John HARDY

Abt 1646 - 1715  (~ 69 years)

• Name	John HARDY
  Birth	Abt 1646	Essex County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Feb 1714/15	Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts   [2]
  	HERE LYES THE BODY OF mR. jOHN hARDY WHO DIED fEBRUARY 4 1714-15 AGE 69 YEARS.
  Death	4 Feb 1714/15	Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts   [3, 4]
  	age 67 years
  Notes	"John Hardy was active in Bradford town politics and is seen as early as 1667 holding town office, in which year, with Nicholas Wallington, he served as surveyor of highways, fences and chimneys (Bradford Town Records, 1:9). He was surveyor again in 1680, 1687 and 1689 (ibid., v.1 unp.) He was slectman in 1677, 1683, 1688 and 1689 (ibid.). He was appointed culler of staves 6 January 1690 (ibid.)." "John Hardy Sr., was one of a committee appointed to seat persons in the meetinghouse, 7 May 1700 (ibid.). With his brother, Joseph Hardy, John came forward and gave evidence where the fence should be pulled down on Abram Parker's farm at the highway (ibid.)." "Toward the end of his life, he served as tythingman (18 March 1707, ibid.) and one last time as surveyor (8 March 1714, ibid.)." The complete text of his will can be found in "The Ancestry of Samuel Blanchard Ordway" by Dean Crawford Smith, edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn. [1]
  Person ID	I1158	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2011

  
  

  Marriage	HARDY, Thomas (-1678, ae 72) & 2/wf? ?Lydia/Ann/?Anna ? (-1689); by 1644, by 1635?; Rowley/Bradford Rowley 131; Hardy (ms) 1; Bassett-Preston 125; EIHC 47:167; NYGBR 47:252
  Family ID	F2293	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S109] Smith, Dean Crawford Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, Ordway Ancestry, (Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1990), p. 288 (Reliability: 3). [S131] Gravestone. [S159] Vital Records, Bradford Massachusetts to End of the Year 1849, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1907, p. 322 (Reliability: 3). [S109] Smith, Dean Crawford Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, Ordway Ancestry, (Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1990), p. 296 (Reliability: 3).