HUNTER, David^[1]

- 1776

• Name	HUNTER, David
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1742	York, PA USA   [2]
  	David Hunter came to York, Pennsylvania, in 1742 or 1743. He owned and laid out the town of Hunterstow, six miles north of Gettysburg, now Adams County, Pennsylvania, and sold lots.
  Death	1776
  Notes	From Richard Watkins Trapnell application for membership in Sons of the American Revolution: “Captain David Hunter was Captain of one of the two York Co Penn companies of the French & Indian Wars. During summer of 1776, while living at “Red House Farm” about 2 miles from Martinsburg, VA, Capt Hunter mysteriously disappeared. He was at home in June of that year, as an old Journal of a Presbyterian minister speaks of riding from Martinsburg to Winchester with Capt. Hunter + Capt Joseph Holmes, his son in-law on June 6 1776. During the Civil War an old house in the Valley of VA was ransacked by Unionists and a paper found there sent to Capt Hunter’s great-grandson, David Hunter Strothes. It was a writ of habeas corpus directing Sheriff of Berkeley Co. to bring Capt. Hunter to the Capitol at Williamsburg. The writ was issued in the name of Geo III & by authority of Lord Dunmore, governor of VA. the 14th of May, the 14 “Year of the Reign of Geo III”. Thus nearly 100 years later, the disappearance of Captain Hunter, who was a patriot, was explained, for Lord Dunmore, the last of the English governors of Virginia, was noted for his unjust cruelty & has left behind an infamous memory.” [1, 3]
  Person ID	I967	Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	HUNTER, Hugh   d. 1732
  Mother	SAMPLE, Isabella
  Family ID	F383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MCILHENNY, Martha
  Marriage	1745
  Children	1. HUNTER, Rebecca,   b. 8 Nov 1749, York, PA d. Abt Oct 1806, Frederick County, VA, USA (Age 56 years)   2. HUNTER, Moses
  Family ID	F381	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Arrival - 1742 - York, PA USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S403] Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.). [S629] Frederica Holmes Trapnell, John Macky, David Hunter came to York, Pennsylvania, in 1742 or 1743. He owned and laid out the town of Hunterstow, six miles north of Gettysburg, now Adams County, Pennsylvania, and sold lots. . [S404] Mary Selden Kennedy, (Frank Allaben genealogical company, 1911).