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From: Clarence Morris <>
Subject: [HARDY-L] needing help
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 22:00:44 -0500

Please forgive me if this letter to the Hardy webline is long. I am
hoping some one out there can
help me. and hopfully this will help some one else.
Can anyone contect with us and help fill in the blanks especially with
the 8 and 9 generation;
So here goes. every one !
THOMAS HARDY, FAMILY OF BRADFORD, MASS.


1st Generation:
Thomas Hardy born in England 1605; died at Bradford, Mass,
4 Jan 1677-8: married first Lydia---------
married second, Ann (or Annah), who died 1 May 1689
(His first wife Lydia was mother of all his children)
His children were
a) Thomas Hardy born c. 1635 Ipswich Mass
died 6 Feb 1716
married 1) Ruth_______
married 2) Mercy Tenny 22 Sept 1624 at Rowley, Ma

b) Sarah born c. 1641 Ipswich, Ma.
died 19 Sept 1684
married 1 July 1661 William Hutchins (of Bradford)

c) Joseph Hardy CPL born c. 1642 Ipswich, Mass
died 11 Jan 1727
married: not married

d) John Hardy born c. 1646 Ipswich Mass
died 4 Feb 1714
married 1) 2 April 1667 Mary Jackman (1644-1689)
married 2) 3 July 1693 Martha (Smith) Burbank died 1716

e) William Hardy born c. 1647 Ipswich, Mass
died 1728
married 3 May 1678 (1) Ruth Tenny died 1689
married 1689 (2) Sarah Savory (1657-1752)

f) JacobHardy born c. 1649 Ipswich, Mass
died 3 April 1706
married c. 1690 Lydia Eaton died 1737

g) Mary Hardy born c. 1650 Ipswich, Mass. died 1715
married 1670 Samuel Currier (of Haverhill)
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2nd generation

William (5th child of Thomas of Bradford)

William Hardy
born______1647 Ipswich, Mass
married 1st. May 3, 1678 Ruth Tenny
who died April 27, 1689
married 2. Sarah Savory
died April or May 1752

children by Sarah
a) Sarah Hardy
born 1 June 1690 Bradford, Mass. died___
married 23 Jan 1723 Richard Hary (1679-1760)

b) William (Deacon)Hardy born 10 Aug 1692 Bradford Mass.
died 12 Nov. 1759
married 8 Mar. 1716 Hannah Burbank

c) Thomas*Hardy born 14 Dec 1695 Bradford, Mass
1) married 4 Jan 1721 Martha Hardy (__-1783)

d) Edmund Hardy
born 9 July 1699 Bradford, Mass
married (1) Mary (_______-1730)
(2) 11 May 1731 Sara Gage (______-1736)
(3) 12 April 1737 Ruth Burbank (_____-1757
(4) 29 Dec 1757 Sarah Jewett

Note: Samuel, Sarah and Thomas Hardy married cousins------ Hannah and
Richard
Hardy were children of John and Mary Jackman, thomas was son of Joseph
and Mary Burbank

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3rd Generation

Thomas (son of William) Hardy

Thomas of Bradford born 1695
married jan 4, 1721-2 Martha Hardy
died Dec 19, 1736
wife Martha died May 27, 1788
(Martha was his cousin, she was a daughter of Joseph and Mary Hardy)

Children:

a) Gideon Hardy
born 7 May 1722 Bradford Mass
married 24, May 1744 (1) Mary Gage died 9 Mar 1753
married 28 Jun 1753 (2) Mercy Hardy died 29 April 1783

b) Reuben Hardy
born 24 Sept 1724 Bradford Mass (d. 26 May 1796)
married 21 March 1743 Elizabeth Adams (of Rowley)

c) Phineas Hardy
born 11 July 1726 Bradford, mass. died -----1813
married -----May 1749 Abigale Gage. born 1726 died 1808

d) Ebenezer* Hardy
born 7 nov 1728 Bradford Mass.
died _____1764
married 21 May 1747 Susanna Russell (Mrs)

e) Isaac Hardy
born 5 aug 1730 Bradford, Mass
died 30 N0v 1730

f) Martha Hardy
born 29 dec 1731 Bradford, Mass
died 12 may 1736

g) Phebe Hardy
born 3 Dec 1732 Bradford, Mass.
died 7 May 1736

h) Anna Hardy
born 30 July 1735 Bradford, Mass
died 18 May 1736

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4th Generation

Ebenezer (son of Thomas)


Ebenezer Hardy
born 7 Nov 1728 Bradford, Mass
died------1797 Cavendish, VT
married Susanna Russell 21 May 1747 at Tewksbury Mass.
(note) Ebenezer Hardy was among the "Carlisle Petitioners" of 1757. He
served in the French
and Indian War, being one of the twenty two Hardy's on the "Alarm List"
of 97 men
from Bradford, Mass.

children
a) child, stillborn , at Tewksbury, Mass 9 Feb 1749

b) child, stillborn at Tewksbury, mass 2 April 1750

c) Phebe Hardy
born 7 May 1751 Tewksbury, Mass
died------
married 15 Feb 1774 (1) Joseph Nixon
(2) William Pettigrew

d) Sampson Hardy
born 30 Dec 1753 Tewksbury, Mass
died 29 Nov 1831
married ------1786 Mary Spaulding (1764-1852)

e) Susanna Hardy
born 21 June 1756 Billerica, Mass
died 15 Oct 1815
married 12 Feb 1778 David Wetherbee (1756-1797)

f) Hannah Hardy
born 27 Oct 1758 Billerica, Mass.
died-----
married 28 Feb 1782 William Smith (at Cavendish, VT)

g. Ebenezer Hardy
born 17 Oct 1761 Billerica, Mass
died 10 Aug 1826 Springfield, Vt
married c. 1781 Sarah ------(1761-1835)

f) John
born 1 July 1764 Billerica Mass
died------
married 17 Feb 1785 Sally Hager (at Acton, Mass.)
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5th Generation

