Reprint of the Fourth Edition Revised and Enlarged 1983 by the Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore. Documentation may also be found in Burke's General Armory . A boar's head couped proper pierced through by an arrow. The head is pierced through by an arrow. The vair is made of fur represented by rows of small bells, one row turned upright, the next turned down.
Gold is represented on the crest by dots.
Records in the Borthwick Institute date back to the year 1213. The first recorded Hardesty ancestor, in our branch of the family was William , date of birth unknown - but probably in the 1580's, whose wife's name was Ann. William died in 1661. Arthur was born ca. 1600-03 in the hamlet of Hampsthwaite, Hampsthwaite twp.