Alice (Tucker) Hardy (abt. 1608 - aft. 1686)

Born about 1608 in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Arthur Allen — married 1626 in Surry, Surry County, Colony of Virginia

Wife of John Hardy — married after 1670 in Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died after 27 Apr 1686 after about age 78 in Bacon's Castle, Surry County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Alice (Tucker) Hardy was a Virginia colonist.

Alice Tucker was born about 1608 ^[1] in England to Daniel Tucker and Elizabeth Mansfield.

likely named after her paternal grandmother, Alice Pelham.^[2]

She married first Arthur Allen Sr. about 1626 in England and migrated to the American colonies with her husband:

“Arthur Allen, of Surry, the emigrant, married Alice Tucker, sister of Daniel Tucker. His son, Major Arthur Allen. . .”^{[3] [4] [5]}

A grant dated March 13, 1649, states: to Arthur Allen, of 200 acres, between Lawnes Creek and Chippoakes Creek, for importing into the colony four persons, viz.: Alice Tucker, Wm. Eyres, Wm. Moss, and Thomas Rastell.^{[6] [7]}

After her first husband died in 1669/1670 she married John Hardy and is mentioned in his will as his wife:

"John Hardy. Leg. Daughter Olive Driver, wife of Giles Driver; daughter Lucy Council, wife of Hodges Councill; daughter Debora Hardy; daughter Olive Driver's two children; daughter Lucy Council's three children; my wife's grandchild John Johnson; son in law Robert Burnett; William Mayo."

"Wife Alice Extx.

"Dated October 7, 1675. Recorded June 9, 1677.^[8]

"Witness: Richard Rennalds, Will Jenkins.

Abstract Will of John Hardy

On 11 May 1681, Alice Hardy appointEd her son-in-law William Mayo to be her attorney. Wit. John Johnson, Hodges Council.^[9]

On 27 Apr 1686, she was named as a neighbor on a new Patent of 240 acres to the east of the portion of the 1666 Patent of John Hardy that he left for her to live on in his 1675 Will. ^{[citation needed]}

She died in Isle of Wight Co., Virginia.^{[citation needed]}

Children

Arthur and Alice had the following children: ^{[citation needed]}

1. Arthur Allen Jr. who was heir of Bacon's Castle
2. Joan (Allen) Proctor
3. Thomas Allen
4. Elizabeth (Allen) Jackman
5. Humphrey Allen
6. Mary (Allen) Pennington
7. Katherine (Allen) Johnson
8. Isabel (Allen) Mayo

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #111251152. BETTER SOURCE SOUGHT.
2. ↑ Doug Tucker, Tucker Genforum message 6809, 6 Aug 2001.
3. ↑ Virginia Will Records, Will Abstracts from the Isle of Wight County, p 179
4. ↑ Foley, Louise Pledge Heath. "Early Virginia Families Along the James River: Their Deep Roots and Tangled Branches", Vol. III. (James City County & Surry County, Virginia), p 333, On-Line Genealogy Library database
5. ↑ Marriages of Virginia Residents, Vol I, Part 1, p 13, Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, On-Line Genealogy Library database
6. ↑ Land Register.
7. ↑ William and Mary Quarterly, Vol 6, No 2, p 69, USGenWeb VA archives
8. ↑ Virginia, Isle of Wight County Records, 1634-1951 Wills and administrations bk I page 146. John Hardy will abstract; image: 27.
9. ↑ Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight, Virginia. Chapter XXX, Will and Deed Book I, 1662-1686, page 588.

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH86-8N7
• Boddie, John Bennett. "Southside Virginia Families," Vol I. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.
• "Library of Congress Photo Collection, 1840-2000." Various photo collections from the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington D.C.
• Chalkley, Lyman. "Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850." Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
• "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800." Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co.
• Wulfeck, Dorothy Ford, Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607–1800 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1986); Page: 13; Quote: Allen, Arthur, b. 1602; d. 1670; res. surry Co.; built "Bacon's Castle"; m. Alice Tucker, sis. of Daniel. The William and Mary Quarterly, published by William and Mary College, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Page 254 and Volume 8, Issue: 1, Page: 110.