John Hardy I

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John Hardy I

Birth
East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Death
1676 (aged 62–63)
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Dugale's Yorkshire Visitation: John Hardy and most of his brothers and sisters were born in Wetwang, East Riding, Yorkshire, according to professional genealogist Eric Daly, Yorkshire. (Thanks to Karen Brubaker.)

Bedfordshire Parish baptism records show children of John Hardy 1613-1675 and Olive Council, but include no John Jr, Ann or Isabel. "The 1675 Will written of John Hardy proves conclusively that he was the same John Hardy who patented the 1150 acres in Isle of Wight in 1666 naming himself and wife Olive (Council) as head rights." He died in the summer of 1676 (sometime before 18 Sep 1676) but his 1675 will was not filed as the Isle of Wight County Clerk John Jennings was arrested and imprisoned as a ringleader of Bacon's Rebellion. So it was not until early Spring of 1677 when a new county clerk was appointed: John Hardy's son-in-law John Bromfield (2nd husband of Olive Hardy) and the 1675 Will was filed 9 Jun 1677. The appraisal of the property was not filed until Feb 1707 by John Johnson.

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This memorial was created by Findagrave Contributor "Georgia Girl" whose account has since been disabled.
There is no marker found for John Hardy here, so it is not certain that was buried at the St. Lukes (the "Old Brick Church" built by Col. Joseph Bridger at Smithfield) where most of the other Hardy relatives, Bridgers and Pitts are said to be buried.

The original memorial created by Georgia Girl read:
"Husband of Olive (Council) Hardy ~ married June 2, 1632, England
"Their children were ...
1. John Hardy, II (m. Alice Bennett) *
2. George Hardy (m. unk.)
3. Richard Hardy, I (m. Mary Vincent
4. Olive Hardy"
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*John Hardy "II" who is shown as marrying Alice Bennett on many family trees and books of John Bennett Boddie is believed by most current researchers to be the same John Hardy Sr whose first wife was Olive Council and second wife Alice. (Some claim she was Alice Tucker Allen, widow of Arthur Allen of "Bacon's Castle," said to have been built by Joseph Bridger.)

The memorial created for John Hardy "II" by Georgia Girl says John Hardy II's children were:
1. Olive Hardy (m.1 Giles Driver, Sr.; m.2 John Bromfield, m.3 Col. John Pitt)
2. John Hardy (III)
3. Lucy Hardy (m. Hodges Council)
4. Ann Hardy (m. Robert Burnett)**(Ann Allen)
5. Isabel Hardy (m. William Mayo, Sr.)**(Isabel Allen)
6. Deborah Hardy (m. Bridgeman Joyner,
Jr.)" **

Olive, Lucy and Deborah were children of John Hardy "Sr."

** Ann and Isabel were daughters of John Hardy's 2nd wife Alice Tucker Allen by her 1st husband Arthur Allen who died in 1669 in Surry Co., VA.
It is also rather doubtful that their daughter Deborah Hardy married a Bridgeman Joyner Jr who was born aft 1685 when Deborah was an adult in 1676. Since there was no wordage in the will requesting a guardian for Deborah, she must have been old enough to own land in her own right and therefore an adult. There are no deeds or other records that name the wife of either Bridgeman Joyner Jr or Sr as a Deborah. Deborah is known to have married a John Portis Jr and moved to Pennsylvania after he died in 1704 in IOW.

Numerous emails have been sent by a FindAGrave contributor over the years requesting biographical material be added, corrected or changed on this memorial, or removed therefrom, has now written to request all his references be removed. So be it.


References to John Hardy and Olive Council:
The Old Free State by Landon Covington Bell, p 216
Hardy Family History by American Genealogical Research Institute 1978, p 28
Colonial Families of the Southern States of America by Stella Pickett Hardy, p 261
Our Fathers' Fields by Prof. James Everette Kibbe
Hodges Council of VA and Descendants by Judson Council, p 16
Historical Southern Families V.4 by John Bennett Boddie
Dugale's Yorkshire Visitation: John Hardy and most of his brothers and sisters were born in Wetwang, East Riding, Yorkshire, according to professional genealogist Eric Daly, Yorkshire. (Thanks to Karen Brubaker.)

