Hunt, Samuel,, 1734-1799.

Col. Samuel Hunt was born September 29, 1734, the eldest son of Capt. Samuel and Ann (Ellsworth) Hunt. Commissioned in 1759 at the height of British and French hostilities, Hunt settled in Charlestown and acted as keeper of military stores for the British Campaign.

Col. Samuel Hunt married Esther Strong of Northampton, MA on December 2, 1760. A highly acclaimed citizen of Charlestown, Hunt held many public offices including High Sheriff for Cheshire County (1776-1777, 1783), Justice of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas (1777), Councillor (1780), and was elected Selectman thirteen times. Hunt was also six times town Treasurer, twice Representative, and a member of the January, 1781 Charlestown convention of forty-three Vermont and New Hamshire towns. Hunt died in August of 1799 in Charlestown.