Kintyre People


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Hunter, William

Hunter, William

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  • Name Hunter, William  [1]
    Gender Male
    Occupation 7 May 1709  Tomaig, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Former Tacksman 
    Residence 1710  Drumalea, Killean & Kilchenzie parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Tacksman 
    Community-wide Assize Trial 20 Jun 1710  Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    "William Hunter in Drumlea Guilty of Burying his wife in Linen within these two yeirs by Confession" 
    Person ID I918  Kintyre People
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2026

    Family 1 Hunter, Mary   d. bet. 1708–1710, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 15 Dec 1691  Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Hunter, Elspeth,   c. 6 Apr 1693, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Hunter, James,   c. 30 Jun 1695, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Hunter, Mary,   c. 10 Apr 1698, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Hunter, Finnuall,   c. 6 Oct 1700, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Hunter, John,   c. 21 May 1704, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Hunter, William,   c. 12 Oct 1707, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F166  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2026

    Family 2 Hunter, Jonnet
    Children 
     1. Hunter, Robert,   c. 22 Mar 1713, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2026

  • Notes 
    • In 1692, William Hunter was a fencible man in Knockriochbeg.

      In 1694, Duncan Hunter occupied a hearth in Darlachlan.

      On 7 May 1709 William Hunter "in Tumock" [Tomaig in Campbeltown parish] received a tack to the "2 1/2 mklands of Drumlea presently possesst by the respective tenants therein."

      William Hunter and Mary Hunter were married on 15 December 1691 in Campbeltown. They baptized the following children:
      Elspeth - 1693
      James - 1695
      Marie - 1698
      Finnuall - 1700
      John - 1704
      William - 1707

      Mary Hunter is likely the person mentioned in this record, which indicates that she died sometime between 1708 and 1710.

      William appears to have married Jonnet Hunter sometime afterward, and they baptized a son named Robert in Campbeltown on 22 March 1713. This is the only entry for this couple in the parish registry.

      No marriage record could be located for this couple.

      See KM 11, p. 17, for more information on this family.

  • Sources 
    1. [S26] SC54/17/2/35/7, (National Records of Scotland).

    2. [S4] A. I. B. Stewart and Andrew McKerral, Kintyre Rentals, 115.
      "[Kilchenzie Parish]
      9. 7 May 1709
      William Hunter in Tumock

      2 ½ mklands of Drumlea as presently possesst by the respective tenants therein"
      From page 110:
      "½ mkland of Tumack which of old was a part and pendicle of Knockriochbeg possesst by Wm. Hunter in Tumack."

    3. [S26] SC54/17/2/35/7, (National Records of Scotland).
      "William Hunter in Drumlea Guilty of Burying his wife in Linen within these two yeirs by Confession"

    4. [S3] OPR - Banns & Marriages, 507 10/13.
      "William Hunter in this par[ish]
      Mary Hunter in Meikle Cumbra | 15"