Capt. Simon Hunt

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Simon Hunt</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <A NAME="captain_simon_hunt__1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Century Schoolbook" ><I><B>Captain Simon Hunt </B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B>1734-1820</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Acting Captain of the </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Acton West Militia Company ~ April 19, 1775</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="7e5bbc80.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#biographical_sketch_of_captain_simon" TITLE="Capt. Simon Hunt"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Biographical Sketch</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <div> Ongoing research conducted and compiled by Jeffrey D. Miller (6th great-grandson of Simon Hunt)</div> <div> <A HREF="id25_acton_men_who_served_in_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Acton Minutemen and Militia Companies "><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Acton Men who served in</B></U></A><B> the West Acton Militia Company</B><B> </B></div> <div> (Formerly under <A HREF="id83_col__francis_faulkner.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Col. Francis Faulkner"><U>Col. Francis Faulkner</U></A>)</div> <div> <A HREF="id20_the_home_of_captain_simon_hunt_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Historic Homes and Buildings"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Home of Captain Simon Hunt </B></U></A><B> </B></div> <div> Markers placed on Revolutionary Mansion and Liberty Tree at South Acton.</div> <div> <A HREF="id20_the_story_of_captain_simon_hunt_____.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Historic Homes and Buildings"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Story of Captain Simon Hunt</B></U></A><B> and the Liberty Tree  </B></div> <div> The LEGEND of the Liberty Tree - General Washington tied his horse to the English Elm tree </div> <div> on the southwest side of the house when he called on Captain Hunt in 1776.</div> <div> <A HREF="#epitaph_sh_1" TITLE="Capt. Simon Hunt"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Epitaph</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#descendants_of_captain_simon_hunt_1" TITLE="Capt. Simon Hunt"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Descendants of Captain Simon Hunt</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <A NAME="biographical_sketch_of_captain_simon"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B>Biographical Sketch of </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Captain Simon Hunt (1734-1820)</B></div> <bR> <div> <I>Ongoing research conducted and compiled by</I></div> <div> <I>Jeffrey D. Miller (6</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>th</I></FONT><I> great-grandson of Simon Hunt)</I></div> <bR> <div> Although no singular body of writing about his life has heretofore come to fruition, information pieced together from various historical annals and vital records reveal Captain Simon Hunt to have been one of Acton's leading citizens of his time.  Aside from his dutiful citizenship, Captain Hunt was a soldier, and a patriot who served with distinction and loyalty in founding the new nation in the American Revolutionary War.  His commitment to this new nation's principles did not end there, for he served further after the war as a pillar of his church and community.</div> <bR> <div> As the great-grandson of William Hunt (1605-1667), one of the first settlers of Concord, Massachusetts, Captain Hunt's ancestral lines are deeply rooted in colonial Massachusetts history.  Because both Captain Simon Hunt's father and son were also named Simon Hunt, and all three Simon Hunts resided in Acton for at least part of their respective lifetimes, care should be taken when examining genealogical and other historical records to ensure precisely which Simon Hunt is being referenced.  Captain Hunt's father was one of the early residents of Acton and he served in various civic roles there, including those of selectman, town clerk, and surveyor of hemp and flax, as well as being a member of the committee to oversee design and construction of Acton's first meeting house (First Church).  Undoubtedly, his father's achievements provided inspiration for Captain Hunt in his own adulthood.</div> <bR> <div> Captain Hunt's exemplary military service is summarized as follows:</div> <bR> <div> In April of 1775, when Lieutenant Francis Faulkner left the captaincy of Acton's West Militia Company vacant (having been promoted to Major of the Regiment), the command was filled temporarily by 1st Lieutenant Simon Hunt.  He led the West Company to battle at the North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts, on the morning of 19 April 1775.</div> <bR> <div> On 11 December 1775, a special town meeting was convened in Acton and Simon Hunt and four other men were selected to serve on a committee of correspondence, inspection, and safety.  The purpose of this committee was to keep the town in touch with the march of political events, to look after the safety of the community, and to check on subversive movers from within.  On 22 July 1776, Simon Hunt asked to be excused from serving on the committee and Lieutenant Thomas Noyes was appointed in his place. </div> <bR> <div> Simon Hunt was commissioned Captain of the 5th Company of Colonel Eleazer Brooks' 3rd Regiment of Massachusetts on 27 March 1776.  At that time, the Company was called upon to fortify Dorchester Heights, Massachusetts, during of the evacuation of Boston by British General William Howe.  