"He concluded that God, who had thwarted Spanish attempts to settle North America, had reserved that Region for the Protestant English."Ĭaptain John Smith described the Reverend Hunt as "our honest, religious and courageous divine." The Reverend Hunt was a peacemaker, often bringing harmony to a quarreling group of men. His piety asserted itself in his writings constantly he saw the hand of God at work in his life, and he believed it had intervened to save the colonies. Captain Smith's religious feelings were conventional but deeply felt. Captain John Smith described worship services that took place in the open air until a chapel could be erected. Once settled in the fort, the whole company, except those who were on guard, attended regular prayer and services led by the Reverend Hunt. He lit the candle for the Anglican Church in Virginia (United States) he first lifted his voice in public thanksgiving and prayer on April 29, 1607, when the settlers planted a cross at Cape Henry, which they named after the Prince of Wales. He had been Vicar of Reculver, County of Kent, England, 1594-1602. The Reverend Hunt had become the Vicar of Heathfield, County of Sussex, in 1602, which title he held as Chaplain of the Jamestown Settlement. The expedition included people from Old Heathfield, East Sussex, England. 1568-1608), clergyman of the Church of England, was Chaplain of the expedition that founded Jamestown, Virginia. The Reverend Robert Hunt gives thanks with other English settlers at Cape Henry, Virginia in April 1607.
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