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Captain William Hardin (1747 – July 21, 1821) was an American Revolutionary War soldier, farmer, rancher, marksman, hunter, native American killer, namesake and founder of Hardinsburg, Kentucky, and the premiere pioneer of Breckinridge County, Kentucky. William Hardin, aka "Big Bill" (because of his large stature), and "Indian Bill" (because of his many native American kills), had black hair, a reddish beard, and he stood 6'4", and weighed 240 pounds.〔Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage paper # 109172, #119506 & #123802. The War Department. The Adjutant General's Office. "Collins History of Kentucky Vol II, p.97. County records from Hardinsburg, KY.〕〔Holtzclaw, Dr. B.C. "Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750". Retrieved from http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/e/a/Marvin-P-Beatty/GENE4-0006.html〕 William Hardin could run all day, and he did so, along with Simon Kenton, Daniel Boone, and Benjamin Logan, fighting against native Americans many times together.〔Jolly, Henry C. 1902, April 25. "Interesting History of Indian Bill Hardin". The Breckinridge Democrat.〕 William Hardin is the brother of the Colonel John Hardin for whom Hardin County, Kentucky was named. ==William Hardin's Ancestors== Three French Huguenot brothers, to escape religious persecution in France, fled to Canada after the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.〔Perrin, W.H. 1885. A History of the State of Kentucky. pg. 1039-1042; 1081, 1082. Retrieved from http://www.texashistoryhunter.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/WH_Perrins_book.pdf and http://genealogytrails.com/ken/breckinridge/history.html〕 One of those brothers was William Hardin's great-grandfather, Martin Hardwyn, who was married to Madeleine du Sauchoy of France. The extreme cold of the Canadian climate caused the three Huguenot brothers to emigrate to the English colony of Virginia. Two of the brothers settled there permanently, and the other emigrated to South Carolina. The Kentucky Hardins—John, Martin, and William—descended from the Huguenot brothers who settled in Virginia. Martin Hardwyn and Madeleine du Sauchoy had a son named Mark, who was William Hardin's grandfather. Mark was baptized on March 26, 1681 in Staten Island, New York. Mark married Mary Hogue before March 1755 in Fauquier County, Virginia. Major John Hardin (1710-1789) was their son. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Hardin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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