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Where did the Scottish Hardy family come from? What is the Scottish Hardy family crest and coat of arms? When did the Hardy family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Hardy family history?
Originally, Hardy was a nickname for a brave person. This surname is a nickname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. Nicknames form a broad and miscellaneous class of surnames, and can refer directly or indirectly to one's personality, physical attributes, mannerisms, or even their habits of dress. The surname Hardy comes from the Old French and Old English word hardi, which means brave.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
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Spelling variations were extremely common in medieval names, since scribes from that era recorded names according to sound rather than a standard set of rules. Hardy has appeared in various documents spelled Hardy, Hardie, Hardey, MacHardy and others.First found in Lanarkshire, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
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Some of the Hardy family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 276 words(20 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Descendents of Dalriadan-Scottish families still populate many communities across North America. They are particularly common in Canada, since many went north as United Empire Loyalists at the time of the American War of Independence. Much later, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the highland games and Clan societies that now dot North America sprang up, allowing many Scots to recover their lost national heritage. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Hardy, or a variant listed above:
Hardy Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Mary Hardy, who landed in America in 1620
- John Hardy settled in Salem in 1630
- Nicholas Hardy, who landed in Maryland in 1633
- Richard Hardy, who landed in New England in 1639
- Thomas Hardy settled in Virginia in 1642
Hardy Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Marie Hardy, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719
- Henrietta Hardy, aged 9, arrived in Louisiana in 1797
Hardy Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Hugh Hardy, who arrived in America in 1801
- Thomas Hardy, who arrived in America in 1804
- David Hardy, who landed in America in 1811
- George Hardy, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pa in 1816
- Charles Hardy, aged 29, landed in Alexandria, Va in 1816
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- Paul Jude Hardy (b. 1942), American lawyer and state government official, Baton Rouge, LA
- Alexander Hardy (1847-1927), American Representative from Indiana
- Joseph Hardy (b. 1929), American Tony Award-winning stage director, film director, television producer, and occasional performer
- Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), American actor and larger half of the Laurel & Hardy team
- Georges Hardy (1884-1972), the director of education for the Academy of Alger
- Marieke Josephine Hardy (b. 1976), Australian writer, broadcaster, television producer and former television actress
- Sir William Bate Hardy (1864-1934), British biologist and food scientist
- Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English novelist, short story writer, and poet of the naturalist movement
- Stephanie Hardy (b. 1979), Canadian Cape Breton Singer/Songwriter
- Linda Lucas Hardy (b. 1973), French actress and model
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- An American Family and Its Ancestors Predecessors: Back to Adam through Early American Immigrants of British Extraction According to Past and Present Records by Vivian Higgins Morse.
- The Eastern North Carolina Hardy-Hardee Family in the South and Southwest by David Lydall Hardee.
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- Paul, Sir James Balfour. An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland Second Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1903. Print.
- Barrow, G.W.S Ed. Acts of Malcom IV 1153-65 Volume I Regesta Regum Scottorum 1153-1424. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1960. Print.
- Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
- Skordas, Guest. Ed. The Early Settlers of Maryland an Index to Names or Immigrants Complied from Records of Land Patents 1633-1680 in the Hall of Records Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1968. Print.
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