Genealogy of the Hord Family (Classic Reprint)

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The material in the following pages is a collection of all the data that can be obtained relative to the Hord family. The family traces its ancestry back to the year 1215. It is Scandinavian in origin, and its settlement in England probably took place at the time of the incursions of the Norsemen into that country. The raven, the ancient emblem carried by the Norsemen on their flags, has always been in the family coat-of-arms, and indicates the origin from which they sprung. There is a family in Sweden bearing the name of Hord, of which General Hord, a valiant officer of Charles XII. of Sweden (see Voltaires "Life of Charles XII. of Sweden"), and his son, the Count de Hordt (see "Memoirs of Count de Hordt," published in London in 1806), a lieutenant-general in the service of Frederick the Great of Prussia, who died in Berlin in 1785, were distinguished members. This fact makes it very probable, considering the peculiarity of the name and its Scandinavian origin, that the Hord family of England was an offshoot of the Swedish family bearing the same name, and that, during the incursions of the Norsemen, some of the Scandinavian Hords settled in England.

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