Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Whitset HURT 26
Birth Date8 Jan 1797
Birth PlaceOnancock, Accomack County, Virginia
Death Date22 Jul 1856 Age: 59
Death PlaceBristol, Washington County, Virginia
FatherJosiah HURT , 72 (1771-)
MotherElizabeth YOUNG , 73 (1775-1834)
Spouses
Birth Date?
Family ID1565
Marr Date17 Dec 1829
Marr PlaceDavidson County, Tennessee
Notes for William Whitset HURT
HURT: English (chiefly Nottinghamshire): variant of Hart. German: topographic name from Middle High German hurt ‘hurdle’, ‘woven fence’. Dutch: nickname, presumably for a pugnacious or aggressive person, from Middle Dutch hort, hurt ‘strike’, ‘blow’, ‘attack’. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names Oxford University Press

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Source-Jeff Williams conversation with Joan Hollis Yorgason 9 Oct 1993 by telephone (2) Letter received 16 Oct 1997 from Betty Lawrence states that the Ancestral File has b. date listed as abt 1797. I had no birth date before (Either someone else has submitted it and the information matched in the AF or it added the approx. date.)26

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Notes for Mariah (Spouse 1)
Source-Joan Hollis Yorgason 9 Oct 1993 telephone26

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