John Hardy was in Isle of Wight Co. VA in the middle 1600's. I refer you to those records published by Blanche Adams Chapman regarding early I of W records. His brother also came to VA/NC. Also check: Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors: National Society of colonial Dames, compiled by mary Louise Marshall Hutton: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. 1983. The marriages as given below were found in marriages of I of W co. VA 1628-1800 by Blanche Adams Chapman and in the Old Free State by Landon Bell. John Hardy died ca 1675/77 I of W Va (will date 7 Oct 1675, recorded 9 June 1677 in Wills and Administrations of I of W 1647-1800 by B.A. Chapman) His will names dau Olive Driver, wife of Giles; Lucy Council wf of Hodges Councill; dau Deborah, Olive Driver's two children; dau Lucy's three children, his wife grandchild John Johnson, son in law Robert Burnett; Wm. Mayo. Wf Alice exr. I found that there seemed to have been two John Hardy's: John Hard (1613-1670/77)VA: married to #1 Olive Council and #2 Alice Bennett Johnson . This John Hardy was a Justice and Burgess. John Hardy (..... - 1719 ) NC/VA married to Rebecca ? and Charity O'Dyer Wulfeck Vol II p. 247 also has a John Hardy married to Ann Williams but gives no date. George Hardy was a brother to John Hardy. George married Mary Jackson. Alice Bennett (who later married John Hardy) married Richard Jackson 1647. (See Chapman). John Hardy (d. 1676/77) dau Olive Hardy mar. #1 Giles Driver in 1675, #2 John Bromfield 1679, John Pitt 1702. John Hardy's dau Lucy Hardy mar Hodges Councill whose will date was 1699 Iof W. Deborah Hardy married John Portis. Ann Hardy mar Robert Burnett and had dau Anne. Isabel Hardy mar William Mayo who was on theByrd Commission survey team that surveyed the line between VA/NC. They had seven children. I hope that some of this helps you researchers working on John Hardy. This is NOT my line and I have don't have very extensive files on these people or the time to give this problem at present, but am glad to share this much in hopes that it might help some of you. When I did this research some years ago, I came to the conclusion that the first John Hardy in America may have been a merchant shipping trans-Atlantic. One record I found said a John Hardy was part owner in the Mayflower. I would suggest that you check the Library of Va shipping records online and see if you can find any verification of that statement or other interesting information regarding John Hardy and his family. Loretta Kelldorf