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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(1) Named in the will of his brother, William, will dated 30 Sep 1520, wp 30 Oct 1520. FHL# 95288, pg. 28, 30, Episcopal Consistory Court of Litchfield, #28, vol. I.
(2) information found on internet on 4 Aug 1998.
www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/m/i/Karen-A-Smith/ODT1-0001.html Karen Adele Smith, 212 Woodlawn Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19803; e-mail:
cfhs@voicenet.com(3) Jul 2003: IGI
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Early Hurts in Ashbourne Derbyshire England
Many thanks to
Varla Jane Owens Wright for this submission.
Early Hurt Families in the Ashbourne Area of Derbyshire, England
The earliest known Hurt ancestor is given as Raphe/Ralfe Hurte of Ashbourne who, according to the Windsor Herald, married Emmet, daughter of Richard Carter, around 1454. This couple had two known sons; Thomas b. abt. 1459 of Ashbourne-in-ye-Peake, Derbyshire, and Roger, who left a will dated 11 Sept. 1522 and probated 22 Oct 1523. Roger apparently had no wife or children and left everthing to his godchildren and friends. [FHL# 95288 - document $ 43].
Thomas had four sons, as reported in records currently available:
1. William, b. about 1460 of Ashbourne, Derbyshire and Matfield, Staffordshire, d. 1520
2. Lawrence, b. about 1472, of Stanton, Staffordshire, d. 1550
3. Ralfe, b. about 1485, lived at Ashbourne, d. 1539
4. Nicholas, b. about 1487, possibly lived at Brailsforth, Derbyshire, d. 1559
No daughters are listed on any available documents nor has any document been found that gives the name of his wife or the wives of Lawrence and Nicholas. All three younger brothers are named in the will of the eldest, William, dated 30 Sep. 1520 and probated 30 Oct 1520 at the Episcopal Consistory Court of Litchfield [FHL# 95406].
Lawrence appears to have been living at Edalston, Staffordshire at the time of his death. His will was probated from Stanton 17 Apr 1550. [FHL# 95289] He did not name a wife or any children, but did name his younger (and at that time, only living) brother, Nicholas. Nicholas appears to be the one whose will was probated from Brailsforth, Derbyshire 6 Apr 1559.
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