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- [S4] COADB, (https://coadb.com/surnames/hurst-arms/), 26 Apr 2020, https://coadb.com/surnames/hurst-arms/ (Reliability: 1).
Tobias Hurst was born around 1596 in Leckhampstead, England. He went to Virginia in colonial America. He married Rebecca Anne Watson and had a son with her named John. This son, John Hurst, was born in Elizabeth City, Virginia Colony in 1635. He married Dorothy, daughter of John Knight, and had a son with her named John. The son John was born in the Isle of Wight, Virginia in 1660. He married Judith Moore and had two sons with her: John and John Jr. His son, John Hurst Jr. was born in Isle of Wight, VA around 1683. He married Mary and had a son named William. William Hurst was born around 1730 in North Carolina. He served on the patriot side of the American Revolution. He married Christian, daughter of Colonel Barnabas McKinnie, and Sarah Oliver. He had the following children: Andrew, William Jr., and John Jacob. His son John Jacob was born in North Carolina around 1760. He married Elizabeth Heath and had several issue: William, Christiana, Major, Henry, Bryant, Needham B., William Daniel, Reverend Napolean Bonaparte, Willis S., George Washington Peavins, John II, Rosanna, Elizabeth (Dixon), and Charles Blitch. His son Major Hurst was born in 1795. He married Clarissa, daughter of Robert E. Elliston, and had a son with her named John D. Hurst, who was born in Burke County, Georgia in 1816.
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