Thanks to those who responded to me on and off the list on John Dent. Your efforts in my behalf are very much appreciated. I am finding MANY MD names in Loudoun as well as Stafford County in Va which was an earlier county than Loudoun (which was formed in 1757 from Fairfax .) I have also received a new tithable list from Loudoun in which my Solomon Hardy had a tithable in 1768. If he was 21 years of age, his birthdate would be 1746 or earlier. The Solomon that married Rachel Livers was born ca 1732 and I feel that my Solomon was named after him as there is 14 years difference in their ages. The earliest Hardy's in the tithables in Loudoun are the following : (1) Benjamin Hardy in 1760 for 1 tithable...List taken by George West. (2) William Hardy in 1761 for 1 tithable FOR Capt. Wm. Douglass tithables taken 1767 and 1 other tithable in 1762 , List taken by Charles Tyler. The rest of the tithables are in the 1767-1781 range for William Hardy, Sr and Jr. ; Benjamin, James, George and Henry Hardy (spelled both Hardy and Hardy). Some of the Md names that were List takers on the tithable lists are : James Hamilton, George West, Capt. William Douglass, Charles Tyler, William Stanhope, and possibly John Moss, George Summers and Levan Powell ?? The earliest Hardy deed in Loudoun is in 1757 with George Hardy and wife Mary with eldest son George with William Hardy as a witness. I believe this William was in the 1770 deed with wife (possibly Sarah Hanson dau of John Hanson, Jr and Elizabeth Tyler.) and son Hanson Hardy with my Solomon Hardy born ca 1746 witnessing the deed and leasing land on Goose Creek on the same date next to William Hardy. A few months later Benjamin Hardy and wife Mary and son John is leasing land on Goose Creek next to William and Solomon Hardy. In other records in Loudoun the Hardy's have associations with Hanson, Dent, Tyler, Massey, Luke Marbury and Ann Beanes. Edward Trafford, Esq took my George Hardy, Jr and William Hardy, Sr to court in Loudoun in 1762 and 1771. Edward Trafford, Esq from Liverpool knew both Hardy families in Virginia and Maryland because I also found a record where he was in records of the following : William Hardy died 1761...Payments to Edward Trafford, Esq and Sons , merchants in Liverpool. This Wiliam Hardy was born 1722 and died 1757, son of George Hardy and Elizabeth Drane. This William Hardy married Elizabeth Lanham. Upon checking on Edward Trafford, Esq it appears that he was a businessman, Mayor of London in the 1740's for one year and I then found records where he was bringing people from England to Maryland in his ships and one account named him as a slave trader. Whoever Edward Trafford, Esq was, he certainly knew both Hardy families in Virginia and Maryland, and there were some kind of financial transactions with the Hardy families on both sides of the Potomac River. It gives some clues worth looking int. Thanks again to everyone for their replys and the info on these other Maryland names in this posting naming Loudoun are meant for those who might have not known their family members went from MD to Va. Kindly Regards, Marianne Dillow