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William Hardy

Male 1669 - 1753  (84 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Hardy was born 11 Jan 1669, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts (son of Thomas Hardy and Mercy Tenney); died 14 Apr 1752/1753, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.

    William married Sarah Walker 10 Apr 1703, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts. Sarah was born Abt 1679; died 23 Sep 1746, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Susannah Hardy was born 8 Mar 1705/1706, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.
    2. Thomas Hardy was born 15 Dec 1706, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas Hardy was born Abt 1635 (son of Thomas Hardy and Ann); died 6 Feb 1715/1716, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Rowley VR marriages:
    Hardy, Thomas and Mercy Teny, 22:9m:1664*

    Children in Ordway Ancestry.

    Will in Ordway Ancestry [Essex Probate #12406].

    Thomas married Mercy Tenney 22:9m:1664, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts. Mercy (daughter of Thomas Tenney and Ann) was born 17:4m:1644, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts; died 15 Aug 1716, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mercy Tenney was born 17:4m:1644, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts (daughter of Thomas Tenney and Ann); died 15 Aug 1716, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Wood-Wiggin Genealogy: Admitted to the Bradford Church Nov. 4, 1694.

    Children:
    1. Ann Hardy was born 26 Apr 1666, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts.
    2. Thomas Hardy was born 29 Jun 1667, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts; died Bef 1715.
    3. 1. William Hardy was born 11 Jan 1669, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts; died 14 Apr 1752/1753, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.
    4. James Hardy was born 13 Feb 1672, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts; died 12 Jun 1689, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.
    5. Daniel Hardy was born 2 Apr 1675, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts; died 31 Jul 1756, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.
    6. Jacob Hardy was born 25 Mar 1677, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts; died 8 Jun 1753, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.
    7. Benjamin Hardy was born 22 Sep 1679, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts; died 19 Aug 1763, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.
    8. Ebenezer Hardy was born 3 May 1682, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts; died 17 Jul 1687, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.
    9. Isaac Hardy was born 19 Aug 1683, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts; died 6 Jan 1730, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.
    10. Hannah Hardy was born 4 Oct 1686, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.
    11. Sarah Hardy was born 9 Jun 1689, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts; died 14 or 25 Jan 1754, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Hardy was born Abt 1605, England; died 4 Jan 1677, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Ordway Ancestry: came with Winthrop's company, one of the first 12 men who made the settlement at Ipswich ("Agwam") in 1633.

    Wood-Wiggan Genealogy, vol 2, film 0599465, p. 142
    Hardy line, Compiled by David Hoyt
    (432.) 1. Thomas Hardy of Boston, Ipswich, Rowley, and Bradford (in his will he is given as of "Merrimack near Haverhill").
    Merrimack was set off from Rowley, and made a distinct township in 1668, name changed to Bradford in 1672. Most members of this family seem to have lived in the eastern part of Bradford, which was constituted a distinct "precinct," or parish, with a second church; in 1726 and 7, and incorporated as the town of Groveland in 1850. He was born about 1605, married Ann ---- who was living in 1670. He went with John Winthrop Jr., from Boston in 1633, to begin a plantation at "Agwam"; and was therefore, one of the first settlers of Ipswich, his name appearing several times on the first book of records.

    He removed to Rowley about 1653, and to Bradford about 1663. He died Jan 4, 1677/8 in Bradford; will Dec 12, 1677; proved Mar 26, 1678; wife mentioned, no name given [see GMB, Probate Records of Essex Co. 1635-1681, case #12405, inventory EPR 3:217, will also in Ordway Ancestry]. "Anah, widow of Thomas Hardy" was "received by confession" to the Bradford Church, Nov 10, 1682.
    Children----
    1. Thomas, born about 1635, married Mercy Tenney
    2. Sarah, b, ----, married July 1661, at Haverhill, William Hutchins of Bradford. Several children on Haverhill and Bradford records, b. 1662-1682. She died Sept. 19, 1684 at Bradford.
    3. Mary, b. --- m. about 1665, Samuel Currier, son of Richard of Salisbury, Mass.
    4. Joseph, Corporal, born about 1642d, died Jan 11, 1726/7, in Bradford. He was Joseph Sr. after 1695; resided in Bradford and is frequently mentioned in deeds. There is no record of wife or children, and he gave his property in 1723 to his brother Jacob's children, especially Joseph, reserving use for himself till his death.
    5. William, b. ---- , married May 3, 1678, Ruth Tenney, (2nd) Sarah ----.
    6. John, b. about 1646, m. (1st) Apr 2, 1667, Mary Jackman who died Dec 2, 1689; m (2nd) Mary (Smith) Burbank, widow of Caleb Burbank;
    7. Jacob, b. about 1649, m. Lydia Eaton.

    "Anah," widow of Thos. Hardy" was "received by confession" to the Bradford church, Nov. 14, 1682.

    See The Great Migration Begins, v. 2, p. 858. This source references Ordway Anc. 280-88, by Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn.

    GMB: Ferry operator at Bradford [Bradford T.R. 1:4]. Bradford surveyor of highways, 1669 [Ibid.].

    Some sources show him as brother of John Hardy of Salem. The Great Migration Begins: "no connections are seen."

    GMB: "Although several early writers believed Thomas had a first wife named Lydia, there is evidence only for wife Ann."

    LDS files show his father as Thomas Hardy, d. Malcomb Regis, England [which I am unable to find] but I am unable to find evidence for that.

    Thomas married Ann Bef 1635, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts. Ann died 1 May 1689, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Ann died 1 May 1689, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. 2. Thomas Hardy was born Abt 1635; died 6 Feb 1715/1716, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.
    2. Sarah Hardy died 19 Sep 1684, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.
    3. Joseph Hardy was born Abt 1643, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; died 11 Jan 1726, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.
    4. Mary Hardy was born 1639, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; died Aft 1713.
    5. John Hardy was born Abt 1647; died 4 Feb 1714/1715, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.
    6. Jacob Hardy was born Abt 1648; died 2 Apr 1706, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.
    7. William Hardy was born , Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.

  3. 6.  Thomas Tenney

    Thomas married Ann. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Ann
    Children:
    1. 3. Mercy Tenney was born 17:4m:1644, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts; died 15 Aug 1716, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts.