John Hardy I (abt. 1652 - bef. 1718)

Born about 1652 in England

Husband of Charity (O'Dyer) Hardy — married before 19 Nov 1673 in Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died before 1718 before about age 66 in New Bern, Chowan County, Abermarle Province

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Disputed Origins

John Hardy born about 1652 in Dorchestershire, unfortunately, there is no such place in England, there was a town called Dorchester in the County of Dorset. There are no sources given for this so unless there are any objections I think that it is reasonable to change to England.

His parents are recorded as John Noble Worthington Hardy and Emily Parker, both based on a publication and two Ancestry sources which are now private. John Noble Worthington Hardy born on 1 Jun 1638 in Pembroke, Wales. It is very unlikely that a birth date would be recorded in the PR for that time period, there are also no records of any Hardy family baptized in that region for that time period or any marriages. I have also checked with the National Archives and they have nothing listed either for this family.

John N W Hardy is recorded as marrying Emily Parker in Virginia on 1 Jun 1665, but no source is given. He had 6 children including John born 13 years before his marriage the other 5 children all born in various places back in England after his marriage in VA.

Unless there are any objections I will remove the parents of John Hardy

Biography

John Hardy I migrated from England to Virginia.

John Hardy I was a North Carolina colonist.

John Hardy was born in England about 1652 based on him being married before October 1672 to Charity Odger/O'dyer.^[1][2]

A previous version of this profile claimed, without source, that he was son of John Noble Worthington Hardy and Emily Parker. There are doubts that the line he is attached to is correct.^[3][4]

He came to Westmoreland County, Virginia prior to 1672/3^[5] and subsequently settled in Abermarle Province (present-day North Carolina) before 07 October 1695.^[1][2]

19 November 1673: Jno Hardy and wife Charity, to Isaack Allerton etc -by death of my sister Mary Butler late wife of Nathaniel Butler-devolving Charrity now wife of Hardy, daughter of Gabrielle Odger as heirs to her sister Mary Butler -recorded 19 Nov 1673 John Harley, Roger Moss Inventory-signed by Anthony Rawlins, John Harley, Wm Row 1707 ^[6]

By the mid 1690s, John removed his family to Abermarle Province (present-day North Carolina):

7 October 1695: John Hardy at a court held 07 October 1695, proved rights of importation of himself and wife Charity (O'Dyer) Odgier and children William I, Mary, John Jr., Thomas, and Jacob.^[7][8] John Hardy received a grant of 640 acres in Bertie Precinct in 1704- (Book Q, page 202.)^[9]

Abermarle Province (present-day North Carolina) was a virtual wilderness in 1695 when John I brought his family to the colony. Substantial settlement had begun only 30 years before. An educated man, John and his sons were destined to play a role in the development of North Carolina.

John Hardy owned much property with his son (John) along Salmon Creek. John Hardy and Charity lived in Chowan County (now Bertie County) on what is believed (from his son's will) to have been called Manor Plantation, which is now in the Colerain community. Hardy was thought to be a sea captain who established a trading post at Colerain for the barter of turpentine tar, pitch, staves, barrels, and other commodities for the exchange of Wet Indies products. This successful business had much to do with the starting of the present town of Colerain where it now stands one mile from the river. He lived in the same area until his death about 1719. His home was located on "Manor Plantation.Two beach resorts, Perry and Whites Beaches are now where the estate was located. ^[10][11]

1711: John was a member of the House of Burgesses in early 1711 when the body asked for aid from Virginia to help quell an Indian uprising.^{[citation needed]}

In 1716 Governor Charles Eden appointed John Hardy, Esquire, as an assistant justice to Christopher Gail, Chief Justice. Over time, John served in other public positions, including justice of the peace, tax collector, and juryman. ^[12]

John Hardy died before his son John Jr, since he wasn't mentioned in his son's will of Jan. 1719.^[13]

Children

John Hardy & Charity O'Dyer had the following children:^[14]

1. William Hardy born abt 1683 d. abt 1751 Salmon Creek, Bertie Co, NC m. bef 1704 Scuppernong, NC to Edith Batchelor b. bef 1660 Norfolk, VA d. c1750 Salmon Creek, Bertie Co, NC d/o Richard Batchelor & Ann Biggs
2. Mary Hardy b. abt 1685 Virginia d. bef 1744 Chowan Co, NC m.1. 1704 Nansemond, VA to John Hinton b. c1673 London, Eng d. 6/6/1731 Chowan Co, NC married 2nd. 1732 Chowan Co, NC to Thomas Holliday
3. Thomas Hardy b. abt 1687 Virginia d. NC bought land in Feb 1723
4. Jacob Hardy b. abt 1688 married 1708 Craven Co, NC to Mary ???, he was granted land in Chowan Precinct by Lord Prop. in 1717
5. John II Hardy b. 1690, died 16 Virginia will was written Oct 28, 1717, he died January 19, 1719, and estate probated March 16, 1719. Chowan Co, NC married in Chowan Co, NC to Rebecca Byrd, they had two daughters: Elisabeth and Mary His death date is given to his father.

