William Hunting

Abt 1570 - 1638  (~ 68 years)

• Name	William Hunting  [1]
  Born	Abt 1570
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	2 Jun 1570	Palgrave, County Suffolk, England
  Anecdote	From Anderson: Manorial records provide some of the most-useful information on this family. One 1624 document alone verifies three generations of the Hunting pedigree. At a court-leet held for the manor of Woodhall in Thrandeston on die Mercurii in septiana. Pentecost in the twenty-second year of James I—in other words, 19 May 1624—William Hunting, Senior, surrendered to the use of his son William, and the latter's wife Prudence, eleven parcels of land. Nine were said to have come to the elder William on the death of his father Roger (with the transfer being recorded at the Pentecostal court-leet of 1591); and another son of Roger, Thomas, was said to have relinquished (at the Pentecostal court of 1600) any claim he might have on these lands. The other two parcels passed on by William, Senior, were said to have been obtained by Roger from the widow of Thomas Spurdance, in a transaction recorded at the 1606 Pentecostal court. In addition to the three generations it names, this document also approximates Roger's death date and provides evidence that William, Senior, was capable of adding to the lands he had inherited from his father. Even before this transfer of Palgrave and Thrandeston property to his eldest son, William had begun to acquire lands farther afield, particularly at Hoxne. The earliest court book for Hoxne Manor is not available for inspection; however, there does exist an extent (a manor survey), dating from about 1637, that is exceptionally detailed. Not only does it provide the customary listing of each tenant's holdings and the rent and other obligations due, but it also includes some details on the acquisition of each tract. This extent, begun not long before William died, shows that he purchased several parcels in October 1614, another in October 1615, and one more in October 1629. By the latter date, William, Senior, was already a resident of Hoxne. He, his wife, and their younger children may have moved there soon after the 1620 baptism of their youngest child at Thrandeston. Certainly they should have been residents of Hoxne after the spring 1624 transfer of lands to William, Junior. As William Hunting of Hoxne, yeoman, he prepared his will on 20 May 1638. It was proved at Yoxford on 31 October 1638 and includes important genealogical data. To wife Margaret, he left a life interest in the freehold and chartcrhold lands at Hoxne and Dcnham; after her decease, they were to go to son Samuel Hunting. Samuel also was to receive all freehold lands at Little Thornham in Suffolk, upon condition that he pay various sums to the testator's other children—i.e., to daughters Mary Hunting, Anne Hunting, and Elizabeth Hunting, £50 each; to daughter Susan Hunting, £45; and to son Robert Hunting, £30. Another son, Nicholas Hunting, was to receive one copyhold meadow called Caldwell in Cole, Suffolk, on condition that he pay £20 to his brother Steven Hunting. The wife Margaret was also to receive personal estate, for rearing their son Robert unto the age of twenty-one. Finally, the son Steven was to take William's copyhold land in Hoxne, to which the testator had been "admitted" at the court held for the manor of Hoxne cum Chickering on 8 October "in the fifth year of King Charles." The widow Margaret and son Samuel were appointed executors. From the manorial records and wills, it is evident that William Hunting was an extremely competent manager of his own affairs and that he had a clear plan for setting up each son on at least one tract of land. Having inherited from his own father enough acreage to become a wealthy yeoman, not much below gentle status, William increased his holdings through purchases not only in Thrandeston but also in another half-dozen manors to the cast. When his eldest son William married in 1624, he transferred to this son all his lands in Palgrave and Thrandeston, thus making the lad—in one stroke, at the age of twenty-four—a member of the local elite. William, Senior, then moved to Hoxnc, where he continued to add to his holdings. He may well have planned to pass this second empire to his second son, John; but this possibility went by the board when, in the spring of 1638, John joined the migration to New England. That May, while John was probably sailing across the North Atlantic, the aging William wrote his will, settling most of his remaining estate on his third son and providing substantial foundations for the rest of his children. Considering his wealth and concern for the well-being of his offspring, William may have provided the departing John with a sizable amount of cash, in lieu of the inheritance that he would have expected had he stayed in Suffolk.
  Died	1638	Hoxne, County Suffolk, England
  Buried	18 Oct 1638	Hoxne, County Suffolk, England
  Person ID	I2285	Our Family
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	Roger Hunting,   b. Abt 1542,   d. Bef 1591  (Age ~ 48 years)
  Mother	Jane Leche
  Married	27 Jul 1567	Palgrave, County Suffolk, England
  Family ID	F820	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Randolf,   b. Abt 1579,   d. 1648, Hoxne, County Suffolk, England  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	22 Sep 1599	Topcroft, County Norfolk, England
  Children	1. William Hunting,   b. Abt 1600, England ,   d. Between 15 Aug 1666 and 29 Nov 1666, Thrandeston, County Suffolk  (Age ~ 66 years)   2. John Hunting,   b. Abt 1601, England ,   d. 12 Apr 1688, Dedham, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 87 years)   3. Mary Hunting,   b. England   4. Samuel Hunting,   b. England ,   d. Bef 15 Aug 1666   5. Nicholas Hunting,   b. England ,   d. 1642, Hoxne, County Suffolk, England   6. Margaret Hunting,   b. England ,   d. 1628   7. Susanna Hunting,   b. England ,   d. 9 Sep 1684, Dedham, Massachusetts   8. Anna Hunting,   b. England ,   d. Bef 1653   9. Stephen Hunting,   b. England ,   d. Abt 1693   10. Elizabeth Hunting,   b. England   11. Robert Hunting,   b. England ,   d. 1680
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 1638 - Hoxne, County Suffolk, England Buried - 18 Oct 1638 - Hoxne, County Suffolk, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S299] Hunting, John.