James Hard III (1724 - 1808)

Born 1724 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Esther Brook (Booth) Hard — married 26 Aug 1747 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 1808 at about age 84 in Arlington, Bennington, Vermont, United States

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Biography

James Hard 3rd was born about 1724. He passed away about 1808

Sources

• Newtown, CT: Vital Records, 1704-1850 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, Boston, 2021) Vol. 1, Page 24 & Page 48.
• Bailey, Frederic William. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., 1913) Book 2, Newtown, Page 131.
• White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
• Wolff, Kathryn Downs. The James Hard Family of England, and Derby and Newtown, Connecticut, to Five Generations, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., May 2022) Vol. 64, No. 4, Page 125 & Page 132-33.

James was a devoted and active Loyalist in the Revolutionary War.He held a commission in the British Army. Source) see source in Naomi Hard entry.