Simon, Hurd, Dolan, and Related Families

The Genealogy of the Following Families:

The Simon Family of Willebadessen, Germany, and its Descendants in America

The Barcant, Krogh, d'Abadie, and Related Families of Trinidad and Tobago

The Hurd and Clark Families of Kent County, Delaware and Caroline County, Maryland

The Dolan and Carr Families of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland; County Donegal, Ireland; and America

The McGillin Families of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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1852 - 1929 (76 years)

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Name Major Hurd

Born 14 Nov 1852 Delaware, United States

Gender Male

Died 19 Jul 1929 Delaware, United States

Buried 24 Jul 1929 Sandtown, Kent County, Delaware, United States

Siblings 1 sibling

	1. Major Hurd , b. 14 Nov 1852, Delaware, United States , d. 19 Jul 1929, Delaware, United States (Age 76 years)
	2. James W. Hurd , b. Abt 1854, Delaware, United States , d. Yes, date unknown

Person ID I4174 Simon and Related Families | Descendants of William Hurd (died after 1778), Descendants of Major Hurd

Last Modified 24 Aug 2005

Father	Thomas Hurd, b. Abt 1832, Delaware, United States , d. Bef 1860 (Age ~ 27 years)
Mother	Susan Dill, b. Abt 1832, Delaware, United States , d. Abt Mar 1860, Kent County, Delaware, United States (Age ~ 28 years)
Married	20 Feb 1851	Delaware, United States
Family ID	F1343	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Nancy Brown, b. 14 Jan 1861, Delaware, United States , d. 11 Feb 1941, Willow Grove, Kent County, Delaware, United States (Age 80 years)

Married 23 Dec 1879 Kent County, Delaware, United States

Children

	1. Elva Hurd, b. Jan 1881, Maryland, United States , d. Bef 1914 (Age ~ 32 years)
	2. Susan Hurd, b. Dec 1881, Maryland, United States , d. Yes, date unknown
	3. John Brown Hurd, b. 21 Apr 1884, Delaware, United States , d. 11 Jun 1949, Dover, Kent County, Delaware, United States (Age 65 years)
	4. Catherine Hurd, b. May 1886, Delaware, United States , d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Cora Hurd, b. 4 Mar 1889, Maryland, United States , d. 30 Dec 1921, near Wyoming, Kent County, Delaware, United States (Age 32 years)
	6. Ann Hurd, b. 21 Mar 1891, Delaware, United States , d. 10 Apr 1969 (Age 78 years)
	7. Eliza E. Hurd, b. 29 Dec 1892, Delaware, United States , d. 28 Feb 1981 (Age 88 years)
	8. Charles Wesley Hurd, b. 16 Jul 1898, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. 27 May 1966, Felton, Kent County, Delaware, United States (Age 67 years)
	9. Major Hurd, Jr., b. 9 Mar 1901, Delaware, United States , d. 12 Jul 1976, Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware, United States (Age 75 years)
	10. Willard Amos Hurd, b. 22 Jun 1904, Delaware, United States , d. 1973 (Age 68 years)

Last Modified 26 Jan 2015

Family ID F1342 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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Buried - 24 Jul 1929 - Sandtown, Kent County, Delaware, United States

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Documents

Hurd, Major - Bible 2
Pages from family bible of Major Hurd. Contains the Marriage Bond of Major Hurd and Nancy Brown, birth of John Brown Hurd, first marriage of Annie Hurd to Ira Killen (and the births of their children), and the second marriage of Annie Hurd to William Frank Kelley (and the births of their children).

Notes

BIRTH:
Year of birth given as 1856 in tombstone inscription as recorded in "Souls in Heaven, Names in Stone: Kent County, Delaware Cemetery Records," by Raymond Walter Dill, William Martin Dill, and Elizabeth Ann Bostick Dill, Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1989, page 542.
U.S. Census records, though, point to 1852 as a more likely year of birth.
Month and year of birth given as November 1852 in 1900 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, Vol. 1, E.D. 80, Sheet 6B, Line 63. State of birth given as Delaware. Mother and father also listed as having been born in Delaware.
This is roughly consistent with the age (9 years) given in the 1860 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, p. 278, line 9.
Consistent with age (18 years) given in the 1870 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, p. 144B, line 30. State of birth given as Delaware. Enumerated with household of James and Martha Hurd.
Consistent with age (28 years) given in the 1880 U.S. Census for Maryland, Caroline County, E.D. 2, Sheet 143A, Line 2. State of birth given as Delaware. Enumerated as Major Hurd, with wife Nancy and a servant, John W. Wooters.
Consistent with age (58 years) given in 1910 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, E.D. 12, Sheet 4B, Line 71. State of birth given as Delaware. Enumerated as Major Hurd, with wife Nancy and children and grandchild.
Consistent with age (68 years) given in the 1920 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, Vol. 2, E.D. 18, Sheet 10, Line 23.
Full date given in death certificate no. 1825 (1929) on microfilm in Delaware Public Archives, Hall of Records, Dover, Delaware. Record Group RG 1500.092. State of birth given as Delaware.

PARENTAGE:
In the 1860 and 1870 Census, Major Hurd and an apparent brother, James, are enumerated with the family of James H. and Martha Hurd. Yet, they are listed not with the children of that marriage, but afterwards (and the date of the marriage of James H. and Martha Hurd is several years after their births). Further, James H. and Martha Hurd have a child named James H. Hurd listed in the 1870 Census. So, Major and James Hurd are not the children of this marriage, and are probably not the children of James H. Hurd by a previous marriage (since this would require him to have had his first marriage at or before age 16 and would have also required that he decide to name two sons, from different marriages, after himself). The most logical conclusion is that James H. Hurd is another close family relative (perhaps an uncle) to Major Hurd.
The death certificate for Major Hurd (no. 1825) lists his parents as Thomas Hurd and Susan Dill.

MARRIAGE:
Marriage bond recorded in Kent County Marriage Records, Vol. 34, p. 86. Copy of marriage bond has come down through his descendants and is currently in the possession of Sandra Vincent Wood. Date of the bond is 23 December 1879.
Tombstone inscription indicates that Major Hurd is the husband of Nancy B. Hurd.
Listed as husband and wife, but no children, in 1880 U.S. Census.

ADDRESS:
Whiteleysburg, South Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, Delaware (1870 U.S. Census)
South Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, Delaware (1900 U.S. Census)
Sixth Representative District, Kent County, Delaware (1910 U.S. Census)

OCCUPATION: Farmer (1900 and 1910 U.S. Census). Listed as owning farm in 1910 U.S. Census.

OTHER RELIGIOUS INFORMATION:
Member of the Holiness Church, evidenced by his being listed as a tentholder at a Holiness camp in an item in the Denton Journal, 18 July 1908, page 5, column 5; and in the Denton Journal, 26 July 1913, page 5, column 8.

DEATH:
Year of death from tombstone inscription as recorded in "Souls in Heaven, Names in Stone: Kent County, Delaware Cemetery Records," page 542.
Full date of death given in death certificate no. 1825 (1929). Cause of death was general paralysis. Informant for death certificate was John B. Hurd, Major's son.

BURIAL: Buried in Mount Olive Cemetery, Sandtown, Delaware. Date of burial from death certificate.