The Mystery Man: Daniel Hunt (1753 - 1837)

Daniel Hunt has been described as a mystery man due to the lack of information on his life and family. What is certain about him is that he served in the Revolutionary War in 1777 - 8 along with two of his brothers - Joshua and Zebulon - and his father-in-law Josiah Whittlesey. He was married twice, first to Josiah's daughter Silena, who died in 1814, then to Hannah Farmer. Daniel lived in Haverhill NH from 1790 - 1802, and then in neighboring Bath NH from 1803 until his death in 1837.

Daniel owned valuable real estate in Bath: a 100 acre lot on the Connecticut River, and 2 farms (at various times) on the Ammonoosuc River, a tributary of the Connecticut. Despite his land holdings, Daniel suffered personal issues that resulted in 1814 in his having a guardian assigned to manage his financial affairs. In 1833, he sold his last farm on the Ammonoosuc and lived the last few years in the Bath NH Poor House.

Daniel and his second wife Hannah had one child: John Quincy Hunt, who was born a month before Daniel died in 1837. Daniel was 83 at his death, so the fact that he had a child born in the same year speaks to his vitality ;)

Horatio Buck owned a farm next door to the Poor House, and he was also a deacon in the West Bath Meetinghouse nearby. Buck gave a statement to the court after Daniel's death that he assisted in laying out Daniel's body and digging his grave in the West Bath Cemetery. However, no grave marker is found for Daniel Hunt in that cemetery, although is brother Zebulon was buried there. The goal of this site is to gain permission to install a marker for Daniel Hunt in the West Bath Cemetery to honor his service to the founding of our country.