Brief Life History of John Gilman
When John Gilman Hardy was born on 7 October 1805, in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Phineas Hardy, was 51 and his mother, Sybil Shattuck, was 46. He died on 20 October 1808, in his hometown, at the age of 3, and was buried in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.
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- John Gilman Hardy, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- John Gilman Hardy, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
- John Gilman Hardy, "New Hampshire, Births and Christenings, 1714-1904"
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World Events (2)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1808 · Concord Becomes the Capital
In 1808, Concord became the capital of New Hampshire. It was originally the Penacook Plantation given to the state by the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Name Meaning
English, French, and Walloon: nickname for a brave or foolhardy man, from Old French, Middle English hardi ‘bold, courageous’. The surname of Walloon origin is also found in the Flemish part of Belgium (mainly in Belgian Limburg). Compare Hard 2.
Irish: in addition to being an importation of the English name, this is also found as an Anglicized form (by partial translation) of Gaelic Mac Giolla Deacair ‘son of the hard lad’.
Americanized form of Swiss German Härdi: from a pet form of an ancient Germanic personal name composed with hard ‘brave, strong’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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