Elizabeth Hunter
Contributed by Mary Simpson Crosby
ORAL HISTORY
HANDED DOWN FROM YOUNGBLOOD BRANCH OF FAMILY
TREE
? White and
? Hunter came to America from Belfast, North Ireland
Daughter Elizabeth
was three months old
They also had
two older children - a son and another
daughter
Upon arrival
they were destitute and could not
feed children
They gave the
two older children to families who
could raise them
The son was
given to a family from Alabama
The older
daughter to a family from Indiana
They never saw
these two children again
ELIZABETH
HUNTER AND
? HAYNIE
I
MARY
PALYMER HAYNIE
BORN DEC
22 1854 - DIED OCT 28 1909
I
MARY P.
HAYNIE AND ROBERT ANDERSON YOUNGBLOOD
BORN FEB. 14 1848 -
DIED DEC. 28 1928
I
EMMA JANE
YOUNGBLOOD
BORN OCT 04 1886 -
DIED OCT 22 1958
I
EMMA JANE
YOUNGBLOOD AND ALEXANDER HAMILTON SIMPSON
BORN NOV 11 1882 -
DIED FEB 13 1974
~1828 - Arrived in USA
1830C: Abbeville, SC - page 30, line 3
William Hunter 40-50 yrs old
one boy 5 - 10 yrs (William would have been 7)
one boy 10 -15 yrs (James would have been 11)
one girl 0 - 5 yrs (Elizabeth would have been 3)
one girl 5 - 10 (Margaret would have been 5 or 6)
one female slave 18-35 yrs
Early 1830's - both parents died and children dispersed
More Notes on Elizabeth and William Hunter
Contributed by James Howell Cook III
William Hunter, age 35 and his wife Elizabeth, age 38, and their four
children arrived in the port of Charlestown South Carolina with their four
children in December 1827. The children were James, age 6, William, age 4,
Mary, age 2 and Elizabeth, age 1. William Hunter's occupation was not listed
on the manifest. They were listed as transported from Belfast, Ireland.
Source: Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists,
Roll 2: 1820-73
This database contains more than 5,300 immigrant names. Originally
published by the National Archives as Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at
Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast and Ports on the Great
Lakes, 1820-63, the database includes passenger lists from the following ports
(dates for each port in brackets):
Charleston, South Carolina (1820-29); Darien, Georgia (1823-25); Dighton,
Maine (1820-36); East Rover, Virginia (1830); Edenton, North Carolina (1820);
Edgartown, Maine (1820-70); Fairfield, Connecticut (1820-21); Fall River,
Massachusetts (1837-65) Frenchman's Bay, Maine (1821-27)
Port of Arrival: Charleston, S.C.
Date: 1827 - December
Country of Origin: Ireland
Destination: United States
Ship: Brig William
Port of Embarkation: Belfast, Ireland
William Hunter Age: 35 Sex: M Occupation: None Master: N/A
Elizabeth Hunter Age: 38 Sex: F
James Hunter Age: 6 Sex: M
William Hunter Age: 4 Sex: M
Mary Hunter Age: 2 Sex: F
Elizabeth Hunter Age: 1 Sex: F
More Notes on Elizabeth and William Hunter
Contributed by Frank Anderson Chappell
Here is part of what Emma Anderson
recorded in 1932:
"In September 1826
William Hunter and Elizabeth White his wife and four children immigrated from England and settled at Mount Carmel, Abeville District, S.C. Their oldest son James was born
August 28, 1819 in England. His other children Elizabeth, James [I assume
she meant William- FAC] and Marguerite were also born in England. James Hunter moved to Alabama in 1842 and in 1843 was united in marriage to
Lucinda Caroline Branscomb. They had three sons and two
daughters...."
"The parents of James Hunter
were William Hunter & Elizabeth White Hunter. They were born and
reared in Great Britton, were married in 1817, had four children, James,
William, Elizabeth, and Lucy. In about 1825 they immighrated from England to South Carolina, bringing their four children with them. Soon after taking up
residence in this country, the parents, William Hunter and wife Elizabeth both
died with typhoid fever...."
The above two portions, which appear in
different parts of her account, are not exactly the same. Her account
says all four children of William and Elizabeth Hunter were born in England, but also says they came to South Carolina in 1825 or 1826. If the youngest child,
Elizabeth, was born in 1827, as indicated by other records, then she would have
been born in America. James Hunter, Emma's father died when she was two
years old, so she would not remember him. However she lived in the same
house with her mother until Lucinda died in 1913 and would have heard first
hand from her mother what Lucinda told her about the parents and siblings of
her father.
Another account I have came from Dewitt
Counts whose grandmother was Johnnie Mae Hunter who was the grandaughter of
Lucinda Caroline Hunter. I suspect his account was prepared by his
grandmother, Johnnie Mae Hunter Kearfoot. Johnnie Mae, though not born in
Union Springs, spent much of her growing up years there in the presence of her
grandmother, Lucinda Caroline Hunter. Her account, then, could also
have come from firsthand accounts from her grandmother. Excerpts
from Dewitt Counts account are as follows:
"William Hunter and
Elizabeth White were married in Dublin, Ireland June 3, 1815 where their first
child James was born August 28, 1819. They came to America in 1820 and settled in Abbeville District, South Carolina..
1. James Hunter was
born in Dublin, Ireland August 28, 1819 was brought to South Carolina when 2
years old, died June 8, 1855..
2. William Hunter
was born February 25, 1823.
3. Margarite Hunter
was born April 21, 1825.
4. Elizabeth Hunter
was born July 11, 1827, died September 6, 1888.
Elizabeth White my loving and
affectionate wife died in America June 7, 1829. Tradition furnished by
Elizabeth Hunter Hayne is that William Hunter (the father) died a short time
after the death of his wife (Elizabeth White Hunter). The four orphaned
children were adopted by Christian friends.
James Hunter
immigrated to Alabama
William Hunter
remained in South Carolina and died in young manhood
Margarite Hunter was
taken by her foster parents to Ohio
Elizabeth Hunter was
taken to Norcross, Georgia where she married a Mr. Hayne and reared a large
family of children. (Hayne history page)
David William Haynie, born August 17,
1830 and Elizabeth Hunter, born July 11, 1827 were married November 7, 1848 in South Carolina
Children
Elina Jane Haynie
born September 12, 1849
John William Haynie
born April 17, 1851
Mary Palmira Haynie
born December 22, 1852
Margaret Ann Haynie
born October 6, 1854
Sara
Rosanna Haynie born June 7, 1856...."