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 1605 - 1689 (~ 83 years)
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| Name |
Ann |
| Born |
maybe 1605 |
England  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
1 May 1689 |
Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts [1] |
| Buried |
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| Person ID |
I28128 |
FamilyWorld |
| Last Modified |
28 Aug 2017 |
| Family |
Thomas HARDY, b. Abt 1605, d. 4 Jan 1677/8, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 73 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1635 [1] |
| Notes |
- Great Migration Begins, pg. 858-861: The origins of Thomas Hardy are unknown. He migrated in 1633, first living in Ipswich and then to Rowley and Bradford, Massachusetts. He was a ferry operator at Bradford, and was also a surveyor of highways there in 1669.
Ibid, pg. 860-1: "On April 1, 1633 Thomas Hardy is listed as one of the nine men permitted by the Massachusetts Bay General Court to go with John Winthrop, Jr. to settle Agawam (Ipswich) [MBCR 1:103].
"Although several early writers believed Thomas had a first wife named Lydia, there is evidence only for wife Ann. Ann Hardy, widow, was the midwife for Sarah Savory in 1685, and may have performed that service for many of her neighbors over the years [EQC 9:531].
"Given the lack of birthdates for the children of Thomas Hardy, there are some difficulties in establishing the birth order and birth range of these children. By his age at death, John would be just barely twenty at his first marriage, which is certainly possible, but somewhat below the norm. To make him older one would have to assume an underestimate of his age at death, which is not likely, and move his birth all the way back to 1639, which would make [him] as much older than the norm at marriage as the age at death would make him younger.
"Possibly William's age at death is exaggerated by a few years. If his birth year were estimated at 1539, this would make him twenty-five at marriage and would eliminate the gap of six years between him and the next younger child. If this were correct, then the marriage of Thomas Hardy to Ann ____ need not have occurred until 1639. In the absence of further evidence, however, we leave the children in the arrangement based on taking the ages at death at face value.
"Called 'old Goodman Hardy' in 1677 [EQC 6:421], he never achieved the status of 'Mr.,' living his life in a very circumspect and quiet manner, despite a respectable estate.
"BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: A complete account of Thomas Hardy was published in 1990 by Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn [Ordway Anc 280-88]."
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| Children |
| + | 1. Thomas HARDY, b. Abt 1635, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts , d. 6 Feb 1716/7, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 82 years) |
| + | 2. Sarah HARDY, b. Abt 1641 |
| | 3. Joseph HARDY, b. Abt 1643, d. 11 Jan 1726/7, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 84 years) |
| + | 4. Mary HARDY, b. Abt 1645 |
| + | 5. John HARDY, b. Abt 1646/7, d. 4 Feb 1714/5, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 68 years) |
| + | 6. Jacob HARDY, b. Abt 1649, d. Abt 2 Apr 1706, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 57 years) |
| + | 7. William HARDY, b. Abt 1651, d. Abt 1722 (Age ~ 71 years) |
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| Last Modified |
19 Jul 2011 |
| Family ID |
F9318 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S30] Great Migration Begins, The , Robert Charles Anderson, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury St., Boston, MA 02116, 1995), ISBN 0-88082-044-6., 859.
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