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 1635 - 1710
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1635 |
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island  |
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Male |
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1710 |
Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island |
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ROBERT HAZARD, of Kingstown, R. I., b. 1635; d. 1710. Admitted freeman of Portsmouth, R. I., 1665. Military Commissioner for Portsmouth, R. I., in King Philip's War.
In command of boat ?Patrol.? Appointed, 4th Apr. 1676, Quartermaster and Ordnance Officer.
Deputy to Assembly, 1664, '65, '67, '70, '71. Commissioner for Portsmouth, 1662-70. m. 1659, Mary BROWNELL, b. 1639, d. 28th Jan. 1739, dau. of Thomas and Anne BROWNELL. She had five hundred children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren at the time of her death.
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Robert-2 HAZARD (1635->1710); m. Mary BROWNELL
Posted by Perry Streeter on March 06, 1999 at 12:02:50:
In Reply to: Thomas-1 HAZARD (1610-1680) posted by Perry Streeter on March 06, 1999 at 12:00:47:
2. Robert-2 Hazard (Thomas-1) was born in Rhode Island in 1635;
died there after 1710. He married Mary Brownell (Thomas-1), born
1639, died 12 January 1739; daughter of Thomas-1 and Anne (Bourne)
Brownell.
... In 1665 [sic, 1655] he was admitted freeman of
Portsmouth, Rhode Island. From this time until 1698 his
name often appears in the Colonial records as chosen to
fill some important position. In 1658, he sold John
Roome, of Portsmouth, all his interest in Conanicut and
Dutch Island. (Robinson, 3)
On 18 March 1659, Robert and Mary sold eight acres of land to
James Sands. From 1662 to 1670, he served as a Commissioner. On
1 March 1663, Robert bought 25 acres of Abel Potter. Presumably
this Abel Potter was Robert's first cousin, the son of his maternal
uncle, George-1 Potter. The compiler is also a direct descendant
of Abel-2 Potter. (Austin, 320)
In 1667, the Court at Plymouth ordered, in reference
to a controversy between the English and Indians about
bounds in Dartmouth, that in case Robert Hazard, of Rhode
Island, could be procured, he should run the lines, etc.
In 1670, he was juryman. In 1671, he bought five hundred
acres of land in Kingstown, of the Pettaquamscutt
purchasers. (Robinson, 3)
On 24 November 1671, Robert sold two-thirds of a ten-acre plot
in Naragansett to Gideon Freeborn for ?18. He had already sold the
other one-third of the land to George Brownell.
In 1676, he and three others of Portsmouth were a
committee ordered by the Assembly to appoint their own
men as keepers of Indians above twelve years of age. The
Indians were to have "a sufficient place of security."
Any master offending was to pay a fine of ?5. In 1676,
Robert Hazard was on a committee to procure boats for the
colony's defence "for the present, and there were to be
four boats with five or six men in each." [Footnote: RI
Colonial Records, 3:535-536] At the same time he and
three others were empowered to take exact count of all
the inhabitants on the island, "English, negroes and
Indian, and make a list of the same, and also to take
exact account of how all persons are provided with corn,
guns, powder, shot and lead." A barrel of powder was put
in charge of himself and three others, and two great guns
in the yard of the late William Brenton, were to be
impressed into the country's service and carried to
Portsmouth,a nd placed, one "in the Ferry Neck and one
near the house of John Borden." Robert Hazard and three
others were to see that the guns were set on carriages
and fitted for service. In 1676, also, he was appointed
as commissioner to take care of and order the several
watches and wards on the island, and appoint the places.
In 1687, he was taxed 11s. 7d. in Kingstown [Footnote: RI
Colonial Records, 2:537]. (Robinson, 3)
Not long after this date [1687], he built his house
in Kingstown, which was still standing in the early part
of the present century. It was on the site where now
[1894] stands the house owned and occupied by the
daughters of William Watson, Esq-r., in the village of
Mooresfield. The old house was very large,þpossibly the
largest in the town, not only at that time but for many
years after. A well authenticated story is told of Dr.
William Shaw, who, being called in to attend a sick
person in the house, drove into the back yard, and
entered the house by the kitchen door. When he went out,
he asked if the family always walked from the front door
to the rear of the house, or did they have some
conveyance? The ell was longer than the main body of the
house, and in this ell was a capacious chimney. Inside
the chimney were two stone seats, where, tradition says,
the little slave children were wont to sit; the heat from
the big oak-logs being no bad substitute for the hot
sands of Africa. (Robinson, 3-4)
In 1695, Robert Hazard gave to his son George the
larger part of his Pettaquamscutt purchase. The deed
runs: "I Robert Hazard, late of Portsmouth, now of
Kingstown, alias Rochester, for the natural affection
that I have unto my son George,... have given to him all
my whole right and interest in or to the farm I live on
now, by virtue of a deed from the whole Company of
Purchasers, as may appear by a deed given under their
hand. Said farm contains five hundred acres of land,
more or less, bounded as in my original deed from
aforesaid purchasers. Only I, said Robert Hazard, do
reserve one hundred and twenty acres, and my now
dwelling-house." ... (Robinson, 4)
Previous to the deed of gift to his son George,
Robert had, in 1692, given to his son Stephen "all rights
and interests in land belonging to Point Judith Neck,
being y-e seventh part of y-e same, excepting one hundred
acres and Little Neck, so called, next Boston Neck."
