Hurd family of Grey County, Carleton County & Vermont
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It seems likely your Hurd family is descended from Tyrus Hurd of Arlington, Vermont. The family is identified in the "History of Leeds and Grenville" by Thad W. H. Leavitt (1879). Tyrus Hurd was killed in the War of American Independence and his son Ashael moved to eastern Ontario in 1793.
A descendant of this family, Amanda Hurd (1837-1901), from Burritt's Rapids, Ontario married James Magee in c1851 and settled in Euphrasia Township before 1861.
Several Hurd family members also moved to McKellar Township, Parry Sound District before 1881 and settled near the hamlet of Hurdville in the soutwest part of the township.