Thomas Hardy, III

Thomas Hardy

• Birth: Apr 2 1675 - Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Death: seen as Mar 11 1695 - Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts
• Parents: Thomas Hardy, Mercy Hardy (born Tenney)
• Siblings: Ann Hardy, William Hardy, James Hardy, John Hardy, Captian Daniel Hardy, Jacob Hardy, Isaac Hardy, Hannah Smith (born Hardy)

Notes

In Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, there are birth records for what appear to be not one but two children of Thomas born on 2 April 1675:

• p. 64: Hardey: 'Daniel, s. Thomas, Apr. 2, 1675.'
• p. 76: Hardy: 'Thomas, s. Thomas, Apr. 2, 1675. CT. R.'

Blodgette (Early Settlers of Rowley, p. 132) treats them as twins, having the Thomas who was born 29 June 1667 "d. soon."

A footnote found in "The Hardy Family of Bradford"[3] explains this conflict/discrepancy: 'The "Thomas", b. April 2, 1675, on the court records, at Salem, should undoubtedly read Daniel, like the town records. The court records have only Thomas, and the town records only Daniel, born on that date, with no indication of twins on either record.'

References

• https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Bradford/aBirthsH.shtml Hardy
  • Thomas, s. Thomas, jr. [and Marcy. CTF] (Tenney), June 29, 1667. CTR
  • Thomas, s. Thomas and Mercy (Tenney), Apr. 2, 1675.
• Hoyt, David W. "The Hardy Family of Bradford." The Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol. XLVII. Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1911. Page 169: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x000375540?urlappend=%3Bseq=195%3Bo....
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Thomas_Hardy_%2838%29
  • 76-1. Thomas2 Hardy, in Jewett, Amos Everett, [Editor], and George Brainard [Compiler] Blodgette. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts: A Genealogical Record of the Families who Settled in Rowley before 1700 with Several Generations of their Descendants. (Rowley, Mass.: Amos Everett Jewett (Newcomb & Gauss Co., Printers, Salem, Mass.), 1933) Page 132. “Thomas2 Hardy (Thomas 76), born about 1634; … died in Bradford, 6 Feb., 1715-6, "in his 82nd year" (G. S. Bradford). His will, dated 23 Mar., 1714-5, mentions wife; sons William, Jacob, Benjamin, and Isaac who is to have the homestead; father Tenney; two daughters, Hannah Hardy and Sarah Burbank (Essex Probate, 311:361).”
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LD18-9ZJ