Friday, April 30, 2010

Thomas Hardy 1635-1716

Thomas Hardy was born 22 Sep 1635 in Bradford, Massachusetts



Parents
Father: Thomas Hardy
Mother: Lydia Hardy



Thomas married Mercy Tenney 1664 in Bradford, Massachusetts



Thomas died on 6 Feb 1716 in Bradford, Massachusetts



Thomas and Mercy's Children


Ann Hardy
B: 26 Apr 1666
M: Ephriam Lacy
D: 10 Sep 1728

Thomas Hardy
B: 29 Jun 1667
M: Deborah Wallingford
D: 19 Dec 1736

William Hardy
B: 11 Jan 1669
M: Sarah Walker
D: 14 Apr 1753

James Hardy
B: 13 Feb 1672
D: 12 Jun 1689 (Drowned)

Daniel Hardy
B: 2 Apr 1675
M: Martha Wicom
M: Damaris Dickenson
D: 31 Jul 1756
Jacob Hardy

B: 25 Mar 1677
M: Sarah Clark
D: 8 Jun 1753

Benjamin Hardy
B: 22 Sep 1679

M: Rebecca Bond
D: 19 aug 1763


Ebenezer Hardy
B: 3 May 1682
D: 17 Jul 1682




Isaac Hardy
B: 19 Aug 1683
M: Esther Barker
D: 6 Jun 1730

Hannah Hardy
B: 4 Oct 1686
M: Hugh Smith
D: 3 Aug 1776

Sarah Walker Hardy
B: 9 Jun 1689
M: Ebenezer Burbank
D: Jan 1754

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Mercy Tenney 1644-1716

Mercy Tenney was born 17 Jun 1644 in Rowley, Massachusetts



Parents
Father: Ensign Thomas Tenney
Mother: Ann Mighill



Mercy married Thomas Hardy in 1664 in Bradford, Massachusetts



Mercy died 15 Aug 1716 in Bradford, Massachusetts



Thomas and Mercy's Children


Ann Hardy
B: 26 Apr 1666
M: Ephriam Lacy
D: 10 Sep 1728




Thomas Hardy
B: 29 Jun 1667
M: Deborah Wallingford
D: 19 Dec 1736




William Hardy
B: 11 Jan 1669
M: Sarah Walker
D: 14 Apr 1753




James Hardy
B: 13 Feb 1672
D: 12 Jun 1689 (Drowned)





Daniel Hardy
B: 2 Apr 1675
M: Martha Wicom
M: Damaris Dickenson
D: 31 Jul 1756




Jacob Hardy
B: 25 Mar 1677
M: Sarah Clark
D: 8 Jun 1753




Benjamin Hardy
B: 22 Sep 1679
M: Rebecca Bond
D: 19 aug 1763
 Ebenezer Hardy
B: 3 May 1682
D: 17 Jul 1682

 
Isaac Hardy
B: 19 Aug 1683
M: Esther Barker
D: 6 Jun 1730





Hannah Hardy
B: 4 Oct 1686
M: Hugh Smith
D: 3 Aug 1776




Sarah Walker Hardy
B: 9 Jun 1689

M: Ebenezer Burbank

D: Jan 1754

Friday, April 16, 2010

Thomas Hardy 1605-1678

Thomas Hardy was born in 1605 in England






Parents
Father: Thomas Hardy
Mother: Alice Wilson



Thomas married Lydia Hardy in  about 1623 in England



Thomas died 4 Jan 1678 in Bradford, Massachusetts



Thomas and Lydia's Children

Thomas Hardy
B: 22 Sep 1635
M: Mercy Tenney
D: 6 Feb 1716

Jacob Hardy
B: 1648
M: Lydia Eaton
D: 2 Apr 1706

Sarah Hardy
B: abt 1641
M: William Hutchins
D: 19 Sep 1684

Joseph Hardy
B: abt 1643
D: 11 Jan 1726/27

William Hardy
B: abt 1644
M: Ruth Tenney
M: Sara Savory
D: abt 1722

Mary Hardy
B: 1639
M: Samuel Currier
D: 1665

John Hardy
B: abt 1646
M: Mary Francis Jackman
M: Martha Burbank
D: 4 Feb 1714




Thomas and Lydia came to America in 1630 with Governor Winthrop's expedition. This expedition consisted of 17 ships with more than 1500 people.  The actual list of those in this group has been lost.

