John hurd (1585-1649)
Biographical Information
John Hurd, his wife Isabel, and their son Adam arrived in Boston from Allerton, England in 1640.
John and his family most likely left England as a part of the Great Migration of 1629–40, with roughly 20,000 relocating to each of four destinations: Ireland, New England, the West Indies, and the Netherlands.
In Massachusetts his sons Adam and John joined him when he decided to explore the Connecticut River. They expected to be the original explorers, but found Dutch Settlers already living along the river. It was not an easy voyage; at night when it was cold, they would get off the boat, dig caves in the banks of the river and sleep in the caves. They may have done this several times before deciding where to settle in Connecticut.
John Hurd, his wife Isabel, and their son Adam arrived in Boston from Allerton, England in 1640.
John and his family most likely left England as a part of the Great Migration of 1629–40, with roughly 20,000 relocating to each of four destinations: Ireland, New England, the West Indies, and the Netherlands.
In Massachusetts his sons Adam and John joined him when he decided to explore the Connecticut River. They expected to be the original explorers, but found Dutch Settlers already living along the river. It was not an easy voyage; at night when it was cold, they would get off the boat, dig caves in the banks of the river and sleep in the caves. They may have done this several times before deciding where to settle in Connecticut.