SOME DESCENDANTS of DAVID and MOLLY HARDY of Fryeburg, Maine

DAVID[1] HARDY married married Molly _____.

Children of David and Molly Hardy:

1.  Susannah, born February 21, 1772; married Paul Chandler, born in Concord, NH, May 5, 1768 (intentions filed September 1, 1794).  Paul died April 5, 1815 in Chatham, NH.  Susannah died there May 24, 1841. They are buried in the Chandler Cemetery in North Chatham, NH.

2.  JONATHAN, born in Fryeburg, Maine, April 26, 1774.

3.  DAVID, born November 26, 1776.

4.  Mary, born November 8, 1779.

5.  Dorcas, born July 9, 1782; married, April 28, 1803, John Meserve of Adams, NH.

6.  Phebe, born December 18, 1784.

7.  Moses, born February 18, 1787.

8.  Stephen Gage, born August 12, 1789; was recruited to serve during the War of 1812; died October 18, 1819.

JONATHAN[2] HARDY (David[1]) was born in Fryeburg, Maine, April 26, 1774.  He married, in Fryeburg, July 5, 1798, Abigail Walker.  She was born in Fryeburg, December 11, 1779, the daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Hazeltine) Walker.  According to the "History of Chatham, N. H." by Mitchell, Davis, and Daggett, (http://www.geocities.com/chathamnh/history.html) "The farms of Jona. hardy and Edward Shirley were sevred from Conway and annexed to Chatham June 26, 1823." Abigail died September 22, 1824 and Jonathan died June 10, 1825.  They are buried in the West Fryeburg Cemetery.

Children of Jonathan and Abigail (Walker) Hardy:

1.  PETER HARDY, born in Fryeburg, Maine, November 23, 1798.

2.  Polly Hardy, born October 5, 1800; died June 20, 1882.

3.  Sally Hardy, born September 6, 1802.

4. Abigail Hardy, born November 1, 1804; married, November 11, 1839, Simeon Abbott of Stow, Maine.

5.  Sophrenia Hardy, born November 23, 1807; died July 4, 1889.

6.  Hannah H. Hardy, born December 29, 1810; married Alfred Abbott (Intentions granted December 21, 1835).

7.  Judith Hardy, born August 15, 1813, married, May 5, 1836, Benjamin Franklin Walker.

8.  Susan Hardy, born June 22, 1818; died October 14, 1889.

DAVID[2] HARDY (David[1]) was born in Fryeburg, November 26, 1776.  He married Judith Hutchins of Conway, NH (Intentions filed October 26, 1802); died November 20, 1844.

Children of David and Judith (Hutchins) Hardy:

1.  Susanna, born in Fryeburg, August 9, 1803; died March 22, 1821.

2. Caleb, born September 9, 1805; married Laura Ann Sawtell of Turner, Maine (Intentions granted January 27, 1837); possibly married, second, Mrs. Abigail Bricket of Sweden, Maine (Intentions granted November 3, 1857); died June 2, 1867.

3.  Jonathan (Col.), born December 22, 1807; married Adeline Sawtell of Turner, Maine (Intentions granted November 26, 1834).  She died May 18, 1894.  Jonathan died September 30, 1896.  They are buried in adjoining lots in the West Fryeburg Cemetery.

4.  Mary, born December 2, 1809.

5.  Judith, born July 23, 1811; died May 2, 1812.

6.  Judith (2nd), born May 23, 1816; died six days later.

7.  David, born September 18, 1814; died October, 1814.

8.  David (2nd), born May 23, 1816; married Lucy Wentworth of Conway, NH Intentions granted September 25, 1839); died in 1841.

9.  Emily, born October 25, 1822; died in1840.

10. Stephen Gage, born July 1, 1824; died June 22, 1845.

CAPT. PETER W.[3] HARDY (Jonathan[2], David[1]) was born in Fryeburg, Maine, November 23, 1798.  He married, first, about 1828, Barbara Shirley.  She was born in Fryeburg, July 22, 1806, the daughter of Edward Shirley and Martha Thompson. Peter and Barbara settled in Chatham, New Hampshire, where their six children were born. Barbara died July 8, 1843. Peter married, second, Mary (Abbott) Farrington, widow of John Farrington. She was born March 6, 1803, the daughter of Simeon Abbott and Mary Day of Stow, Maine.  Following this marriage Peter and his children moved to Stow, just across the state line from Chatham, New Hampshire, to the farm which had previously belonged to Mary's brother Simeon Abbott, Jr. In the U.S. Census of 1850 and again in 1860 the family is listed as living in Stow.  Mary died June 19, 1866 and is buried with her first husband in the Hillcrest Cemetery, Stow, Maine.  Peter married, third, in South Paris, June 3, 1869, Marcella (Swift) Curtis, widow of William Curtis. She was born in Paris February 28, 1812, the daughter of Caleb Swift and Phebe Waterman.  Capt. Peter Hardy died in Paris, Maine, March 25, 1872. He is buried beside his first wife in the West Fryeburg Cemetery.  Marcella died in 1880.

