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Hardekin Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Hardy,' from the diminutive Harde-kin; compare Wil-kin, Wat-kin, or Tomp-kin; v. Hardy and Hardman.

Hardekin de Hailesle, Essex, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.

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This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Hardy,' from the diminutive Harde-kin; compare Wil-kin, Wat-kin, or Tomp-kin; v. Hardy and Hardman.

Hardekin de Hailesle, Essex, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Hardekin (without surname), Essex, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William Hardeken, Norfolk, ibid.

John Hardckyn, Norfolk, ibid.

John Hardekin, Bedfordshire, ibid.

I fear the surname is extinct, saving it be in Harkin. It would be strange if a surname seemingly so securely settled in several counties should have no descendants.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley
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