It says: "Huntington was named for the Hunt family. Other early settlers here were the Hawk, Sharp and Beers families."
I have Hunt ancestries showing Hunts marrying Hawks and I have a Hawk marrying a Hamlin a couple generations down the line in Exira -- these are auspicious indicators. I am _tickled_, especially since it looks like other people working this family line have been either wildly incurious about tracing the locations or assuming it was an error, just like me!
You should find your prize in your email.
http://www.pohatcong.com/historic/huntington.html
It says: "Huntington was named for the Hunt family.
Other early settlers here were the Hawk, Sharp and Beers families."
I have Hunt ancestries showing Hunts marrying Hawks and I have a Hawk marrying a Hamlin a couple generations down the line in Exira -- these are auspicious indicators. I am _tickled_, especially since it looks like other people working this family line have been either wildly incurious about tracing the locations or assuming it was an error, just like me!