Mark HUNKING of Portsmouth, New Hampshire

HUNKING

1. ROGER-

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  • 2I. HERCULES

    2I. HERCULES- (ROGER 1)

    On 18 Sept. 1652 Roger Knight of "Strabery banke" sold to "Hirculus Humpkins... a plantation lying in Strabery Banke"(2) On 24 Oct. 1671 Roger Knight of Portsmouth confirmed this sale to John Hunking, the heir of Hercules Hunking.(3) These transactions probably refer to Hercules Jr.

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  • I. Hercules- bpt. 13 June 1604 St. Stephens by Saltash, Cornwall, m. Beaton _____ (m.2. William Hearl), will 21 Aug. 1659(1), inv. 6 Sept. 1659 Portsmouth
  • 3II. MARK- bpt. 25 June 1615 St. Stephens, m.c.1637 Portsmouth, ANN ______, will 1 July 1667 Portsmouth

    Ref:

    (1) Provincial Papers, Documents and Records Relating to the Province of New Hampshire from 1686 to 1722- Nathaniel Boulton, Ed., Manchester, NH- Vol. 31, p. 107
    (2) Portsmouth Town Records- Vol. I, p. 14, quoted in the New Hampshire Genealogical Record- Vol. I, p. 7
    (3) New Hampshire Provincial Deeds- NH Division of Records Management and Archives, Concord- Vol. III, p. 54b

    TAG- Four Early Immigrant to Maine and New Hampshire- Vol. 73, No. 3, July, 1998- pp.223-7

    3II.MARK (ROGER 1, HERCULES 2)

    bpt. 25 June 1615 St. Stephens by Saltash, Cornwall
    m.c.1637 Portsmouth, NH, ANN ______
    will 1 July 1667 Portsmouth

    Mark or Marcus was a shipwright at Little Harbour. He and Richard Shortridge were already living on the whole neck of land granted to them 22 Jan. 1660/1.

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  • 4I. MARGARET- b.c.1640, m.c.1663 CHRISTOPHER ADAMS (will 21 Sept. 1687 Kittery), d. 9 Dec. 1722 Kittery
  • II. Mark- b.c.1642, m.c.1671, Sarah Sherburne (b. 10 Jan. 1651 Portsmouth, d after 1720 Portsmouth), d. before 7 Jan. 1731/2. Mark lived at Little Harbor on the property that later became the Wentworth estate.
  • III. Archelaus- b.c.1645, d. after 1667
  • IV. Temperance- m. Thomas Fernald (b.c.1633, inv. 25 Aug. 1697 Portsmouth), d. after 1714
  • V. Mary- m. Thomas Wakeham (b.c.1640, will 27 Sept. 1698- 15 Dec. 1709 Portsmouth), d. after 1714

    Ref:

    Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- pp. 359-60