Ancestral Lines of Chester Everts Howell - (PDF ... - Adkinshorton.net

Abraham Hurd Everts 1799-1866 youngest child of Daniel & Molly was namedfor Molly's father and brother. He married Rebecca German dau. of DeaconHenry German. Abraham's and Rebecca's stones are in the Hector PresbyterianCh.yard. Abraham d. 28 July 1866 ae 67 yrs.and Rebecca 20 Feb. 1874 aged 73.Their children as far as known:Clarinda Everts d. 12 Oct. 1852 aged 27 yrs. (born about 1825)Amanda Everts was aged 24 in 1850 " " 1826Ermina Everts d. 9 Jan. 1872 aged 44 yrs. " " 1828Hellen Everts 1829-1914 was a successful farmer 1829Aranthes Everts d. 31 Dec. 1855 aged 24-2-7 1831Cynthia Everts 1835-1908 buried Burdette Union Gem. married Abner Chase;ch: Lauren D. ; Geo. S. ; Anna E. ; perhaps others.The known ancestors of Daniel Everts (b. 1749) bear English names. JohnEverts the emigrant mar. (1) Elizabeth -- (2) Elizabeth, widow Parmalee; JohnJr's first wife Mary French dau. of Thomas died 1788 & he mar. (2) Mary dau.of Alex. Bow of Middletown, Conn. Nathaniel of the 3rd generation married intothe Hastings family as earlier related. John Everts his son & the father ofDaniel married Submit Stone dau. of Stephen of Guilford, Conn.Following are short accounts of some of the ancestral lines of DanielEverts and his wife Molly Hurd.HurdThe Hurd ancestry in America begins with Adam Hurd born 1611 in Somersetshire,England. He came to this country before 1644 and died in Stratford,Ct. His wife was Hannah (Bertrand?) and their son John married Ann widow ofJoshua Judson. Ebenezer Hurd, one of their several children married Sarah P.Lane (dau. of Robert Lane) whose mother Sarah Pickett was the daughter ofJohn Pickett of Salem, Mass. Both John Pickett, who died in 1683, and RobertLane (1639-1718) were in public life; John Pickett being Deputy to the ColonialAssembly and Robert Lane a member of that body and also Deputy of the Conn.Court of Elections.Ebenezer Hurd born in Woodbury, Conn, was the first Hurd to move toKillingworth. Ebenezer's son Daniel Hurd married there Rachel Smith and theirstones yet stand in the old Killingworth Cemetery at Clinton. The inscriptionsread this way:"In Memory of Mr. Daniel Hurd who died Janry 1st AD 1766 in his 70th yearHere Lyes the Body of Mrs. Rachel Hurd who died the wife of Mr. DanielHurd Apr. the 24, 1750 Aged 47 years"Inaccurate copies of these stones are on record in the Charles Hale MSs in theConn. State Library at Hartford. The above copy was made by the compiler in1952 with care for accuracy; also pictures were taken of the gravestones atthat time.Daniel and Rachel Smith Hurd had a son Abraham Hurd born on 28 Feb. 1724who died 29 April 1810, the father of Molly Hurd Redfield Everts. Abrahammarried in 1753 Mary Stevens Wilcox also buried at Killingworth. She died"15 June 1805 aged 71 years". Molly's brother Abraham Hurd Jr. who hadserved actively in the Rev. War died about the time Molly in 1799 named heryoungest son Abraham Hurd Everts.Living in Killingworth, Conn, during the Rev. War. there is no doubt thatAbraham Hurd Sr. was a patriot. However lists showing signers for Killingworthof the Oath of Fidelity of 1777 (prescribed by the General Assembly inMay of that year) have not been found .46