Settler of township lots: Lots 27 & 28, Conc. 8, Stanhope

Link to the Hunt family on the Settlers of Algonquin Highlands Family Tree website

Location: Map point is the approximate location within Lot 27, Conc. 8 which is one lot north of the west end of Barry Line Road east of Alpha Lane

Land acquisition:

• 1876 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Register - 101 & 101 acres to John William Hunt.
• 1876 Crown Land location certificate - 7 Jun 1876 - John William Hunt of Innisfil, has two sons and one daughter under 18

Dates of residency:

• 1877 - 1879 Lot 18, Con 5, Minden (foreclosed by bank in 1879)
• 1881 Census of Canada, Minden
• 1882 Purchase of Lot 20, Con 2, Minden (Ingoldsby)
• 1891 Census of Canada, Minden
• 1886 wife Ann Jane Hunt takes out a mortgage on Lot 20, Con 2 Minden (Ingoldsby).
• 1891 Death:John William Hunt, Ingoldsby
• 1891 Widow Ann Jane Hunt transfers to William Minaker, mortgage holder, 53 acres - Lot 20, Con 2 Minden (ingoldsby)

Interesting facts:

• Listed as miller on death certificate.

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner: None, still Crown land