tree with information gathered ...Thankyou
I could not find any information on Thomas Hunter the Attorney
Thomas Hunter the tailor b. 1817 Scotland died 1895 married Sarah 1844 then married Emma 1881
He had a hard life old Thomas the Tailor and soldier, Two wives, three kids a name change and into a workhouse 6th of March out 9th of March in 23 May out 17 July in 1st October and finally died 29 October, nearly in tears thinking how his life had finished this way.
description of a workhouse
Workhouses were where poor people who had no job or home lived. They earned their keep by doing jobs in the workhouse. Also in the workhouses were orphaned (children without parents) and abandoned children, the physically and mentally sick, the disabled, the elderly and unmarried mothers.
Three kids Thomas Hunter= Thomas Hunter Stuart, Ann Stuart Hunter and Sarah Stuart Hunter.... Having a good think about why the name change, maybe Thomas the Attorney had children out of wedlock to a Stuart Lady, or some other catastrophic event like a murder or hanging for example that they needed to distance themselves from.
I found this ..It was brought to light that the Hunter families had slaves, in 1823 when the Government brought the slaves from their owners some become quite wealthy.
" for Accounts and Papers relating to Abolition of slavery" ...example I saw one "owner" received two thousand three hundred thirty pounds...wow in 1823 you could nearly buy half of Tasmania with that. There were quite a few Hunter families involved in this trade....matter of fact I saw seven families with my own surname involved as well.....
Was this enough to change the surname..Thomas the tailor born 1817..this happened in 1823....
Then the clanger.....
A Dr Joseph Stuart Hunter was an owner in Bermuda on their sugar plantation with a Jane Campbell ..maybe this was enough..
