Samuel May Hardison (1753 - 1815)

Born 1753 in York, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Chadbourn) Hardison — married 12 May 1774 in Berwick, York, Maine

Descendants

Died 1815 at about age 62 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA

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Biography

OVERVIEW

Samuel May Hardison (named after his uncle Gideon May, an English soldier who married Mary Stone) on May 12, 1774, married Rebecca Chadbourn. They had three children: Joseph, Adoniram, and Nathaniel. On December 29, 1818, Samuel May Hardison for $1000.00 sold to his son Joseph Hardison "yoeman of Berwick" about 70 acres of land, "my homestead farm on which I live." He later bequeathed "also the one half of a Pew in the Northwest corner of the Gallery of Blackberry Hill Meeting House so called in said Berwick, also one Pew on the lower floor of the Baptist Meeting House at Little River Falls so called in Lebanon lying between John Gerrish and Capt. Joseph Pry's Pews in said meeting house."^[1]

MENTION IN WILL OF GIDEON MAY - April 1758

At the age of about five, Samuel May is named in Gideon May of Berwick's will. He is to receive all property after his wife Mary (Stone) passes. Or if he dies first, all property goes to his father, Joseph Hardison. Witnessed by Daniel Libby and his father Joseph Hardison. ^[2]

MENTION IN WILL OF (HIS FATHER) JOSEPH HARDISON

29 June 1813 - "To my son Samuel May Hardison, $1 to be pd in 1y aft my dec." Other siblings got similar terms. His brother Nathaniel, sister Alice, and grandson Joseph Stacpole, received land and goods. Perhaps Samuel already had land from Gideon May.^[3]

MARRIAGE

Maine Vital Records - Name Mr. Samuel May Hardison - Event Type Marriage - Event Date 12 May 1774 - Event Place , , Maine, United States - Gender Male - Spouse's Name Miss Rebecca Chadbourn - Spouse's Gender Female - By Whom Married Rev. M. Foster - ^[4]

iv. REBECCA, bpt Kittery 26 July 1753 (2nd Church, op cit); m 12 or 17 May 1774 ("Records of First Church," NEHGR, 83:12) SAMUEL MAY HARDISON, b 1753, d ca 1815, son of Joseph and Mary (Pike) Hardison. The 1781 will of (grandmother) Rebecca (Furbush) Gould (MPA 13/469; YP #r7368, 13:253) left bedding etc to "granddaughter Rebecca Hardison."

Children, surname Hardison:

1. Joseph, b Berwick 1774, d Caribou, Lyndon Aroostook, 22 Apr 1858, m1 28 Apr 1799 Betsey Hearl, dau of John and Mary (Lord) Hearl, 6 ch, incl Ivory, b 1799 who m Dorcas Libby (WFT 1:3567); m2 Oct 1814 Lucy Libby.

2. Adoniram, b Berwick 1776. 3. Benjamin, b Berwick 1778. 4. Nathaniel. They may have had a dau, Sarah, who m Daniel G 7 Chadbourne (#159).^[5]

RESIDENCE

Saml Hardison - United States Census, 1790 - Name Saml Hardison - Event Type Census - Event Date 1790 - Event Place Berwick, York, Maine, United States - Page 223 ^[6]

Samel Hardison - United States Census, 1800 - Name Samel Hardison - Event Type Census - Event Date 1800 - Event Place Berwick, York, Maine, United States - Page 714 ^[7]

Samuel M Hardison - United States Census, 1810 - Name Samuel M Hardison - Event Type Census - Event Date 1810 - Event Place Berwick, York, Maine, United States - Page 974 ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Three men from Aroostook; the story of the Hardison family. ... Grant, Rena V.
2. ↑ Maine Wills, p. 834
3. ↑ York County, Maine Will Abstracts 1801-1858
4. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVZ-PCF : 27 December 2014), Mr. Samuel May Hardison and Miss Rebecca Chadbourn, Marriage 12 May 1774; citing Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,002,605.
5. ↑ Chadbourne.org
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK2-9JY : accessed 2 October 2017), Saml Hardison, Berwick, York, Maine, United States; citing p. 223, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 568,142.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRS-B8B : accessed 2 October 2017), Samel Hardison, Berwick, York, Maine, United States; citing p. 714, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 218,678.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH24-6XM : accessed 2 October 2017), Samuel M Hardison, Berwick, York, Maine, United States; citing p. 974, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 12; FHL microfilm 218,683.