Came to America as a boy. The traditional history is that the Hunton family fled from France, upon the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

Employed in Exeter, NH by a man named Hall; Philip married his daughter Betsey.

Feb 21, 1697, was granted 30 acres of land by the Town of Exeter.

1703, Philip left Exeter and settled in Kingston, NH.
In 1707, he and other residents deserted Kingston from fear of Indians. They were orderd to return, to aid in the defense of the town, but they refused.

By 1708, Philip had returned to Kingston.

On July 22, 1710, Philip and his oldest son Samuel were working in the fields, when they were attacked by Indians. Samuel was scalped and mortally wounded. Philip and a neighbor Jacob Gilman were taken prisoner, tortured, and eventually marched to Canada, where they were sold as prisoners of war to the French. They were granted their freedom in exchange for erecting a saw mill, said to be the first ever built in Canada. Philip remained in Canada for two years before returning to New Hampshire.