Later in 1776, Simon Hunt became Captain of the 4th Company of the 3rd Regiment, and was ordered to march to Horse Neck (Greenwich, Connecticut) by Brigadier Oliver Prescott on 26 September 1776, with engagement on 27 September 1776. </div> <bR> <div> In September of 1776 another contingent was formed of men from Acton and surrounding Massachusetts towns, and Simon Hunt was appointed Captain of one the companies.  This company saw service in White Plains, New York.  On 16 November 1776, Simon Hunt received a discharge, having served 62 days, including 11 days and 212 miles of travel.</div> <bR> <div> The year 1776 may have been memorable for Simon Hunt if there is truth in the anecdote that he was called upon by General George Washington at his home in Acton.  Allegedly, Washington tied his horse to an elm tree on the southwest side of the house, and the tree was thereafter known as the Liberty Tree.  Hunt occupied the house from the time he acquired it from his father in 1755 until about 1802.  Today, the house and grounds are known as Liberty Tree Farm, located at 24 Liberty Street in Acton.</div> <bR> <div> At some point during or after 1776, Simon Hunt re-enlisted and may have served as Captain of the company of volunteers from Acton and Concord who were engaged at the Battle of Saratoga, New York, in October 1777.  It is said that they witnessed Burgoyne's surrender on 16 October 1777.  There is record that in November 1777, Simon Hunt was Captain of the company that guarded the British soldiers who were taken prisoner in Saratoga and brought back to Cambridge, Massachusetts.</div> <bR> <div> On 25 September 1778, Simon Hunt wrote a letter to Colonel Eleazer Brooks requesting resignation from his office as Captain “on account of dissatisfaction in his command and difficulty in obtaining non-commissioned officers,” but his request was declined on 30 September 1778.  Two months later, on 28 November 1778, Simon Hunt was captain of a guard company at Cambridge.  He was discharged on 15 December 1778, having served 5 months and 13 days at and about Winter Hill in Somerville, Massachusetts.</div> <bR> <div> Simon Hunt apparently re-enlisted again, either immediately after his discharge in 1778, or sometime in 1779.  In Acton on 15 October 1779, he wrote and signed a petition to the military Council for resignation of his commission as Captain of Colonel Francis Faulkner's 5th Company of the 3rd Middlesex County Regiment of Massachusetts Militia  “on account of the appointment of a junior officer to the rank of 2nd Major.”  It was ordered in Council on 10 March 1780 that the resignation be accepted.</div> <bR> <div> In the last years of the war, meeting enlistment quotas became an ever-increasing burden in Acton.  Captain Hunt had been voted to constitute a committee to collect the data concerning the war service of the town on 10 March 1777.  However, when the situation was not improved by March 1781, Hunt was elected to another committee to assist the assessors in classifying the inhabitants of the town for the purpose of hiring the town's quota in the United States Army.  In May 1781, prompted by financial constraints in the Acton town budget, Simon Hunt was one of two men delegated to make representation to the General Court of Massachusetts for the reduction of the town's valuation.</div> <bR> <div> Simon Hunt was a member of the First Church in Acton and was chosen as a deacon on 19 April 1792, an office which he also held in the Second Church for the remaining years of his life until his death in 1820. Accordingly, various historical records (including his gravestone inscription) refer to him as "Deacon Simon Hunt" (not to be confused with his father who was also a deacon in Concord and was principally known as “Deacon Hunt").  Church records note that on 23 March 1797 it was “Voted to choose a committee of three to nominate five persons for singers.”  Simon Hunt was one of three men chosen for this committee who duly nominated five individuals to lead the singing in the future.</div> <bR> <div> At the end of the 18th century, a developing interest in literature brought the organization of a "social library" by a group of Acton residents, including Simon Hunt.  This was a voluntary association of individuals who contributed to a common fund for the purchase of books.  Every member could use the books, but ownership was retained by the group as a whole.  Fines were levied for overdue books, soiled pages, grease spots (usually from candles), and loosened leaves.  In 1801, Simon Hunt was fined an unknown amount for a spot on page 421 of <I>Stack House</I>.</div> <bR> <div> Following his death on 27 April 1820, Captain Simon Hunt was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Acton, Massachusetts.  His gravestone is situated between those of his wife, Lucy (Raymond) Hunt, and of his daughter, Ruth Hunt.  The inscription on his gravestone is as follows:</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A NAME="epitaph_sh_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Century Schoolbook" ><B>Epitaph</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> SACRED</div> <div> TO</div> <div> the memory of</div> <div> Dea. SIMON HUNT</div> <div> who died</div> <div> April 27, 1820</div> <div> Aet. 86</div> <div> <IMG SRC="7d7c2030.jpg" border=0 width="194" height="259" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>Death thou has conquered me</I></div> <div> <I>I by thy dart am slain</I></div> <div> <I>But Christ has conquered thee</I></div> <div> <I>"And I shall rise again"</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="descendants_of_captain_simon_hunt_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Century Schoolbook" ><B>Descendants of Captain Simon Hunt</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I>Generation No. 1</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>1.</B>  C<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >APT.