HURST HERITAGE
GOD BLESS AMERICA - PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!!
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Your webmaster (the smallest one!) with
her (from left to right)Uncle Stan, Father David and
Grandfather Chester
July 23,
1949
Joan is descended from Henry
Hurst (#6 England page). Two of his sons, William "Brindle
Bill" Hurst and John Hurst are both ggreat -fathers
in her line, as distant cousins married and the lines crossed. Her
children are also related on their father's side, as one of his relatives
(Burleson) married another Hurst cousin. (They find this very amusing!).
I have been doing family history research actively for over 25 years,
however, my introduction came many years earlier, at age 11 when I filled out
my first pedigree chart and subsequently began typing family group sheets for
my maternal grandmother on a little portable typewriter. Little did I
know from those humble beginnings where this all would lead. How
marvelous it truly is and has come to this point where we are able to share and
meet one another via modern technology!
Much of this information was
researched by J.C. Hurst in his book "The Hursts
of Shenandoah" and "Hurst and Allied Families" by John Simeon
Hurst, Jr. However, recently I have read much newer research and present
some of this information courtesy of June Reed on my England page. In addition,
various record sources including familysearch.org of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons). Lastly, personal
research over 40 years, by your editor, includes census records, letters,
books, family bibles, court records, etc. There are many other books out
there, I recently discovered some more in a recent trip to Salt Lake City and
others which are on my "to read" list. I hope that you will
share your personal favorite with me, so that we may all benefit!
We
begin in England with our name. The name of Hurst means a wood or
thicket, or the place in the woods. Notice the top of our crest which is
a tree. The name Hurst has various spellings..ie ..Hyrste , Hirste , Hyrst ,
Hurse , Hurste and Hearst,
to name a few. It appears the first Hurst in America was one
Tobias Hurst, who immigrated from England to Elizabeth
City, Virginia, in 1608 at age 22. Jerry Stout has Tobias Hurst genealogy on
her web page (found on the links page) . There
are several mentions of other Hursts in America,
however, I have not done extensive research into this area, so I have relied on
many others and begin with Richard Hurst born in 1515 in Oxfordshire ,
England. However, in January 1999, June Reed posted new information on our
England Hurst's. To continue go to the England page.
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