MARC HARDOUIN (MARK HARDIN [I])

AND HIS DESCENDENTS

SYNOPSIS: This family history covers the Hardouin/Ardouin families of 17th Century France; Marc Hardouin (Mark Hardin [I]), Huguenot Immigrant to the Colony of Virginia; and his descendents until circa 1900. Marc Hardouin settled in Stafford County, Virginia, where he purchased land in 1716. The area in Stafford County--Elk Run--where the Hardins resided later fell into Prince William and then Fauquier Counties. In the period 1740-1765, three sons of Mark Hardin [I]--John [I], Mark [II], and Martin [I]--left Fauquier County and moved up the Northern Neck of Virginia to Frederick and Hampshire Counties, and later two of them settled in the West Augusta District (now the Southwestern Corner of Pennsylvania). A fourth son--Henry [II]--moved South to Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Later, Henry [II]'s descendents moved into North Carolina and Tennessee and in subsequent years moved to other states. In 1779-1780, members of the Hardin and genuine Harding families in Southwestern Pennsylvania floated down the Ohio River on flatboats to Kentucky, settling initially in Breckinridge and Washington Counties but later spreading into Hardin, Meade, Nelson, Henry, Shelby, and Other Counties. In the 1790s, descendents of Henry Hardin(g) [I], also a Huguenot Immigrant to Stafford County, Virginia, and a brother to Mark Hardin [I], moved to Kentucky from Virginia, settling primarily in Washington, Jefferson, and Oldham Counties. Today, many descendents of Mark Hardin [I] and Henry Hardin(g) [I] still reside in Kentucky, but many others live in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas, and many other states.

Part I consists of four narrative chapters. Chapter 1 is a brief history about the origins of the French people and how French names evolved. Chapter 2 discusses the Hardouin/Ardouin Families of 17th Century France and the three areas where they lived. Chapter 3 discusses the origins of the Hardins and Hardin(g)s of Colonial Virginia and where they lived. And, Chapter 4 discusses early prominent members of the Hardin Family, who settled in Central Kentucky in the late 1700s. Part II consists of a copy of the book written by Jack Hardin, Jr., the grandson of Jack Hardin, Sr., which is entitled, History of the Hardin Family in the Early Settling of Kentucky. Lastly, Part III contains documentary Appendixes A through J which support the narrative Chapters 2 through 4 of Part I as well as Appendix K which provides a set of family lineage charts, showing the early lines of descent of the Kentucky Hardin, Hardin(g), and Harding families from their Immigrant ancestors.

This book has a hard-bound cover and consists of 1,066 pages (First Edition).

BOOK CONTENTS

FRONTISPIECE

LIST OF MAPS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABOUT THE WRITER

PART I

MARC HARDOUIN (MARK HARDIN [I]) AND HIS

DESCENDENTS

CHAPTER 1--A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE

CHAPTER 2--MARC HARDOUIN, IMMIGRANT TO VIRGINIA,

CIRCA 1700

CHAPTER 3--THE HARDINS AND HARDIN(G)S OF COLONIAL

VIRGINIA

CHAPTER 4--THE HARDINS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX--FOR PART I ONLY (CHAPTERS 1 - 4)

LIST OF MAPS

MAP 1--THE TERRITORY OF MODERN FRANCE

MAP 2--ELK RUN--FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA

(WHERE THE HARDINS LIVED, 1716-1765)

MAP 3--THE WEST AUGUSTA DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA

MAP 4--THE HARDIN OWNED LANDS IN SPRINGHILL

TOWNSHIP, FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

PART II

HISTORY OF THE HARDIN FAMILY IN THE EARLY SETTLING OF KENTUCKY

INTRODUCTION --BY THOMAS J. HARDIN

HARDIN HISTORY--BY JACK HARDIN, JR.

PART III

DOCUMENTATION IN SUPPORT OF MARC HARDOUIN

(MARK HARDIN [I]) AND DESCENDENTS

APPENDIX A--CHURCH AND CIVIL RECORDS, ARCHIVES OF THE

                            DÉPARTEMENT SEINE-MARITIME, FRANCE,

                            1455-1692

APPENDIX B--CHURCH AND CIVIL RECORDS, ARCHIVES OF THE

                            DÉPARTEMENT CHARENTE MARITIME, FRANCE,

                            1548-1774

APPENDIX C--FRENCH HUGUENOT RECORDS IN GREAT BRITAIN,

                            IRELAND, AND CANADA, 1603-1789

APPENDIX D--FEDERAL AND STATE CENSUS AND TAX LISTS,

                            EXTRACTS FOR VIRGINIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND

                            OTHER STATES, 1776-1820

APPENDIX E--EXTRACTS OF COURT RECORDS, VIRGINIA AND

                            PENNSYLVANIA, FROM VARIOUS SOURCES,

                            1707-1820.

APPENDIX F--HARDIN MARRIAGE EXTRACTS OF SELECTED

                            COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY,

                            1759-1900

APPENDIX G--KENTUCKY STATE ARCHIVES, FRANKFORT,

                            KENTUCKY, EXTRACTS OF PROBATE RECORDS,

                            VARIOUS COUNTIES, 1789-1962

APPENDIX H--INDEXES OF COURT RECORDS, LAND GRANTS, DEEDS,

                            AND LAWSUITS OF SELECTED KENTUCKY

                            COUNTIES, 1781-1845

APPENDIX I--DETAILED FEDERAL CENSUSES OF NUMEROUS

                            KENTUCKY COUNTIES IN WHICH HARDINS ARE

                          LISTED, 1810-1900

APPENDIX J--PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RECORDS, KENTUCKY, BY

                            COUNTY, 1786-1850, KENTUCKY STATE ARCHIVES,

                            FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY

APPENDIX K--EARLY HARDIN LINEAGE CHARTS OF THE

                          DESCENDENTS OF MARC HARDOUIN, IMMIGRANT

                          TO VIRGINIA, 1700

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