John Hardaway

dsp. No children. His brother James Hardaway, II was his heir.

Pedigree

1st generation: James Hardaway b 1625? md (brother John, this profile)
2nd generation: John Hardaway b 1663? md Frances Harris
3rd generation: Thomas Hardaway b 1685? md Jane Stith
4th generation: Joseph Hardaway b 1728 md Anne Hall
5th generation: Drury Hardaway b 1756 md Anne Stith
6th generation: Thomas Parsons Hardaway b 1797 md Nancy Stith
7th generation: James Leach Hardaway b 1819 md Margaret Jane Cain
8th generation: Louisa Adalisa Hardaway b 1865 md Charles Lee Scott
9th generation: Walter Lee Scott b 1886 md Ruth Fontaine

In fact, the earliest HARDAWAYS in Virginia were James Hardaway, who was transported by a John Drayton before 1654 and his brother John HARDAWAY, transported by Richard Tye and Charles Sparrow of Charles City County before 1650, the dates Drayton, Tye and Sparrow claimed land for the Hardaways.

It was common practice to pay somebody's way in order to get land. These claims may have taken place years after the actual journey occurred, and claimants may not even know the person whose way they are paying. James and John Hardaway availed themselves of this opportunity to get land. One story says the Hardaways came from Blanford, England, and named their plantation "Blanford".

http://www.jscott.tierranet.com/ancestry/hardaway.htm

Best guess at date of death, 1660, Dec 3, p 254 The est of John HARDAWAY dec'd to pay John Nothway etc... 1662, Oct 3 p 30 agst James HARDAWAY the heire and Ex of John HARDAWAY Dec'd

James Hardaway came to Virginia prior to 1650 with his brother, John Hardaway. John died in or before 1660 and left his brother James his land. James gave it to: His son, John Hardaway who got land "Kimages" from father James in 1664.