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THOMAS HARDY (c. 1605–1678)

ANNE FRENCH (bp. 1618–1689), daughter of Thomas French and Susan Riddlesdale

Thomas Hardy was born about 1605. He died on 4 January 1677/8 in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts. [1][2][3] Byrne and Hardy argue that he married Anne, the daughter of Thomas and Susan (Riddlesdale) French.

Anne French was baptized on 15 March 1617/8 in Assington, county Suffolk. [2] She died on 1 May 1689 in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts. [2][4]

Thomas migrated in 1633; he settled in Ipswich, then moved to Rowley and Bradford, all in Essex County, Massachusetts. [1]

Thomas was a ferry operator in Bradford. [1]

Thomas made his will on 4 March 1671/2. He added a codicil on 12 December 1677, where he noted that he was about 72. His wife was to have the sole use of house for her life. He left his eldest son Thomas 200 acres. He left his sons John, Joseph, and Jacob each 100 acres. He also left bequests to Mary and her husband Samuel Currier, Sarah and her husband William Hutchins, and William Hardy, when he came of age. [4]

Thomas left a relatively large estate. His inventory was taken on 7 March 1677/8 and amounted to £848-10-09. [1]

Children of Thomas Hardy: Order uncertain

i. Thomas Hardy was born about 1635, probably in Ipswich. He died on 6 February 1716, age 81, in Bradford. He married Mercy Tenney.

ii. Sarah Harding was born say 1641. She died on 19 September 1684 in Bradford. [4] She married William Hutchins of Bradford on 1 July 1666 in Haverhill. [1][4]

iii. Corporal Joseph Harding was born say 1643. He died on 11 January 1726/7. [4]

Joseph willed his property in 1723 to the children of his brother Jacob. [4]

iv. Mary Harding was born say 1645. She married Samuel Currier of Haverhill about 1665. [1][4] Samuel was the son of Richard Currier. [4]

v. John Hardy was born about 1647, probably in Ipswich. He died on 4 February 1714/5, age 67, in Bradford. [3][4] He married first Mary Jackman on 2 April 1667 in Rowley. [1][4][5] She died on 2 December 1689 in Bradford. [3] He married second Martha (Smith) Burbank on 3 July 1695. [1][4]

vi. Jacob Hardy was born about 1648, probably in Ipswich. He died on 2 or 3 April 1706, age 57, in Bradford. [3][4] He married Lydia Eaton, the daughter of Thomas and Eunice (Singletary) Eaton and granddaughter of John Eaton of Haverhill. [1][4] She died on 24 or 29 June 1737 in Bradford. [4]

vii. William Harding was born say 1651. He married first Ruth Tenney on 3 May 1678 in Bradford. [4] Ruth, the daughter of Deacon William Tenney, was born on 16 March 1653/4 in Rowley. [4] She died on 27 April 1689 in Bradford. [4] He married second Sarah, "presumably" the daughter of Robert Savory. [4]

Endnotes:

1. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620–1633, Volumes I-III," digitized book, AmericanAncestors.org, originally published as: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 858–61.

2. Melinde Lutz Byrne and John Edward Hardy, "Three French Daughters and Their Husbands ... ," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 175 (2021): 104–19.

3. Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907).

HARDY

321 Jacob, Apr. 3, 1706. [Apr. 2, in his 58th y. G.R.1.]
322 John, Feb. 4, 1714-15, a. 67 y. G.R.1.
322 Mary, w. John, Dec. 2, 1689.
324 Thomas, sr., Jan. 4, 1677.

4. H. Claude Hardy and Edward Noah Hardy, Hardy and Hardie, Past and Present (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Typesetting, c. 1935).

5. Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, vol. 1, vol. 2 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1928, 1931).

1: 305 John (Harday), and Mary Jackman, Apr. 2, 1667.*

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