Generation 1
THOMAS HARDY
(d. 1677)
Parents:
Thomas Hardy died on 4 Jan 1677 in Bradford. [Ref]
Children of Thomas Hardy:
- Thomas Hardy was born about 1634. He died
on 6 Feb 1716. He married Mercy Tenney.
- Mary Hardy (conjectured daughter) married
Samuel Currier.
some descendants of Mary Hardy
- John Hardy (conjectured son) was born about 1648. He died on 4 Feb 1714/5,
age 67, in Bradford. [Ref][Ref]
He is buried in the old burying ground in Bradford. [Ref]
He married Mary Jackman on 2 Apr 1667 in Rowley. [Ref]
She died on 2 Dec 1689 in Bradford. [Ref]
- Jacob Hardy (conjectured son) was born about 1648. He died on 2 or 3 Apr
1706, age 58, in Bradford. [Ref][Ref]
He is buried in the old burying ground in Bradford. [Ref]
- William Hardy (conjectured son) married Ruth Tenney on 3 May 1678 in Bradford.
[Ref] She died on 1 May 1689 in Bradford.
[Ref]
- Corp. Joseph Hardy (conjectured son, but called junior in marriage record)
was born about 1643. He died on 11 Jan 1726/7, age 84, in Bradford. [Ref][Ref]
He is buried in the cemetery in Groveland. [Ref]
He married Mary Burbank on 6 Apr 1689 in Bradford. [Ref]
- Sarah Hardy (conjectured daughter) married Francis Jewitt on 20 Jun 1693
in Bradford. [Ref]
Generation 2
THOMAS HARDY of Bradford (abt 1634 - 1716)
Parents: Thomas Hardy [Ref,
p. 372]
Thomas Hardy was born about 1634, probably in Ipswich. [Ref,
p. 372] He died on 6 Feb 1716, age 82, in Bradford. [Ref][Ref]
He is buried in the old burying ground in Bradford. [Ref]
He married Mercy Tenney on 22 (9) 1664 in Rowley.
[Ref][Ref,
p. 372] She died on 15 Aug 1716, age 72, in Bradford. [Ref][Ref]
She is buried in the old burying ground in Bradford. [Ref]
Thomas was admitted to the church in Bradford on 12 Jul 1713. [Ref,
p. 372]
Thomas signed his will on 3 Mar 1714/5; it was proved on 19 Mar 1716. [Ref,
p. 372]
Childen of Thomas Hardy and Mercy Tenney:
- Ann Hardy was born on 26 Apr 1666 in Rowley. [Ref][Ref,
p. 372] She probably died before 3 Mar 1714/5, as she is not mentioned in
her father's will. [Ref, p. 372]
- Thomas Hardy was born on 29 Jun 1667 in Bradford. [Ref][Ref,
p. 372] He died between 1695 and 3 Mar 1714/5, when he was not mentioned in
his father's will. [Ref, p. 372]
- William Hardy was born on 11 Jan 1669 in Bradford. [Ref][Ref,
p. 372] He married Sarah Walker on 10 Apr 1703 in Bradford. [Ref][Ref,
p. 372] She died on 23 Sep 1746, age 68, in Bradford. [Ref]
He may be the Dea. William Hardy who died on 12 Nov 1759 in Bradford. [Ref]
Hannah, the widow of the deacon, died on 24 Mar 1762 in Bradford. [Ref]
- James Hardy was born on 13 Feb 1672 in Bradford. [Ref][Ref,
p. 372] He drowned on 12 Jun 1689 in Bradford. [Ref][Ref,
p. 372]
- Capt. Daniel Hardy was born on 2 Apr 1675 in Bradford. [Ref][Ref,
p. 372] He died on 31 Jul 1756, age 82, in Bradford. [Ref][Ref][Ref,
p. 372] He is buried in the old cemetery in Groveland. [Ref]
He married first Martha Wicom on 15 Jan 1701/2. [Ref,
p. 372] Martha was the daughter of Capt. Daniel
Wicom [Ref, p. 377] and Mary
Smith. [Ref, p. 377] She died on 24 Feb
1743 [Ref] in Rowley. [Ref,
p. 372] She is buried in the old cemetery in Groveland. [Ref]
Daniel married second Damaris Dickenson on 16 Jul 1746. [Ref,
p. 372] She died "sometime before" 21 Jul 1763, age 86, in Bradford.
[Ref][Ref
says 1763] She is buried in the old cemetery in Groveland. [Ref]
- Jacob Hardy was born on 25 Mar 1677 in Bradford.
He died on 8 Jun 1753 in Bradford. He married Sarah Clark.
- Benjamin Hardy was born on 22 Sep 1679
in Bradford. [Ref][Ref,
p. 372] He died on 19 Aug 1763 in Bradford. [Ref][Ref,
p. 379, says 10 or 19] He married Rebecca
Bond on 19 Jan 1709 in Bradford. [Ref
only gives the year][Ref, p. 372][Ref,
p. 30]
- Ebenezer Hardy was born on 17 Jul 1682 in Bradford. [Ref][Ref,
p. 372] He died on 17 Jul 1682 in Bradford. [Ref,
p. 372]
- Isaac Hardy was born on 10 Aug 1683 in Bradford. [Ref][Ref,
p. 372] He died on 6 Jan 1730 in Bradford. [Ref,
p. 372] He married Esther Barker on 6 Apr 1721. [Ref,
p. 372]
- Hannah Hardy was born on 4 Oct 1686 in Bradford. [Ref][Ref,
p. 372] She was baptised on 25 (6) 1695 in Bradford. [Ref]
She married Hugh Smith on 14 May 1719 in Bradford. [Ref,
p. 372]
- Sarah Hardy was born on 9 Jun 1689 in Bradford. [Ref,
p. 372] She died in Jan 1754. [Ref, p. 372]
She married Ebenezer Burbank on 19 Apr 1711 in Bradford. [Ref,
p. 372]
Generation
3
JACOB HARDY of Bradford (1677 - 1753)
Parents: Thomas Hardy and Mercy
Tenney [Ref, p. 372]
Jacob Hardy was born on 25 Mar 1677 in Bradford. [Ref][Ref,
p. 372] He died on 8 Jun 1753 in Bradford. [Ref]
He married Sarah Clark on 27 Jun 1706 in Bradford. [Ref]
Sarah died on 4 Jun 1767 in Bradford. [Ref]
It is sometimes claimed that Sarah was the daughter of Matthew and Mary (Dow)
Clark, born on 4 Apr 1685 in Haverhill.
Jacob was among the soldiers of Bradford who petitioned for Philip Atwood to
be their captain on 25 Jan 1710/1. [Ref]
Children of Jacob Hardy and Sarah Clark:
- Elizabeth Hardy was born on 11 Mar 1707
in Bradford. She died on 11 May 1737 in Bradford. She married Samuel
Stickney.
- Moses Hardy was born on 12 Feb 1707/8 in Bradford. [Ref]
He married Dorothy Hardy on 22 Apr 1729 in Bradford. [Ref]
She died on 22 Mar 1760 in Bradford. [Ref]
- Phebe Hardy was born on 2 Apr 1711 in Bradford. [Ref]
She married Thomas Johnson of Amesbury on 4 or 14 Mar 1732/3 in Bradford.
[Ref]
- Jeremiah Hardy was born on 31 May 1713 in Bradford. [Ref]
He died of small pox in 1777, age 64, and is buried in the old cemetery in
Groveland. [Ref] He married Rachel
Hardy on 29 Aug 1734 in Bradford. [Ref]
She died of consumption on 18 Jul 1769 in Bradford. [Ref]
- Andrew Hardy was born on 11 Mar 1714/5 in Bradford. [Ref]
He married Ann Hardy on 27 Feb 1738/9 in Bradford. [Ref]
Generation
4
ELIZABETH HARDY (1707 - 1737)
Parents: Jacob Hardy and Sarah Clark
Elizabeth Hardy was born on 11 Mar 1707 in Bradford. [Ref]
She died on 11 May 1737, age 30, in Bradford. [Ref]
She married Samuel Stickney on 22 Apr 1729
in Bradford. [Ref]
References
Blake, Francis E., "Lists of Soldiers of Newbury, Amesbury, Bradford and
Vicinity," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 50, 1896, 338
- 346.
Editors, "Bradford Inscriptions," Essex Antiquarian 5, 1901,
17-22, 41-48, 58-60.
Editors, "Groveland Inscriptions," Essex Antiquarian 10 (1906),
1-7.
Hardy, H. Claude, Hardy and Hardie, Past and Present, unknown, unknown,
1935.
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org,
New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007
Weis, Frederik Lewis, The Colby Family in Early America: Early Generations
of Descendants of Anthony Colby of Boston, Cambridge, Salisbury, Massachusetts
1595-1661, Colonial Press, Concord, 1970.