In 1633 John Winthrop, Jr. was selected by his father to be the leader of an expedition to settle a small village called Agawam. Agawam was not a wilderness. It had been the site of a thriving Indian community. However the encroachment of the French from Canada and other English adventurers into that area had displaced the Indians. The occupants colony led by Governor Winthrop were worried that the French or others would come and establish permanent settlements and contest their rights to the land.

John Winthrop selected 12 families (In Jan 1633) to accompany his son go to Agawam and establish a new community. Thomas Hardy was among the 12 families. They most likely arrived in Agawam in March 1633. It is known that they were there before 1 Apr 1633. They were promised that additional settlers would be sent when the next group of people came from England.

Upon their arrival they lived in a log cabin and other structures that had been left by the Indians and other temporary settlers. However.... "almost immediately on the arrival of the settlers there was an allotment of  'house lots'. Thomas Hardy's house lot is well known, and its boundaries defined. The well which he dug was in constant use until recently, (1935), and is now easily recognized by the efforts of the artist Mr. Carl H. Nordstrom of Ispwich, who lives nearby. The foundation outlines of the original house is clearly distinguished." (Hardy and Hardies Past, pg 367)

Regarding the Thomas Hardy dwelling another record states: "The first frame house in Ispwich was erected by Thomas Hardy, one of the twelve who came with John Winthrop, Jr. It was near the ship yard of Mr. Edward Choate". The trace of the cellar was discernible within recollection of the people now living and the old well is still is use. (The Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder)

The next group arrived in Agawam 4 Aug 1634. The name was changed from Agawam to Ispwich in honor of the new arrivals, who came from an area in England called Ispwich.

The family history Hardy and Hardies states that.... "in 1653 he moved to Rowley Massachusetts and ten years later to Bradford, where he became the owner of one thousand acres of land in the most beautiful section of that district. Here he built a house and dug a deep well. The house has long since disappeared, but the well has been located on a tract of land now owned by Dr. J. Hazen Hardy of New York City".

Rowley was a large area north of Ispwich bounded on the east by Newbury, on the west by Andover and on the north by the Merrimac river. Immediately across the Merrimac river is the city of Haverhill.

A short history: In 1638 Rev. Ezekiel Rogers and about sixty families made a new settlement near Ispwich which for a short time was called Rogers Plantation. In 1639 it was incorporated under the name of Rowley. It was named, such, as was common, because the pastor and many of the families came from Rowley, England.

As stated previously Thomas Hardy moved to Rowley in 1653. He moved to the Eastern portion of Rowley, an area known as Groveland. There he received from the King the grant of one thousand acres of land.

This grant is bound on the east by Kings Street in current Groveland.

The Hardy's settled first in what is now Groveland. Thomas may have lived in the area near the 1665 burial ground.

In his will he gives away generous plots of land, 200 acres to his son Thomas and 100 acres to his other children. This land was in what is now Groveland.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Lydia Hardy 1613-1689

Lydia Hardy was born in 1613 in England



Parents
Father: Jacob Hardy
Mother: Lydia Eaton



Lydia married Thomas Hardy in 1623 in England



Lydia died 1 May 1689 in Bradford, Massachusetts



Thomas and Lydia's Children


Thomas Hardy
B: 22 Sep 1635
M: Mercy Tenney
D: 6 Feb 1716


Jacob Hardy
B: 1648
M: Lydia Eaton
D: 2 Apr 1706


Sarah Hardy
B: abt 1641
M: William Hutchins
D: 19 Sep 1684


Joseph Hardy
B: abt 1643
D: 11 Jan 1726/27


William Hardy
B: abt 1644
M: Ruth Tenney
M: Sara Savory
D: abt 1722


Mary Hardy
B: 1639
M: Samuel Currier
D: 1665


John Hardy
B: abt 1646
M: Mary Francis Jackman
M: Martha Burbank
D: 4 Feb 1714