The origin of the name Hardwick is English and the Coat of Arms contains Silver with a blue cross at the top three silver roses. The Crest is A stag. The family motto is Cavendo tutus.
Spelling variations include: Hardwick, Hardwicke, Hartwick, Hartwicke and others.
First found in Yorkshire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: William Hardwick settled in Jamaica in 1685; Francis Hardwick settled in the Barbados in 1680; William Hardwick settled in St. Christopher in 1716; James Hardwicke settled in New England in 1762.
