The Family of Hurd
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A History and Genealogy of The Family of Hurd in the United States And a Partial History of the New England Families of Heard and Hord, including a Treatise on Nomenclature, Heraldry and Coat Ar- mour, and Ancestry By o Dena D. Hurd NEW YORK PRIVATELY PRINTED 1910 Copyrighl, 1910, by DENA D. HURD TO ALL WHO BEAR THE .ANCESTRY OF HURD LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Dena D. Hurd ....................................... Frontispiece FACING PAGE Ancestral Arms: Figs. 1 and 2.................................. 14 Figs. 3 and 4. 15 Hurd Arms. 21 Tomb of John Hurd, of Stratford................................ 29 Addison L. Hurd (1740), David Elisha Hurd (1738), Hannah E. Hurd (1741), Elisha Hills Hurd (827) and 1744, Horace N. Hurd (1743), John Henry Hurd (1744)................... 97 Rukard Hurd (907), Captain Ethan Osborn Hurd (1812). • . 101 Joy Hurd Family ......................................•.•..... 10\I Davis Hurd and Amanda (Turner) Hurd (1514). 124 Asahel Hurd (1515) . 126 Richard Hurd III (1716) . 134 John M. Hurd (2923), L. D. Hurd (2924), Thomas D and Anna Menge Hurd (1737), Jennie Hurd Merten (2927), Thomas J. Hurd (2930) ................................................ 136 Norabelle Hurd (2936), David E. (1738) and Anna D. F. Hurd, Myrtle Florence Hurd (2935), Elgin H. Hurd (2932) . 137 Alpheus E. (1742) and Ellen Palmer Hurd and Children ............. 141 Raymond V. Hurd (2955), John Henry Hurd Jr. (5194), John Henry Hurd (1744) ...· ....................................... 142 Justina Mattie Hurd (3067) .................................... 147 George Leon Hurd (5275), Lyman Dana Hurd (1946), Kenneth Badger Hurd (6075) ................................... 149 William Joy Hurd (4067), Albert Hunt Hurd {4066), Orrin Joy Hurd (4060), Edwin Brent Hurd (4069) ....................... 157 Isaac Bradley Hurd (1247), Emeline Dow Hurd, Carlton Hurd (2216). 163 Annis Richardson Hurd, Isaac Newton Hurd (2624) ................ 169 Eliza Gilbert Perrine Hurd, Marshall Newton Hurd (2627) .......... 170 Dr. Albert Hurd (2695), Eleanor Amelia Pennock Hurd ............ 173 Harriet Sophia Hurd McClure (5100), Mary Charlotte Hurd (5101) .. 178 S. S. McClure ..........•.•.................................... 179 V vi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE Eleanor Amelia McClure, Mary Charlotte McClure, Robert Louis Stevens McClure, Elizabeth Harriet McClure McKenzie and Mr. McKenzie ..•...................................... 179 Frederick B. Hurd (2712).... .. .. .. .. .. 180 Warren W. Hurd (2931) ........................................ 184 Burton David Hurd (2933). 188 Herbert Daniel Hurd (2934), Herbert Daniel Hurd Jr. (5188) ........ 191 Honorable Rukard Hurd (2963) . 194 James Duncan Hurd (2964) .....•............................... 195 Leon Dana Hurd (3103)... 198 William Joy Hurd (4067), Lucile Hurd (5351), Charles Edward Hurd (5350), Marguerite Alvina Hurd (5352) ................... 202 Honorable Frank Hunt Hurd (5059). 208 Rollin Van Tuyl Hurd (5065), Frances Koch Johnston-Hurd ........ 215 Hazel J. Hurd (5182), Glenwood A. Hurd (5181) .. , . 220 Vernon King Hurd (5186) ..................... ; ................ 221 The Last of Their Line, 1909 .................................... 226 Adelaide Caroline (Pierce) Downing, Frances May.(Pierce) Braden, Fred John Pierce, Burnita Rose Norman,~ Arthur Gris- wold ................................... ~ .......... 230 Edgar Erwin Brintnall, Harold Edgar Brintnall, Douglas Harold Brintnall... • . 231 Justice L. Hurd and His Mother. 235 The Hurd (or Hord) Coat of Arms ............................... 247 Benjamin Hurd (59). 252 Nathaniel Hurd's Harvard Book Plate ........................... 254 Benjamin Hurd (104). 255 Persis Hutchins Hurd.. 257 John Hurd (156) ............................................... 257 Samuel Hutchins Hurd (217) .................................... 261 Capt. Charles Henry Hurd (218) . 262 George Frederick Hurd (219) ................................... 266 Benjamin Hurd (220). .. .. 268 John Hurd (346) ............................................... 272 Porter (422), John (421), Frederick (424), Richard (423) ............ 272 Benjamin Hurd (349). 273 Captain Jacob Hurd (96). 289 Dr. Albert E. Hurd (257) ....................................... 