</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >IMON</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >6</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT><I>  (S</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>IMON</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >5</FONT><I>, J</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>OHN</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >4</FONT><I>, N</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>EHEMIAH</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >3</FONT><I>, W</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>ILLIAM</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >2</FONT><I>, R</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>OBERT</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >1</FONT><I>)</I> was born April 08, 1734 in Concord, Middlesex, MA., and died April 28, 1820 in Acton, Middlesex, MA..  He married L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UCY</FONT> R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AYMOND</FONT> April 15, 1755 in Concord, Middlesex, MA., daughter of P<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AUL</FONT> R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AYMOND</FONT> and T<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ABITHA</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ALCH</FONT>.  She was born August 05, 1737, and died March 31, 1808 in Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> Notes for C<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >APT.</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >IMON</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>:</div> <bR> <div> Hunt, Simon, Acton.Captain of an Acton co., Col. Eleazer Brooks's regt.; service, 6 days; company called out at the time of fortifying Dorchester Heights March 4, 1776; also, Captain, 5th co., 3d Middlesex Co. regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers; commissioned March 27, 1776; also, Captain, 4th co., Col. Eleazer Brooks's regt.; list of officers of a regiment drafted from Middlesex Co. militia and ordered to march to Horse Neck by Brig. Oliver Prescott Sept. 26, 1776; also, same regt.; engaged Sept. 27, 1776; discharged Nov. 16, 1776; service, 62 days, including 11 days (212 miles) travel; order for payment of amount of roll dated at North Castle and signed by Col. Brooks; also, same regt.; company return [year not given]; reported in camp at White Plains; also, Captain, Col. Gerrish's regt.; pay abstract for July, 1778, dated Winter Hill; also, same regt.; engaged July 3, [p.540] 1778; discharged Dec. 15, 1778; service, 5 mos. 13 days, at and about Winter Hill; roll dated Acton; also, letter from said Hunt to Col. Eleazer Brooks, dated Acton, Sept. 25, 1778, asking that his resignation of the office of Captain of a company of militia, on account of dissatisfaction in his command and difficulty in obtaining non-commissioned officers, be presented to the Council; in Council Sept. 30, 1778, resignation not accepted; also, petition addressed to the Council, dated Acton, Oct. 15, 1779, signed by said Hunt, asking permission to resign his commission as Captain of 5th co., Col. Francis Faulkner's (3d Middlesex Co.) regt., on account of the appointment of a junior officer to the rank of 2d Major; ordered in Council March 10, 1780, that the resignation be accepted. </div> <bR> <div> More About C<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >APT.</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >IMON</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <div> Concord Fight: April 19, 1775, Capt. Simon Hunt's Co.</div> <div> Military service: Revolutionary War</div> <bR> <div> Notes for L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UCY</FONT> R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AYMOND</FONT>:</div> <div> When she died she was the mother of eleven children and forty grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.</div> <bR> <div> More About L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UCY</FONT> R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AYMOND</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >IMON</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT> and L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UCY</FONT> R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AYMOND</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: April 15, 1755, Concord, Middlesex, MA.</div> <div>      </div> <div> Children of S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >IMON</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT> and L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UCY</FONT> R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AYMOND</FONT> are:</div> <div>      i.     L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UCY</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >7</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>, b. December 05, 1755, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. December 25, 1755, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <div>      ii.     S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >IMON</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>, b. October 07, 1756, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. April 13, 1821, Westford, Middlesex, MA.; m. (1) L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >YDIA</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ROOKS</FONT>, March 04, 1779, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. June 15, 1759; d. February 03, 1784, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. (2) L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >YDIA</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ROOKS</FONT>, June 16, 1785, Westford, Middlesex, MA; b. April 23, 1758, Westford, Middlesex, MA; d. October 06, 1837, Westford, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> Notes for S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >IMON</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>:</div> <div> Simon Hunt III and his second wife had several children, their oldest, </div> <div> Mary (Hunt) Kelley, being my gggg-grandmother.  