Jonathan Hunt, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont

1738 - 1823  (84 years)

• Name	Jonathan Hunt
  Suffix	Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
  Birth	12 Sep 1738	Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Jun 1823	Vernon, Windham, Vermont
  Person ID	I42256	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Capt. Samuel Strong Hunt,   b. Abt 1703   d. 28 Feb 1770, Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Ann Ellsworth,   b. 27 Apr 1705, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut d. 6 May 1794, Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F24668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From Wikipedia: He was one of the earliest settlers of Vermont, and he began clearing land at Guilford, Vermont in 1758. There are indications that the Hunt family had ties to Vermont even earlier, when Hunt's grandfather Jonathan witnessed a 1687 Massachusetts deed conferring land in what was later Vermont by several Native Americans. Hunt's father, Captain Samuel, had himself been the proprietor named in the charter of many New Hampshire towns. Hunt and his associates were granted extensive tracts of land by New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth, as well as by patent from New York State and by purchase. Hunt held various political positions in Vermont, and served as sheriff of Windham County in 1781. He was high sheriff in 1782, and judge of the Windham County Court in 1783. He served as Lieutenant Governor of the state of Vermont from 1794 to 1796. In 1800 Hunt served as one of Vermont's presidential electors; Vermont was carried by the Federalists, and Hunt cast his ballots for Federalist candidates John Adams and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Hunt is considered one of the founders of Vermont as well as one of its earliest pioneers and largest landowners.