Children of Capt. Peter W. and Barbara Hardy:

1.  Jonathan Edward Hardy, born in Chatham, NH, August 14, 1829.

2.  Martha Abigail Hardy, born October 9, 1831.

3.  George Henry Hardy, born February 22, 1834; married, in 1877, Mary B., born in NH, November 1827; served for a time as Town Clerk of Stow, Maine; operated a grocery and provisions business in Haverhill, Mass. in the late 1800s.

4.  Mary Georgiana Hardy, born February 21, 1836.

5.  Joseph Colby Hardy, born March 5, 1839; served as a Lieutenant in the Civil War; married, December 24, 1871, Sarah M. Lamprey, born in Hampton, NH, April 1842, the daughter of John S. Lamprey; operated a wood and coal dealership in Haverhill, Mass.

6. CHARLES HYDE HARDY, born July 29, 1842.

CHARLES HYDE[4] HARDY (Capt. Peter[3], Jonathan[2], David[1]) was born in Chatham, New Hampshire, July 29, 1842.  He moved to Stow, Maine with his father after his father's marriage to Mary Farrington.  Charles appears to have had a liason, possibly in either Stow or Fryeburg, Maine, about 1863, with a Lodusca E. (Lodusea, Leederly) Pride, from which a son was born.  Charles was a blacksmith and relocated to southern New Hampshire, probably about 1864 or 1865.  In West Lebanon, New Hampshire, on March 1, 1865, Charles enlisted for service in the Civil War and was subsequently mustered out in Savannah, Georgia, on July 8, 1865. He was living in Harrisville, a village then within the town of Dublin, New Hampshire, when he married, second(?), September 4, 1867, Frances Elizabeth Farwell. She was born in Dublin, New Hampshire, December 26, 1843, the daughter of Samuel Farwell and Lucinda Scripture. At some point prior to 1870, Charles E. Hardy, his son by Lodusca Pride, was taken into the household.

The name Charles H. Hardy appears on the Dublin voting lists for 1867, 1868, and 1870. For the 1870 census, there are three families listed for the same household in Dublin, New Hampshire; Lucinda Farwell (widow to Samuel) with her 30 year old daughter Josephine; Charles H. Hardy with his wife Frances and two children, Charles E. and Fred E. Hardy; and Henry J. Farwell (brother to Frances) with his wife, Angeline, and child Jonnie. It was in 1870 that Harrisville was incorporated as its own town, taking over a portion of what had been a part of Dublin.

By 1880, Charles H. and Frances E. Hardy were living in Haverhill, Mass. where two of his brothers had also established businesses. Charles was listed in the Haverhill City Directory as a blacksmith at a shop called Ayers and Hardy.  Charles died in Haverhill, April 4, 1884.  Frances was still living in Haverhill as late as 1896, but by 1900 she and her son, Fred, were again living in Harrisville, New Hampshire. She died in Marlborough, N.H., February 10, 1937.

Child of Charles Hyde and Lodusca Pride:

1.  CHARLES ELMER HARDY, born in or near Stow, Maine, April 14, 1864.

Child of Charles Hyde and Francis E. (Farwell) Hardy:

2.  Fred Erving Hardy, born in Dublin (Harrisville,) New Hampshire, July 4, 1869. He moved with his parents to Haverhill, Mass. where he worked as a shoe cutter.  Following the death of his father, Fred continued to live with his mother and returned with her to Harrisville, New Hampshire.  He died in Harrisville, January 3, 1901.

CHARLES ELMER[5] HARDY (Charles Hyde[4], Capt. Peter[3], Jonathan[2], David[1]) was born in Stow, Maine, April 14, 1864.  Sometime betweeen 1865 and 1870 Charles began living with his father and stepn Park Avenue, in Worcester. Charles died in Worcester, January 19, 1932. Alice died in Auburn, Mass., February 25, 1949.

Children of Charles Elmer and Alice Maynard (Green) Hardy:

1.  George Edward Hardy, born in Rochdale (Leicester), December 10, 1889; died March 1, 1891.

2.  Charles Elmer Hardy, Jr., born December 5, 1890; died June 13, 1966.

3.  Ralph Edward Hardy, born April 24, 1893.

4.  Mabel Louise Hardy, born February 23, 1895; died March 19, 1895.

5.  William Green Hardy, born August 14, 1896; died October 31, 1952.

6.  Eva May Hardy, born January 20, 1899; died February 8, 1899.

7.  Evaline (or Evelyn) Hardy, (twin to Eva May) born January 20, 1899; died February 15, 1899.

8.  Frederick Irving Hardy, born October 13, 1902; died August 31, 1979.

9.  Harold Ernest Hardy, born September 2, 1905; died December 25, 1966.

10.  Arthur Lee Hardy, born July 23, 1906; died July 31, 1906.