37. Deborah³ Wallingford (James², Nicholas¹) was born in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts in June 1701.⁽⁶³⁸⁾ Deborah died after June 1739. (when her last child was born)⁽⁶³⁹⁾

She married Thomas Hardy, 14 May 1719, in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁶⁴⁰⁾ Thomas was born before 17 March 1689, in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts. Thomas was the son of John Hardy and Mary Jackman. Thomas died 11 March 1771, in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁶⁴¹⁾ He was baptized 17 March 1689 in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁶⁴²⁾ Thomas had five children by his first wife Rose. They were admitted to the Bradford Church 19 September 1713/4. There were three adult Thomas Hardy's in Bradford in the 1720s and the use of Jr., Sr., and 3rd appears to be inconsistent among them. The Ancestry of Samuel Blanchard Ordway has much more to say about him.⁽⁶⁴³⁾

Deborah Wallingford and Thomas Hardy had the following children:

138 i. Amos⁴ Hardy was born in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts 9 March 1720.⁽⁶⁴⁴⁾ Amos died 10 August 1759, in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁶⁴⁵⁾ He married Mary Cheney, 22 February 1738/9, in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁶⁴⁶⁾ Amos and Mary had three children born in Bradford between 1741 and 1746.⁽⁶⁴⁷⁾

139 ii. Jonas Hardy was born in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts 19 October 1721.⁽⁶⁴⁸⁾ Jonas died after 1764. (When his last child was born.) There exists no record of his marriage, and it is possible that he married twice. He had at least eight children by his one or two wives, and served in the French and Indian War. No record exists of his death or of the deaths of either of his wives.⁽⁶⁴⁹⁾

140 iii. Oliver Hardy was born in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts 14 March 1724.⁽⁶⁵⁰⁾ Oliver died 14 April 1753, in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁶⁵¹⁾

141 iv. Rose Hardy was born in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts 1 March 1725/6.⁽⁶⁵²⁾ Rose died after 31 December 1769.⁽⁶⁵³⁾ (Date of birth of her last child) She married Peter Cheney, 1 April 1742, in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁶⁵⁴⁾

Peter was born 3 April 1721, in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁶⁵⁵⁾ Peter was the son of Edmund Cheney and Mary Plumer. Rose and Peter Cheney had nine children.⁽⁶⁵⁶⁾

142 v. Esther Hardy was born in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts 7 March 1728.⁽⁶⁵⁷⁾ She possibly married Richard Perry, 26 January 1743, in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁶⁵⁸⁾ She would have been only two months shy of 15 at the time, however. Esther and Richard Perry had at least two children.⁽⁶⁵⁹⁾

143 vi. Ezekiel Hardy was born in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts 29 April 1730.⁽⁶⁶⁰⁾ Ezekiel died 1 June 1736, in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁶⁶¹⁾

144 vii. James Hardy was born in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts 8 September 1732.⁽⁶⁶²⁾ James died 7 July 1736, in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁶⁶³⁾

145 viii. Deborah Hardy was born in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts 11 December 1734.⁽⁶⁶⁴⁾ A Deborah Hardy married in Bradford 24 February 1757 Joseph Bailey, but according to William B. Ladd, historian and genealogist of Groveland, Mass. our Deborah Hardy died 8 June 1736.⁽⁶⁶⁵⁾ The Ancestry of Samuel Blanchard Ordway makes no mention of this 1736 death. This Joseph Bailey may have been the one baptized in Newbury, Mass. on 26 June 1737, son of Joseph Bailey. Joseph and Deborah (Hardy) Bailey had three children born in Bradford between 1760 and 1764.⁽⁶⁶⁶⁾

146 ix. Child Hardy was born say 1737. Child died in January 1738, in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁶⁶⁷⁾ An unnamed child of Thomas and Deborah died at this time.

147 x. Thomas Hardy was born in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts before 24 January 1739. Thomas died 9 May 1780, in Westford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.⁽⁶⁶⁸⁾ He married Lydia Hardy, 2 February 1763, in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁶⁶⁹⁾ Lydia was born 13 April 1745, in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁶⁷⁰⁾ Lydia was the daughter of Job Hardy and Hannah Rollins. Lydia died 4 March 1798.⁽⁶⁷¹⁾ (In Westford?)

He was baptized 24 January 1739 in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁶⁷²⁾ They moved to Westford, Mass. in 1765. There is no record of any children.⁽⁶⁷³⁾

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