Bebe, That is a very good question. You are right to wonder about their original location. I do too. In 1696 Bath County was formed from Albemarle County. In 1705 it was divided into three counties: Wickham (now Hyde and part of Dare), Pamptecough (now Beaufort, Pitt, and Pamlico) and Craven (containing Carteret, Johnson, Dobbs, and what are now over half the counties in this state. It would be easier to name the counties which were not once included in Bath/Archdale/Craven County.* *Source: Chart showing Origin of North Carolina Counties by D. L. Corbitt of the North Carolina Historical Commission and L. Polk Denmark of the State Highway & Public Works Commission, 1940. So we may not know exactly where this Hardy family was "imported " considering it cold have been anywhere within half of this states land. Hope someone can shed some light on this. The early Hardy's of Pitt County settled along the Tar River, which would be up the Pamlico River from the town of Bath. My Hardy line ends up in Dobbs County, but one source says they came from Bertie, so I just don't know. A little more about water ways: In The History of a Southern State - North Carolina, by Hugh Talmage Lefler and Albert Ray Newsome, they write: p. 55 "About 1707 a group of Huguenots from Virginia, -considerable in numbers- crossed the Pamlico River and took up lands along the Neuse and Trent." I'm not implying that the Hardy's were Huguenot, but this shows that settlement, during the same period of time that the Hardy's arrived, was often by sea. The Pamlico is a broad river and would require a substantial boat. I am intrigued with how my ancestors actually made their journeys. I'm sure there must be a scholar out there somewhere who has made a thorough study of means of immigration into North Carolina In looking back at the addresses of messages sent on this Hardy topic, some have gone through the NCHALIFA-L and some through NCBERTIE-L. I think Belinda is right, we should all be on the HARDY-L. I just subscribed to it. Trish >From: Bebenjohn@aol.com >Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 14:02:13 EST >Subject: Re: [NCHALIFA] Re: The John Hardy Spoil Sport >To: NCHALIFA-L@rootsweb.com > >In a message dated 2/8/00 1:35:38 PM, turniproots@coastalnet.com writes: > ><<Blackbeard sailed into the waters around Bath, and isn't that where >the Hardy's are thought to have been "imported" ?>> > >Hi Trish, > >I'm not saying that it didn't happen but that they MAY have come overland. >Does anyone know if those who were imported actually were ever physically in >Bath or was Bath a "district" in which these records were recorded and >perhaps kept? > >Bebe >