When John Hardcastle was christened on 25 November 1719, in Ripley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Marmaduke Hardcastle, was 58 and his mother, Margaret Joy, was 39. He married Elizabeth Rhodes on 29 August 1742, in Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Hampsthwaite, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1742.
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English: habitational name from Hardcastle in Bewerley (Yorkshire), from Middle English hard ‘hard, tough’ + castel ‘castle, fortress’. Hardcastle Garth, originally a Quaker settlement near Harrogate, took its name from its founder; likewise Hardcastle Crags in Yorkshire probably takes its name from the surname.
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