Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Phebe H Hurd 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1823 - Orleans, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Zenas Hurd (1776-1855) 1 2
         Mother: Salome Higgins (1779-1857) 1 3
Spouses and Children 
1. *Captain William Freeman (1820 - After 1894)
       Marriage: 28 Sep 1845
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. William K Freeman (1846-      )



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Polley Hurd 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 21 Sep 1789 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
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Parents 
         Father: Joseph Hurd (1746-1826) 3
         Mother: Mary Stewart (1745-1825) 3
Notes
General:
prob. m. int. 25 March 1807 William Hall of Dennis [Brewster VRs] 3

picture Polly Steward Hurd 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 Oct 1808 - Orleans, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
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Parents 
         Father: Luther Hurd (1783-1850) 3
         Mother: Olive Linnell (1788-1855) 3 4



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Priscilla Hurd 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 30 Jan 1830 - Orleans, Massachusetts 3
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Luther Hurd (1783-1850) 3
         Mother: Olive Linnell (1788-1855) 3 4
Spouses and Children 
1. *Alfred Baker (4 Jul 1826 -       ) 3 
       Marriage: 12 Dec 1853 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Status: 



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Raymond R Hurd 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1 Jul 1889
        Baptism: 
          Death: 26 Nov 1988 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Events
• Soc Sec Num, 042-03-8088 in Connecticut

Spouses and Children 



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Rebecca Hurd 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 7 Apr 1713 - Harwich, Massachusetts 5
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
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Parents 
         Father: John Hurd (1688-Between 1770) 6
         Mother: Hannah Sparrow (1693-      ) 7
Spouses and Children 
1. *Jeremiah Nickerson (Abt 1710 - 8 Dec 1791) 7 
       Marriage: 15 Oct 1739 - Harwich, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Deborah Nickerson (Abt 1741-      )
                2. Jeremiah Nickerson (Abt 1743-      )



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Rebecca Hurd 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 20 Nov 1827 - Orleans, Massachusetts 8
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
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Parents 
         Father: Seth Hurd (1786-      )
         Mother: Levina (Est 1889-      )



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Ruth G Hurd 
      Sex: F
AKA: Rutha Hurd
Individual Information 
          Birth: 20 Feb 1809 - Eastham, Massachusetts 9
        Baptism: 
          Death: 24 Feb 1881 - Orleans, Massachusetts 10
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth 11, 20 Feb 1809 in Orleans, Massachusetts

Parents 
         Father: Benjamin Hurd (1770-1841) 3
         Mother: Phebe Gould (1776-1835) 3
Spouses and Children 
1. *Luther Sears (23 Oct 1803 - Bef Dec 1850)
       Marriage: 16 Oct 1831
         Status: 

2. Tully Nickerson (5 Jun 1796 - 22 Sep 1873) 3 
       Marriage: 19 Dec 1850 - Orleans, Massachusetts 11 12
         Status: 



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Sally Hurd 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 5 Nov 1772 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 29 Sep 1812 - (Dennis, Massachusetts)
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Joseph Hurd (1746-1826) 3
         Mother: Mary Stewart (1745-1825) 3
Spouses and Children 
1. *Seth Sears (8 Dec 1767 - 5 Mar 1806) 3 
       Marriage: 1 Jan 1795 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Hephzibah Sears (1795-1871) 3
                2. Phebe Sears (1797-      ) 3
                3. Priscilla Sears (1798-      ) 3
                4. Seth Sears (1800-1808) 3
                5. Belinda Sears (1802-1880) 3
                6. Luther Sears (1803-Bef 1850)
Notes
General:
m. as his second wife, at Eastham, 1 Jan. 1795 (rec. at Dennis [VR], 5 Jan. 1795) Seth Sears, b. at Yarmouth, Mass., 8 Dec. 1767, d. at East Dennis, Mass., 5 March 1806, son of Dea. John4 (John3, Paul2, Richard1) and Priscilla (Sears) Sears.
Children, surname Sears: 1. Hepsibah, b. at Dennis, 6 Oct. 1795; d. at Brewster, 19 Feb. 1871; m. Solomon7 Hurd (Benjamin6, Joseph5, John4-3-2-1), q.v. 2. Phebe, b. at Dennis, 14 Feb. 1797. 3. Priscilla, b. at Dennis, 13 Sept. 1798; m. 14 Jan. 1819 Edward Hall. 4. Seth, b. at Dennis, 12 April 1800; d. 11 March 1808. 5. Belinda, bp. 28 March 1802, d. at Brewster, 15 Nov. 1880; m. Gould7 Hurd (Benjamin6, Joseph5, John4-3-2-1), q.v.
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picture Samuel Hurd 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1845
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Esther Adelaide Linnell (11 Oct 1847 -       )
       Marriage: 10 Aug 1889
         Status: 