John (son of Ebenezer)


John Hardy
born 1 July 1764 Bullerica, Mass.
died-----1838 Cavendish, VT
married Sally Hager
born 18 March 1758 Weston, Mass
died----Cavendish, VT 1835

children

a) Sally (Sarah) Hardy
born 4 March 1786 Cavendish, VT
died------
married 19 April 1810 Jesse Williams (of Ticonderoga)

b) Phebe Hardy
born 18 march 1788 Cavendish, Vt
died----
married 6 Aug 1807 Daniel Pettigrew ( of Weatherfield, VT)

c) Jerusha Hardy
born 23 april 1790 Cavendish, VT
died 12 June 1867
married 14 Oct 1810 Thomas C. Green (1787-1872)

d) Reuben* Hardy
born 3 Sept 1795 Cavendish, VT
died 16 April 1878 Michigan
married 28 Jan 1816 Abigail Enos (1795-1857)

e) Patty Hardy
born ----Feb 1797 Cavendish, VT
died 26 June 1877
married 16 July 1819 Nathaniel Russel (1787-1871)

f) John Jr. Hardy
born 29 April 1799 Cavendish, VT
died 27 March 1888
married 23 Oct 1820 Sally Skinner (1804-____)

g) Solomon Hardy
born 15 March 1801 Cavendish, VT
died 27 March 1877
married 24 April 1824 Phebe Rumrill (1804-______)

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6th Generation

Reuben (son of John)

Reuben Hardy
born 2 Sept 1795 Cavendish, VT
died 16 April 1878 ( buried?)
married 28 Jan 1816 Cavendish, VT
Abigail Enos
born 28 May 1797
died 28 April 1857 Milledgeville_________
buried at Union Cemetery Milledgeville, Il

children

a) Abigail P. Hardy
born 6 Aug 1816 Cavendish VT
died 24 July 1882
married__________Hiram S. Clark

b) Reuben Orson Hardy
born 7 June 1818 Cavendish VT
died 26 May 1889
married ________Jeanette (1824- ____)

c) Orange Smith Hardy
born 23 Sept 1820 Cavendish, VT
died 26 July 1873
married 6 April 1844 Marie E. Odell (1825-1900)

d) Mary Abigail Hardy
born 29 July 1822 Cavendish, VT
died 14 July 1903
married 21 June 1840 Allen T. Johnson (1812-1898)
buried at Union Cemetery, Milleageville,(Milledgeville?) IL

e) Adeline Eliza Hardy
born 22 July 1824 Cavendish, VT
died _______
married 24 March 1844 Victor Putnam (1825-___)

f) David Enos* Hardy
born 1 Jan 1827 Cavendish, VT
died_______
married ___1850 Olive Hunt (1835-_____)

g) Sarah Jane Hardy
boen 8 April 1830 Rushford, N.Y.
died __________
married____________

h) Valentine Osker Hardy
born 31 May 1832 Rushford N.Y.
died 6 May 1894
married _________

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7 generation

David Enos (son of Reuben)

David Enos Hardy
born 1 Jan 1827 Cavendish, VT
died ___________
married 4 July 1850
Olive Hunt
born ______Oct 1835


children
a) Leyman (lyman) Hardy
born _____1845
died_______
married______

b) Ellen Hardy
born _______-1850 Carroll Co. IL
died _________
married__________

c.) Albert Hardy
born _________1851 Carroll Co. IL
died______
married__________

e) Frank Hardy
born _____--1862 Carroll Co. Il
died_________
married___________

f) George Hardy
born June 1870 Bethel Iwn, Mn
died___________--
married ____1898 Caried__________(b. March 1878)

f) Albert (Adelbert Enos)* Hardy
born 1858 Carroll Co., IL
married _____(1) c. 1870 Dora Porter (1861-____) PA
(2) Ola Maude Heath
In 1885 Anoka County, Mn census shows Albert, 27

g) LeRoy Hardy
born ________1868 Carroll co. Ill
died _________
married _________(1)________
(2) Marey_______(1886-_____)

h) Alice Hardy
born _______1873 Bethel Twn. Mn.
died_______

i) Willie (Lawrence?) Hardy
born _________1875 Bethel Twn. Mn
died________
married_______

j) Nellie Hardy
born _______Aug 1879 Bethel Twn. Mn
died_____
married_______

k) James Hardy
born _____Sept 1830 Bethel Twn Mn
died 5 July 1938(?0
married _________

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8th generation

Albert (Adelbert Enos) son of David Enos

Albert Hardy
born ________1858 Carroll Co. Il
died ________
married (1) c. 1870 Dora Porter (1861-____)Pa
(2) Ola Maude Heath
(In the 1870 census in Anoka county, Minn he was listed as 12 . In the
1885 census he was listed as
27 yrs.
sometime after 1885 they came to Pine River Minn
children (by Ola Maude Heath)

a) twin boys

b) Annetta
c) Merle Adelbert Hardy
born Dec 21 1907(06)
at Pine River Minn.
They moved for awhile to Canada where by he met my grandmother Lillian
Anderson-Ness


Can anyone help me and thankyou for your patience Sharon

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