Francis "Frank" Hardiman, Sr.

Francis Hardyman; married (1) Sarah Taylor, (2) Jane (Featherstone) Cross

"Francis Hardyman was a justice of Charles City County in 1737. He and his elder brother John, as appears by a deed in Prince George, married two sisters, Sarah and Henrietta Maria Taylor, daughters of Capt. John Taylor, clerk in 1699 of Charles City County, and who died in 1707. Francis Hardyman married, secondly, Jane, widow of John Cross. On 11 August 1741, the will of Francis Hardyman was presented in Charles City court for probate by two of the executors, Richard Kennon and David Stokes…"

"Francis Hardyman was born about 1688. He married (1), by March 1720, Sarah Taylor, daughter of Capt. John Taylor and sister of Henrietta Maria Taylor, wife of his brother John Hardyman, and (2), after March 1731, Jane (Featherstone) Cross, widow of John Cross, who died in Charles City County in 1731, and sister of William Featherstone of Prince George County.

"He represented Charles City County in the House of Burgesses, 1718, was a justice of Charles City County as early as 1726, and was appointed sheriff on 3 May 1726 and again on 21 April 1727. William Byrd recorded on 23 July 1741: ‘Mrs. Duke came and told us that Frank Hardyman was dead.’ He left a will dated 9 November 1738 which was presented in court by Richard Kennon and David Stokes, two of the executors, in August 1741. In January 1741/2 Jane Hardyman was appointed guardian of her two children, James and Martha Hardyman. She was still alive in July 1743 when her suit against her step-son Francis Hardyman concerning her part of land allotted to her by the will of her husband was continued but died by August 1743 when Richard Kennon and David Stokes petitioned for administration of her estate.

Children of Francis Hardyman and Sarah Taylor

• Francis Hardyman II+ b. c 1714, d. b 5 Oct 1763
• Henrietta Maria Hardyman+ b. c 1716, d. 1746
• John Hardyman+ b. c 1720, d. c 1771
• William Hardyman b. c 1723, d. b 1784
• Littleberry H. Hardyman+ b. c 1725, d. Nov 1771
• Richard Hardyman b. c 1727, d. b 1741
• Elizabeth Hardyman+ b. c 1729

Children of Francis Hardyman and Jane Featherstone Cross

• James Hardyman b. c 1733, d. 1762
• Mary (?Martha?) Hardyman b. c 1735, d. c May 1744

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Francis was the son of John & Mary Maria (Eppes) Hardeman. Husband of Sarah Taylor, and Jane Cross Featherstone.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 12 2021, 16:38:45 UTC