 1664 - Between 1712-1749 (84 years)
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| Name |
John Hord, I |
| Suffix |
I |
| Born |
29 Dec 1664 |
Ewell, Surrey, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Between 1712-1749 |
Caroline County, Virginia |
| Person ID |
I272008482891 |
Eby/Aebi and Bernethy Family |
| Last Modified |
21 Jan 2016 |
| Family |
Elizabeth Jane Redd, b. Unknown, d. Abt 1747 |
| Married |
1698 |
Ewell, Surrey, England |
| Children |
| + | 1. Thomas Hord, b. 1 Sep 1701, England , d. 4 Sep 1776, Caroline County, Virginia (Age 75 years) |
| | 2. Elizabeth Hord, b. 22 Dec 1703, Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia |
| | 3. Susanna Hord, b. 7 Apr 1706, Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia |
| + | 4. John Hord, II, b. 1 Aug 1708, Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia , d. 21 Jul 1783, Culpeper County, Virginia (Age 74 years) |
| + | 5. James Hord, Sr, b. 21 Mar 1713, Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia , d. 1785, Stafford County, Virginia (Age 71 years) |
| + | 6. Mordecai Miller Hord, Sr, b. 1721, Brandywine, Caroline County, Virginia , d. 29 Jun 1789, Stanleytown, Henry County, Virginia (Age 68 years) |
| + | 7. Peter Hord, I, b. 1715, Brandywine, Caroline County, Virginia , d. 10 Dec 1787, Falmouth, Stafford County, Virginia (Age 72 years) |
| + | 8. William Hord, Sr, b. 1717, Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia , d. 13 May 1777, Caroline County, Virginia (Age 60 years) |
| | 9. Ambrose Hord, b. Bef 1721, Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia , d. Bef 1787, Stafford County, Virginia (Age ~ 66 years) |
| | 10. Jane Hord, b. Abt 1722, Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia |
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| Last Modified |
19 Sep 2013 |
| Family ID |
F246729425885 |
Group Sheet |
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| Documents |
 | John Hord
From Ancestry The Perry Family Tree, haszperry |
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| Notes |
- Ref: "Genealogy of the Hord Family" by Rev. Arnold Harris Hord, 1898
Page 64:
John Hord was an English gentleman. He was born in Ewell, England, December 29, 1664 ; was baptized there January 19 of the same year (as has been already stated in the foregoing " History of the Hord Family in England"' under John Hord 89 ). He came to Virginia in 1685, and it is supposed that he was engaged in the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth against King James II. , and came to America after the defeat of the former. It is a well-known fact that several other members of the family were engaged in this rebellion, and a record is still extant showing that Thomas Hord, Esq., of " Cote House," the head of the family at that time, was imprisoned in Oxford Castle for this offence. In Wood's " Athenae Oxonienses," pp. c and ci, the following interesting extract is found :
"Anno Domini 1685, June 11 th " St. Barnabas Day.
" James duke of Monmouth, lord Grey of Werk, Anthony Buys a German commander, landed at Lyme in Dorsetshire, with 2 or 3 ships ful of men, horse, arms, to whom many English Kebels coming in, he was proclaimed King of England.Munday, at 10 in the morning, or there abouts, Thomas Hord of Coat in the parish of Bampton Esq, and others, were upon suspicion of being consenting to the rising of the rebells, committed prisoners to the castle."
John Hord came to Virginia and purchased a large tract of land in what is now Caroline County, on the Rappahannock River, which he named " Shady Grove." This tract was a part of an original grant made to Sir Thomas Lunsford. His house was brought from England in sections, and is still standing. It is located two miles south of the Rappahannock River, and eight miles below where the village of Port Royal now stands. The present dividing line between the counties of Caroline and Essex passes near it. It is a large, double mansion, with a spacious hall ten feet in width running through the centre, having on each side rooms twenty feet square. In the middle of the hall is an archway handsomely carved. The entire building is massive and substantial, having hard-wood floors, tall white mantels, and handsomely panelled doors. It is two stories high, built of massive timbers, with brick foundations and chimneys. Projecting from the ground in front are the remains of two brick pillars, all that is now left of an upper and a lower porch. The house in its day was a handsome one, although at the present time it is very much dilapidated.
