NORTHERN & SOUTHERN HOARD surnames
One very important piece of information is that there were two unrelated (as far as I am aware) families
that carried the surname of Hoard in America. I refer to them as the Northern Hoard's and the Southern Hoard's.
This site mostly pertains to the Northern Hoard's. I know very little about the Southern Hoard's, but will include here
the few differences that I am aware of between the two lines.
Northen Hoard's:
Evolving of name.....
le Hore > Hore > Hoar > Hoard
Ezekia Hore (Hezekiah Hoar, born about 1608 in Devon, England) came from England and settled
in Taunton, MA about 1633. The branches of this family spread West, but mostly stayed in the northern states.
le Hore > Hore - the "le" was dropped sometime between 1100 and 1300 most likely and became just
Hore.
Hore > Hoar - the name appears to have been changed upon entry to America about 1633.
Hoar > Hoard - the name appears to have been changed at the pressing of the females of the family
about the time of the American Revolution (1776)
The name took on many spelling variations. Most all of this line appear to have remained
in the northern states well up to the 1900's.
Southern Hoard's:
Evolving of name.......
Hord > Hoard
The Hord family originated in England and immigrated to America in the mid 1700's into Virginia.
This line appears to mostly stay in the southern states well into the 1900's. This line also had slaves due to the southern
ways of life at that time, thus there are many that carry the name of Hoard as well. Because of this, they may
or may not be blood related.
If you check out the "family lines" page of my site, you will see that there are some from this line
that have provided their lineage to be posted along with email addresses. You might try contacting them for further
information on this Hoard family line.
