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I'm not sure who the "they" are who may have changed the spelling. As another respondent has said, the presence or absence of the E may be because that's the way THAT family spelled the name, the way the census taker or other transcriber spelled the name, the way that a later genealogist transcribed the name, the way that someone decided to spell the name in a Temple submission, etc. In my case, my g4 grandfather was Lawrence van Horn -- said to be from Germany and born on a boat coming over about 1756. By the time he married in NC 1803 the "van" had been dropped and he was Lawrence Horn. We remained Horn for the most part (I've never seen an E spelling in my direct line) but I have noticed that some descendants have added an E. What is doubly confusing is that there are Hornes and Horns in the same counties -- but totally not related.
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