HUNTER, David[1]
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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]
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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
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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).
- [S403] Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.).
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