Joseph Hardesty, Jr. was the son of Joseph Hardesty, Sr. and unknown mother. He was born in ABOUT 1813 in Maryland and died BETWEEN the 1850 and 1860 (censuses). He married Priscilla Prout and they had 3 known children: James William Hardesty, Christiana R. and 1 unnamed male (1840 census only). From 1860 onward, only son James was located on the censuses.
On the 1840 Calvert Co., MD census, I found Joseph "Hardisty," with Males: 2 under 5; 1 20-29; 1 female 20-29, 2 free colored males, 24-35 and 1 free colored female, under 10, 3 were involved in agriculture. The only other one on the same page, was John Hardisty.
Farmer and planter, Joseph Hardesty was found on the 1850 District 2, Calvert Co., MD Census, age 37, residing with Priscilla Hardesty, 35; James Hardesty, 13, attending school and Christiana R., 1, all born in Maryland. Joseph is not listed as owning real estate. He cannot read and write.
I could not find Joseph or wife Priscilla on the 1860 or later MD censuses. It is believed this generation went through some hard times, losing land, etc. If only the sole survivor, son James. could share his family knowledge. He was in touch with many relatives, signing their many legal Calvert County records, but it appears he left no record of his kinship to them. His cousin Virgil C. Cox (through sister Elizabeth Betsy Cox), was also recording documents for Calvert Co.
Of interest, I found a possible candidate for this Joseph, Jr. in 1874 with son James W but it is only a guess. The 1874 Directory of Maryland by Post Office Address, p 43 lists farmer Jos. Hardesty and mechanic J.W. Hardesty in Calvert County in the Huntingtown Post Office. Other neighbors of interest in Huntingtown: merchant John S Arminger; farmers VS, Jon and Jas M Cox; farmers Jas P, Thos H, WS and Jos King; farmers Jas and Jon Lyon; Dr WH and JJ Norfolk; farmers Thos and William Wood and farmer R E Yoe. Plus farmers "Hamson" which I believe was Harrison instead, "farmers B. of R., G.W. and T.H." Suspect these Harrisons were Benjamin of Robert; his sibling George W and Thomas Herman.
Family records did not know of this Joseph's father Joseph, Sr. They only knew of his children, Joseph (Jr. herein), Daniel and E. Elizabeth (Mrs. Walter Cox) who they called Betsy. I found Joseph Hardesty's name in the transcription of the Cox family bible. Daughter "Betsy" or E. Elizabeth (on her gravestone) was the 3rd wife of Walter William Cox. My aunts stayed in touch with her family.
In 1955, Joseph's grandson, Alpheus G. Hardesty (1882 - 1959) drew a map of the Hardesty, Harrison and Cox land in Huntingtown, and included the Miranda Cemetery on it. The road configuration changed in the 1900's. It shows his Hardesty and Harrison kin living side by side and across the street where the Harrison cemetery remains today. He had visited there when he was younger and was residing in Baltimore when he drew it. He did not record which generations lived here, but had recorded elsewhere, the names of his (oldest known kin: grandparents James Hardesty/Priscilla Prout and George Harrison/Eleanor Ann Thomas, plus the 2 siblings of this Joseph,( Jr.): Daniel and Betsy. I could never disprove this. Through research I discovered George Harrison's parents and siblings buried at the Harrison Cemetery (which is in the mapped Harrison lot) and this Joseph Hardesty (Cox family bible record) and the censuses support it.
I note that in my physical search of this area (2nd visit) I recorded several notes on my contact list to see the Harrison Cemetery on private land (including people to contact the current renters and owners for permission to visit it). One of these notes says a "generation of Hardestys were destitute and sold land to the Harrisons." Sadly, I did not record who told me this. I've not been able to confirm this, with the missing (burned) land records that would have contained this time period. Calvert Co. land records now begin in about 1882-1884 unless it was re-recorded (few were). I believe the only older known records from the 1700's are at the MD State Archives.
I note in neighboring St. Mary's MD, there was a different Joseph Hardesty, whose widow Mary A. Dean remarried Alexander Higgs and appears on the 1850 census with children Jas R. Hardesty, 12, Jos F. Hardesty, 10 and Mary Hardesty, 7. These are also the same names of 3 of the children of the above Joseph Hardesty's son, James Wm Hardesty (D 1904) and wondered if there may be some family connection along the way. I have not been able to make one so far.
