Hunt, Joseph Ruggles (1781-1871)

Name:: Hunt, Joseph Ruggles (1781-1871)
Title:: Member, State House of Representatives, 1831-2
Postmaster, Eaton, N.H., 1841-52
Esquire
Other Names:: Capt. Joseph Ruggles Hunt
Born:: 1781
Birthplace:: Boston, MA
Died:: 1871
Death Location:: Madison, NH
Residence:: Boston, MA
Eaton, NH
Madison, NH (note: Madison formed in 1852, from that part of Eaton where Hunt had been living)
Nationality:: American
Occupation:: Chairmaker; cabinetmaker (at least 1805-1849)
Captain, merchant ship
Farmer
Mill owner
Father:: Hunt, Abraham (Capt.)
Mother:: Hunt, Mary St. Leger
Relations:: Grandson: Charles A. Hunt, painter, Nashua (see 1983.108)
Great grandson: Mark B. Blaisdell
Spouse:: Tounge, Eleanor (1781-1854)
Children:: Hunt, Joseph St. Leger (1804-, Boston; machinist)
Hunt, Ellen Maria (baptised 1806; m. Timothy Colby)
Hunt, Elisha (1807-8)
Hunt, Sarah
Hunt, Charles H. (1820-1886, Madison; Nashua, son Charley A. Hunt, artist)
Notes:: See Artist/Maker field for additional information.

Father (Abraham Hunt) was a wine dealer in Boston; said to have been a member of the Boston Tea Party.

M.1803.

Buried in Madison, N.H.

Note that Hunt's grandson is Charles (Charley) A. Hunt, painter in Nashua. Two paintings by him in NHHS collections.