Hoarde History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Hoarde family

Early History of the Hoarde family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hoarde 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 Hoarde History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hoarde Spelling Variations

Until the dictionary, an invention of only the last few hundred years, the English language lacked any comprehensive system of spelling rules. Consequently, spelling variations in names are frequently found in early Anglo-Saxon and later Anglo-Norman documents. One person's name was often spelled several different ways over a lifetime. The recorded variations of Hoarde include Hord, Horde, Hoord, Hoorde, Hoard, Hoarde and others.

Early Notables of the Hoarde 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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Migration of the Hoarde family

Thousands of English families boarded ships sailing to the New World in the hope of escaping the unrest found in England at this time. Although the search for opportunity and freedom from persecution abroad took the lives of many because of the cramped conditions and unsanitary nature of the vessels, the opportunity perceived in the growing colonies of North America beckoned. Many of the settlers who survived the journey went on to make important contributions to the transplanted cultures of their adopted countries. The Hoarde were among these contributors, for they have been located in early North American records: William Hord, who arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1623; Richard Hord, who came to Virginia in 1635; Francis Hord, who arrived in Virginia in 1664.