Interestingly, Lydia </div> <div> Proctor's marriage to Simon was her second too, and her maiden name was </div> <div> Lydia Brooks--the same name as Simon Hunt's first wife.  This detail is </div> <div> often confused in published genealogies, with the two Lydias being thought </div> <div> of as the same person.  Simon III moved from Acton to Westford at about the </div> <div> time of his marriage to Lydia II, and he died there in 1821.  He and Lydia </div> <div> are buried in Fairview Cemetery.</div> <bR> <div> The Nehemiah Hunt you refer to is probably the son of William Hunt, one of </div> <div> the founders of Concord.  He would be the great-grandfather Simon Hunt II of </div> <div> Acton.  I think Nehemiah was one of the proprietors of the land that would </div> <div> eventually become Acton.--Jeff</div> <bR> <div> Hunt, Simon, Jr., Acton.Private, Capt. John Hayward's co. of Minute-men, Col. Abijah Pierce's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 26 days; also, list of men appearing under the heading ?Hartwell Brook the first Everidge;? said Hunt appears among men with Capt. Abishai Brown at Nantasket [year not given]. </div> <bR> <div> More About S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >IMON</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Fariview Cemetery,  Westford, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >YDIA</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ROOKS</FONT>:</div> <div> d/o Timothy and Mary (Gilbert) Brooks</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >IMON</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT> and L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >YDIA</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ROOKS</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: March 04, 1779, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >IMON</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT> and Mrs. L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >YDIA</FONT> (B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ROOKS) PROCTER</FONT>:</div> <div> d/o Josiah and Lydia (Heyward) Brooks</div> <div> Marriage: June 16, 1785, Westford, Middlesex, MA</div> <bR> <div>      iii.     L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UCY</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>, b. July 08, 1758, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. April 26, 1784, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >T.</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ENJAMIN</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AYWARD</FONT>, April 06, 1780, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. December 01, 1752, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. October 20, 1838, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> More About L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UCY</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> Notes for L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >T.</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ENJAMIN</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AYWARD</FONT>:</div> <div> Capt. John Hayward's Company, April 19,1775</div> <bR> <div> More About L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >T.</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ENJAMIN</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AYWARD</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <div> Concord Fight: April 19, 1775, Capt. Isaac Davis Co.</div> <div> Military service: Revolutionary War</div> <bR> <div> More About B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ENJAMIN</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AYWARD</FONT> and L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UCY</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: April 06, 1780, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div>      iv.     N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ATHAN</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>, b. July 17, 1760, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. July 18, 1853; m. N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ABBY</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EALD</FONT>, May 04, 1786, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> More About N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ATHAN</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT> and N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ABBY</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EALD</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: May 04, 1786, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div>      v.     