Esther Hunt
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Esther Roberts September 4, 1751 Burlington County, New Jersey, United States |
| Died | February 2, 1820 (aged 68) Burlington County, New Jersey, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Joshua Hunt (1778–1792) John Collins (1807–20) |
| Children | Elisha (born October 7, 1779) Enoch (born August 17, 1781) Aaron (born March 9, 1783) Nathan (born April 12, 1784) Caleb (born October 28, 1786) Stacy (born April 21, 1789) Rachel (born October 24, 1791) |
| Parent(s) | Enoch Roberts Rachel Coles |
Esther Hunt (September 4, 1751 – February 2, 1820) was a pioneer who lived on America's frontier as a wife, a mother and a leader in her Quaker faith.
Born Esther Roberts, she was the youngest of five children of Enoch Roberts (1717–1782) and Rachel Coles (c. 1715 – 1758). The Roberts family lived at Evesham Township, New Jersey. Esther's mother died when she was about seven years old. Esther Roberts and Joshua Hunt were married on November 19, 1778 in the Friends Meetinghouse at Moorestown Township, New Jersey. He was a teacher in the Moorestown Friends School. While living there Esther and Joshua had six children.
In September 1790, Esther and Joshua and their five children, "with two wagons, seven horses, one cow, and provisions", began a three-week journey to Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania. Their destination was a small, but growing, community located on the east bank of the Monongahela River in close proximity to Fort Burd. In those days it was called Redstone Old Fort, or simply Redstone. Later, the name was changed to Brownsville.
In early October, the tiny caravan reached the new home where the Hunt family would live in a log cabin during the winter season. On July 27, 1791 Joshua purchased a property, consisting of a dwelling and 195 acres (0.79 km2) of land, from John and Sarah Cadwallader. Located on the south bank of Redstone Creek, Hunt's farm was about two miles (3 km) east of the creek's confluence with the Monongahela River and slightly to the west of Colvin Run. Their homestead, which they named "Hunt Pleasant", consisted of a log dwelling nestled amidst walnut trees and steep hills.
Rachel Hunt, Esther and Joshua's seventh child and only daughter, was born October 24, 1791.
After returning from a trip back home to Moorestown, Joshua Hunt died February 26, 1792. He was 39 years old. Esther Hunt wrote about her husband and her concerns:
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