Son of Lt Jonathan & Martha (Williams) Hunt
Served as a captain in the Northampton Militia
He planted the elm trees in front of the family house at 109 Elm Street (now Sessions House, Smith College) that gave Elm Street its name
Inscription
Here lies Interred the Body of/Mr John Hunt/who died Jan 9 1785/In the 73d Year of his Age
Also Mrs Esther his wife/Died March 9 1787/In the 65 Year of her Age
"They exhibited a bright pattern/of all Congal [sic] Parental/& Social Virtues/They adorned the Doctrine of God our Saviour/by pious & holy lives/And died in hope/of a Glorious Immortality/Teach me O Parent from on high/Like them to live like them to die"