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Stricker Family Tree - Captain Peter Hunt, Defender of Rehoboth, MA

Captain Peter Hunt - early settler of Rehoboth, veteran of King Phillip's War

Family Connection - 8th Great-grandfather of Roy Stricker


Peter Hunt was born on July 4, 1619 in Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England, to parents Enoch Hunt and Sarah Palmer Hunt. After the death of his wife, Enoch immigrated to the Weymouth, Massachusetts area sometime in the early 1640's with his sons, including Peter. After some time, Enoch returned to England, but his sons remained. 

The town of Rehoboth, Massachusetts was first settled by Roger Williams - more about him another day, since he's also a direct ancestor of Roy Stricker. Williams purchased the land from the Narraganset tribe in the 1630's, but fled to what is now Providence, RI in 1636, when he was banished from the state of Massachusetts. 

Peter Hunt first appears in records for Rehoboth in 1645. He purchased multiple parcels of land, and served as Town Clerk. He was Lieutenant of the Train Band (local militia) from 1654-1682, and Captain from 1682-1692. He served on Plymouth Colony's Council of War twice, in 1658 and 1685, and was a Deputy to the Plymouth General Court for fifteen years. 

During King Phillip's War, Peter served with Captain Daniel Henchman and defended Rehoboth when it was attacked and burned on March 28, 1676. 

Peter married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Henry Smith and Judith Ray Smith, in Rehoboth on Dec. 14, 1646. Peter and Elizabeth had twelve children:

Sarah, b. 1646, Judith, b. 1648, Peter, b. 1650, Enoch, b. 1652, Elizabeth, b. 1654, John, b. 1656, Mary, b. 1658, Ephraim, b. 1661, Tabitha, b. 1663, Daniel, b. 1165, Benjamin, b. 1668, and Nathaniel, b. 1670

Captain Peter Hunt died on October 20, 1692, at age 73. In his will, he provided land to each of his surviving sons and daughters. He provided land plus the house, shop, barn, orchard, and tools for the use of his wife during her lifetime, then to be divided among his sons. Two unusual bequests were also included in the will - five shillings to Samuel Peck and one shilling to James Willet. Peck and Willet were the widowers of two of Hunt's daughters. Apparently he didn't like them.

In Peter's will, he asked to be buried without any marker, so it is not surprising that his burial location is not known. 


Peter Hunt > Ephraim Hunt > Ephraim Hunt > John Hunt Sr. > Sarah Hunt  > Lucy Knox > Sarah Abbey > Polly Ann Brown > Lucy M Windsor > Lillian May Grover > Gertrude Myra Newland > 
Roy Ellsworth Stricker


Captain Peter Hunt is in the orange section of the top chart, second ring from the outside. Sarah Abbey, the center of the top chart, is in the orange section of the bottom chart, second ring in, at bottom edge. 







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