James Walker Hunter was born about 1832 in Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland. He married Mary Chaplin October 8, 1875.
Children:
Source: 1891 Scotland Census, 1901 Scotland Census, Scotland Select Marriages, 1561-1910
I have been studying the Lairds of Hunterston for many years after finding I am a descendant of these awesome people. Their lives and stories are easily found on the internet. Hunter families are studies in Scotland, England & Wales, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and USA.
Wills and Probate records are a very important collection for our Hunter One-Name Study.
I really enjoy collecting early mentions of the Hunter surname and birth, marriage and deaths. This one is a birth from 1606.
I have found many Hunter-Weston’s in my research, but I don’t feel it is right posting about living individuals and on one of my favorite websites (thepeerage.com), I have added only a few, but continue researching for non-living.
About the Hunter archive
The Guild of One-Name Studies (Member no. 7128) can store electronic records held by them, and today I started the new categories which I will be sharing here on my blog, but also adding to my Hunter Archive on the one-name.org website. As most of us family genealogists have notebooks, and I have to say I have so many I have decided it is time to go digital.
I like having notebooks (actual documents, paper copies of census, births, marriages and deaths) so I can look at them myself, but today I have decided to start scanning and downloading to the Guild.
Occurrences of the surname Hunter in the Guild Indexes(Click on the number to view the search results in each index. Indexes marked by * are only accessible by logged in Guild members.)
The Guild of One-Name Studies is keen to encourage societies that focus on a surname. Only individuals can become Guild members but societies can enjoy the benefits of membership by appointing a Society Representative. He or she needs to
become a Guild member on their behalf and register the surname as a one-name study and take responsibility for it.
All surnames and Society Representatives are included in the list of surnames registered with the Guild. Societies are also listed in the first section of the annual Register and on this page. The Society Representative can access all the research, publicity, and preservation tools of the Guild. These include a study alias email and a hosted and preserved website for the society.
Other members of the society can join the Guild as Study Associates.
Kitty Hunter’s ancestor Sir Charles Somerset (died 1599) has a male-line descent from Edward III.
Edward III | +------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | | John of Gaunt Lionel Plantagenet | | +------------+---------------------------------+ Philippa Plantagenet | | | 1st Earl of Somerset Joan de Beaufort Elizabeth Mortimer | | | +------------+-----------+ +---------+--------------+ | | | | | | Joan Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset 1st Earl of Salisbury Eleanor Neville Henry Percy | | | | | | | | +-----+-----------+ | | | | James II of Scotland 2nd Duke of Somerset 1st Marquess of Montagu Ralph Percy | | | | Mary Stewart 1st Earl of Worcester Lucy Neville Margaret Percy | | | | 1st Earl of Arran 2nd Earl of Worcester Elizabeth Browne Guiscard Harbottle | | | | Jean Hamilton +------+-----------------+ Mary Harbottle | | | 6th Earl of Glencairn Sir Charles Somerset Sir Edward Fitton | | | | | Sir Edward Fitton Elizabeth Cunningham Elizabeth Somerset | | | Sir Edward Fitton | | | Jane Craufurd Sir Charles Gerard Penelope Fitton | | | | +------+-----------------------------------------+ | | Elizabeth Craufurd 1st Earl of Macclesfield | | James Hunter Charlotte Gerard | | Robert Hunter Elizabeth Orby | | +------------+-------------------------+ | Thomas Orby Hunter | Kitty Hunter == 10th Earl of Pembroke (affair) | descendant of Edward III | Augustus Reebkomp
Thanks to Mark Humphrys (www.humphrysfamilytree.com)