" Here John Hord lived and died, and his land descended to my father, who was his grandson, and was sold by me in the year 1821 to Daniel Reynolds, who now (1838) occupies it. From this origin every man 1 tearing the name of Hord in America is descended." (From the manuscript of Robert Hord.)
John Hord married in Virginia, and died there about the year 1712.
Ref. "The Hord Family of Virginia" by Alfred Harris Hord
States: John Hord resided in Middlesex County until 1717, when he removed to Essex County. The date of his removal to Essex County is shown by the following deed recorded in the Essex County Court House:
October 15, 1717 "Edward Booker and Mary his wife of Gloucester County, Virginia," convey to " John Hord of Middlesex County " a tract of 200 acres of land in Essex County known as " Booker's Plantation."
February 23, 1720, John Hord was living in Essex County, Virginia, as at that date his son Thomas Hord made a deposition in the Essex County Court regarding the will of Nicholas Brame, deceased, in which he mentions his father John Hord (Records of Essex County).
John Hord continued to reside in St. Ann's Parish, Essex County, until his death.
November 21, 1721, John Hord served on the Grand Jury. "A Grand Jury was this day impannelled and sworn to wit:Robert Parker, foreman, Joseph Cofton, John Motley, John Goode, Cornelius Sale, John Hord, Frederick Coghill" (Order Book Essex County, 1716-23).
May 19, 1724, "A Grand Jury was this day impannelled and sworn to-wit: William Pickett, John Hord, this work, " While much of the confusion of this lawless spelling is due to the clerks of the counties and parishes, the individuals themselves frequently spelled their names any of these ways indifferently; in fact often in several different ways in the same document."
JOHNS WILL:
November 21, 1749 John Hord's will proved in Essex County Virginia. Will dated February 15, 1747. John Hord bequeaths in this will 1000 acres of land in King George County to sons Thomas, Peter, James and William Hord; to son Ambrose Hord " the land and houses whereon I now live after my son William has had the use of it for one year, also the land that my son Thomas Hord excheated for me joining Fredr, Coghill's land containing 100 cares."
He makes other bequests to son John Hord, grandsons Mordecai Hord and William Hord (son of William) and to William Miller "that marry'd my daughter Jane."
He distributes among his children and grandchildren the following negroes: Ben, Pegg, Lettey, Margary,Nanny,Robbin, Cate, Betty, Ralph, Tobey, Murriur, Frank, Jemmy.
He appoints sons Thomas, William and Ambrose Hord his executors.
INVENTORY OF JOHN ^ HORD.
Pursuant to an order of Essex Court dated the 20th. day of November 1749. We the subscribers being first sworn before Simon Miller Gent, to apprais the estate of John Hord, Dec'd. as followeth :
To I Chest
To I Gun
To I Table
To I Safe
To I Chest
To I Feather Bed and Furniture
To I Do
To I Old Box, Trunk and parcel of Cotton
To I Pr. Small Stilyards
To I Warming Pan
To 1 1 Flagg Chairs
To 2 Iron Pots
To I Do. and I Pr. Pott Hooks
To I Do.
To 2 Frying Pans
To I Feather Bed, Two sheets and i blanket
To I Do.
To 2 Chests & I Table
To I Old Box
To I Ovel Table
To I Feather Bed & Furniture
To I Do.
To 33 Lbs. Old Pewter
To 10 Dishes & i Dozn. Plates
To 2 Basons, i Mustard Pott & i Tankard
To I Great Bible
To a Parcel of Wooden Ware
To I Chestnut Mare
To I Bay Do.
Young Bay Mare
Box Iron
Gray Horse
Bay Do.
Negro Woman Named Lette
Girl named Pegg
Do. named Margery
Boy named Robin
Do. named Jamey
Girl named Mureer
Boy named John
Woman named Bess
Girl named Gate
Old Negro man named Robin
Do. old Woman named Gate
Negro Man named Ben
Woman named Frank
Do. named Nan
Boy named Ralph
Do. named Toby
Iron Ladle
Pr. Old Cotton Sheets
Pr. Do.
