Capt. John Madison Hunter, * b. 17 Mar 1737 Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States d. 13 Jul 1796 Clover Green, Campbell, Virginia, United States: Our Family History

Capt. John Madison Hunter, *

1737 - 1796 (59 years)

Name	Capt. John Madison Hunter [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Suffix	*
Birth	17 Mar 1737	Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States [2]
Gender	Male
Death	13 Jul 1796	Clover Green, Campbell, Virginia, United States [2, 5]
Probate	1803	Stokes, North Carolina, USA [5]
Residence	Stokes, North Carolina [5]
Person ID	I9604	Ancestrees
Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

Father	Alexander Hunter, *, b. Bef May 1698, Duns, Berwick, Scotland d. 22 Mar 1768, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia (Age > 69 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F7002	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Rachel McFarland, *, b. 17 Mar 1737, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America d. Bef Feb 1790, Hunter's Tavern, Bedford, Virginia (Age < 52 years)

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Children

	1. Nancy Hunter, (Full sibling of Robert), b. 1759, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia d. 1796, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, USA (Age 37 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Granville D Hunter, b. Bef 1790 d. Bef 1795 (Age < 5 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Elizabeth "Bessie" Hunter, (Full Sibling), b. 12 Nov 1762, Virginia, USA d. 17 Jul 1848, Stokes County, North Carolina (Forsyth County was formed from Stokes Cty in 1849) (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Margaret Hunter, (full Sibling of Robert), b. 1758, Halifax County, Virginia, USA d. 1810, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA (Age 52 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Sarah Hunter, b. 1777, , , Virginia, USA d. 1841 (age 64), , Franklin, Tennessee, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. James Hunter, b. 17 Jan 1769, Campbell County, Virginia d. 4 Jan 1815, Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, USA (Age 45 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Major Benjamin Benedictus Hunter Sr, SR, b. 1770, Campbell County, Virginia, USA d. 23 Jun 1845, Falling River, Campbell, Virginia, USA (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Robert Hunter, *, b. 10 Nov 1766, Bedford County, Virginia, United States of America d. 25 Dec 1827, Campbell County, Virginia, United States of America (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	9. Thomas Hunter, b. 9 Nov 1777, Campbell County, Virginia, USA d. 1795, Cape Clearin, Campbell, Kentucky (Age 17 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	10. James M Hunter, b. 1776, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 21 Oct 1850, Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	11. Alexander Hunter, (Full sibling of Robert), b. Bef 1755, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia d. 25 Mar 1804, Campbell County, Virginia, USA (Age > 49 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	12. David Hunter, Sr, b. Between 1763 and 1765, Halifax County, Virginia, United States of America d. 1823, Stokes, North Carolina, United States (Age 60 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	13. William Hunter, b. 1772, Virginia, USA d. Jan 1850, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	14. John Hunter, b. 10 Jul 1760, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 1853, Yadkin, North Carolina, United States (Age 92 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F2400 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 3 Mar 2026

Family 2 Additional Partners

Children

	1. Major Benjamin Benedictus Hunter Sr, SR, b. 1770, Campbell County, Virginia, USA d. 23 Jun 1845, Falling River, Campbell, Virginia, USA (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Mary Hunter, b. Between 1755 and 1762, Virginia, USA d. 22 Sep 1832, Gallia Co, Ohio, USA (Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. David Hunter, Sr, b. Between 1763 and 1765, Halifax County, Virginia, United States of America d. 1823, Stokes, North Carolina, United States (Age 60 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. William Hunter, b. 1772, Virginia, USA d. Jan 1850, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. John Hunter, b. 10 Jul 1760, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 1853, Yadkin, North Carolina, United States (Age 92 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F2401 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 3 Mar 2026

Photos

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Notes

I have 2 solid triangulations checked from all Q angles on Gedmatch with descendants of this Captain John Madison Hunter II via my Mother's DNA test on chrome 1 for John Hunter and his wife, Rachel McFarland.

Their sons John, Benjamin, William, David, and possibly Robert lived in Stokes County, N.C. where my Susannah's kin, Nancy married. Susannah was born in NC according to most of her census records. Nancy was born in Virginia. Nancy fits by name, year of birth, and state to be the granddaughter of this Capt. John via his son Robert.

Our Susannah has not been located in historical documents for parentage. This will become obvious why with further reading. We know that she is related to Nancy for the following reasons. She followed her and her husband Asa Amos, to Cabell County, Virginia (later West Virginia) by 1823 where she married our William D. Clark (a likely Mulato) raised in that county. They and Nancy's family then moved to Perry Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio where they attended the same Baptist Church and are buried as elderly survivors of life. We also have ten small but strong DNA triangulations with Nancy's grandparents, this Capt. John Madison Hunter and his wife, Rachel.

My theory is that Susanah has not been found in family records because, she was the product of one of Captain John's sons of Stokes, NC, and one of their many slaves. By 1820, Nancy and husband Amos as well as Susannah started moving together. They appear to be close, traveling, living, and worshiping in the same settings. My DNA would be explained logically if both William Clark (husband of Susannah) and Susannah Hunter were about a quarter African and the other was an eighth. My traces from Africa in multiple parts of the continent at the 1.5% estimate make sense going back to the generation of William and Susannah Hunter Clark. We do know that William D. Clark was a mulatto that passed for white in census records. He was a freeman given land by his father (though not named as his son) in Cabell Co., West Virginia. We know this is likely because William and Susannah's son, James A. Clark was definitely a mulatto passing for white also. He had tan skin, a narrow pointed nose, gray eyes, and VERY tightly curled kinky hair. My DNA and other family members verify that African ancestry comes through at the generation of Capt. John and Rachel McFarland's son's level. A pure Caucasian woman would not have married a mulatto at the time.

Capt. John's sons, John, Benjamin, William, David, and possibly Robert lived in Stokes County, North Carolina some of the time from 1790 onward. Susannah could be the daughter of any of these Hunter males with the most likely being, Benjamin. Benjamin was the son that owned slaves in Stokes Co., NC and moved back to Virginia, possibly near his brother, Robert, by 1820.

Robert is the father of Nancy who started moving north to Cabell Co., Virginia and then Perry Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio in 1820 at the same times as Susannah and her husband William Clark. There is hope that someday we will know which of this John's son's are hers via multiple autosomal DNA cousin triangulations.

As to the parentage of John's children, he is said to have 2 wives, the 2nd being Mary Early, both dying in the year 1790. The John Hunter who married a Mary Faust Early married in Norfolk, VA. This was over 200 miles from where he lived at the time. That makes it unlikely that it belongs to the same John Hunter. Divorces were unlikely at the time which also makes it unlikely. My DNA goes through the McFarland line so that is whom I believe is the mother of his children. Mary Faust Early was also much younger than him, being born in 1725.

Sources

[S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree, 1,1030::0.
[S426] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place:Lehi, UT, USA;), 1,60525::0.
[S1067] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2004 Place:Provo, UT, USA;), Source number: 988.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CJF, 1,7836::0.
[S1958] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc Date:2014 Place:Provo, UT, USA;), 1,60214::0.
[S1086] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Wills and Estate Papers (Stokes County, North Carolina), 1775-1971; Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History.

North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998

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