HUNTER, Nicholas

Male 1757 - 1828  (70 years)


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  • Name HUNTER, Nicholas 
    Born 10 Sep 1757  Oley Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 26 Aug 1828  Oley Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2193  Hans Georg Spang
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2015 

    Father HUNTER, Nicholas,   b. Abt 1720, Palatinate? Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1765, Oley Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother HILLEGAS, Anna Regina,   b. 1729, Upper Hanover Twp, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Natural 
    Family ID F334  Group Sheet

    Family VAN REED, Hannah,   b. 22 Apr 1765, Amity Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1825, Oley Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 1778 
    Children 
     1. HUNTER, Mary Ann Van Reed
     2. HUNTER, Ann Van Reed
     3. HUNTER, Elizabeth Van Reed
     4. HUNTER, Catherine Van Reed
     5. HUNTER, Margaret Van Reed
     6. HUNTER, Susanna Van Reed
     7. HUNTER, Henry Van Reed
     8. HUNTER, Daniel Van Reed
     9. HUNTER, Samuel Van Reed
     10. HUNTER, John Van Reed
     11. HUNTER, Jacob Van Reed,   b. Abt 1790,   d. Nov 1861, 71 yrs old Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)
     12. HUNTER, Nicholas Van Reed,   b. 11 Jan 1800, Rockland Twp, Venango, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1853, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2015 
    Family ID F935  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/census/pa/berks/1790/indx- h-q.txt
      Berks, PA 1790 U.S. Census (INDEX - File 2 of 3)
      PG# LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME FILE NAME
      22 12 Hunter John pg0001.txt
      8 1 Hunter John pg0001.txt
      22 13 Hunter Nicholas pg0001.txt

      1790 Berks Co Census info
      has 4 females, 1 other free person

      Nicholas was an ironmaster and twice served as a Berks County Judge. He bought a furnace from Valentine Eckert, who had built it in 1791. Passed furnace on to his son Jacob, who named it Sally Ann Furnace. Nicholas enlisted at 18 to serve as a
      private in the First Battalion, 7th Company, commanded by Capt. Daniel Reiff. from 1775 to 1778. After the war, Nicholas became a Major of the Sixth Battalion, PA Militia in 1783. He was elected one of the first Judges of the Court of Common
      Pleas, with the adoption to the first constitution of Pennsylvania in 1776. He was reelected to a second term in 1788. Note his head stone uses his original name, Nicolaus Jager from internet, Journal of the BCGS - Summer 1993