There is a 19 year old William Hunt listed in the 1852 census (Renfrew, 323 Wilberforce Township, p. 5d,6a), that is about the same age, born in Ireland, and is listed as an Assistant to a farmer husband and wife named James and Mary Hunt (age 50 and 52). There is also a 14 year old John Hunt in the same household, also listed as an assistant, but born in Fitzroy.