Table Gloth and Napkin
Ps. Virginia Cloth
Looking Glass Candle Box and Greater
Tent
Ps. Linnen
Ps. Virginia Cloth
9 Yds. Check Linnen at ^4
3 Ells. Dowlace at yi
4 Yards Rolls
I Yard Narrow Cloth
I Remnant Brown Linnen
To 3^ Yds. Linnen at ^
To 2 Remnants of Virginia Cloth
To 43/2 Ells. Brown Linnen at 1/
To isYz Yards Cotton at ^
To 3 Yards Check Linnen
To 8 Lbs. Cotton
To 4 Baggs
To 20 yds of Brown Rolls at 7d.
To 1 Old Pr.Cards
To 1 Pr Cards
To 1 Iron Pestill
To 3 Butter Potts
To 27 Lbs, Wool
To 1 Pr Cart Wheels
To 2 Stone Juggs
To 6 Cows and Calves 30/0
To 4 Steers at 26/0
To 5 Cows Do Do
To 4 Small Steers
To 7 Heifers
To 1 Bull
To 6 Shoats
To 4000 Lbs Port at 2d
To 29 Sheep
To 7 Cyder Casks
To 700 2od. nails
To 700 1od nails
To 7 Bushels Salt
To 3 Sides Leather
To 2 Weeding hoes & 1 Hilling Do
To 1 Narrow Axx
To I Raw Hide
To 2 Small Do
To a Parcel of Shoemaker's tools
To I Cross Cut saw
To I Blankett & one Table Cloth
To 60 Barrels Corn at 6/0
To 3 Bushels Beans
To I Iron Pott
To 2 Rings and Boxes for Cart Wheels
To Cash
To 2 Jars & 3 Gallons of Honey
To I Linnen Wheel
To I Pr. Money scales
To I Old Spinning Wheel
To a Parcel of Working tools
To 20 Lbs. Old Iron
To I Bell
To I Raw Hide
To 18 Geese
To I Stone Jarr
Thomas Ayres
Thos. Tinsley
Griffin Carter
W. Hord, Executor
Amb. Hord Executor
At a court held for Essex County at Tappahannock on the i6th. day of January Anno. Dom. 1749
This Inventory and Appraisment of the estate of John Hord, Dec'd. was this day returned and ordered to be recorded and is truly recorded.
Teste
John Lee CI Cur
A copy Teste :
H. Southworth, Clerk
Ref. "The Hord Family of Virginia" by Alfred Harris Hord
States:
"SHADY GROVE." Robert Hord states in his manuscript genealogy of the Hord family written in 1838 that the land on which John Hord lived was "two miles south of the Rappahannock River and eight miles below where the village of Port Royal now stands. The present dividing line between the counties of Caroline and Essex passes near his house which was situated near a double poplar tree now standing and for the past fifty years a tree of great notoriety. Here John Hord lived and died, and his land descended to my father, John Hord (42), who was his grandson, and was sold by me in the year 1821." Robert Hord states that he was born at "Shady Grove," March 4, 1795, then the residence of his father, John Hord. In verification of these statements we learn from the Court records the following:
In the deed mentioned above from Edward Booker to John Hord (1), October 15, 1717, conveying 200 acres of land in Essex County, a " double poplar tree " is mentioned as one of the boundaries of the estate. I have been informed by an official of the Department of Forestry of the City of Philadelphia that it was quite possible that a "double poplar tree" standing in 1717 was the same tree that was alive in 1838 when Robert Hord wrote his manuscript. It was "a tree of great notoriety," on account of its great age and size, "fifty years" before Robert Hord wrote of it.
"Shady Grove" is situated near the present border line of the Counties of Caroline and Essex. The house is now situated in Caroline County, but in 1717 that part of Caroline County was within the boundaries of the County of Essex. In an indenture between Thomas Coghill of St. Ann's Parish, Essex County, and Thomas Dickinson of Hanover Parish, King George County (May 20, 1734), the land sold is described as "part of a patent to James Coghill, April 17, 1667, situated on a branch of Portobago Bay, called the deep branch, thence up the sd branch to the line of John Hord" (Deed Book, 1733-34, p. 84, Essex Co.).
