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1060 SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
Matthew Short, of Albany. His children were :
Sarah and twin, born March 8, 1719; Thomas,
born Jan. 6, 1721 ; Joanna, born 'Sept. 85,
1728; John, born April 5, 1724; James, born
Feb. 16, 1728; Elizabeth, born Jan. 4, 1730;
Isaac, born June 12, 1731 ; Mercy, born Feb.
2, 1733; Benoni, born May 23, 1736; Matthew,
born in August, 1737; Judith, born Feb.
16, 1739; Obed, born
born Sept. 29, 1743;
Sept. 25, 1741; Sarah,
and Peter, born April
3, 1745.
(V) Thomas Hunt (2), of Weymouth, born
Jan. 6, 1721, married Dec. 29, 1743, Lydia
Burrell, and their children were: Lydia, born
Dec. 14, 1744; Thomas, born Dec. 5, 1746;
Ebenezer, born Feb. 22, 1748; Elizabeth, born
March 9, 1750; and Robert, born in 1752.
(VI) Thomas Hunt (3), son of Thomas
(8), born in what is now the town of Abingfon,'
Dec. 5, 1746, married (first) E.xperience
Thayer, Oct. 27, 1768. She died April 30,
1798, and he married (second) Sept. 2, 1798,
Selah Shaw, who died May 10, 1820. He married
(third) Aug. 28, 1820, Mary Pratt, who
died April 10, 1887, aged forty-three years.
. His death occurred Feb. 18, 1823, in his
seventy-seventh year. Children as follows
were born to his first marriage : Sarah, May
18, 1770; Thomas, Feb. 25, 1772; Lydia,
Dec. 31, 1775; Noah, March 16, 1778; Betsey,
Aug. 16, 1780; David, Jan. 30, 1783;
Silas, Feb. 14, 1785; Elias, Feb. 19, 1787;
Reuben, Nov. 16, 1790; Warren, April 17,
1794.
(VII) Reuben Hunt, son of Thomas (3)
and Experience (Thayer), born in the town
of Abington, Mass., Nov. 16, 1790, made his
home there. He married Aug. 19, 1813, Nancy
Smith, and they had children born as follows:
Nancy, Jan. 19, 1814 (married Thomas Reed,
Jan. 28, 1834) ; Mary R., Dec. 20, 1815 (married
April 23, 1834, Zenas Jenkins) ; Betsey,
March 8, 1818 (married Philander Shaw) ;
Harriet Smith, April 11, 1820 (married Aug.
3, 1841, Jonathan Howland) ; Hannah Smith,
April 14, 1822 (married Nov. 22, 1840, Sumner
Shaw) ; Reuben. May 12, 1824.
(VIII) Reuben Hunt (2), son of Reuben,
born on North Main street, in East Abington,
in what is now the town of Rockland, May 12,
1824, was educated in the public schools of
that locality. While still young he became a
olerk in the store of Maj. Joseph Hunt, who
conducted a grocery business at Chamberlain's
corner, near the Catholic Church at Center
Abington. He later drove a peddler's cart
and from that he turned to the manufacture
of shoes, later forming' a partnership in this
line with Ira Lowell and Sumner Shaw (his
brother-in-law) under the firm name of Hunt
& Lowell. They did business together for
several years, when Mr. Hunt became engaged
in the cattle business, having as partners Loring
Tirrell, of South Weymouth, and Edward
Dwelley, of North Hanover. They drove cat-
tle from Brighton and sold them to the farmers
throughout this section. Later Mr. Hunt
became interested in horses and became a
well known dealer, importing horses from
Canada which he disposed of in the surrounding
towns. After giving up the cattle and
horse business he engaged in the carriage industry,
buying and selling at wholesale and
retail, and continued in this line successfully
for thirty-five years, until his retirement.
From that time on he devoted himself to his
extensive real estate interests until his death,
which occurred at his home on Reed street, in
Rockland, Jan. 14, 1908. He was buried in
the family lot in Mount Vernon cemetery, at
Abington. Mr. Hunt was at the time of his
death one of the oldest as well as one of the
best known residents of Rockland. Over
eighty-three years of age, he had been widely
known in his .section of the State in his various
business associations, in all of which he was
respected for excellent judgment and the
strictest integrity.
On Aug. 15, i844, Mr. Hunt married Harriet
E. Cushing, daughter of Maj. John Gush-
ing, of Nortli Abington, and her death preceded
his by only a few days, taking place Jan.
1, 1908, after a long illness. Three children
were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hunt : Harriet
Elizabeth, born Sept. 10, 1845, widow of Benjamin
F. Poole, of Rockland ; Reuben Wallace,
born March 12, 1850, president of the South
Weymouth Savings Bank ; and Charles E.,
born Jan. 15, 1854, who died aged about
twenty-nine years.
(VIII) Jerome Bonaparte Poole, son of
Franklin and Ann (Sargent) Poole, was bom
Dec. 14, 1844, in what is now the town of
Rockland, Mass. He attended the public
schools of his native town, was graduated from
the East Abington high school in 1862, and
was prepared for college at Phillips Exeter
Academy. He then entered Harvard Univer-
in 1867.
sity, from which he was graduated
Soon after his graduation he took up the vocation
of teacher and followed it for the best
part of his life. His first position was as
principal of the high school at North Abington
and after a few years there he was principal
of the high schools in Stoughton Center
and Walpole. On Nov. 18, 1873, he took a