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Samuel Hurd 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 12 Jul 1812 - Orleans, Massachusetts 3
        Baptism: 
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Parents 
         Father: Luther Hurd (1783-1850) 3
         Mother: Olive Linnell (1788-1855) 3 4
Spouses and Children 
1. *Tamzin (Est 1814 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Olive C Hurd (1837-1837)
                2. Mary S Hurd (1850-1871)
                3. Sparrow M Hurd (1832-1853)



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Sarah Hurd 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 24 Aug 1711 - Harwich, Massachusetts 13
        Baptism: 
          Death: in (Connecticut)
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: John Hurd (1688-Between 1770) 14
         Mother: Hannah Sparrow (1693-      ) 7
Spouses and Children 
1. *Seth Covell (Abt 1702 -       )
       Marriage: 22 Nov 1733 - Harwich, Massachusetts 15
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. John Covell (1733-1806)
                2. Jerusha Covell (1735-      )
                3. Lemuel Covell (1737-1761)
                4. Seth Covell (1738-1769)
                5. Jane Covell (1740-1836)
                6. Zaccheus Covell (1743-      )
                7. Sarah Covell (1745-      )
                8. David Covell (1746-      )
                9. Hannah Covell (Est 1741-      )
                10. Simeon Covell (1749-      )
                11. Elizabeth Covell (Est 1751-      )



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Sarah Hurd 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 9 Aug 1754 - Harwich, Massachusetts 16
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1791 - (Hampden, Maine)
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: John Hurd (1723-      )
         Mother: Tabitha Crosby (1726-1809)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Isaac Hopkins (25 Oct 1752 - 8 Jun 1831)
       Marriage: 9 May 1772 - Harwich, Massachusetts 17
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Isaac Hopkins (1776-1856)
                2. Captain John Hopkins (1781-1843)
                3. Jonathan Hopkins (1783-1822) 18
Notes
Marriage Notes (Isaac Hopkins)
Children
Priscilla Hopkins b: 19 NOV 1772
Josiah Hopkins b: 2 OCT 1774
Isaac Hopkins b: 25 OCT 1776
Sarah Hopkins b: 10 MAY 1778
John Hopkins b: 20 MAY 1781 in Hampden, ME
Jonathan Hopkins b: 20 JUL 1783
Joel Hopkins b: 20 FEB 1786
Cynthia Hopkins b: 8 MAR 1788
Olive Hopkins b: 4 MAY 1790

picture Seth Hurd 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 24 Jan 1786 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
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Parents 
         Father: John Hurd (1763-      ) 16
         Mother: Rebecca Arey (Est 1765-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Levina (Est 1889 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Sophronia Hurd (1810-      ) 8
                2. Bethuel Hurd (1812-      ) 8
                3. Seth Hurd (1816-1881)
                4. Freeman Hurd (1820-      ) 8
                5. Levina Hurd (1823-      ) 8
                6. James Hurd (1825-      ) 8
                7. Rebecca Hurd (1827-      ) 8
                8. Bangs S Hurd (1830-      ) 8



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Seth Hurd 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 18 Aug 1816 - Orleans, Massachusetts 8
        Baptism: 
          Death: 12 Feb 1881 - Orleans, Massachusetts 10
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 1
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Seth Hurd (1786-      )
         Mother: Levina (Est 1889-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Annie L (19 Sep 1856 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Joshua S Hurd (1856-1895)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Annie L)
molded zinc family stone:
(west side)
SETH HURD
DIED
FEB. 12, 1881
AGED
64 Y'RS 5 MO'S
24 D'YS

