I have no idea if your Ransom Hunt is connected to my Hunt family but the 1840 census of Yates, Orleans county, NY lists my ggrandfather Charles Hunt and the 1850 census lists him with his second wife in Ridgeway, Orleans co, NY. Living next to him in 1850 is William Hunt b1775 NJ and his wife Jane. I am assuming these are the parents of Charles but so far I have found no previous records for William and Jane that I can verify. Jane could have been second wife though it states she was also b in NJ.