Genealogy
Whiston Families
Hardwick Family
of Guilthwaite and Whiston
Richard Revell m Eliz. Hardwick 30 June 1642 Rotherham
Thomas Hardwick was born in Whiston in 1708. He married Mary ? born in 1708. Thomas died in 1800
Children of Thomas Hardwick b1708 and Mary? b1708
- Mary Hardwick born 1749 ¹ married Thomas Roddis ( born1748), on 10th June 1788 at Whiston
- Hannah Hardwick born 1750 ¹ married Thomas Goodwin on 7/02/1772 at Whiston
- Thomas Hardwick born 1756 married Anne Hurt born 1755
- James Hardwick born 1757 married Sarah ? born 1757
Children of Mary Hardwick b c1749 and Thomas Roddis b c1748
- Anne Roddis born 1793 died 1795
Children of James Hardwick born 1757 and Sarah? b1757
- William Hardwick, born 1782
- Mary Hardwick, born 1785 Died 1787 Smallpox
- Mary Hardwick, born 1788 Died 1817
- John Hardwick, born 1789 Married Mary Hudson born 1792
- Thomas Hardwick, born 1794
- James Hardwick, born 1795
Note: Baines Directory of 1822 lists a John Hardwick, collector of taxes; and Thomas Hardwick, an overseer .
Children of John Hardwick born 1789 and Mary Hudson born 1792
- Eliza S Hardwick born 1813 Married Robert Stevenson born 1817
- James Hardwick, born 1814. Died 1821
- John W Hardwick, born 1817 Married Anne Wainwright, born 1819
- Mary Hardwick, born 1823 Married Alfred Foers, born 1824
- Ann Hardwick, born b 1823
- Thomas Hardwick, born 1824
- Frederick Hardwick, born 1832
John Hardwick and Ann Wainwright
Children of Eliza S Hardwick, born 1813 and Robert Stevenson, born 1817
- Mary Stevenson, born 1845 Died 1854
- Elizebeth Stevenson, born 1853
- Mary Stevenson, born 1859
Children of John W Hardwick, born 1817 and Anne Wainwright b 1819 in Braithwell
- John W Hardwick, born 1851 Married Mary Spendlove b 1851
- Sarah A Hardwick, born 1852 Married Robert Foers b c 1843
- Mary W Hardwick, born 1857 Married William Hoyland b 1853
According to the 1891 census, John was a farmer and butcher.
Children of John W Hardwick, born 1851 and Mary Spendlove b 1851
- Annie Hardwick, born 1875 Married Ernest Gregory b c 1870
- Robert J Hardwick, born 1877
- Alfred J Hardwick, born 1884 Married Beatrice Bennett
- John W Hardwick, born 1889 Married x 2 Louise Eva Bartholomew b 1889daughter of Alfred Bartholomew and Caroline Aveling
- Henry Styring Hardwick , born 1891 twin dont know why so named
- Thomas Spendlove Hardwick, born 1891 twin dont know why so named
- George Hardwick, born 1895 Married Mary M Kingstone b 1890
Notes: Ernest Gregory was a butchers apprentice employed by Annie's father
In 1881 John a butcher, Mary, Annie and Robert were living at 19 Mansfield Rd, Rotherham
Children of Annie Hardwick b 1875 and Ernest Gregory b c 1870
- Wilfred Gregory, born 1893 Married Ethel Pitcher b 1895
- Gertrude Gregory , born 1896 Died 1907
- Edith Gregory , born 1898 Married Oscar Halifax b c 1895
- George Gregory, born 1900
- Florence Gregory, born 1903 Married Thomas Appleyard b 1897
- Ernest Gregory, born 1905 Married Catherine Roddis b 1916
- Robert Gregory, born 1907 Married Edith Ray b 1913
- Matilda Gregory, born 1908 Married Frederick Greaves b 1909
- Annie Gregory, born 1910 Married Albert Starling b 1908
- William Gregory, born 1912 Died 1913
- Rose Gregory, born 1914 Married Cyril Bell b 1914
Children of John W Hardwick b 1889 and Eva Bartholomew b 1889
- Monica Hardwick, born 1916
- John W Hardwick, born 1920
- Joan Hardwick, born 1925
- Margaret, born 1927
Notes re Lois Eva Bartholomew born 1889. Daughter of Alfred Bartholomew c. 1859 and Caroline Aveling c. 1862. She played the organ at the funeral in 1908 of Mrs James Martin. She died in 1932.
John W Hardwick, born 1889 later married Mary Anderson .
Children of John W Hardwick and Mary Anderson
- Raymond Hardwick, born 1939
- Micheal Hardwick, born 1941 My Father
All or most of the Hardwicks was born in Guilthwaite, others in Rotherham They lived at Guilthwaite Hall I believe for a long time. I think this could be as far back as John Hardwick 1879.
Also related through marriage to the Spendloves, Styring, Roddis and others
References to Hardwick
Our Ulley website details a Thomas Hardwick of Morthen Hall, in 1763. Is this Thomas Hardwick who m. Hannah Waller 05 March 1753 at Whiston?
Sheffield Archives has details of a Lease for 21 years to Thomas Hardwick the elder of Whiston, farmer; property: messuage and fields in Upper Whiston; rent £105, three boon work days. Reference: Arundel Manuscripts ACM/SD/870/74 15 Aug 1787
The History & Directory of Sheffield, Rotherham dated 1833 lists, J. Hardwick, a farmer in Upper Whiston
The Sheffield Directory of 1862 lists John Hardwick, a farmer living in Guilthwaite, and Mary Hardwick, living in Upper Whiston.
White's Directory of 1905 lists John Hardwick junior, a farmer, living in Guilthwaite.
White's Directory of 1905 lists John William Hardwick ,a butcher in Rotherham, his home at Guilthwaite.
White's Directory of 1911 lists John Wm. Hardwick, a farmer, living in Guilthwaite and Robert John Hardwick, Butcher.
Note 1: ¹ In Italics - were found on the IGI Register, but not proved
Note 2:Anyone interested in the Styring family, will find 12 references to the family on our Wickersley Website. Please use the Search facility
If any one knows any different I would like to hear from you. I have lots of other information including dates of birth, deaths, christenings, marriage. Most or all are buried at Whiston Parish Church - St. Mary Magdalene.
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Read about the Robbery at the home of John Hardwick in 1856
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