Horde Surname History

Origins Available:
England

Early Origins of the Horde family

The surname Horde was first found in Lincolnshire where William Lehird was listed in the Curia Regis Rolls. Thomas Hord was found in the Assize Rolls for Shropshire in 1221 and later, Reginald le Herd was listed in the Assize Rolls for Somerset in 1243. Later, Richard le Hurde was found in the Subsidy Rolls of Sussex in 1296. 1

Early History of the Horde family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Horde research. Another 141 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1241, 1396, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1599, 1600, 1614, 1617, 1618, 1621, 1622, 1626, 1630, 1632, 1637, 1658 and 1982 are included under the topic Early Horde History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Horde Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Hord, Horde, Hoord, Hoorde, Hoard, Hoarde and others.

Early Notables of the Horde family

Distinguished members of the family include Samuel Hoard (1599-1658), an English clergyman and controversialist in the Arminian interest, credited with the first successfully attack on Calvinistic doctrine by an English clergyman. He was "born in London in 1599, became either clerk or chorister of All Souls' College, Oxford, in 1614, was matriculated on 10 October 1617, and migrated to St. Mary Hall, where he graduated B.A. 20 April 1618, and commenced M.A. in 1621. He was incorporated in the latter...
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Horde migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Horde Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Hans Jacob Horde, who landed in Charleston, South Carolina in 1830 2
William Horde, who settled in America in 1856

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)