Brief Life History of John Martin
When John Martin Hurst was born on 9 December 1811, in North Carolina, United States, his father, James Andrew Hurst, was 28 and his mother, Mary Carter, was 21. He married Margaret Young about 1838, in Whitepost, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States in 1850 and Ivy Township, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years. He died about 1898, at the age of 88.
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Sources (13)
- John Hurst in entry for W B Hurst, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- John Hurst, "United States Census, 1850"
- John Hurst in entry for Wesley Hurst and Martha Allen, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
Spouse and Children
1811–1898 Male
1822–1892 Female
Children (11)
1839–1884 Female
1842–1927 Male
1845–1883 Female
1847–1863 Male
1849–1912 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1783–1850 Male
1790–1838 Female
Siblings (9)
1811–1898 Male
1820– Female
1820– Male
1825–1915 Male
1829– Female
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World Events (8)
1812 · Monumental Church Built
Age 1
1830 · Trail of Tears
Age 19
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
Age 33
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): topographic name for someone who lived near a wood or wooded hill, from Middle English hirst(e), herst(e), hurst(e) (Old English hyrst) or a habitational name from any of the places so called, such as Hurst Green (in Mitton, Lancashire), Hirst (Northumberland), Hurst (Berkshire, Kent, Warwickshire), Hurstpierpoint (Sussex), or Hirst in Longwood (Yorkshire).
Irish: re-Anglicized form of de Horsaigh, the Gaelicized form of the English habitational name Horsey , established in Ireland since the 13th century.
German and Swiss German (also Hürst): topographic name from Middle High German hurst ‘woodland, thicket’; or a habitational name from a place so named in Westphalia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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