Worksheet - Children of Gabriel Hardin of Lunenburg/Moore/Randolph County.

He had nine sons and daughters alive at his death Jan 13,1801.He was around 90 years of age but no children have been found born earlier than about 1750.

Attended the Gabriel Hardin sale March 5, 1801:

* one of 9 alive at their father's death.

^grandson

Key	Name	Born	Notes

*	Benjamin Hardin 1756-1774	Possibly youngest

David Williams (co-administrator)	m *Tabitha Hardin 1786

*	Elisha Hardin

*	James Hardin (co-administrator) 1756 Dec 10

^	James Hardin, Jr.	Aft. 1776

^	John Hardin	bought a slave girl £162.

Children of Gabriel Hardin

* one of 9 to inherit in 1801

*	Gabriel Hardin Jr.	Bef. 1765

*	John Hardin of Indiana	1753 claimed

*	James Hardin	1756Dec10

*	William Hardin	bef. 1755; 1753

*	Isaac Hardin	bef. 1750

*	Benjamin Hardin	1756-1774

*	Tabitha Hardin Williams	~1768

Elisha Hardin	At sale, maybe a grandson

John Hardin, bought a slave	At sale, maybe a grandson

On William Hardin Jr.

William Hardin Jr was security at the 1786 marriage of Tabitha Hardin to David Williams. From the marriage date, a good guess is David was born before 1766 and Tabitha about 1768. William Hardin Jr was likely Tabitha's brother b. ~ 1765 of William Hardin (son of Gabriel) who must have been born before 1745.

Or William Hardin Jr may as well be the son on one of William's brothers – still one born before 1745. According to the custom of the time a Junior could refer to a younger man with the same name as an older man -- not particularly a son.

Or William Hardin Jr might have been the son of William Hardin of Samuel – born about 1720. The years work out well in this case, but was William of Samuel that close? A son of William of Samuel would have been a young cousin to William of Gabriel. The problem with the other cases is that, though Gabriel was of age to have children starting about 1730, they seem to be grouped around 1750.