Captain
James
Hard
III
Born in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of James Hard II
and Hannah (Kimberley) Hard
Brother of
Abner Hard, Lois (Hard) Sherwood, Hannah (Hurd) Foote, Abraham Hard, Amos Hard, Prudence (Hard) Moss, Ann (Hard) Hawley, Zadock Hard and Elizabeth (Hard) Nichols
Husband of
Hester (Booth) Hard
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Esther Brook (Booth) Hard
— married
26 Aug 1747 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Lois (Hard) Canfield, Elipha Hard Sr., Philo Hard, Anna Hard, Parthena Hard, James Hard, Unknown Hard, Agur Hard, Esther (Hard) Sherman, Naomi (Hard) Crissey and Lucy (Hard) Baker
Died
at about age 84
in Arlington, Bennington, Vermont, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Jul 2016
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Biography
James Hard 3rd was born about 1724. He passed away about 1808
Sources
- Newtown, CT: Vital Records, 1704-1850 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, Boston, 2021) Vol. 1, Page 24 & Page 48.
- Bailey, Frederic William. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., 1913) Book 2, Newtown, Page 131.
- White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
- Wolff, Kathryn Downs. The James Hard Family of England, and Derby and Newtown, Connecticut, to Five Generations, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., May 2022) Vol. 64, No. 4, Page 125 & Page 132-33.
James was a devoted and active Loyalist in the Revolutionary War.He held a commission in the British Army. Source) see source in Naomi Hard entry.
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J Bigelow
Hard-165 and Hard-134 appear to represent the same person because: Same person, same parents and wife.
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