Portobago Bay is in Caroline County near the border of Essex County, and John Hord's land was near Portobago Bay, an inlet of the Rappahannock River, as stated in this deed from Thomas Coghill. Other tracts of land were added to the original 200 acres purchased by John Hord (1) from Edward Booker, one of which, lying in Essex County, John Hord (1) mentions in his will. I was informed twenty years ago by Mr. Hudgin, Clerk of Caroline County, a very old man at that time, that his impression was, in the absence of deeds destroyed during the Civil War, that the "Shady Grove" estate comprised about 2100 acres of land.*
The will of John Hord (1) was recorded in Essex County probably because the larger part of his land was
* The Hord family owned also an estate known as " Liberty Hill," on Port Tobago Bay. Tradition affirms that John Hord lived at " Liberty Hill " during the winter months. The house commanded a fine view of four Virginia counties. It was destroyed by fire a few years ago.
Early Immigrants to Virginia from the 1500s and 1600s about John
General Text: HORD, JOHN, (1664-1749) ) Came from England to Christ Church Parish. Middlesex Co. VA. 1708. Later moved to St. Ann?s Parish, Essex Co. Surveyor. Wife's name Jane_____ HORD- Found in Ancestry on The Pritchett Family Tree by dcpritchett:
John Hord
april d morrison added this on 8 Oct 2009
SOURCE 1: Hord Family Genealogy by A.H. Hord, 1898. Source 1 states that he died Abt. 1712 in Va. Notes, Biography: John Hord was engaged in the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth against King James II, and came to America after the defeat of the former. Other members of his family were also actively engaged in this rebellion. On 11 Jun 1685, "St. Barnabas Day", Thomas Hord was arrested for taking part in this rebellion (brother or relative -- not son). He came to Virginia in 1685 and purchased a large tract of land in what is now Caroline Co., on the Rappahannock River, which he named "Shady Grove". (Picture of this house, still standing in 1898, is in Source 1). He brought the house from England in sections and reassembled it. It looks better described as a mansion than a house. It is located 2 miles south of the Rappahannock River, 8 miles below the present day village of Port Royal, near the present day line of the counties of Caroline and Essex.
SOURCE 2: Manuscript of Robert Hord, 1838. "Here John Hord lived and died, and his land descended to my father, who was his grandson, and was sold by me in the year 1821 to Daniel Reynolds... From this origin every man bearing the name of Hord in America is descended."
- Found in Ancestry in the Perry Family Tree; haszperry:
WILL OF JOHN HORD
J0HN HORD, born in England, died in 1749 probably at his seat "Shady Grove", Essex County, now within the limits of the County of Caroline. His will was made February 15, 1747, and proved in Essex County, November 21, 1749. He gives a tract of land in King George County containing one thousand acres to his four sons-Thomas, Peter, James and William- to be equally divided among them. To his son Ambrose, the houses and land where he (John Hord) was then living, after his son William has had the use of them for one year. To his son Thomas, a tract of land in Essex County, containing one hundred acres, also a negro woman named Frank. To his son John, a negro man named Ben and a negro woman named Pegg. To his son Peter, a negro woman named Letty and a negro woman named Marjory. To his son James, a negro woman named Nanny and a negro boy named Robin. To "William Miller that marry'd my daughter Jane," a negro girl named Cate. To his grandson, IVlordecai Hord, a negro woman named Betty. To his son Ambrose, a negro boy named Ralph and a boy named Tobey. To his son William, furniture, pewter, basons, plates, heifers, ewes and a still. To his grandson, William Hord (son of William), a negro girl named Murriur. The remainder of his estate to be divided equally among his children-Thomas, John, James, Peter, William and Ambrose-and William Miller, the husband of his daughter Jane. He appointed his sons Thomas, William and Ambrose, Executors. Witnesses: James Jameson, Thomas Tresley and John Ford.
