-- [ From: Sanford B. Hunt III * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] --

Extracts of Early Settlers #3 from Mitchell Hunt's "Hunts of Vermont".

Capt. Thomas Hunt, 1614, was the Captain of one of the ships led by
Captain John Smith (of Jamestown Pocahontas fame who returned to England
and devoted his energies to promoting the development of New England ,
often called the "Admiral of New England") in an exploration of the New
England coast in 1614. When Smith started back to England on the return
trip he told HUNT to stay behind for awhile and pick up from the Indians
a load of fish, skins, and other items to bring back. Hunt went beyond
these instructions and lured a number of Indians aboard the ship and
sailed with them to Spain where he sold them in the slave market at
Malaga. Among the Indians was Squanto, who was later to return to
Plymouth Colony and become "Savior" of the Plymouth Colony in 1621.
Nothing further has been learned of CApt. Thomas Hunt, though it is
believed that he was discredited in England by his actions in kidnapping
the Indians and thereafter had difficulty obtaining commissions. It is
nice to romanticize that Capt. Thomas Hunt was the son of the Rev.
Robert Hunt of Jamestown, that upon his return to England he looked up
the son of his "old buddy" Robert Hunt and enlisted Thomas in his
exploring expedition of the New England coast. But that is the stuff of
the movies and not history or genealogy. The identity of Capt. Thomas
Hunt has not been found and there is no evidence that he or descendants 
(if any) ever settled in America.

sbh