Descendants of Anne HUNT

First Generation


1. Anne HUNT was born in Co. Sligo. She died in prob. Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.

Unfortunately the only information we have on the Hunt family is that they came from Co. Sligo.

Note: The Hunt surname is common throughout the country, especially in Connaught and Munster. The fact that it's an English name may account for much of its presence in Ulster and Leinster, but generally it's an anglicisation of Ó Fiaich, Ó Fiacha, Ó Fiachna and Ó Fiachra because of their resemblance to the Irish word 'fiach', meaning 'chase' or 'hunt'. In the mid-19th century, the Hunt surname was most common in counties Mayo and Sligo.

Anne married Cormac or Thomas GORDON, son of John GORDON and Mary 'UNKNOWN', in 1816. Cormac was born about 1785 in poss. Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. He died in prob. Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.

There's some confusion as to whether the son of John Gordon who married Anne Hunt was Thomas or Cormac. According to information from family members it was Thomas. However in the LDS Vital Records Index (VRI), there's a record for the christening in Loughglynn in 1817 of a Brigid Gordon whose parents were Cormac Gordon and Anne Hunt. But the year of Brigid's christening doesn't tie in with the approximate year of Bridget Gordon's birth provided by the family, i.e., 1830.  

Thomas (or Cormac) may have had a brother, or other relative, called Martin, who married Elizabeth Hunt (same family as Ann Hunt?) because there's an VRI record for the christening in Loughglynn in 1817 of an Anne Gordon whose parents were Martin Gordon and Elizabeth Hunt.

According to the Co. Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Company, the sponsors at Bridget's christening (in 1817) were Martin Gordon and Elizabeth Hunt. And at the christening of Thomas, brother of Bridget, the sponsors were Patrick Gordon and Mary Hunt. Could Cormac (or Thomas) have had two brothers named Martin and Patrick, and could Anne have had two sisters named Elizabeth and Mary?

They had the following children:

+ 2 M i Patrick GORDON was born about 1807.
+ 3 F ii Bridget GORDON was born about 12 Jul 1817.
+ 4 M iii Michael GORDON was born 1818.
+ 5 M iv Martin GORDON (Caution: wife and some children not verified).
  6 M v
Cormac GORDON was born in prob. Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon.

It's probably worth mentioning here that there's an 1841 census return for the household of an Irish-born Cormack (sic) Gordon who was living in Cheshire. Given that the name Cormac was traditional among our Gordon family it's a possiblity that the Cormack from the census was connected to our family. The Cormack from the census was aged 30 and lived at The Old Bridge, Wilmslow, Macclesfield. Others in the household on the night of the census were Brigid Gordon, aged 30 and Irish-born, presumably his wife; Anne (5), James (3) and Patrick (3 months) Gordon, all born in England and presumably his children; and James Gordon aged 25 and Irish-born, possibly a brother or cousin. The occupation of both Cormack and James is what looks like "Excaugtor" or "Excauqtor".
+ 7 M vi Thomas GORDON was born 1821 and died 23 Mar 1901.
  8 F vii
Nellie GORDON was born about 1824 in prob. Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. She died 24 May 1900 in Clerragh, Co. Roscommon.

It's believed that Nellie never married.

+ 9 F viii Catherine GORDON (Caution: some children not verified) was born about 1825.

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