An unusual source to find some older Jos Hardestys:
Joseph Hardesty, Sr. (Maryland). 29 Jun 1774. 4 pp. Sent 1 hhd by Nancy; wants cloth, handkerchiefs, thread as listed.
Joseph Hardesty, Jr. Patuxent, Md., 27 June 1774. 2 pp. Sent 2 hhd by Capt. John Colston, will send 2 more by Capt. Harrison.
Also includes several Harrison Marylanders: Benj, Henry, Rachel and Saml, Jr., Survey Report #1134, page 2 (stamped 01013 on top right corner) from the Library of Virginia, Coutts & Co., London Class Russell Papers, Bundle 8. Titled: Letters to James Russell from Virginia, Maryland, Philadelphia, and England (Richard Benedict Hall - Joseph Hurst, 1774 - 1775.
Note: Wm P Hardesty, 1786–1871 (Findagrave #55851656) and his wife Eleanor Whittington, lived around Mt. Harmony early on, and wonder if there were any family connections to this Joseph. William's undated son, Joseph Henry Hardesty, died age 8 and could have been replaced by another Joseph (commonly done).
Wonder if Henry (and Mary C) Hardesty is connected with this Joseph. On the 1900 Anne Arundel Co. census he has a son Daniel and Joseph T.
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On the 1840 Calvert Co., MD census, I found Joseph "Hardisty," with Males: 2 under 5; 1 20-29; 1 female 20-29, 2 free colored males, 24-35 and 1 free colored female, under 10, 3 were involved in agriculture. The only other one on the same page, was John Hardisty.
Farmer and planter, Joseph Hardesty was found on the 1850 District 2, Calvert Co., MD Census, age 37, residing with Priscilla Hardesty, 35; James Hardesty, 13, attending school and Christiana R., 1, all born in Maryland. Joseph is not listed as owning real estate. He cannot read and write.
I could not find Joseph or wife Priscilla on the 1860 or later MD censuses. It is believed this generation went through some hard times, losing land, etc. If only the sole survivor, son James. could share his family knowledge. He was in touch with many relatives, signing their many legal Calvert County records, but it appears he left no record of his kinship to them. His cousin Virgil C. Cox (through sister Elizabeth Betsy Cox), was also recording documents for Calvert Co.
Of interest, I found a possible candidate for this Joseph, Jr. in 1874 with son James W but it is only a guess. The 1874 Directory of Maryland by Post Office Address, p 43 lists farmer Jos. Hardesty and mechanic J.W. Hardesty in Calvert County in the Huntingtown Post Office. Other neighbors of interest in Huntingtown: merchant John S Arminger; farmers VS, Jon and Jas M Cox; farmers Jas P, Thos H, WS and Jos King; farmers Jas and Jon Lyon; Dr WH and JJ Norfolk; farmers Thos and William Wood and farmer R E Yoe. Plus farmers "Hamson" which I believe was Harrison instead, "farmers B. of R., G.W. and T.H." Suspect these Harrisons were Benjamin of Robert; his sibling George W and Thomas Herman.
Family records did not know of this Joseph's father Joseph, Sr. They only knew of his children, Joseph (Jr. herein), Daniel and E. Elizabeth (Mrs. Walter Cox) who they called Betsy. I found Joseph Hardesty's name in the transcription of the Cox family bible. Daughter "Betsy" or E. Elizabeth (on her gravestone) was the 3rd wife of Walter William Cox. My aunts stayed in touch with her family.
In 1955, Joseph's grandson, Alpheus G. Hardesty (1882 - 1959) drew a map of the Hardesty, Harrison and Cox land in Huntingtown, and included the Miranda Cemetery on it. The road configuration changed in the 1900's. It shows his Hardesty and Harrison kin living side by side and across the street where the Harrison cemetery remains today. He had visited there when he was younger and was residing in Baltimore when he drew it. He did not record which generations lived here, but had recorded elsewhere, the names of his (oldest known kin: grandparents James Hardesty/Priscilla Prout and George Harrison/Eleanor Ann Thomas, plus the 2 siblings of this Joseph,( Jr.): Daniel and Betsy. I could never disprove this. Through research I discovered George Harrison's parents and siblings buried at the Harrison Cemetery (which is in the mapped Harrison lot) and this Joseph Hardesty (Cox family bible record) and the censuses support it.
