Hurford /Maris Resources
Chester County PA Wills 1713 - 1825 at Ancestry.com
Rootsweb Quaker site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/
Rootsweb, Chester County, PA
Maris Family in the United States, 1885
Jerry F. Richmond's home page at http://home.sprynet.com/~jrichmon/homepage.htm
Biographical Sketch of John Hurford, 1881, from The History of Chester County, by Futhey and Cope, contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Candace Roth, pe
John Hurford Will 1712 - 1774
Chester County, PA, Wills - 1713 - 1825 Ancestry, Date: 21 Mar 1774 Prove Date: 5 May 1774
Remarks: John Hurford. New Garden. 3/21/1774. May 5, 1774. To son Samuel £1. To son Joseph all the interest now due me on a £40 bond. To daughter Elizabeth £1. To daughter Sarah £20. To son Caleb £100. To son Isaac £100. Joshua Pusey to be Trustee for him until he ""be restored to his former or natural senses."" To son Nicholas plantation where I now dwell containing about 100 acres subject to wife's life interest. To daughter Hannah ½ of all personal estate. Remainder of lands to be sold. Executors: Wife Hannah and son Nicholas.
Hannah E. Hurford Will
Chester County, PA, Wills 1713 - 1825 Date: 7 Oct 1790 Prove Date: 12 Oct 1790
Remarks: Hurford, Hannah. E. Marlborough. 10-7-1790. Oct. 12, 1790. Verbal Will gives articles of furniture and clothing to the following: her mother, brothers Isaac, Caleb and Nicholas Hurford, sister Elizabeth Wickersham, sister Sarah Pyle, brother Caleb's son Caleb, brother Nicholas' son John, and Sarah Pyles' daughters Sarah and Hannah. Letters c.t.a. to Enoch Wickersham.