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WILL OF JOHN HORD
KING GEORGE COUNTY VIRGINIA WILL BOOK A; 1752-1780 {Antient Press}; Page 230-231
Will of THOMAS HORD. 1766 January 28th. I THOMAS HORD .. give to my granddaughter BETTEY HORD after the death or marriage of my wife one negro man .. to my grandson JOHN HORD a negro woman .. if they both die without heirs return to my two daughters AGGEY & MOLLY .. I give my son JAMES a negro man; give my daughter BETTY WITHERS a negro man; to my son JESEY a young mare and saddle .. my fore children that is now Single RHODEN, JESSEY, HOLLEY & AGGEY each of them a feather bed and furniture as soon as they are married .. to my daughter BETTEY WITHERS and my son JAMES HORD twenty pounds to each or a negro a peace to that value .. after death of my wife I leave my son THOMAS five pounds and the negroes before given him .. after death of my wife, negroes to be equally divided amongst my five children by name SUCKKEY SHELTON, RHODEN HORD, JESSEY HORD, MOLLY HORD and AGGEY HORD .. my land be sold and money equally divided between RHODEN HORD and JESSEY .. appoint my son THOMAS HORD and my son RHODEN HORD and my beloved wife Executors ..
Presence of Peter Hord, Thos. Hord Sen: William Hord, Kellis Hord At a court held .. 4th September 1766 .. will presented into court by Executors .. admitted to record .. certificate is granted (Executors) for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.
Contributed by: James Hughes
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URL title: Family Tree Maker Online: GenealogyLibrary.com: The Hord Family of Virginia , Page 57
Note:
Thomas Hord married Jane Miller, June 24, 1726. In the Journals of the House of Burgesses, June 1, 1732, is the record of a Petition presented by Thomas Hord and Jane (Miller) Hord his wife:
"A Bill vesting 200 acres of land with appurtenances in the Parish of Hanover in the County of King George whereof Simon Miller is seized in Fee-Tail in Thomas Turner in Fee-Simple and for settling other lands and negroes of great value to the same uses was read the second time and a petition of Thomas Hord and Jane his wife was presented to the House and read; alledging that the reversion in Fee-Simple of the lands of the said Bill mentioned expectant upon the Estate-Tail is vested in the said Jane and that the land and negroes proposed to be settled in Lieu of the entailed Lands are not an equivalent, and praying that no Bill may pass to dock the entail without their consent. Ordered that the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared the said bill and that they do examine the allegations of the bill together with the matter of the said petition and report the same, etc."
June 2, 1732, The committee of the House made a report unfavorable to Thomas Hord and Jane his wife, but
June 3, 1732 "The question was put 'that the Bill do pass' and it passed in the Negative."
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King George County Inventories; pp. 299-301
The inventory and appraisement of the Estate of DOCR. JOHN EDWARDS
deced .. items valued but not totalled .. includes three negroes..
made by appraisers HANCOCK LEE. THOS. HORD, ENOCH INNIS ..
At a court held 2nd March 1743 (1744) .. inventory and appraisement
presented into court &admitted to record.
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1753-1765 King George County Deed Book 4 (Antient Press); pp. 248-252
Indenture 30th June/lst day July 1756 between WILLIAN ROBERTSON of county King George and THOMAS HORD of same Gent. .. Whereas WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE late of county of Richmond Gent. deced by his last will and testament among other things did will and appoint one JOHN WOODBRIDGE to convey 200 acres of land which he was to purchase near the Falls of Rappahannock to the said William Robertson. The said John Woodbridge .. fulfilling the Intention of said Testator .. to the said William Robertson then an infant under the age of twenty one years being the son of ANN ROBERTSON did purchase by deed of Feoffment bearing date first day March 1733 & from one ROBERT JONES a certain parcel of land lying in parish of Brunswick & county of King George containing by estimation 200 acres .. Now This Indenture Witnesseth that the said William Robertson party to these presents now being above the age of twenty one years for sum Twenty five pounds current money of Virginia .. hath sold .. all that parcel of land so purchased of the said Robt. Jones .. in the line of RICHARD GILL to Thomas Hord .. in line of Colo. Ball ..
Presence Wm. Newton,
William Robertson
Jno. Pollard, Jno. Cox
At a court held 1st July 1756 .. Deeds of lease and release ordered to be recorded.