I note that in my physical search of this area (2nd visit) I recorded several notes on my contact list to see the Harrison Cemetery on private land (including people to contact the current renters and owners for permission to visit it). One of these notes says a "generation of Hardestys were destitute and sold land to the Harrisons." Sadly, I did not record who told me this. I've not been able to confirm this, with the missing (burned) land records that would have contained this time period. Calvert Co. land records now begin in about 1882-1884 unless it was re-recorded (few were). I believe the only older known records from the 1700's are at the MD State Archives.
I note in neighboring St. Mary's MD, there was a different Joseph Hardesty, whose widow Mary A. Dean remarried Alexander Higgs and appears on the 1850 census with children Jas R. Hardesty, 12, Jos F. Hardesty, 10 and Mary Hardesty, 7. These are also the same names of 3 of the children of the above Joseph Hardesty's son, James Wm Hardesty (D 1904) and wondered if there may be some family connection along the way. I have not been able to make one so far.
An unusual source to find some older Jos Hardestys:
Joseph Hardesty, Sr. (Maryland). 29 Jun 1774. 4 pp. Sent 1 hhd by Nancy; wants cloth, handkerchiefs, thread as listed.
Joseph Hardesty, Jr. Patuxent, Md., 27 June 1774. 2 pp. Sent 2 hhd by Capt. John Colston, will send 2 more by Capt. Harrison.
Also includes several Harrison Marylanders: Benj, Henry, Rachel and Saml, Jr., Survey Report #1134, page 2 (stamped 01013 on top right corner) from the Library of Virginia, Coutts & Co., London Class Russell Papers, Bundle 8. Titled: Letters to James Russell from Virginia, Maryland, Philadelphia, and England (Richard Benedict Hall - Joseph Hurst, 1774 - 1775.
Note: Wm P Hardesty, 1786–1871 (Findagrave #55851656) and his wife Eleanor Whittington, lived around Mt. Harmony early on, and wonder if there were any family connections to this Joseph. William's undated son, Joseph Henry Hardesty, died age 8 and could have been replaced by another Joseph (commonly done).
Wonder if Henry (and Mary C) Hardesty is connected with this Joseph. On the 1900 Anne Arundel Co. census he has a son Daniel and Joseph T.
Bio research and written by LSP, all rights reserved
Joseph Hardesty, Jr. was the son of Joseph Hardesty, Sr. and unknown mother. He was born in ABOUT 1813 in Maryland and died BETWEEN the 1850 and 1860 (censuses). He married Priscilla Prout and they had 3 known children: James William Hardesty, Christiana R. and 1 unnamed male (1840 census only). From 1860 onward, only son James was located on the censuses.
On the 1840 Calvert Co., MD census, I found Joseph "Hardisty," with Males: 2 under 5; 1 20-29; 1 female 20-29, 2 free colored males, 24-35 and 1 free colored female, under 10, 3 were involved in agriculture. The only other one on the same page, was John Hardisty.
Farmer and planter, Joseph Hardesty was found on the 1850 District 2, Calvert Co., MD Census, age 37, residing with Priscilla Hardesty, 35; James Hardesty, 13, attending school and Christiana R., 1, all born in Maryland. Joseph is not listed as owning real estate. He cannot read and write.
I could not find Joseph or wife Priscilla on the 1860 or later MD censuses. It is believed this generation went through some hard times, losing land, etc. If only the sole survivor, son James. could share his family knowledge. He was in touch with many relatives, signing their many legal Calvert County records, but it appears he left no record of his kinship to them. His cousin Virgil C. Cox (through sister Elizabeth Betsy Cox), was also recording documents for Calvert Co.
Of interest, I found a possible candidate for this Joseph, Jr. in 1874 with son James W but it is only a guess. The 1874 Directory of Maryland by Post Office Address, p 43 lists farmer Jos. Hardesty and mechanic J.W. Hardesty in Calvert County in the Huntingtown Post Office. Other neighbors of interest in Huntingtown: merchant John S Arminger; farmers VS, Jon and Jas M Cox; farmers Jas P, Thos H, WS and Jos King; farmers Jas and Jon Lyon; Dr WH and JJ Norfolk; farmers Thos and William Wood and farmer R E Yoe. Plus farmers "Hamson" which I believe was Harrison instead, "farmers B. of R., G.W. and T.H." Suspect these Harrisons were Benjamin of Robert; his sibling George W and Thomas Herman.
