Richard Hardy

- 1684

• Name	Richard Hardy  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 May 1684	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [1]
  Person ID	I11579	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2020

  
  

  Family	Ann Husted,   b. Abt 1626, Pilsdon, Dorset, England d. 13 Dec 1707, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age ~ 81 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1644  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Ruth Hardy,   b. 18 Nov 1660, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut d. Bef 20 Nov 1727, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age < 67 years)
  Family ID	F4581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Unsourced and unattributed note posted to familysearch.org on 27 Feb 2014: The origin and immigration data for the Richard Hardy of Stamford, CT is unknown. It is believed that he may be the same person as the Richard Hardy who was in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1639. There is speculation that his first wife, name unknown, died in Concord after giving birth to twins. Information concerning whether these twins survived cannot be located, but in Family Tree there is an unsourced record, with no parents listed, for a Richard Hardy born in Concord in 1639. Richard Hardy was probably a fairly early settler of Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and gave name to the low grounds just west of the harbor, which was known as "Hardy's Hole." In 1642 he owned land "adjoining a lot sold to James Swead." In 1645 Richard Hardy sold John Holly, Sr, seven acres of land at Norwaton River with house thereon. Richard Hardy was married to Ann Huested or Husted of Stamford prior to 1650. They were parents of one son and seven daughters In 1662 he was declared a "freeman" of Connecticut. In 1666 he was elected as Selectman, for the community of Stamford and served three years. He also represented Stamford three years in the General Court of Hartford. In March, 1682-1683, he he gave his son Samuel a house and land. In his will, on record at Fairfield, CT, dated 21 July 1683 and probated in November, 1684, he made bequests to his daughters: Mrs. Elizabeth Pearson, Hannah Austin, Susanna Sherman, Sarah Close, Ruth Mead, Mary and Abigail.

  
  

• Sources

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