M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARY</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>, b. July 16, 1762, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. April 02, 1845, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANIEL</FONT> W<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >HITE</FONT>, January 01, 1784, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. April 10, 1760, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. June 04, 1841, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> More About M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARY</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> Notes for D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANIEL</FONT> W<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >HITE</FONT>:</div> <div> He was a devoted religious man, yet different in faith, being a Universalist. He was a man of prayer, having daily family worship and asking blessing at the table. He was very methodical in all his ways; even the wood pile, like everything else around the farm, must be in its place, every stick in order. He served in the Revolutionary War, first as private under Captain Hudang of Littleton, afterwards as captain. The soldiers of the army were deserting, at which time Daniel was urged by a comrade to desert. After much persuasion he was on the point of yielding, when a voice was heard; he and his comrade followed the sound; it proved to be the voice of Washington at prayer alone in the field. Daniel said to his comrade, "Will you desert such a man?" His reply was, "No; I will stand by even unto death." </div> <div> He built Lake Nagog Inn sometime in the early 1800s with his partner, Mr. Putney. It had surrounding cottages and homes occupying about 70 acres of farmland. He also owned a store that serrviced the Inn guests. They traded calfskins and other products for the store's supplies of yarn, honey, molasses, calico, sugar, fish and farm products. Sometimes they paid cash and, according to a faded brown ledger from 1837, now (1983) owned by a descendant, Sidney Durkee of Littleton, sometimes bought on credit. Durkee remembers the inn as having a large dining room and a third floor dormer where the help slept. It was yellow with white trim and had thirteen cottages which ringed the south shore of the lake.The inn remained in use until 1910, when Lake Nagog was given to the Town of Concord for use as a reservoir. The cottages were taken by eminent domain. The inn was torn down about 1960. Durkee grew up across the street on WHite Farm, located at Nagog Woods on the hill, a "homestead" whcih passed through generations of his family until 1983 when his son sold it to developer Roy Smith. [This must have been Mark White, Jr.'s land first] Nearby was the inn, stage shop. store, surrounding two-story cottages and the main attraction, Lake Nagog. </div> <div> A Daniel White house is listed on the Historical Map of Acton of 1976 as being c1815 and dating from two periods and is an unusually long cottage house.It was built for Daniel White after he transferred his tavern to his son, Deacon John White. It relates to the small enclave of Federal period buildings which grew up around the Nagog Hotel (the White Tavern) which formerly stood diagonally across the street. [Acton Beacon newspaper article 27 Aug. no yr. given and Historical Map and sketches of early historic structures of Acton 1976] </div> <bR> <bR> <div> More About D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANIEL</FONT> W<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >HITE</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <div> Minuteman: September 29, 1774, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANIEL</FONT> W<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >HITE</FONT> and M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARY</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: January 01, 1784, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div>      vi.     P<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AUL</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>, b. October 20, 1764, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. 1848; m. B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ETSEY</FONT> P<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARKHURST</FONT>, November 29, 1789, Westford, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About P<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AUL</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT> and B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ETSEY</FONT> P<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARKHURST</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: November 29, 1789, Westford, Middlesex, MA</div> <bR> <div>      vii.     E<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LIZABETH</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>, b. August 09, 1766, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. April 03, 1846; m. (1) L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >T.</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >IMON</FONT> T<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UTTLE</FONT>, January 14, 1790, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. September 17, 1763, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. September 08, 1806, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. (2) N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ATHANIEL</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OLDEN</FONT>, August 14, 1831, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. Shirley, MA..</div> <bR> <div> Notes for L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >T.</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >IMON</FONT> T<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UTTLE</FONT>:</div> <div> TUTTLE, SIMON </div> <div>   State: MA Year: 1810 </div> <div>   County: Middlesex County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule </div> <div>   Township: Acton Page: 236 </div> <div>   Database: MA 1810 Federal Census Index </div> <bR> <div> TUTTLE, Simon  </div> <div>   Death Date: Sept. 8, 1806 Burial Place: Acton </div> <div>   Relative:   Age:   </div> <div>   Source:  Vital Records of Acton </div> <div>   Complete Record:  TUTTLE, Simon, Lieutenant [duplicate entry junior, omits Lieutenant], Sept. 8, 1806, age 43, in Acton [Simon junior, C.R.1. Lieutenant Simon, C.R.1.] </div> <bR> <div> Tuttle, Simeon.1st Lieutenant, Capt. Israel Heald's co., Col. Eleazer Brooks's regt.; service, 6 days; company marched from Acton to Roxbury March 4, 1776. </div> <bR> <div> More About L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >T.