Hefford
| Hefford | |
|---|---|
| Current region |  Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Place of origin |  England ? |
| Founded | c.1890 |
The Hefford Family of Random Island[a]
The first Hefford family to settle permanently in the Random Island area was that of Elias and Maria (nee Ivany) Hefford of New Perlican who moved to Snook's Harbour in the late 1880s or early 1890s "to sail with the Loders who operated fishing schooners out of [there][b] at that time"[1] [see Loder Family]. We will consider Elias and Maria to be the "First Generation" of the Hefford Family of Random Island.
Pre Random Island
A 1998 review of the historical occurrence of various family names in Newfoundland[2] found that early instances for Hefford were "William of New Perlican, 1682" and "William Hefford, of Trinity Bay, 1773". It also notes early instances of similar surnames with an indication that they were just different spellings of the same name: "William Heyford (spelt Hettford in 1681), of New Perlican, 1675".
Further detail on the early history of the Heffords in Newfoundland has been provided in a 2002 article[3] in The Newfoundland Ancestor which states:
One of the earliest Newfoundland references to the Hefford family concerns a William Hefford, who in 1675 was fishing out of New Perlican, Trinity Bay. William was reported to have had three boats, four stages, a flake and eighteen servants. By 1753 the Hefford family was well established in the Trinity Bay area and in particular at New Perlican. The following Hefford families were living in New Perlican, circa 1750-1800: James and Elizabeth, William and Honor, Simon and Martha and James and Mary. Listed in the William Warn Ledger (1749-1759) is a William Haeffeard.
The article also lists the family of a William and Mary Hefford of New Harbour (about 30 km south of New Perlican), including a son William-b1810[c] baptized at age 13 years in 1823 (so born ca 1810). This is consistent with some of the New Perlican Heffords moving further up Trinity Bay to New Harbour[3]. William-b1810 may have been the father of the Elias who settled in Snook's Harbour, although this is doubtful.
Notes
- ↑ Prepared by John W Loder (JohnWLoder@gmail.com) with input from Glendon & Evan Hefford. John is a great grandson of John & Jane (Smith) Loder who settled in Snook’s Harbour in the 1870s, and is thus related to the Fourth & later Generation(s) of the Random Island Heffords via the Smith Family. He is also related to the Third & later Generation(s) of the Heffords via his great-great grandmother Rachel (Cooper) Loder and the Cooper Family. He may also have a distant relation to the early Heffords of New Perlican via his grandmother Leah (Efford) Loder of Port de Grave. Glendon and Evan are great grandsons of Elias Hefford.
- ↑ A [square bracket] around text indicates that the specific text is a summary rather than verbatim quote.
- ↑ The notation "FirstName-b####", such as "William-b1810", where "b" refers to "born in" or "baptized in", and "####" to a specific (or approximate) year, will be used to help track different members of the Hefford Family, especially those with the first name of James or William.
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