Son of John Hurst.

Some researchers give his date of death as 1787, others as 1789. He signed his will 10 March 1787, recorded 21 Dec 1789.

Paulene Coen (#47847909)says: "Often referred to as John of Fairfax in reference to Fairfax County, Virginia where he lived most of his life. He is the eldest son of John Hurst of Stafford County, Virginia (aka John of Stafford).

John of Fairfax married 1) Elizabeth Summers, their children were John, James, Ann, William, Elizabeth, Sarah, Jane, Bathsheba, and Susanna. He married 2) probably Sybil Moxley."

John Hurst of Fairfax was the eldest son of John Hurst of Stafford, according to DNA tests. He was not named in the will of John Hurst of Stafford, who died in 1747, but in the document filed to prove that will, he (John) is referred to as the heir-at-law, which shows the law of primogeniture was still in effect.

John of Stafford's death on December 6, 1747, was recorded in the Overwharton Parish Register. Overwharton Parish of the established Anglican Church was coextensive with Stafford County. John's will mentioned his wife Jane, sons Henry and James, and daughter Mary, who married Owen Wingfield.

"This John (of Fairfax) is first found in Prince William County in 1740 on a lease which mentions his wife Elizabeth (Summers) and a son John. The latter John may have died young, as he does not appear in later records. Fairfax County was created in 1742 and John lived out his life there. He did appear in the records of neighboring Loudoun County, but mainly because of the shifting boundary between Fairfax and Loudoun. John of Fairfax was sometimes called John Jr., usually before the death of John of Stafford in 1747. John's other children were James, Ann, William, Elizabeth, Sarah, Jane, Bathsheba, and Susanna. John's second wife was probably Sybil Moxley. John had received bounty land in what is now Jefferson County, West Virginia, so some of his children moved there."

Some say that John Hurst Sr. married Rebecca Shealy or Shealey, while others say he married a Jane Beeler (or Margaret or Elizabeth Beeler).

It is not proven that John Hurst is buried in the Summers Cemetery where his daughter is buried, but is a possibility only.

Tobias Hurst who landed at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1618 on the Ship TREASURER is usually claimed to be the first Hurst in America. Tobias lived in Elizabeth City County where the City of Hampton is now located. Tobias next lived in Lancaster County where he died about 1655. Some Hurst descendants claim to descend from a son of Tobias named John, but documentation has not been forthcoming.

Henry Hurst Sr., of Northumberland County, just north of Lancaster in the Northern Neck of Virginia, by 1650, is claimed as another son of Tobias. Henry Sr. had a son Thomas, whose descendants are well documented in the history of Northumberland. Henry Sr. also may have had sons named Henry Jr. and John. Henry Jr. was possibly the father of "John of Stafford," and a son Henry, known as "Henry of Orange."

John "of Stafford" Hurst was overseer of Robert "King" Carter of Lancaster, possibly the richest man in American at the time. John was mentioned in Carter's will and other documents as a carpenter and an overseer. John was first recorded in Stafford County circa 1708. He received a grant of land, next to land belonging to Carter, of 312 acres in 1719 on Accokeek Run. A 1747 deposition by John Hurst shows that he was born about 1675 and was working in Stafford County by 1697.