</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >IMON</FONT> T<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UTTLE</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >IMON</FONT> T<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UTTLE</FONT> and E<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LIZABETH</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: January 14, 1790, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ATHANIEL</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OLDEN</FONT> and E<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LIZABETH</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: August 14, 1831, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div>      viii.     R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UTH</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>, b. February 15, 1769, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. June 13, 1786, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> More About R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UTH</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div>      ix.     T<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ABITHA</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>, b. April 02, 1771, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. December 11, 1845, Rindge, Cheshire, N.H.; m. J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSHUA</FONT> T<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ODD</FONT>, February 23, 1796, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. August 07, 1763, Rowley, Essex, MA.; d. June 01, 1845, Rindge, Cheshire, N.H..</div> <bR> <div> More About J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSHUA</FONT> T<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ODD</FONT>:</div> <div> Census: 1840, Rindge, Cheshire, N.H.</div> <bR> <div> More About J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSHUA</FONT> T<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ODD</FONT> and T<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ABITHA</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: February 23, 1796, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div>      x.     S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARAH</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>, b. August 04, 1773, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. (1) J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSEPH</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >APGOOD</FONT>, February 11, 1798, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. April 02, 1772, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. (2) D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AVID</FONT> C<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARLTON</FONT>, 1808.</div> <bR> <div> More About J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSEPH</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >APGOOD</FONT> and S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARAH</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>:</div> <div> Divorce: Bef. 1808</div> <div> Marriage: February 11, 1798, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AVID</FONT> C<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARLTON</FONT> and S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARAH</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: 1808</div> <bR> <div>      xi.     J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OANNA</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>, b. November 16, 1779, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. February 19, 1839, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. (1) J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSEPH</FONT> N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OYES</FONT>, October 14, 1800, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. August 06, 1778, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. July 29, 1822, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. (2) A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >DAM</FONT> N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OYES</FONT>, February 11, 1830, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. January 12, 1774, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> More About J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OANNA</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> Notes for J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSEPH</FONT> N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OYES</FONT>:</div> <div> The Middlesex Observer, 17 August 1822</div> <div> DIED </div> <div>     In Acton, Joseph Noyes, Esq aged 44 Mr. Noyes possessed the confidence and esteem of a numerous circle of acquaintance. He discharged with much fidelity the important duties of the various offices which he held in the town. By his death an aged father, a widow and eight children are called to mourn the loss of a dutiful son, an affectionate husband, and a kind parent. </div> <bR> <div> More About J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSEPH</FONT> N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OYES</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSEPH</FONT> N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OYES</FONT> and J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OANNA</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: October 14, 1800, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >DAM</FONT> N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OYES</FONT> and J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OANNA</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UNT</FONT>:</div> <div> Marriage: February 11, 1830, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>