Esther Hunt (September 4, 1751 – February 5, 1820) was a pioneer who lived on America's frontier as a wife, a mother and a leader in her Quaker faith.

[7] In September 1790, Esther and Joshua and their five children, "with two wagons, seven horses, one cow, and provisions", began a three-week journey to Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.

In early October, the tiny caravan reached the new home where the Hunt family would live in a log cabin during the winter season.

[14] Their homestead, which they named "Hunt Pleasant", consisted of a log dwelling nestled amidst walnut trees and steep hills.

Esther Hunt wrote about her husband and her concerns:[5] He was one endowed with the savor of Truth, a good neighbor, a tender father, able to instruct his children, temporally and spiritually; except the Lord help we shall perish.

[24] Esther and her close friend Ann Edwards drowned February 5, 1820 while attempting to cross the Delaware River in a horse-drawn carriage which broke through the ice.