THE ANCESTRY OF LUCY HUNT

William and Ann Hunt were Lucy Hunt’s parents. Despite an extensive search, no christening record had been found for Lucy in Great Bourton, Cropredy, or Banbury. There was a William and Ann Hunt in Cropredy parish having children in the early 1800s.
 

William Hunt of Bourton, a weaver, died at age 55 "from continual fits", and was buried 9 July 1838 in Cropredy parish.
 
 

William Hunt's death certificate

In the 1841 census for Bourton, Ann Hunt was found living with Henry Hunt, a plush weaver, age 15 and George Southam (Lucy’s son), age 10. Ann died of pleuritis on 30 December 1846 in Bourton, Cropredy parish, age 61.
 
 

Ann Hunt's death certificate

These are certainly Lucy’s parents – after Lucy's death, her son George Southam lived with Ann Hunt, and after Ann’s death, George lived with Henry Hunt (his uncle). This same Henry Hunt had a daughter named Lucy.
 

The Cropredy parish register does not show a christening for Lucy, but does have christening records for:
 

 

IGI records show a christening record for a Lucy Hunt, daughter of William and Ann Hunt in Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwickshire, about 20 miles from Cropredy. The Holy Trinity parish register shows:

IGI and Ancestral File records submitted by the descendants of Maria Hunt Brain show her parentage as William Hunt and Ann Smith. William's parents are shown in the records submitted by Maria Hunt Brain's descendants as William and Mary Hunt. Anne Smith's parents were shown as William and Elizabeth Smith.
 
 

FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
WILLIAM AND ANN HUNT

WILLIAM HUNT was christened 9 October 1783 in Holy Trinity Parish, Coventry, Warwickshire, the son of William Hunt and Mary Russell. He worked as a weaver. William married Ann Smith before 1807. Ann was christened 15 March 1787 in Holy Trinity Parish, Coventry, the daughter of William and Elizabeth Smith. William died 5 July 1838 in Bourton at the age of 55. Ann died 30 December 1846 in Bourton, Cropredy parish, age 61. William and Ann had the following children:

1. Harriott, christened 18 May 1807 at Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwickshire; married Thomas Jackson 14 November 1831 in Cropredy (witnesses at the wedding were Robert Hunt and Mary Hunt); died 1857.

2. Patience, died 1842.

3. Lucy, christened 20 September 1809 at Holy Trinity, Coventry; married Justinian Southam 15 October 1829 in Cropredy (witnesses at the wedding were George Clay and Harriet Hunt); buried 5 October 1831 in Great Bourton.

4. Robert, christened 6 February 1812 at Holy Trinity, Coventry; married Sarah Humphries 15 July 1833 in Cropredy (witnesses at the wedding were Thomas Jackson and Maria Hunt); had the following children, all born in Cropredy: Rebecca (1835), Eliza (1837), Mary Anne (1842), Harriett (1850), and Ezra (1851).

5. Sarah

6. Rebecca, christened 18 February 1815 at Holy Trinity, Coventry; died 1867.

7. Maria, christened 11 February 1817 at Holy Trinity, Coventry, married Thomas Brain in 1835 in Cropredy. They had the following children: Eliza Ann (1838 in Bourton) who died in Lehi, Utah; Thomas (1843 in Bourton); George Henry (1840 in Bourton); Eli (1844 in Coventry); Jayne Maria (1845 in Neithrop) buried in Lehi, Utah; Thomas Eli (1848 in Banbury); Solomon (1850 in Banbury); Emily Ann (1855 in Banbury); Mary Ann (1858 in Coventry). Maria died in 1887.

8. Elizon, christened 16 July 1819 in Great Bourton, Cropredy parish; died in 1867.

9. Selena, christened 26 May 1822 in Little Bourton, Cropredy parish; died 1875.

10. Charles, christened 3 April 1825 in Little Bourton, Cropredy parish.

11. Henry, born in about 1826 in Little Bourton; married Elizabeth in about 1846. Henry was a plush weaver in Neithrop, Oxford. Henry and Elizabeth had five children – Lucy (1847), Ellen (1849), Hiram (1850), Henry (1853) and George (1855). George Southam is found living with him in the 1851 census. The census shows Henry Hunt (age 26) plush weaver, living at 30 Hobleys Lane, Neithrop, Oxford with wife Elizabeth (age 23), daughters Lucy (age 4), and Ellen (age 2), and son Hiram (age 3 months) with lodger, George Southam (age 20), plush weaver. Henry was mentioned in a magazine article about an 1850 survey for the Anglican church in Neithrop, “No. 648 housed Henry Hunt, a Baptist plush weaver, his wife, their three children, and a plush weaver lodger.” (Cake and Cockhorse, Banbury Historical Society, Winter 1966, Vol. 3, No.6)  In 1853, Henry had four of his children baptized, and they appear in the Neithrop parish register. Their son, George, appears in the Neithrop parish register in 1855. Thomas White and Anna White, their aunt and uncle, appear as sponsors. Henry and Elizabeth are also sponsors for Thomas and Anna White's children in 1853, and Thomas' occupation is weaver. Henry Hunt is found in the 1881 British census: Henry Hunt, age 56, born in Little Bourton, Oxford, England, occupation - plush weaver; Ann Hunt, wife, age 36, born Waddeson, Buckinghamshire, England; living at 48 Calthorpe St, Neithrop.  (www.familysearch.org)
 
 

SOURCES: Bishop's Transcripts, Cropredy Parish, FHS# 95235; Holy Trinity parish registers, FHL# 428990 and 502210; Cake and Cockhorse, Banbury Historical Society, Winter 1966, Vol. 3, No.6; IGI; Ancestral File; death certificates for William and Ann Hunt from the General Register Office; Cropredy parish registers on CD; Neithrop parish register on CD.

1841 census, Bourton, Oxford, FHS# 474571, showing Ann Hunt, age 55, born in this county, Henry Hunt, age 15, plush weaver, and George Southam, age 10.

1851 census, Little and Great Bourton, Oxford, FHS# 193644, showing Henry Hunt, age 26, plush weaver, wife Elizabeth, age 23, daughters Lucy, age 4, Ellen, age 2, son Hiram, age 3 month, George Southam, age 20, plush weaver, lodger, at 30 Hobley Lane, Neithrop, Oxford.

1881 census, Neithrop, Oxford, www.familysearch.org
 
 

If you have any additional information about this family, please contact me at alice@boydhouse.com.
 
 

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