Hardway Surname History

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England

Early Origins of the Hardway family

The surname Hardway was first found in Cheshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Hardway family

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Hardway Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Hardware, Hardwar, Hartware, Heardware, Heartware, Hartwar, Hardear, Hardwear, Ardware and many more.

Early Notables of the Hardway family

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Hardway migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Hardway Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Hardway, who landed in Virginia in 1650 1
James Hardway, who arrived in Virginia in 1654 1

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)