18. | Capt. John Madison HUNTER, II * (8.Alexander3, 2.Isabella2, 1.Janet1) was born on 17 Mar 1737 in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States; died on 13 Jul 1796 in Clover Green, Campbell, Virginia, United States. 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Our Susannah has not been located in historical documents for parentage.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.
Family/Spouse: Rachel MCFARLAND, *. Rachel (daughter of John MCFARLAND, * and Mary MONTGOMERY) was born on 17 Mar 1737 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America; died before Feb 1790 in Hunter's Tavern, Bedford, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 38. Mary HUNTER was born in 1755-1762 in Virginia, USA; died on 22 Sep 1832 in Gallia Co, Ohio, USA.
- 39. Nancy HUNTER was born in 1759 in Bedford, Bedford, Virginia; died in 1796 in Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, USA.
- 40. Margaret HUNTER was born between 1759 and 1761 in Halifax County, Virginia, USA; died in 1805 in Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA.
- 41. Alexander HUNTER was born on 10 Jul 1760 in Bedford, Bedford, Virginia; died on 25 Mar 1804 in Campbell County, Virginia, USA.
- 42. John HUNTER was born on 10 Jul 1760 in Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, USA; died in 1853 in Yadkin, North Carolina, United States.
- 43. Elizabeth "Bessie" HUNTER was born on 12 Nov 1762 in Virginia, USA; died in 1850 in Stokes County, North Carolina (Forsyth County was formed from Stokes Cty in 1849).
- 44. David HUNTER, Sr was born in 1763-1765 in Halifax County, Virginia, United States of America; died in 1823 in Stokes, North Carolina, United States; was buried in Walkertown, Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States of America.
- 45. Robert HUNTER, * was born on 10 Nov 1766 in Bedford County, Virginia, United States of America; died on 25 Dec 1827 in Campbell County, Virginia, United States of America.
- 46. James HUNTER was born on 17 Jan 1769 in Campbell County, Virginia; died on 4 Jan 1815 in Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, USA; was buried in Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky, United States of America.
- 47. Major Benjamin Benedictus HUNTER SR was born in 1770 in Campbell County, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Jun 1845 in Falling River, Campbell, Virginia, USA; was buried in Spout Spring, Appomattox County, Virginia, United States of America.
- 48. William HUNTER was born in 1772 in Virginia, USA; died in Jan 1850 in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States; was buried in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States of America.
- 49. James M HUNTER was born in 1776 in Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Oct 1850 in Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, USA.
- 50. Sarah HUNTER was born in 1777 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 1841 (age 64) in , Franklin, Tennessee, USA.
- 51. Thomas HUNTER was born on 9 Nov 1777 in Campbell County, Virginia, USA; died in Dec 1795 in of Campbell County, Virginia, USA.
- 52. Granville D HUNTER was born before 1790; died before 1795.
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