Benjamin Hurd (1749 - 1821)

Born 1 Feb 1749 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Stearns) Hurd — married 17 Nov 1773 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Husband of Mary (Fessenden) Hurd — married 7 Oct 1816 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 5 May 1821 at age 72 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Benjamin was born in 1749 in Charlestown. ^[1] Benjamin was driven from Charlestown by the British, June, 1775, and returned, 1788. ^[2] He married Mary Stearns and together they had Hannah, b 12 Jul 1781,Twins, (1st) John and Isaac b 15 May 1783, Nabby, b 21 Apr 1787, (2nd) John b 30 Mar 1789, Harriot, b 16 Nov 1791, Abigail, b 14 Nov 1793, and Josiah Stearns, b 14 Mar 1796.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F42Q-THK : 6 November 2017), Benjamin Hurd in entry for Benjamin Hurd, 01 Feb 1749; citing Birth, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 740,995.
2. ↑ Dena D. Hurd; 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 Armour, and Ancestry; New York Privately Printed; 1910; Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009; http://www.archive.org/details/historygenealogy00hurd (Hurd (104)

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Genealogy and memoirs of Isaac Stearns and his descendants by Mrs. Avis Stearns Van Wagenen.

Birth

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F42Q-THK : 10 November 2020), Benjamin Hurd in entry for Benjamin Hurd, 1 Feb 1749; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.

Christening

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCP5-SY1 : 10 February 2018), Benjamin Hurd, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0837130 IT 2.

Marriages

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH4Z-KB3 : 6 November 2017), Benja. Jur. Hurd and Mary Stearns, 17 Nov 1773; citing Marriage, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 740,995.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHRZ-2Z3 : 4 November 2017), Benjamin Hurd and Mary Fessenden, 07 Oct 1816; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 818,094.

Death

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK2-LFY7 : 13 December 2015), Benjamin Hurd, 1821; Burial, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America, Phipps Street Burying Ground; citing record ID 51149036, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Rebecca DiVirgilio for creating WikiTree profile Hurd-707 through the import of Rebecca_Divirgilio's_Family_Tree (12).ged on Oct 9, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Rebecca and others.