Research Notes

Forrest King Notes on John Hardy

• The Hardy family is another one where a questionable connection between the old world and Virginia Hardys has been suggested and widely published in a genealogical work. John Hardy is supposed to be a son of a John Noble Worthington Hardy of England. John of Virginia's wife is stated to be Charity O'Dwyer whose parents migrated to Maryland and Westmoreland County, Virginia. This relationship is still possible but there appears to be no direct proof of that theory linking John Noble to John Hardy of Virginia.^[4]
• John Hardy was probably born in England and married Charity --- before coming to the New World. He first showed up in the North Carolina records in 1695 when he petitioned the court for 350 acres of land (possibly Map B Number 9), 50 acres each for himself, his wife, and his five children. He was very active in community affairs: Sheriff in Chowan County in 1711, signer of petition raising money for protection against the Indians, and vestryman for the parish located in Edenton which had only been started about three years earlier about 1714. He also did a stint as a justice of the Chowan County Court about 1718. He died about 1723. His daughter Mary married John Hinton^[4]
• The father and the son have been confused in some records. For example, son John wrote his will 19th January, 1719.^[13] Note that his father is not named.

Item: I give & bequeath unto my loving Daughter Elizabeth Hardy both my Plantations lying on CASIAH River where Thomas Williamson now dwells and containing Six hundred & forty acres. Each as appears by the patents bearing date November the forth 1707.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Westmoreland County Court Notebook Vol 2, John Hardie and Charlotte (Charity) Odger, daughter Gabriel Odger before 4 Oct 1672 Orders 1668-77 F.123
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649–1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003: "Hardie, John & Odger, Charitie; bef. 4 Oct. 1672; groom was from WaP, WC; bride was a dau. of Gabriell Odger & ward of Capt. Jn. Lord; (WC DP etc. 1665-77; 122a, 136a)"
3. ↑ Cotten, Lisa HARDY-L Archives accessed online 04/09/14 Link doesn't work
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} King, Forrest, Davie & Duke Families, http://ncgenweb.us/ncwarren/fam-hist/families/davis-duke.htm
5. ↑ Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds, Patents, 1665-1677, pp136-137, 26 Feb 1672/3, and pp 170-1701, 19 Oct 1673
6. ↑ Westmoreland County, VA Deed Patents 1662-1677 by Frederick Dorman p.70
7. ↑ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about John Hardy

   Name: John Hardy

   Year: 1701

   Place: Abermarle Province (present-day North Carolina)

   Source Publication Code: 2334

   Primary Immigrant: Hardy, John

   Annotation: Chronological list of immigrants taken from an old deed book in Craven County, N.C. Bath County was formed from territories south of Albemarle and north of the Pamtecough (now Tar and Pimlico Rivers) in 1696. Also in no. 0720, Boyer, Ship Passenger Lists

8. ↑ GAMMON, WILLIAM J. "Emigrants to Bath County, North Carolina, 1695-1702." In National Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 25:1 (Mar. 1937), pp. 28-30.
9. ↑ Bertie Precinct Book Q, pg 202
10. ↑ notes are from the HARDY LINEAGE by Ms. Ima Eula Mewborn, Lenoir Community Collge, Kinston, NC
11. ↑ Hardy-Dunkin Ancestry by James Turner
12. ↑ Thomas Phillips of Pitt Co., NC and Affiliated Families, by G. Howard and Shirley Brague Phillips, 1992, pp.81-84
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2} Wills and Probate Documents of Chowan County, NC, John Hardy's will of Jan. 1719, http://genealogytrails.com/ncar/chowan/wills_abstracts_h.html
14. ↑ Grimes, John Bryan. Abstracts of North Carolina Wills. Raleigh, NC, USA: North Caroline Department of State, 1910.Name: John Hardy Location: Chowan County Will Date: 19 Jan 1719 Probate Date: 16 Mar 1719 Will: Brothers: William, Thomas and Jacob Hardy. Daughters: Elizabeth and Mary. Wife and Executrix: Rebeccah. Other legatees: Katherine Stancell, Richard Pickering, John Butler. Executors: William Hardy, Thomas Pollock and Robert West. Witnesses: John Holbrook, Laurence Sarton, John Luerton. Proven before C. Eden. accessed 30 April 2019

See also:

• https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/hinton-john
• Colonial records Gallatin "keynugh" - referring to Cashie River; Chowan Co. Land Records, and the Blair Rudes Tuscarora- English Dictionary published 1999 by the University of Toronto.
• http://www.bjhughes.org/hardydoc1.html
• Notes from John Brayton, Genealogist, Memphis, Tennessee. [where can we see these notes?]
• David L. Hardee, The Eastern North Carolina Hardy-Hardee Family in the South and Southwest, Raleigh, NC: Publisher? Date?
• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls
• From Profile page on Rootsweb