Deborah Hardy

GEDCOM Note

However, Chesley and his family were on the move. In February of 1764 he bought the 1250 acres in Granville County NC that originally made up "Tranquility", as shown in Granville Deed Book L, p. 49:

Egbert Haywood, Sarah Haywood his wife, John Hardy and Deborah Hardy his wife, all of Hallifax [NC] to Chisley Daniel of Lunenburg VA, for £500, 1250 acres in Granville, on both sides of Mountain Creek, bounding Phillip Pryor's line, Edward Robert's line. [There is no signature for John Hardy, but yes for the others.] Witnesses: Markham Ware, Wm Branch, Chris Dudley. Written 1 Feb 1764, recorded 18 Oct 1769, followed by the wives' relinquishments. Bill Seay, a descendant of Chesley's has visited and provided the exact location of Tranquility, northeast of Satterwhite on Highway 96. The house and the cemetery are marked below in red and purple respectively.

Tranquility was made up of a 640 acre grant to John Haywood, and another 610 acre land to his son Egbert. Among Bill Seay's family papers is also a copy of the original grant for the 640 acres, along with a survey and plat of the acreage. The plat is shown here and I believe, based on the curve of the creek compared to topo maps, that this 640 acres includes the house in the southwest corner area marked "d".

Laid down by a Scale of 200 p. in an Inch November 10, 1752. Survey'd for Mr John Hayood Junr, 640 Acres of Land according to the above plan lying in Granville County & on both sides of Mountain Creek, begining at a poplar standing on a Branch at the Let'r a, thence runing N 444 pole to a Hickory at b, thence W 230 1/2 pole to a White Oak at c, thence S 444 pole to a Black Oak at d, thence E. to the begin'g. by Dan. Weldon Sur. John Knot & James Knot Sw Ch Carr

The other 610 acres is represented by the following deed from Granville Deed Book L, p.46 (N.B. this is the deed recorded just before the one for 1250 acres to Chesley): John Earl of Granville to Egbert Haywood of Edgcomb [sic] planter 28 Oct 1758, 10sh and the Rent Covenants, 610a in parish of Saint John in Granville on the head of Mountain Creek, beginning at Haywood's corner a Poplar on a branch, thence runs by his line N 444p to his corner a Hicory, thence S 15E 276p to a White Oak, thence S 340p to a Black Jack, then W 424p to a Black Jack in Phillip Pryor's oline, thence by his line N 222p to a White Oak in Edwd Roberts' line, thence by his line E 124p to a White Oak, thence by Haywood's line S 62p to his corner a Black Oak, thence by his other line East crossing said Creek to the beginning. Yielding and paying therefore yearly and every year unto the said John Earl Granville his heir or assigns the yearly rent of 24sh and 5 pence which is at the rate of 3sh for every 100a. Granvill by Fran's Corbin, Josh'a Bodley. ackn 28 Oct 1758 . The only unusual thing about the sale to Chesley is that it combines inherited property from two heirs with land belonging to Egbert alone. But the various grants and final deed are all a perfect match as shown in the plat below of the original 1250 acres that made up Tranquility Plantation in 1764:

Origins

In 1729 during his residence in New York City, John Haywood (d 1758) married Mary Lovatt.

They had four sons and three daughters, all born in North Carolina:

1. William married Charity Hare
2. Sherwood married Hannah Gray
3. Egbert married Sarah Ware
4. John died unmarried
5. Mary married Reverend Thomas Burges
6. Elizabeth married Jesse Hare
7. Deborah married John Hardy