Some seem to think he was born in Bradford, MA, (Hardy and Hardie. By Harrison Claude Hardy) but the vital records show that that boy drowned when he was seventten.

(Fall of 1692) Abigail Rowe: the 15-year-old daughter of Hugh and Mary Prince Rowe of Little Good Harbor accused of witchcraft. The family had a large amount of land in the Little Good Harbor area. Abigail’s mother and her grandmother, Margaret Prince, were also accused.

Mary Prince Rowe: the mother of Abigail Rowe and daughter of Margaret Prince. She was held at a jail in Ipswich, along with Elizabeth Dicer and Joan Penney. Their names appear on an undated petition asking to be released on bail until their trial.652

“[James Hardy’s] widow was helped by the town several years, and, in 1768, Lieut. John Row was paid for keeping her and for her funeral expenses.”651