Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Robert Hunter and Elizabeth Parke


Husband Robert Hunter 1 2 3 4 5 

           Born: 1758 - County Tyrone, Ireland 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1836 - ? Warren Co, PA 1
         Buried: 


         Father: [Father] Hunter (      -      )
         Mother: 


       Marriage: Abt 1786

Wife Elizabeth Parke 5 

            AKA: Betsey [Unk],6 Elizabeth Park 1 3 4
           Born: 1762 - Ireland 1 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1843 1
         Buried:

Children
1 F Jannette Hunter 4 

           Born: 26 Dec 1786 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Tuttle (      -      ) 4

2 F Jean Hunter 4 

           Born: 29 Dec 1786 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Frank Tuttle (1777-      ) 4
           Marr: 3 Dec 1805 4

3 F Violet Hunter 4 

           Born: 4 Nov 1789 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Richard Henderson (      -      ) 4

4 M Samuel Hunter 2 4 

           Born: 18 May 1791 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Polly Culbertson (      -      ) 4

5 M William Hunter 2 4 

           Born: 19 Aug 1792 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Dorcas Magill (1799-      ) 9

6 F Elizabeth Hunter 7 10 

           Born: 6 Dec 1794 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Thomas Morrison (1794-1852) 5 7 10
           Marr: Abt 1818

7 F Sarah Hunter 8 11 12 

           Born: 16 Sep 1796 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Isaac Jones (1793-1863) 11 12

8 F Margaret Hunter 10 

           Born: 18 Aug 1798 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1878 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Thomas Morrison (1794-1852) 5 7 10
           Marr: 1832 5

9 M Robert Hunter 7 13 

           Born: 2 Feb 1800 - Warren Co, PA 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Mar 1845 13 14
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Lovisa Manross (      -1872) 15

10 M Mathew Hunter 1 2 14 16 

           Born: 17 Jul 1802 - Limestone Twp, Warren Co, PA 1 17
     Christened: 
           Died: 1872 - Warren Co, PA 1
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Magill (1808/1809-1855) 1 2 16 17
           Marr: 8 Apr 1827 17

General Notes: Husband - Robert Hunter


He and his wife settled in Limestone, then Deerfield, township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, four miles below the mouth of Tidioute Creek in 1808. Here they made their permanent home, and by industry and frugality succeeded in clearing a large farm. They had a family of ten children born to them, consisting of six daughters and four sons, all of whom grew to maturity and married, most of them settling in Limestone and vicinity.

He was of Scotch-Irish parentage. Tradition says he had three brothers: Samuel, who settled in the Isle of Man. William, who remained in Ireland. Jared, who came with Robert to America in the latter part of the 18th century; they with three of their neighbors, named Gilson, Broadfoot and Henderson, with their families sailed from the port of Londonderry, Ireland, and landed at Philadelphia and settled at first in Centre County, Pennsylvania; Robert and Jared Hunter each located and secured one hundred acres of land about two miles from what is now Enterprise, Warren County, and their friends located near what is now Titusville, a few miles away. They busied themselves in making improvements on their lands and after a time returned to their families with whom they remained for about a year, and then took them back with them to the new settlements. In 1808, Robert Hunter sold his land and bought a farm on the east side of the Allegheny, about two miles below Tidioute creek. Here he built a log house, cleared and cultivated the land, went to Pittsburgh in a canoe for supplies, and he and his wife reared a family of ten children.

One account of the family says that Robert Hunter was born in County Cork. But if as stated they sailed from Londonderry, it is more probable that he was born in Tyrone, as both Tyrone and Londonderry are in the "North of Ireland" while County Cork is in the south.

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Sources

1 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 494.

2 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 131.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 776.

4 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 290.

5 Mary Louise Morrison Ostman, Descendants of Hugh and Isabella Morrison of Venango County, PA (Privately published.), Pg 2.

6 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), BP 69.

7 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 291.

8 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 292.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1097.

10 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg lxx.

11 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 947.

12 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 415.

13 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), BP 48.

14 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 293.

15 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), BP 48, 69.

16 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 777.

17 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 294.

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