General Notes

Name Suffix:<NSFX> Jr.
Note:
Hardy Family are descendents from a Norman Knight named" DE
-Hardie-1066".He rode beside" William The Conqueror" when h
e defeated the Saxons and became King of England.Referenc
e Edna Guilford Cook's Magna Charta Dames lineage records o
n file in Philadelphia,Pa.
John Hardys will was dated 7 Oct 167_, and probated 9 Jun
e 1677. In this will he named his wife, Alice, his daughter
s, Olivia Driver, Lucy Council and Deborah; his grandchildr
en, Hardy Driver and others; also his sons-in-law Giles Dri
ver, Hodges Council, Robert Burnett and William Mayo. He wa
s a prominient citizen and
churchman. (Hardy and Hardie Past and Present, H Claude Har
dy and Rev Edwin Noah Hardy, The Syracuse Typesetting Co, S
yracuse, NY 1935, pp.236-237)
WILL OF JOHN HARDY
In the name of God Amen, I John Hardy of the Lower Parish i
n Isle of Wight Co, VA, being sick in body but of perfect m
emory, praised be Almighty God for the same, do make this m
y last will and testament in manner and form following:
Imprimis. I do hereby comit my soul to my God and Savior Je
sus Christ through whose merritts I hope to obtain eterna
l salvation, and my body to be buried in a decent manner. S
econdly. I give and bequeath my dau. Olive, the wife of Gil
es Driver, a parcel of land in the woods, being a part o
f a divident lying on the Northwest side of the swamp by th
e house Eastward to the Procoson running up the side of th
e Said swamp and running Westerly up along by a branch on t
he other side of the house to another little branch calle
d the Miory Branch and so extending to the bounds of Matto
n Comlin's Market, and Wm. West on the other side, bein
g a part of a divident of land I took up by pattent which p
arcel of land I do hereby freely give unto her and such hei
rs as she shall be leased to give it to,
lawrully begotten of her body and their heirs forever. Item
. I give to my dau. Lucy Councill the wife of Hodges Counci
ll one tract of land on the Southeast of the said
Branch or swanp that the former land is joyned unto, extend
ing in its full bounds to the line of Wm. West's and so run
ning up the Pocoson to the said parcel of land. I do freel
y give and bequeath to her and to any of her heirs lawfull
y begotten of her body and to theirs forever. Item. I giv
e my dau. Debora Hardy one parcel of land lying and being a
bout the bouse, beginning at the swamp formerly spoken of a
nd running down the swamp to Wm. West's line and so along t
he said line till it comes to Matton Comlin's Cross and s
o along the said Comlin's line till it meets the land of m
y said daughter Olive Driver, which said parcel of land wit
h the houses and edifices thereon now standing. I do freel
y give and bequeath unto her
and either of her heirs lawfully begottne of her body and t
heir heirs forever. But in case my said dau. Deborah Hard
y should happen to dye without any issue lawfully begotte
n of her body that then my will is and I do freely give th
e said tract of land with the houses and edifices aforesai
d unto my grandchild Hardy Drive Drive the daughter of Gile
s Driver and to either of her heirs forever. Item. My wil
l is and I do hereby ordain and bequeath all the Pocoson th
at belongs to the devident to be equally divided for the sa
id tracts to find them timber for the furnishing the severa
l plantations thereupon, as occasion shall require, forever
. Item. I give to my son in law Giles Driver one draft brin
ded (?) ox called Swan. Item. I give my son in law Hodges C
ouncill a serge suit of my wearing apparall and my Back Swo
rd. Item. I give my grandchildren, that is to say my daught
er Olive Driver's two children, each of then one ewe apiece
, with their increase, and to the three children of my dau
. Lucy Councill each of them a ewe apiece with their increa
se to be delivered unto them presently after my decease
. I give and bequeath unto my wife's grandchilden John Joh