Thomas HARDY

1695 - 1737  (42 years)

• Name	Thomas HARDY
  Birth	14 Dec 1695	Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  	or 12 Dec 1695
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Dec 1737	Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1]
  	aged 41 years and 5 days
  Notes	Married his cousin, Martha, daughter of Joseph. Received into the membership of the Bradford church on 20 Jun 1720 and was one of the 101 first members of the new Congregational church organized at Groveland, Massachusettson 7 Jun 1727. His father died intestate, and in the settlement of their father's estate; the four sons bought out their sisters and agreed with their mother in deference to the rights of dowry. He died without making a will. Administration of his estate was granted to his widow Martha on 7 Feb 1736/37. Extracts from the old Parish and Church Records of the Congregational Church in Groveland: Member Number 17. Thomas Hardy, from First Church Bradford Jun 7, 1727. Son of William (11) and Sarah (68) Hardy, born in Bradford Dec 14, 1695. Married Martha (65) Hardy Jan 4, 1721. Died in Bradford, Dec 19, 1736, aged forty-one years and five days. [4]
  Person ID	I1150	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2011

  
  

  Marriage	HARDY, William & 2/wf Sarah _____; by 1690 [1689]; Bradford Hardy (ms) 4; Bassett-Preston 126; EIHC 47:108, 170
  Family ID	F736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S155] Hardy, H. Claude and Hardy, Rev. Edwin Noah, Hardy and Hardie, p. 381 (Reliability: 3). [S109] Smith, Dean Crawford Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, Ordway Ancestry, (Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1990), p. 288 (Reliability: 3). [S159] Vital Records, Bradford Massachusetts to End of the Year 1849, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1907, p. 70. (Reliability: 3). [S155] Hardy, H. Claude and Hardy, Rev. Edwin Noah, Hardy and Hardie.