Dirck Hun

Dirck Hun was born in December 1760. He was the only son in the small family of William and Sara De Foreest Hun. He grew up in a carpenter's home located on Market Street.

In December 1782, he married Albany native Anna Lansing at the Albany Dutch church. By 1793, the marriage had produced seven children - some of whom were christened in Englewood, New Jersey and in Oyster Bay, Long Island.

Perhaps he was living in his father's house in 1788. Otherwise, his name is thus-far absent from Albany annals.

Dirck Hun died in March 1795. He had lived but thirty-four years. Letters of Administration on his estate were issued in Albany County in February 1798.

Sources: The life of Dirck Hun is CAP biography number 4796. This sketch is derived chiefly from family and community-based resources.