or est own , ▁Josh ua ▁H unt ▁died ▁February ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 7 9 2 . ▁He ▁was ▁ 3 9   year s ▁old . ▁Est her ▁H unt ▁wrote ▁about ▁her ▁husband ▁and ▁her ▁concerns : ▁He ▁was ▁one ▁end owed ▁with ▁the ▁sav or ▁of ▁Tr uth , ▁a ▁good ▁neighbor , ▁a ▁tender ▁father , ▁able ▁to ▁instruct ▁his ▁children , ▁tempor ally ▁and ▁spirit ually ; ▁except ▁the ▁Lord ▁help ▁we ▁shall ▁per ish . ▁My ▁loss ▁is ▁in express ible , ▁having ▁my ▁dear ▁companion ▁taken ▁from ▁me ▁by ▁death , ▁and ▁I ▁left ▁in ▁this ▁strange ▁land ▁with ▁six ▁children , ▁the ▁young est ▁about ▁four ▁months ▁old . ▁I ▁can ▁but ▁m ourn ▁under ▁a ▁sense ▁there of , ▁though ▁not ▁as ▁one ▁without ▁hope . ▁ ▁Est her ▁decided ▁to ▁remain ▁at ▁H unt ▁Ple asant . ▁The ▁ages ▁of ▁her ▁children ▁r anged ▁from ▁El ish a , ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁little ▁over ▁ 1 2 ▁years , ▁to ▁Rach el , ▁who ▁was ▁just ▁four ▁months . ▁Now ▁a ▁wid ow , ▁Est her ▁continued ▁to ▁run ▁the ▁farm ▁and ▁raise ▁her ▁children ▁alone , ▁without ▁her ▁" de ar est ▁companion ▁and ▁bos om ▁friend ". ▁Nevertheless , ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 7 9 4 ▁she ▁was ▁appointed ▁an ▁elder ▁in ▁the ▁Red stone ▁Month ly ▁Me eting , ▁a ▁reflection ▁of ▁the ▁high ▁este em ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁held ▁by ▁the ▁men ▁and ▁women ▁of ▁her