Margaret (Glover) Hurt (1635 - 1704)

Born 1635 in Pamunkey Neck, King William County, Colony of Virginia

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Died 1704 at about age 69 in New Kent County, Colony of Virginia

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Research Notes

Compare the date October 24, 1701, of this land grant to William Hurt Sen'r, as well as the number of acres, 298, with what we can read in the July 18, 1722, fragment of deed wherein James Hurt conveyed 74 1/2 acres of land (exactly 1/4 of the 298 acres) in King William County, Virginia, to his brother, William Hurt. Also note that the record states that William Hurt, Sen'r, was given this 298 acres of land for transporting six persons to Virginia, including himself and Margaret Hurt

The 1634 Visitation of London [Harlean Society Publication XV, pg. 406] shows that the information was again supplied by Uncle William, now residing in the Bishopsgate Ward area of London. None of Thomas's living children were shown to be married at that time. His younger daughter, Alice, married the following year at St. John Hackney, London. William was the fifth child born in a family of twelve. Three are known to have died in infancy, and three more deceased before the age of 25. Only children currently known to be living were listed by Uncle William in these visitations.

Calculating an approximate date of marriage at age twenty-five, William would probably have married around 1639 somewhere in England. His marriage record to a first wife has not yet been located. That being considered, he may have had five or so children born prior to immigrating in 1650. However, there is no record of their existence.

William married Margaret Glover in Virginia, probably around 1653 (based on her 1635 birth year, and the April 1654 birth of daughter Isabella.) His current family group record, as proposed by Oscar Hurt's research [The Early Hurt Family of Virginia, Oscar H. Hurt, FHL# 854152 item 4 pg. 5] shows three children, all born in Virginia after 1654: Isabella Hurt, b. 26 Apr 1654, King William Co., VA - md. Philip Pendleton in 1682 John Hurt b. abt. 1655, St. Stephen's Parish, King William Co., VA d. 9 Feb 1724, King William Co., VA md. abt 1679 Sarah Webber, or more likely, Sarah Yarbrough abt. 1679 William Hurt, Jr. b. abt. 1657, King William Co. VA d. after 1702.

On 18 Feb. 1673/4 the following was recorded in Virginia Land Book 6, pg 502: "To all ye, whereas...etc... Now know ye that I, the said Wm Berkely, Knt. Governr doe the Consent of the Councill of State accordingly give and grant unto William Hurt two Hundred and thirteen acres of Land Lying in St. Stephen's Parish in New Kent County, beginning at a white oke corner of Pecks land thence running NE by N 42 poles to a red oake thence E SE 1/2 S jog poles to a red oke thence E NE 63 poles to a red oke upon the side of a hill, thence S 200 poles to a red oke upon the side of another hill then west 89 poles to a red oke by the mill path, then W NW 100 poles to a Spanish oke by a branch, then N 141 poles to a hicory then N NE 10 poles to where it began. The said land is due unto the said Wm Hurt by and for the transportation of 3 persons etc. To have and to hold or to be held or yielding or paying on provision dated the 18th Feb. 1673/4. Names of the Transported: Thos. Brownell & wife; Lambo, a Negroe" (This land was northwest of the present day Aylett, VA and approximately 28 miles NE of Richmond, VA.)

By 1701, our William had attached the title, Senr. after his name. "To all ... Whereas...Now know you that of the said Francis Nicholson, Esq. Govornd etc. do with if and advice and consent of the Coundil of the State accordingly give and grant unto William Hurt, Senr. two hundred ninety and eight acres of land lying in Pamunkey being bounded as followeth, viz: Beginning at a Corner Hiccory called Peter White's corner hiccory hard by Richard Yarbrough's plantation and running thence southwest by south four hund: forty pole to a corner red oake, thence northwest sixty nine poles to a corner Hiccory, thence north north-east three hundred seventy six pole to a Corner hiccory, thence east one hundred and four pole, thence East by southe forty-one ople through a meadow all along by John Hurt's and Richard Yarbrough's plantations, thence east half a point north sixteen pole, thence south-west twenty-one pole to the beginning place, the said land being due unto the said William Hurt by and for the transportation of six persons into this colony whose names are to be in the records mentioned under this patent. To have & hold & to be held & Yielding & paying & provided & Given under my hand and ye seale of ye Colony this 24th day of October, anno Domini 1701. fr. Nicholson

Names of the six persons transported into the Colony: William Hurt, Senr., Margt. Hurt, Edward Freeland, Herbert Benahan, Duksell Brown and Eliza Lea." [Virginia Land Book 9, pg. 384] It is from this record that it has been assumed that the wife of William Hurt, Sr. was Margaret. At one time it was thought that he had returned to England to marry a second time, bringing her back with him. It is more probable that he never made that trip, but rather padded his headright list with his and his wife's names, and none of the officials caught it. He needed six headrights in order to obtain the piece of land he wanted next to his son, John's property. He had four legal headrights, and made up the balance with the two additional.

In Ralph Whitelaw's History of Northampton and Accomack Counties concerning these early land grants, states "In spite of the precautions presumably taken, there was much padding of headright lists and a number of names are duplicated in separate patents to different people for different lands. Among the headrights listed in a certificate by the Accomak Commissioners in 1672 to Edmund Scarburgh III, was included "his owne transportation three tymes'".

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