293 A HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILY OF HURD HISTORY ''Broader and deeper we must write our annals." EMERSON. N history, the litterateur finds no place for the idealistic, and is dependent more than any other writer upon a lim I ited class of material. The remains, such as buildings, implements, ruins and relics; documents, from which govern mental facts may be obtained; achievements of art and literature; contemporary narratives, annals and traditions constitute the entire resource upon which to found authen ticity. After collective research, and classification of the material the work must be studied critically and finally interpreted in the light of the writer's knowledge of human nature and of facts in possession. For centuries, the historian was compelled to rely upon myths, traditions and oral testimonies; and from which, especially the latter, were the narrator a man gifted of speech, poetic or idealistic, wide range was given for elaboration and embellishment. The Pharaohs, flourishing 2000 years before Christ, invented Hieroglyphics, (from the Greek, meaning sacred carving,) or picture writing, and the art, improved by the Egyptians almost to an alphabet, was confined to sacred subjects and legible only to the Priests. The scientist, interested in research, finds more than a passing interest in the mosaics of the Egyptian, Babylonian and Roman Empires. The intricate designs, figures, birds, beasts and reptiles, interwoven with the most intricate designs, of geometrical and astrological signs, which are found in ruins of old structures, tombs, cathedrals, etc., all tell a story, which 3 4 A HISTORY AND GENEALOGY if interpreted, could no doubt throw light upon Ancient His- tory that must remain forever a mystery. · When Greece was theme for story, and poets sang endless praises over her hero Achilles and crowned his name with endless glory for conquering the mighty Hector; Rome was growing in power, until Cresar, returning through Pontus, def eating the Pharnaces after the struggle with Cleopatra, he informed the senate of his victory in the laconic dispatch, "Veni, vidi, vici" ("I came, I saw, I conquered"). Rome was mistress of the World! With this achievement, history must narrate that persecution, bloodshed and victory meant a greater privilege for the indulgence of pompous degradation and debauchery, while Literature and Art declined. With the fall of the Roman Empire came added struggles to build and maintain the home life, and, with the ever restless, ceaseless surging hither and thither of the world's people, came the mad strife for supremacy in the establishment of dynasties. History was truly a thing of the buried past, Art was lost and Literature declined. Men of learning were replaced, ruled and governed by men of bodily strength, until the twelfth century awoke to the fact that civilization had declined to the extinction of almost all progressive influences. Introspection of what civilization might have been with an ever increasing amount of fitness, with the added force of achievement gained by conquered adversaries, made possible by the transmission of the blood of those ancient giants of literature, art, architecture and power through those inter vening centuries of decline without a lost link in the chain between then and now ;-music, science, inventions; inter national laws, inventive knowledge, an unbroken strain of advance toward the heights; a picture of Life Harmo nious ! Writers of Ancient History were compelled to gather and accept such remnants of facts as were attainable; documents THE FAMILY OF HURD 5 sacred to mankind gathered as spoil and destroyed through savage hatred of power; determination to conquer and desire to lead; here and there a fragment only, often illegible because of the lost art to decipher. Medieval fragments, still less authentic by the poor and incomplete manner of recording or transmitting, left the his tory of the world's people unwritten. With Modern History and the revival of learning, came a re-creation of patriotism and a gradual increasing thirst for accomplishments. The forming of dynasties, the making of history and recording the more important achievements became matters of interest. Steadily learning advanced as the history of those famed for service in their country's welfare, or for betrayal of trust was recorded. Royalty was established, kings and princes mar- . ried only into families royal and of those families record was _kept. Men advancing in learning and power felt the yoke of submission, and the blood of ancestors rebelled under the load. Minds and hearts clamoring for voice in their country's cause, wherein men struggled and were made independent, led to reformations religious and politic. Then followed Republics. With the building of a Republic where merit holds the scep ter and its men mould the nation, the importance of record ing the history of men is paramount. Little is known of a Republic's people, although some day, any day, are men available and liable for places of trust in the carving of future greatness. The horticulturist keeps close record of our grain, our fruit, our flowers, and at once men can tell of its ancestry by its name. The breeder of fine stock keeps close record of per fection and defect, transmitting the purest and best. Nature's