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1765-1773 King George County Deed Book 5 (Antient Press); pp. 931-933
Indenture made 28th March 1772 between JANE HORD of Parish Brunswick in county King George Widow of THOMAS HORD deceased of one part and RODHAM HORD & JESSE HORD Sons of Jane Hord of other part .. for natural love and affection she beareth to her sons .. grant parcel of land in said parish containing 200 acres lying on River Rappahannock and bounded by lands of THOS. STROTHER, ROBERT ELLISON and JAS. HORD which tract of land was conveyed from one SIMON MILLER to said Jane Hord by deed
Presence Andrew Buchanan, Jane Hord
John Robertson, Gavin Lawson,
Robert Boyd
At a court held 7th May 1772 .. Deed of Gift proved .. admitted to record.
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ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 {Ann Brush Miller}
26 May 1744, O.S. p. 132
The order for Henry ffield & Wm Russell Gent & Gerhard Banks to view and lay of ye road from the Ridge below Cumins.s to the North river near the pitch of the fork being returned by ye sd Henry ffields and Gerhard Banks in these words In pursuance of this order we the subscribers have viewed and mark.d out the road and find it to be a good ridge to Thomas Hords quarter on ye north river and we find a good place for a ferry on ye sd River but the horse ford wants to be cleared of Stones before it can be called good Its ordered that the said road be cleared according to return and that the tithables belonging to ye lower end of ye fork below the County road including the tithables of ye sd Henry ffield on his Mannor plantation do work on ye sd road under ye sd Henry ffield who hereby is appointed Overseer of ye sd road And its further ordered that he with the said tithables clear ye same some time in ye month of October next according to Law and that the said tithables be exempted from all other roads.
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ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 {Ann Brush Miller}
23 August 1745, O.S. p. 419
Ordered that Robert Green and Henry Field Gent do Petition the Court of King George County to have a Road laid of and cleared from Thomas Hords Quarter through that County the best and most convenient way to Falmouth
On Apr 17, 2015 2:55 PM, "Phil Mullen"
Hello All, I hope this email finds you happy and well.
This week, I obtained and began reviewing the microfilm version of the manuscript entitled, "The History of the Hord Family (1838)" authored by Robert Hord (1795-1845), great grandson of John Hord, Gentleman (I) and Jean Hord of Shady Grove, Caroline County, VA. I obtained this microfilm from the LDS Genealogy Center in Salt Lake City to whom I am very grateful for sharing it. The document was transcribed in 1919 from the original manuscript owned by Henry Hord Ewell (deceased), grandson of Robert Hord, from Nashville, Tennessee together with notes by Arnold Harris Hord; it was provided to the LDS Genealogy Center for copying to microfilm. It also contains comments by Henry Hord Ewell about his grandfather, Robert Hord.
Description: The binding of the document which consists of 143 pages, appears to be in excellent condition. The first few pages are hand written and presumed to be from the actual manuscript. Where it currently resides is unknown. The remainder of the document is transcribed and type written. There is a very good photo of a painting of Robert Hord that differs from the one shown by Reverend Hord in his first book. At the end of the document are twelve pages of very interesting notes by the Reverend Arnold Harris Hord that he apparently wrote during the time he was reviewing this manuscript for use in producing his books about the Hord Family Ancestry. Since this transcription was dated 1919 Reverend Hord obviously was working from the actual hand-written manuscript and may have been involved in transcribing the document. The large majority of the book consists of lists of most or all of the Hord family members from the first four generations. Reverend Hord edited this information and simply reproduced it in his books.
Initial Comments: So far, I have done a quick review of the entire document. After reading the first few pages my first impression was that Robert Hord was probably insane. Based on the comments in his notes I think that the Reverend Hord came to the same conclusion. Without going into great detail now, in the first few pages of the manuscript, Robert Hord states that he believed that the father of John Hord was John Howard, an individual that started a minor rebellion involving tax evasion in a place near the Chesapeake Bay and escaped being captured by fleeing to Virginia where he changed his name from Howard to Hord. According to Robert, John Howard was married in Virginia and later died there in 1712. Reverend Hord said that he and his son thoroughly investigated this story and found no evidence to verify any of it so he completed rejected it except for one sentence that appears in his first book which was an obvious editing error. More troubling are some instances of important information in the Reverend's books that he credits Robert Hord's manuscript as his source, information which I did not find in the manuscript.
