Harbords of Norfolk

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The goal of this project is to assist one in researching Harbord Families of Norfolk, England. The below families are not necessarily related.

Notable Harbords

• William Harbord MP serving Thetford, Norfolk c.1635
• Sir William Harbord of Gunton c. 1697
• Harbord Harbord, 1st Baron of Suffield. c. 1734
• Hon. William Assheton Harbord, of Blickling and Gunton Hall, Norfolk c. 1766

Early Harbord Families of Norfolk

• Robert Harbord c.1590
• Hugh Harbord of Buxton c. 1654 - The most recent SNP mutation is R-BY73202 (700CE). One participant was Living Harbord, a second was Living Harbord. The common ancestor of Living Harbord and Living Harbord is William Harbord
• John Harbord c. 1660
• Christopher Harbord c. 1680
• Richard Harbord of West Somerton to Hemsby c. 1691 - The father of Caroline Harbord was Y-DNA tested and returned I-Y3259, a different haplogroup than the Hugh Harbord group.
• Elizabeth Harbord c. 1735
• Elizabeth Harbord c. 1744
• John Harbord of Norwich and Whitwell c. 1774

Additional Y-DNA testers are needed to conclusively identify the Haplogroups and subclades of these families.

Unknown Harbords

• William Harbord of St Martin at Oak, Norwich
• Tobis Harbord Corn Meter of Great Yarmouth

Harbord of Norfolk Research Resources

• Norfolk Records Office
• FamilySearch Norfolk Guide
• Townsend, P. (1965). Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of Landed Gentry (18th ed.). Burke’s Peerage Limited. - Burke’s Peerage
• Norfolk Family History Society (Several Harbord pedigrees on file)
• Edward the 3rd Lord Suffield: Norfolk's Most Radical Peer
• Richard Harbord, author website

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