Family records did not know of this Joseph's father Joseph, Sr. They only knew of his children, Joseph (Jr. herein), Daniel and E. Elizabeth (Mrs. Walter Cox) who they called Betsy. I found Joseph Hardesty's name in the transcription of the Cox family bible. Daughter "Betsy" or E. Elizabeth (on her gravestone) was the 3rd wife of Walter William Cox. My aunts stayed in touch with her family.
In 1955, Joseph's grandson, Alpheus G. Hardesty (1882 - 1959) drew a map of the Hardesty, Harrison and Cox land in Huntingtown, and included the Miranda Cemetery on it. The road configuration changed in the 1900's. It shows his Hardesty and Harrison kin living side by side and across the street where the Harrison cemetery remains today. He had visited there when he was younger and was residing in Baltimore when he drew it. He did not record which generations lived here, but had recorded elsewhere, the names of his (oldest known kin: grandparents James Hardesty/Priscilla Prout and George Harrison/Eleanor Ann Thomas, plus the 2 siblings of this Joseph,( Jr.): Daniel and Betsy. I could never disprove this. Through research I discovered George Harrison's parents and siblings buried at the Harrison Cemetery (which is in the mapped Harrison lot) and this Joseph Hardesty (Cox family bible record) and the censuses support it.
I note that in my physical search of this area (2nd visit) I recorded several notes on my contact list to see the Harrison Cemetery on private land (including people to contact the current renters and owners for permission to visit it). One of these notes says a "generation of Hardestys were destitute and sold land to the Harrisons." Sadly, I did not record who told me this. I've not been able to confirm this, with the missing (burned) land records that would have contained this time period. Calvert Co. land records now begin in about 1882-1884 unless it was re-recorded (few were). I believe the only older known records from the 1700's are at the MD State Archives.
I note in neighboring St. Mary's MD, there was a different Joseph Hardesty, whose widow Mary A. Dean remarried Alexander Higgs and appears on the 1850 census with children Jas R. Hardesty, 12, Jos F. Hardesty, 10 and Mary Hardesty, 7. These are also the same names of 3 of the children of the above Joseph Hardesty's son, James Wm Hardesty (D 1904) and wondered if there may be some family connection along the way. I have not been able to make one so far.
An unusual source to find some older Jos Hardestys:
Joseph Hardesty, Sr. (Maryland). 29 Jun 1774. 4 pp. Sent 1 hhd by Nancy; wants cloth, handkerchiefs, thread as listed.
Joseph Hardesty, Jr. Patuxent, Md., 27 June 1774. 2 pp. Sent 2 hhd by Capt. John Colston, will send 2 more by Capt. Harrison.
Also includes several Harrison Marylanders: Benj, Henry, Rachel and Saml, Jr., Survey Report #1134, page 2 (stamped 01013 on top right corner) from the Library of Virginia, Coutts & Co., London Class Russell Papers, Bundle 8. Titled: Letters to James Russell from Virginia, Maryland, Philadelphia, and England (Richard Benedict Hall - Joseph Hurst, 1774 - 1775.
Note: Wm P Hardesty, 1786–1871 (Findagrave #55851656) and his wife Eleanor Whittington, lived around Mt. Harmony early on, and wonder if there were any family connections to this Joseph. William's undated son, Joseph Henry Hardesty, died age 8 and could have been replaced by another Joseph (commonly done).
Wonder if Henry (and Mary C) Hardesty is connected with this Joseph. On the 1900 Anne Arundel Co. census he has a son Daniel and Joseph T.
Bio research and written by LSP, all rights reserved
On the 1840 Calvert Co., MD census, I found Joseph "Hardisty," with Males: 2 under 5; 1 20-29; 1 female 20-29, 2 free colored males, 24-35 and 1 free colored female, under 10, 3 were involved in agriculture. The only other one on the same page, was John Hardisty.
Farmer and planter, Joseph Hardesty was found on the 1850 District 2, Calvert Co., MD Census, age 37, residing with Priscilla Hardesty, 35; James Hardesty, 13, attending school and Christiana R., 1, all born in Maryland. Joseph is not listed as owning real estate. He cannot read and write.
I could not find Joseph or wife Priscilla on the 1860 or later MD censuses. It is believed this generation went through some hard times, losing land, etc. If only the sole survivor, son James. could share his family knowledge. He was in touch with many relatives, signing their many legal Calvert County records, but it appears he left no record of his kinship to them. His cousin Virgil C. Cox (through sister Elizabeth Betsy Cox), was also recording documents for Calvert Co.