I had hoped that Robert would have mentioned the Mordecai Hord that John Hord (I) referred to in his will as a grandson and the Mordecai Hord that is mentioned in the Caroline County records of 1779-80 but there was no mention of either of these individuals. However, Robert does clearly list Mordecai Hord of Henry county as being a son of John Hord (I) and Jane Hord of Caroline County. He also lists his children and grandchildren although for some reason, John Hord, son of Mordecai, is listed as Jack Hord, a nickname not commonly seen during this period of time.
Next week I hope to copy the complete document to a USB memory chip. If the Genealogy Center does not prohibit it I intend to make the document available to each of you somehow.
Phil Mullen
Angels Camp, CA
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April 18, 2015
Update! Maybe Robert Hord was not insane after all, he was wrong but not insane. In the preface of his first book, pages 8 & 9, Reverend Hord reveals this same story and explains that some American Hords did actually believe that John Hord was the son of John Howard. Obviously, Robert Hord was among them. The Reverend says that there was no evidence to validate any part of this story and hence he rejected it. This agrees with the comments I found in his notes in the back of Robert Hord's manuscript.
It is difficult to understand why Robert Hord believed this story. More importantly, in his early years, Robert lived right in the midst of many of the grandchildren of John Hord (I), including my descendants, Peter II and Nathaniel Greene who was his cousin. I wonder how many of them believed the same story. In their defense I have not discovered any historical records that verify that John Hord and his wife Jane immigrated to Virginia. However, at the bottom of page 25 of the Reverend's first book there is a baptism record for John Hord said to be on record at the Parish of Ewell which includes a statement that John Hord immigrated to Virginia in 1685. This statement must have come from the Reverend as I doubt it is part of the baptism record.
Phil Mullen
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April 25, 2015
I have finished copying and digitizing the microfilm which contains the transcription of Robert Hord's manuscript entitled, "A History of the Hord Family" dated 1838. I have put the document on-line at the following link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B94I75_nfKpodUFPcGhsaDlZSVE/view?usp=sharing
This file, which consists of 102 pages and is about 53 MB in size, can be downloaded by anyone interested in having their own copy of it. To my knowledge it is not available in this form anywhere else. Before placing it on-line I verified that the file was virus free however I suggest that you scan it with your own security system before opening it after downloading it. I will leave it on-line for 30 days.
Some of you expressed concern about the authenticity of the microfilm so, I decided to do some investigation. I was taught by a pro (Mila) not to trust anything without verifying it. I found a hard copy (book) of the transcript of Robert Hord's manuscript at the Pennsylvania Historical Society in Philadelphia together with all of the Reverend's books. The Society credits Robert Hord as the author of the book but also lists Reverend Hord as a "Contributor" to it. It is possible that the Society received these books from Reverend Hord himself or his heirs after his death in Philadelphia in 1951. The Society does not have the actual manuscript. However, to my surprised they do have a fourth book by Reverend Hord entitled, "English History of the Hord Family of Virginia" that was published in 1940. I have seen references to this book before however I could not find it in print anywhere hence I considered the references to be a mistake. I suspect that Reverend Hord was probably totally responsible for the transcription and publishing of this book as Henry Ewell Hord was about 73 years old when the book was published and may not even been living then. In 1967, the Utah Historical Society produced a microfilm of the book. This is probably where the LDS Genealogy Center in Salt Lake City got their copy of the microfilm that I reviewed and digitized. While none this information proves the authenticity of the microfilm it does lend a lot of credibility to it.
I would really like to know where Robert Hord's actual hand-written manuscript is today. Although he disagreed, disproved and even rejected some of what Robert Hord recorded about the Hord Family history, Reverend Hord relied heavily on much of the information in this manuscript when he produced his three books on the same subject. There is no doubt that he had the actual manuscript by Robert Hord in his hands before and during the time (1898-1915) that he was writing and publishing his books on the Hord Family ancestry. He would have considered the actual manuscript a highly treasured Hord Family heirloom. Somehow, it was given or loaned to him by Henry Ewell Hord, the grandson of Robert Hord, who lived on a ranch in Texas at the time but I have found no evidence that this ever occurred. However, Reverend Hord was very familiar with Henry Ewell Hord judging from the things he wrote about him so I have no doubt that he knew him personally.
I hope you find this document helpful in understanding the evasive History of the Hord Family.
Phil Mullen
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