Jesse Hardy Sr (1760 - 1816)

Born 19 Dec 1760 in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Rebekah (Bailey) Hardy — married 8 Jan 1788 (to 29 Feb 1792) in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

Husband of Rhoda (Wood) Hardy — married 17 Aug 1793 in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

Husband of Mary (Boynton) Hardy — married 24 Oct 1811 in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1816 at age 56 in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Jesse Hardy Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A050458.

Lieutenant Jesse Hardy Sr served with New Hampshire during the American Revolution.

Jesse was born in 1760. He was the son of Phineas Hardy and Abigail Gage.^[1]

Jesse was enlisted in the company of Captain William Barron, in a regiment commanded by Colonel Nichols.^[2] Following the Revolution, he was a founding member of the Hollis Philanthropic Society.^[3]

He passed away in 1816.^[4][5]

Note

On his Find A Grave page, the researcher has posted:
He was a son of Phineas, Jr., and Abigail Gage Hardy and was born in Hollis, NH December 19, 1760. His wife was Rebecca Bailey and they were married on 8 January 1788.^[6] She died on 19 February 1792. His second wife was Rhoda Wood on 25 Nov 1793 who was a daughter of Abijah Wood. His second wife died and he took a widow, Mary Smith for his third wife.
He served in the War of the Revolution at West Point three months in 1780.
Inscription
In memory of Lieut. Jess Hardy who died Dec. 29, 1816, AE 57
Gravesite Details
Rev. Soldier marker

Childen with Rebecca:

1. Rebecca Bailey Hardy (1789-1863)
2. Martha Hardy (1790-1851)
3. Jesse Hardy (1792-1793) (died young)

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Children with Rhoda:

1. Jesse Hardy 1794–1878
2. Joel Hardy 1796–1869
3. Amos Hardy 1797–1881
4. Eli Hardy 1799–1853
5. Luther Hardy 1802–1878
6. Phineas Hardy 1805–1808
7. Daniel Hardy 1808–1816

Sources

1. ↑ Digital Record: "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch, Jesse Hardy. Record cites his birth as being in 1760. There is no image available from Family Search.
2. ↑ Digitized Book: "History of the town of Hollis, New Hampshire, from its first settlement to the year 1879"; page 190. Book published in 1879 by A. Williams in Boston, Massachusetts
3. ↑ Digitized Book: "History of the town of Hollis, New Hampshire, from its first settlement to the year 1879"; page 248. Book published in 1879 by A. Williams in Boston, Massachusetts
4. ↑ Digitized Book: "History of the town of Hollis, New Hampshire, from its first settlement to the year 1879"; page 342. Book published in 1879 by A. Williams in Boston, Massachusetts
5. ↑ Online Memorial: Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Jesse Hardy Sr. (19 Dec 1760–29 Dec 1816), Find A Grave: Memorial #42567307, citing Congregational Church Cemetery, Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA.
   Maintained by Sandra Boudrou, contributor 46976440.
6. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDG1-WLF: 24 January 2020), Rebeckah Bayley in the entry for Jesse Hardy, 1788

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Feb 27, 2024), "Record of Hardy, Jesse", Ancestor # A050458.
• Memorial Page for Jesse Hardy, Find A Grave: Memorial #42567307