Joseph HARDY

1675 - 1747  (71 years)

• Name	Joseph HARDY
  Birth	3 Feb 1674/75	Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1747	Groveland, Essex County, Massachusetts
  	Church cemetery
  Death	Jan 1746/47	Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1]
  	Age 72. He died "very suddenly, being abroad the greater part of the day."
  Notes	Referred to as the Cooper, indicating his occupation. He owned the oldest house that is now standing in Groveland, MA on King St. It was built in 1676. He was received into the Bradford Church on 24 Apr 1720. He was one of the committee to build the first meetinghouse in Groveland and was also one of the first 101 members of the new church organized at Groveland, Massachusettson 7 Jun 1727. He died very suddenly being abroad the greater part of the day. He was called Joseph Jr. until the death of his father and then called Joseph Sr. He was a soldier 1710-1711. Extracts from the old Parish and Church Records of the Congregational Church in Groveland: Member Number 15. Joseph Hardy, from First Church Bradford Jun 7, 1727. Son of John and Mary Hardy, born in Bradford Feb 3, 1674. Married Mary Burbank (60) Apr 6, 1698. He was one of the committee to build the first meetinghouse in this parish. Died in Bradford Jan 24, 1747, aged seventy-two years, eleven months and twenty-one days. Buried in this cemetery. [3]
  Person ID	I1154	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2011

  
  

  Family ID

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• Sources

  [S109] Smith, Dean Crawford Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, Ordway Ancestry, (Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1990), p. 299 (Reliability: 3). [S159] Vital Records, Bradford Massachusetts to End of the Year 1849, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1907, p. 64. (Reliability: 3). [S154] Ancestry.Com, (URL: http://www.ancestry.com).