Henry LUNT
Lunt Family

"The Lunt family is well-established in the Newbury’s. Henry Lunt was one of the first settlers that arrived here with Rev. Parker and he established himself a large tract of farm land which he managed with his wife Anna. The Lunt family has a Scandinavian background and had originally come from Northern England near York. That fighting spirit from the days of the Vikings obviously had not been diluted by the time of the American Revolution. Men such as Cutting Lunt fought bravely as privateers or even valiantly with the fledgling navy with John Paul Jones as in Henry Lunt. Captain Macijah Lunt after the harrowing experiences of being a privateer went on to be one of the most prosperous merchants in Newburyport. The Lunt family grew expansively with like reputations and even had strong branches in Portland, Maine and a presence in small communities along the eastern seaboard..."

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