Abraham Hunt.
American farmer, merchant, lieutenant colonel in American Revolutionary War (1741-1821)
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About Abraham Hunt
Abraham Hunt (1741–1821) was an American merchant and farmer in Trenton, New Jersey, first Postmaster of Trenton, and served in the American Revolutionary War as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Hunterton County militia. He was a prominent member of the First Presbyterian Church in Trenton. Early in the revolution he was a member of the Provincial Congress that held some of its sessions in Trenton. He played the host and placated the German Hessian commander Johann Rall before the Battle of Trenton. Suspected of duplicity for his accommodation to the Hessians, Hunt was charged with treason, but was acquitted and went on to serve in the cause for American independence. After the war, Hunt became involved in the politics and business interests of Trenton and New Jersey.
Everything about Abraham Hunt →- Occupation
- merchant, farmer
- Citizenship
- United States, British America
- Born
- February 16, 1741, February 16, 1742
- Died
- October 27, 1821