(south side)
JOSHUA S.
HURD
DIED JULY 25, 1895
AGED 38 Y'RS
9 MO'S 12 D'YS
HAD HE ASKED US, WELL WE KNOW,
WE SHOULD SAY, "O SPARE THE BLOW!"
YES, WITH STREAMING TEARS
SHOULD PRAY
"LORD, WE LOVE HIM, LET HIM STAY"
IN LOVE HE LIVED, IN PEACE HE
DIED
HIS LIFE WAS ASKED, BUT GOD
DENIED
HURD


(east side)
ANNIE L.
WIFE OF
JOSHUA S.
HURD
BORN SEPT. 19,
1858
(no death date) 1

picture Solomon Hurd 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 21 Dec 1793 - Eastham, Massachusetts 9
        Baptism: 
          Death: 11 Dec 1860 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Benjamin Hurd (1770-1841) 3
         Mother: Phebe Gould (1776-1835) 3
Spouses and Children 
1. *Hephzibah Sears (6 Oct 1795 - 19 Feb 1871) 3 
       Marriage: 1 Nov 1814
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. George Hurd (1820-1837)
Notes
General:
farmer Orleans 1850 census

picture Sophronia Hurd 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 31 Aug 1810 - Orleans, Massachusetts 8
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Seth Hurd (1786-      )
         Mother: Levina (Est 1889-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Stephen S Moses (Est 1810 -       )
       Marriage: 1835 - (Orleans, Massachusetts)
         Status: 



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Sparrow M Hurd 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1832 - (Orleans, Massachusetts)
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1853 - (Orleans, Massachusetts)
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 1
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Samuel Hurd (1812-      )
         Mother: Tamzin (Est 1814-      )



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Sylvanus H Hurd 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 22 Aug 1817 - Orleans, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 9 Feb 1867 - Orleans, Massachusetts 1
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Zenas Hurd (1776-1855) 1 3
         Mother: Salome Higgins (1779-1857) 1 3
Spouses and Children 
1. *Bethiah R (Est 1820 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Horace Hurd (1854-1857) 1



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Thankful Hurd 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1738
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Nehemiah Higgins (1735 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status:
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Sources

1 Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.

2 Ed Hanson, Joseph Hurd family (2000. http://genforum.genealogy.com/hurd/messages/686.html). references Eastham, Orleans and Brewster VRs, Mayflower Descendant and NEHGR

3 Ed Hanson, Joseph Hurd family (2000. http://genforum.genealogy.com/hurd/messages/686.html).

4 Jay Mack Holbrook, compiler, Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts 1637-1892, 2002. Oxford MA: Archive Publishing (page images on CD), H01_02e.

5 Harwich Massachusetts vital records (http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/harlinktable.html
pages numbers refer to "Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850" 1982. Harwich Historical Society), 11. Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no 'Harwick.'

6 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 9 (MD3:229). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.

7 Bob Ferreira, "Cape Cod Families" (Rootweb file bobferr (no longer online)).

8 "Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts, births by family 1628-1855, from Orleans records" (2002. Holbrook Research Institute. files H01_01a - H01_01g), 131.

9 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 183 (MD33:132).

10 Barnstable Patriot (Barnstable, Mass
archives 1830-1930 online at Sturgis Library, Barnstable), 1 Mar 1881.

11 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (2004. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives), 45:12 (Orleans).

12 "Orleans, Massachusetts Births, Marriages Deaths, vol. 6, 1844-1850" (2002. Holbrook CD), 84.

13 Louise H. Kelly and Dorothy Straw, compilers; Wynn, Rachel Linnell, author, Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850 (1982. Harwich MA: Harwich Historical Society), 11. Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no Harwick.

14 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 9 (MD3:229).

15 Harwich Massachusetts vital records (http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/harlinktable.html
pages numbers refer to "Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850" 1982. Harwich Historical Society), 56.

16 Harwich Massachusetts vital records (http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/harlinktable.html
pages numbers refer to "Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850" 1982. Harwich Historical Society), 133.

17 Harwich Massachusetts vital records (http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/harlinktable.html
pages numbers refer to "Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850" 1982. Harwich Historical Society), 153.

18 Joseph W. Porter, editor, The Bangor Historical Magazine (Bangor, Me: Joseph W. Porter), 4:97. Hampden gravestone transcriptions. [also known as Maine Historical Magazine, online at Google Books]

19 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 122. This is a major source, which seems accurate.

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