Hardwulf´s Path
(Anglo-Saxon: Heardwulfstig)
A Hardesty Genealogy
IN MEMORIAM
On 26 May 2003, we lost one of our cousins, Officer Patrick K. Hardesty of the Tucson, AZ, Police
Department, was killed by gunfire in the line of duty. He is survived by his wife, three children, parents, two
sisters, and a brother, Ed Hardesty, who is also an officer on the Tucson Police force.
Patrick and his siblings are my third cousins, and are the descendants of Joseph Paul2
Hardesty.
Cousin Pat's memorial page
is on-line at the Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. website.
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The Hardesty name is one of that class of surnames
which are derived from place names. In this case, from a locality in the West Riding
of Yorkshire, England. The name is, as shown above, Heardwulfstig, which being translated
into modern English from the Anglo-Saxon, means Hardwolf's Path. Who was Hardwolf?? He
was, apparently, a Saxon landowner of pre-Norman times in Fewston Parish, Yorkshire.
Hardwolf was in time spelled Hardulf or Hardolf. The Poll Tax records for the
West Riding of Yorkshire in the year 1379 show a Stephanus and a Johannes de Hardolfsty, both from
the village of Timble Great, or Great Timble as it is known today. From
Fewston, Hardestys spread into surrounding parishes, with the parish of Hampsthwaite
being one of the major sources of the colonial Hardestys. The family has spread from this
small parish to around the world. The name is variously spelled Hardesty, Hardisty, Hardestye, Hardistye, Hardestey
and Hardester, etc. A
coat-of-arms is known for the name.
This particular branch of the family tree is currently a broken
branch, with no connection to any of the main stems. The oldest
member which we have so far been able to identify is James Hardesty who was born in Ohio in either 1817 or 1819
and died in Louisa co., Iowa, in 1859. He married Mary Ann Tuttle 10 June 1839 in
Fountain co., Indiana. They had the seemingly required large family. Son William
Marion Hardesty said there were 13 children in all, including a set of triplets. Of these, we have identified
ten, and we strongly suspect that the triplets did not survive.
As always, a project such as this could
not be done without help. Among those who have contributed
to this work (and continue to do so), I take especial pleasure in naming these
particular individuals: the late Lurana Jayne (Hardesty) Yekel, who with our
late cousin Vera Rosella (Hardesty)
Calapp, got the ball rolling.
To Janet Tinnin
we owe our knowledge of the
family and descendants of Joseph Paul Hardesty. Lest I forget, Frank Sawyer has also been
of great assistance. There are many more who have contributed and I wish I could name them
all, but space does not permit it. Yet their contribution was and is essential, and we could not continue
without it. Thank you one and all ! !
UPDATE: I am currently in the process of adding information
provided me by the descendants of several of James' daughters. We found them by virtue of this web site. It is
always good to find new cousins!
Correspondence about Hardesty genealogy
is welcome. Drop us a line.
Background courtesty of NetCreations. Page last updated 02/26/04.
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