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| Title |
Squire |
| Born |
16 Jan 1795 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Notes |
- Hazard genealogy, #1003:
"He was sometimes called, by way of distinction, "Squire Hazard." His father died when he was but seven years of age, leaving his mother with six small children. Her means for the support of the helpless little family were not large, as a relative had taken advantage of her unprotected condition to defraud her of the patrimony left to her by her grandfather James Perry. She herself taught school for a time, to help feed her little brood, and her sons were taught serviceable trades. Jonathan, her third son, learned the carpenter's trade. About 1820 he commenced manufacturing coarse woolen goods, in company with Isaac Peace Hazard, at a place called Brushy Brook, in the western part of the town. This enterprise was very successful for a few years. Mr. Hazard then moved to Rocky Brook and operated Thomas R. Hazard's mills, in that place; here he was successful. Thomas R. Hazard was enabled to retired from business a few years afterwards, with what was at that time considered a fortune.
"Jonathan Hazard then bought one of the mills on his own account, which he run until about 1837, when he gave up the manufacturing business; and after one year spent in Newport, he bought one-half of a property in Narragansett Pier. At this time he ran a line of sloops to Providence, Newport, and New York. The sloop Washington made three trips a week to Providence and Newport; the Point Judith and Pettasquamscutt sailed one each week to New York. These sloops were built and launched at the "Pier," near when the Casino now stands, and were built by Capt. John Saunders.
"Mr. Hazard was an exceedingly quick-tempered, but also an exceedingly kind-hearted and sympathetic man. While scolding a miserable drunkard for his improvidence and neglect of his family, he would at the same time busy himself in filling a basket with provisions, and to the last denunciatory word he would add, "Come for more when that is gone." He truly understood the meaning of the word, "neighbor." One one occasion, seeing a heavy thunder-storm coming up, and also seeing his neighbor's hay, that was well cured and ready for the barn in danger of injury, and knowing his friend was away from home, Mr. Hazard called some men from his mill, and taking his teams, went to the field and gathered the hay into the barn. When thanked for his kind deed, he said, "There is nothing to thank me for; am I not they neighbor?" His wife was a member of the Society of Friends, and thus his changing fortunes did not prevent his children from being well educated in the Friends' School in Providence."
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| Person ID |
I733 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
11 Jun 2012 |
| Father |
Jonathan Nichols Hazard, b. 18 Oct 1761, South Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island  , d. 1802 |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
Mary Robinson, b. 1763, Point Judith, Washington, Rhode Island, USA , d. Abt 1837, Point Judith, Washington, Rhode Island, USA |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Married |
12 May 1785 |
Point Judith, Washington, Rhode Island, USA |
| Family ID |
F36 |
Group Sheet |
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| Sources |
- [S161] The Hazard family of Rhode Island, 1635-1894: being a genealogy and history of the descendants of Thomas Hazard, with sketches of the worthies of, Robinson, Caroline E., (Name: Boston: Printed for the author, 1895, 315p.;), pp. 177-178, #1003.
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