Of interest, I found a possible candidate for this Joseph, Jr. in 1874 with son James W but it is only a guess. The 1874 Directory of Maryland by Post Office Address, p 43 lists farmer Jos. Hardesty and mechanic J.W. Hardesty in Calvert County in the Huntingtown Post Office. Other neighbors of interest in Huntingtown: merchant John S Arminger; farmers VS, Jon and Jas M Cox; farmers Jas P, Thos H, WS and Jos King; farmers Jas and Jon Lyon; Dr WH and JJ Norfolk; farmers Thos and William Wood and farmer R E Yoe. Plus farmers "Hamson" which I believe was Harrison instead, "farmers B. of R., G.W. and T.H." Suspect these Harrisons were Benjamin of Robert; his sibling George W and Thomas Herman.
Family records did not know of this Joseph's father Joseph, Sr. They only knew of his children, Joseph (Jr. herein), Daniel and E. Elizabeth (Mrs. Walter Cox) who they called Betsy. I found Joseph Hardesty's name in the transcription of the Cox family bible. Daughter "Betsy" or E. Elizabeth (on her gravestone) was the 3rd wife of Walter William Cox. My aunts stayed in touch with her family.
In 1955, Joseph's grandson, Alpheus G. Hardesty (1882 - 1959) drew a map of the Hardesty, Harrison and Cox land in Huntingtown, and included the Miranda Cemetery on it. The road configuration changed in the 1900's. It shows his Hardesty and Harrison kin living side by side and across the street where the Harrison cemetery remains today. He had visited there when he was younger and was residing in Baltimore when he drew it. He did not record which generations lived here, but had recorded elsewhere, the names of his (oldest known kin: grandparents James Hardesty/Priscilla Prout and George Harrison/Eleanor Ann Thomas, plus the 2 siblings of this Joseph,( Jr.): Daniel and Betsy. I could never disprove this. Through research I discovered George Harrison's parents and siblings buried at the Harrison Cemetery (which is in the mapped Harrison lot) and this Joseph Hardesty (Cox family bible record) and the censuses support it.
I note that in my physical search of this area (2nd visit) I recorded several notes on my contact list to see the Harrison Cemetery on private land (including people to contact the current renters and owners for permission to visit it). One of these notes says a "generation of Hardestys were destitute and sold land to the Harrisons." Sadly, I did not record who told me this. I've not been able to confirm this, with the missing (burned) land records that would have contained this time period. Calvert Co. land records now begin in about 1882-1884 unless it was re-recorded (few were). I believe the only older known records from the 1700's are at the MD State Archives.
I note in neighboring St. Mary's MD, there was a different Joseph Hardesty, whose widow Mary A. Dean remarried Alexander Higgs and appears on the 1850 census with children Jas R. Hardesty, 12, Jos F. Hardesty, 10 and Mary Hardesty, 7. These are also the same names of 3 of the children of the above Joseph Hardesty's son, James Wm Hardesty (D 1904) and wondered if there may be some family connection along the way. I have not been able to make one so far.
An unusual source to find some older Jos Hardestys:
Joseph Hardesty, Sr. (Maryland). 29 Jun 1774. 4 pp. Sent 1 hhd by Nancy; wants cloth, handkerchiefs, thread as listed.
Joseph Hardesty, Jr. Patuxent, Md., 27 June 1774. 2 pp. Sent 2 hhd by Capt. John Colston, will send 2 more by Capt. Harrison.
Also includes several Harrison Marylanders: Benj, Henry, Rachel and Saml, Jr., Survey Report #1134, page 2 (stamped 01013 on top right corner) from the Library of Virginia, Coutts & Co., London Class Russell Papers, Bundle 8. Titled: Letters to James Russell from Virginia, Maryland, Philadelphia, and England (Richard Benedict Hall - Joseph Hurst, 1774 - 1775.
Note: Wm P Hardesty, 1786–1871 (Findagrave #55851656) and his wife Eleanor Whittington, lived around Mt. Harmony early on, and wonder if there were any family connections to this Joseph. William's undated son, Joseph Henry Hardesty, died age 8 and could have been replaced by another Joseph (commonly done).
Wonder if Henry (and Mary C) Hardesty is connected with this Joseph. On the 1900 Anne Arundel Co. census he has a son Daniel and Joseph T.
Bio research and written by LSP, all rights reserved
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