Bedfordshire Parish baptism records show children of John Hardy 1613-1675 and Olive Council, but include no John Jr, Ann or Isabel. "The 1675 Will written of John Hardy proves conclusively that he was the same John Hardy who patented the 1150 acres in Isle of Wight in 1666 naming himself and wife Olive (Council) as head rights." He died in the summer of 1676 (sometime before 18 Sep 1676) but his 1675 will was not filed as the Isle of Wight County Clerk John Jennings was arrested and imprisoned as a ringleader of Bacon's Rebellion. So it was not until early Spring of 1677 when a new county clerk was appointed: John Hardy's son-in-law John Bromfield (2nd husband of Olive Hardy) and the 1675 Will was filed 9 Jun 1677. The appraisal of the property was not filed until Feb 1707 by John Johnson.

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This memorial was created by Findagrave Contributor "Georgia Girl" whose account has since been disabled.
There is no marker found for John Hardy here, so it is not certain that was buried at the St. Lukes (the "Old Brick Church" built by Col. Joseph Bridger at Smithfield) where most of the other Hardy relatives, Bridgers and Pitts are said to be buried.

The original memorial created by Georgia Girl read:
"Husband of Olive (Council) Hardy ~ married June 2, 1632, England
"Their children were ...
1. John Hardy, II (m. Alice Bennett) *
2. George Hardy (m. unk.)
3. Richard Hardy, I (m. Mary Vincent
4. Olive Hardy"
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*John Hardy "II" who is shown as marrying Alice Bennett on many family trees and books of John Bennett Boddie is believed by most current researchers to be the same John Hardy Sr whose first wife was Olive Council and second wife Alice. (Some claim she was Alice Tucker Allen, widow of Arthur Allen of "Bacon's Castle," said to have been built by Joseph Bridger.)

The memorial created for John Hardy "II" by Georgia Girl says John Hardy II's children were:
1. Olive Hardy (m.1 Giles Driver, Sr.; m.2 John Bromfield, m.3 Col. John Pitt)
2. John Hardy (III)
3. Lucy Hardy (m. Hodges Council)
4. Ann Hardy (m. Robert Burnett)**(Ann Allen)
5. Isabel Hardy (m. William Mayo, Sr.)**(Isabel Allen)
6. Deborah Hardy (m. Bridgeman Joyner,
Jr.)" **

Olive, Lucy and Deborah were children of John Hardy "Sr."

** Ann and Isabel were daughters of John Hardy's 2nd wife Alice Tucker Allen by her 1st husband Arthur Allen who died in 1669 in Surry Co., VA.
It is also rather doubtful that their daughter Deborah Hardy married a Bridgeman Joyner Jr who was born aft 1685 when Deborah was an adult in 1676. Since there was no wordage in the will requesting a guardian for Deborah, she must have been old enough to own land in her own right and therefore an adult. There are no deeds or other records that name the wife of either Bridgeman Joyner Jr or Sr as a Deborah. Deborah is known to have married a John Portis Jr and moved to Pennsylvania after he died in 1704 in IOW.

Numerous emails have been sent by a FindAGrave contributor over the years requesting biographical material be added, corrected or changed on this memorial, or removed therefrom, has now written to request all his references be removed. So be it.


References to John Hardy and Olive Council:
The Old Free State by Landon Covington Bell, p 216
Hardy Family History by American Genealogical Research Institute 1978, p 28
Colonial Families of the Southern States of America by Stella Pickett Hardy, p 261
Our Fathers' Fields by Prof. James Everette Kibbe
Hodges Council of VA and Descendants by Judson Council, p 16
Historical Southern Families V.4 by John Bennett Boddie