The Hun family were descendants of 17th century Dutch settlers who became prominent and acquired property in and around the Albany area. Thomas Hun I (1736-1802) was an Albany attorney and for at least a short period (1795) was a member of the New York State Assembly. He married Elizabeth Wendell in 1761 and had two children, Abraham and Anna. Thomas Hun inherited lands in the Normanskill Patent and in the south end of Albany from his father Johannes Hun (1695-1776). Much of this land remained in the family through subsequent generations and provided income through leaseholds. Thomas Hun was also an agent for Patroon Stephen Van Rensselaer.

Abraham Hun (1768-1812) followed in his father's footsteps and also became an attorney. He was one of the first graduates of Columbia College after it changed its name from Kings College in 1784. He married Maria Gansevoort, daughter of Leonard Gansevoort Jr. in 1795. They had two children, Thomas II and Elizabeth. Abraham practiced law primarily around Albany and appeared frequently before the Albany Court of Common Pleas and the State Supreme Court. He handled both civil and criminal cases. Abraham died of tuberculosis in January of 1812 and his wife Maria died the following year of the same disease. Thomas II and Elizabeth Hun, ages 5 and 9 respectively, were then raised by their maternal grandparents Leonard and Maria Gansevoort. As guardians, the Gansevoorts moved into the Hun house on Green Street in Albany. Leonard was also the executor of the Hun's estate.

Elizabeth Hun would marry Bernard Van Rensselaer in 1833 and die the following year. Her brother Thomas II would become a notable and highly respected Albany physician. Dr. Thomas Hun attended the Albany Boy's Academy and Union College. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in medicine in 1830. Dr. Hun practiced medicine in Albany for a short period before moving to France, where he studied and lectured at the Paris Institute from 1833 to 1839. Returning to Albany, he resumed his practice and eventually held several important posts including President of the Medical Society of New York State and Dean of the Albany Medical College. Dr. Hun also helped found the Albany Hospital. He died in 1896. He was married to Lydia Reynolds. Two of his sons, Henry and Edward Reynolds Hun, became physicians also. Edward would die in 1880.

Henry Hun I (1854-1924) was a doctor in Albany at the turn of the century. He practiced and lived in Albany most of his life, except for the time he spent in Europe and in school. He was the doctor to the working and upper class, as he delivered babies for prominent local families as well as for laborers. He lived on Washington Avenue and Elk Street. He married Lydia Hand (1864- ) and had four children, all of whom he delivered. One child, the second or third born, did not live. The oldest was a son named Henry Hand Hun. The other two were Lydia and Samuel Hun.

Henry Hand Hun (1893-1972) also became a doctor, following in the family footsteps. He too lived on Washington Avenue most of his life. He was a graduate of the Albany Academy and later became an active alumnus, serving on the Board and working on genealogies of Albany Academy families. He was also on the Board of the Schuyler Meadows Club.