Simon, Hurd, Dolan, and Related Families

The Genealogy of the Following Families:

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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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Abt 1836 - 1908 (~ 72 years)

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Name James H. Hurd

Born Abt 1836 Delaware, United States

Gender Male

Died 1908 Delaware, United States

Siblings 4 siblings

	1. Thomas Hurd , b. Abt 1832, Delaware, United States , d. Bef 1860 (Age ~ 27 years)
	2. Susan Hurd , b. Abt 1835, Delaware, United States , d. Yes, date unknown
	3. James H. Hurd , b. Abt 1836, Delaware, United States , d. 1908, Delaware, United States (Age ~ 72 years)
	4. Araminta Ann Hurd , b. Abt 1842, Felton, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. 15 Jul 1919, near Dover, Kent County, Delaware, United States (Age ~ 77 years)
	5. Emma Hurd , b. Abt 1845, Delaware, United States , d. Yes, date unknown

Person ID I4186 Simon and Related Families | Descendants of William Hurd (died after 1778), Descendants of Major Hurd

Last Modified 12 Oct 2005

Father	Major Hurd, b. Bef 1810, Delaware, United States , d. Bef 1850 (Age < 40 years)
Mother	Eliza Porter, b. Abt 1810, Delaware, United States , d. Aft 1900 (Age ~ 91 years)
Married	25 Dec 1828	Kent County, Delaware, United States
Family ID	F1341	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Martha Godwin, b. 1833, Delaware, United States , d. 7 Jun 1899 (Age 66 years)

Married 14 Jan 1859 Kent County, Delaware, United States

Children

	1. Charles S. Hurd, b. Nov 1859, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. Aft 1945 (Age ~ 87 years)
	2. William Walter Hurd, b. Dec 1861, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. Aft 1945 (Age ~ 85 years)
	3. John Hurd, b. 21 Aug 1864, Delaware, United States , d. 11 Nov 1882 (Age 18 years)
	4. James Henry Hurd, b. Mar 1867, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. Sep 1945, Glasgow, Valley County, Montana, United States (Age ~ 78 years)
	5. Sarah Elizabeth Hurd, b. Oct 1869, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. 1960 (Age ~ 90 years)
	6. George Edward Hurd, b. 11 Jul 1872, Delaware, United States , d. 28 Dec 1948, Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, United States (Age 76 years)

Last Modified 26 Jan 2015

Family ID F1346 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

BIRTH:
Month and year given as December 1834 in 1900 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, Vol. 1, E.D. 79, Sheet 2B, Line 86. State of birth given as Delaware. Enumerated as James H. Hurd, the father-in-law of Edward Knotts, in the latter's household.
Consistent with age (26 years) in 1860 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, p. 278, line 5.
Consistent with age (28 years) given in 1862 Civil War enlistment, summarized on a card in the Civil War Military Service Card Index, Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware (see below for details).
Age given as 34 years (indicating a birth year of 1836), though, in 1870 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, p. 144B, line 23. State of birth given as Delaware.
Age given as 44 years in 1880 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, Vol. 1, E.D. 42, Sheet 18, Line 34.

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, and an assignment is made here as the brother of Thomas Hurd (the father of one Major Hurd) and, thus, the son of Major Hurd who was born before 1810.

MARRIAGE:
Delaware Marriage Records, Kent County, in the Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware. Vol. 30, p. 397. This record notes that James Hurd cannot write. Also Vol. 90, p. 40 (Just a record with a date).
1900 U.S. Census for Delaware states that he is a widower.

ADDRESS:
Whiteleysburg, South Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, Delaware (1870 U.S. Census)
Living with son-in-law, Edward R. Knotts, at the time of the 1900 U.S. Census (and after death of James H. Hurd's wife in 1899), in South Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, Delaware.

MILITARY SERVICE:
Served as a Union soldier in a regiment of Delaware Infantry, according to biographical sketch of his son in "Montana, its story and biography: a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood." Chicago. American Historical Society. 1921. Page 675.
Military service in the Civil War confirmed by card in the Civil War Military Service Card Index, in the Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware. Card states that James Hurd, age 28, joined the service on 22 November 1862 for a 9-month period at Vernon, Delaware. He was mustered into service on 22 November 1862 to Company "H," Sixth Regiment, Delaware Infantry Volunteers. He was discharged at Wilmington, Delaware, on 23 August 1863. He was last paid on 27 June 1863.

DEATH:
Not buried with wife, Martha, and son, John, in Barratt's Chapel Cemetery. Location of burial unknown.
Year of death given as 1908 in biographical sketch of his son, George E. Hurd, in "Montana, its story and biography: a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood." Chicago. American Historical Society. 1921. Page 675.