Ebenezer HARDY

1728 - 1822  (93 years)

• Name	Ebenezer HARDY
  Birth	7 Nov 1728	Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Land Purchase	12 Jan 1782	Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, USA   [3]
  	On this date Thomas (yoeman) and Lucy Kimball of Fitchburgh [sic] Worcester County, Massachusetts, signed an indenture in which they sold to Ebenezer Hardy a two hundred-acre parcel of land in Cavendishfor the sum of sixty pounds in silver money. On 29 Jan 1782 Thomas Kimball appeared before Justice of the Peace William Hichborn in Worcester to acknowledge this instrument, which was received 1 Aug 1783.
  Land Sale	5 Apr 1783	Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, USA   [4]
  	On this date Ebenezer and his wife Susannah sold a one hundred-acre parcel of land in Cavendish to Andrew Archibald for the sum of fifty three pounds.
  Land Purchase	6 Sep 1786	Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, USA   [5]
  	On this date Ebenezer Hardy purchased a one hundred-acre parcel of land from John Witherspoon for the sum of thirty pounds.
  Land Sale	5 Jul 1787	Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, USA   [6]
  	On this date Ebenezer Hardy, yoeman of Cavendish, sold a fifty-acre parcel of land to Joseph Baldwin, Jr., of Townsend, Massachusetts, for the sum of twenty five pounds. This was part of the land that he had purchased originally from Thomas Kimball.
  Land Sale	18 Dec 1787	Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, USA   [4]
  	On this date Ebenezer Hardy sold land to Archibald Andrew.
  Land Sale	14 May 1791	Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, USA   [7]
  	On this date Ebenezer Hardy sold to John Hardy, for the sum of one hundred dollars, the west half of the farm "I now live on."
  Land Sale	5 Feb 1799	Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, USA   [8]
  	On this date Ebenezer Hardy sold a fifty-acre parcel of land to his son Sampson Hardy for the sum of one hundred dollars. Sampson agreed to support and maintain his father and mother as long as they lived.
  Land Purchase	6 Feb 1799	Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, USA   [9]
  	On this date Ebenezer Hardy acquired land from his son Sampson Hardy.
  Land Purchase	6 Feb 1799	Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, USA   [10]
  	On this date Ebenezer Hardy acquired land from his son Ebenezer Hardy.
  Land Purchase	6 Feb 1799	Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, USA   [9]
  	On this date Ebenezer Hardy purchased land from his son Sampson Hardy for the sum of three hundre thirty dollars.
  Death	20 Jan 1822	Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, USA   [11]
  Notes	Ebenezer served in the French and Indian War and was one of the 22 Hardys on the "Alarm List" of 97 men from Bradford, Massachusetts. "Hardy, Ebenezer, Bradford. Private, Capt. John Savory's (2d Bradford) co. of Minute-men, Col. Samuel Johnson's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; left place of rendezvous April 23, 1775; service, 5¼ days; also, Capt. John Savory's detachment from 2d Bradford co.; marched Nov. 30, 1775; returned Dec. 5, 1775; service, 5 days; detachment marched for defence of Capt Ann; roll dated Bradford and sworn to at Andover." Ebenezer and Samson Hardy were included on the list of freemen residing in Cavendish, Vermont, 3 Sep 1782. At town meeting 13 Mar 1782, Ebenezer Hardy and two others were elected to be haywards, and Ebenezer (along with Jesse Spaulding and Capt. John Coffin) were elected highway surveyors. In the 1810 U.S. Census for Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, Ebenr. Hardy is listed as the head of family, with one male and one female, both over the age of 45. In the 1820 U.S. Census for Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, Ebzr. Hardy is listed as the head of family, with one male and one female, both over the age of 45. [12, 13, 14]
  Person ID	I1130	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2011

  
  

  Family ID

  F722

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• Sources

  [S155] Hardy, H. Claude and Hardy, Rev. Edwin Noah, Hardy and Hardie, p. 382 (Reliability: 3). [S159] Vital Records, Bradford Massachusetts to End of the Year 1849, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1907, p. 67. (Reliability: 3). [S338] Cavendish Vermont Land Records, Vol. 1, part 1, 1782, p. 112. (Reliability: 3). [S338] Cavendish Vermont Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 146. (Reliability: 3). [S338] Cavendish Vermont Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 143. (Reliability: 3). [S338] Cavendish Vermont Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 56. (Reliability: 3). [S338] Cavendish Vermont Land Records, Vol. 3, p. 92. (Reliability: 3). [S338] Cavendish Vermont Land Records, Vol. 5, p. 142. (Reliability: 3). [S338] Cavendish Vermont Land Records, Vol. 5, p. 143. (Reliability: 3). [S338] Cavendish Vermont Land Records, Vol. 5, p. 144. (Reliability: 3). [S149] Obituary, Woodstock Observer, 19 Feb 1822 (Reliability: 3). "At Cavendish, on the 20th ult. Mr. Ebenezer Hardy, aged 93" [20 Jan 1822] Personal communication from John Hardy. [S155] Hardy, H. Claude and Hardy, Rev. Edwin Noah, Hardy and Hardie, p. 410 (Reliability: 3). [S156] Aldrich, Lewis Cass, Windsor County, Vermont, (Syracuse, D. Mason & Co., 1891 Volume: Two volumes), p. 503 (Reliability: 3). [S270] Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, (Ancestry.com. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1998. Original data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution. Vol. I-XVII. Boston, MA, USA: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896.).