John Hunt (1712-1778) was a Quaker minister from London, England. Between 1738 and 1768, he made frequent voyages between London, Philadelphia and Virginia. In 1769, John Hunt, a widower, emigrated to the province of Pennsylvania with his three children. They settled near Philadelphia at Darby. He married Rachel Tory, a widow, on November 28, 1769. John Hunt and about twenty other prominent Quakers from Philadelphia were exiled by force of arms to Winchester, Virginia. Wikipedia
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