In 1695, he also gave his son Jeremiah two hundred
acres of land in Tiverton; and that his eldest son Thomas
had land given to him by his father, is proved by the
fact that in his will he says, "land that came to me by
inheritance from my father, Robert Hazard." By these
deeds it would seem that Robert Hazard owned more than
one thousand acres of land. (Robinson, 4-5)
On 9 December 1710, Thomas deeded "to son Robert for ?300,
land where I know dwell, 100 acres, with housing, orchard, &c."
(Austin, 320)
Robert Hazard married Mary Brownell, daughter of
Thomas and Anne Brownell. She was born in 1639, and died
in 1739, being exactly one hundred years of age. In an
old copy of the Boston Gazette, dated Feb. 12, 1739, is
found the following notice: "Newport, Feb. 9. Mrs. Mary
Hazard, widow of Mr. Robert Hazard, of South Kingstown,
and Grand Mother to the deceased George Hazard, Esq.,
late Deputy Governor of Rhode Island, departed this life
the 28th day of January last, in the Hundredth Year of
her age, who was decently interr'd the Wednesday
following. She had 500 Children, Grand Children, and
Great Grand Children, and left behind her now living two
hundred and five of the aforesaid number. She was
accounted a very useful Gentlewoman both to the Poor and
Rich on many accounts, and particularly amongst Sick
Persons for her Skill & Judgement, which she did Gratis.
(Robinson, 4-5)
Children:
3. i. Thomas-3, b. 1660; m. Susannah Nichols.
ii. George, d. 1743; m. Penelope Arnold, b. 3 Aug 1669, d.
after 1742, dau. of Caleb and Abigail (Wilbur)
Arnold.
Children, surname Hazard: 1. Abigail, b. 19
March 1690. 2. Robert, b. 3 Nov 1694. 3. Caleb,
b. 24 Nov 1697. 4. George, b. 9 Oct 1700. 5.
Thomas, b. 30 March 1704. 6. Oliver, b. 13 Sep
1710.
iii. Stephen, d. 29 Sep 1727; m. Elizabeth Helme, dau.
Rouse and Mary (_____) Helme.
Children, surname Hazard: 1. Mary, b. 20 July
1695. 2. Hannah, b. 20 April 1697. 3. Susanna, b.
23 April 1699. 4. Stephen, b. 29 Nov 1700. 5.
Robert, b. 12 Sep 1702. 6. Samuel, b. 29 June
1705. 7. Thomas, b. 28 July 1707. 8. Elizabeth.
9. Sarah.
iv. Martha, d. 1753; m. Thomas Wilcox, son of Stephen and
Hannah (Hazard) Wilcox.
Children, surname Wilcox: 1. Robert. 2.
Stephen. 3. Jeffrey. 4. Thomas, b. 24 Oct 1693.
6. Abraham. 7. George. 8. Edward. 9. Hannah.
v. daughter, m. Edward Wilcox, b. after 1662, d. 5 Nov
1715, son of Stephen and Hannah (Hazard) Wilcox.
Children, surname Wilcox: 1. Mary. 2. Hannah.
3. Stephen. 4. Edward.
* vi. Robert, d. 1718; m. Amey Champlin (Jeffrey-2-1), dau.
of Jeffrey-2 and [Hannah or Mary] (____) Champlin.
See Robert Hazard of Rhode Island for more
information.
vii. Jeremiah, b. 25 March 1675; d. 2 Feb 1768; m.. Sarah
Smith, b. April 1678, d. 12 March 1765, dau. of
Jeremiah and Mary (Gereardy) Smith.
Children, surname Hazard: 1. Mary, b. 16 March
1699. 2. Ann, b. 28 Feb 1701. 3. Robert, b. 11
April 1703. 4. Sarah, b. 11 Jan 1706. 5. Martha,
b. 8 Oct 1708. 6. Hannah, b. April 1714. 7.
Susanna, b. 21 May 1716.
viii. Hannah, m. Jeffrey Champlin (Jeffrey-2-1), son of
Jeffrey-2 and [Hannah or Mary] (____) Champlin.
I am seeking all genealogical and biographical details for the
family documented above including their ancestors, children, and
grandchildren and the spouses thereof, including the full names of
those spouses' parents. All additions and corrections, however
speculative, will be greatly appreciated. Please send a copy of
any response directly to me. I subscribe to many lists and post to
many websites; I would not want to miss your reply! Thank you!
Perry Streeter
Canandaigua, New York USA
http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/hazard/messages/50.html
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| Person ID |
I56 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
11 Jun 2012 |
| Father |
Thomas Hazard, b. 1610, Nottinghamshire, England , d. 1680, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
Martha Potter, b. 18 Oct 1611, England , d. 1669, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Married |
1628 |
Rhode Island, USA |
| Family ID |
F43 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Mary Basconnell Brownell, b. 1639, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island , d. 28 Jan 1739, South Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island |
| Married |
1659 |
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary Hazard, b. Abt 1666, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island |
| | 2. Stephen Hazard, b. 1660, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island , d. 29 Sep 1727, South Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island |
| | 3. Thomas Hazard, b. 1660, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island , d. 1746, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA |
| | 4. Martha Hazard, b. Aft 1660, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, USA , d. 1753, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, USA |
| | 5. George Hazard, b. 1662, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island , d. 1743 |
| | 6. Robert Hazard, b. 1662, Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island , d. 05 Sep 1759, Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island |
| | 7. Jeremiah Hazard, b. 25 Mar 1675, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island , d. 02 Feb 1768, North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island |
| | 8. Hannah Hazard, Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island , d. 05 Mar 1713 |
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| Family ID |
F41 |
Group Sheet |
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