Edgecombe Co NC was formed in 1741 from part of Bertie Co. The country was named for Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe (1680-1758), a Lord High Treasurer and Paymaster-General for Ireland. Tarboro, the eventual county seat, was not chartered until 1760.

Hardy Maund son of Malachi Maund and Mary Howard was born bef 1774 in Edgecombe Co, NC.

The May 1789 Edgecombe Co, NC court divided the money from the estate of Malachi Maund among the widow Mary Howard and seven children who were not named.¹

Hardy Maund was listed in the household of Mary Howard in the census in 1790 in Edgecombe Co, NC. 1/1 males >16.^2,3

On Mar 6, 1790 in Edgecombe Co, NC there was a division of land to the male orphans of Malachi Maund deceased: Daniel Champin Travis Carter Boling Nichols Maund, Hardy Maund, Malachi Maund and Lott Maund.⁴

The will of Mary Howard was written on Sep 27, 1795 in Edgecombe Co, NC. Executors: William Drake and Nathan Edwards. Heirs: , sons Lott Maund, Hardy Maund, Daniel Champin Travis Carter Boling Nichols Maund and Malachi Maund , daughters Rebekah Maund and Nancy Maund , grandsons Lott Killebrew and Barbary Killebrew . Witnesses: Amous Johnston, Josiah Boazman and Shaddrock Haddox.⁵ <

1790-1810: The first three census schedules for Georgia are missing. A total of seventeen volumes of 1790-1820 censuses were lost by the federal government, evidently before 1895, and the cause is unknown. Georgia law did not require marriages to be recorded until 1805.

Hardy died aft 1800. Based on birth of William in 1798.

DNA ANALYSIS:

DNA matches for the many descendants of William M Maund show matches with Maund ancestors back to Aquila Sugg and Priscilla Maund. There are no DNA matches with possible children of Hardy Maund. Families have not ben identified for Hardy or Malachi Maund.

Hardy Maund had the following children: