In memory of William Hazard Sr, my Maternal 9th Great-Grandfather on the DECKER branch.
Bibliography:
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Hazard Family of Rhode Island 1635-1894, by Caroline E. Robinson and Daniel B. Updike, 1895.
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Rhode Island Birth Index, 1636-1930, Ancestry.com
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Rhode Island Colonial Census 1747, South Kingstown, Washington County, p. 37.
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William Hazard Sr
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Birth:
1721 Apr 12
Rhode Island
Marriage:
1744 Sep 12
[Unknown]
Death:
Burial:
1795
Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island
[Unknown]
Biography
William Hazard was the son of Caleb Hazard and Abigail Gardiner. He was born on the 12th of April, 1721, and was a licensed tavern keeper at Jamestown. He married Phebe Hull on the 12th of September, 1744. In her book, Robinson says the following of William: “He represented his town in the General Assembly in 1756, ’57, ’60, ’62, as Deputy; in 1768-70 he was Assistant. He was called Captain William, having been for a few years a sea-captain. His name is found in the Jamestown records as Councilman,-generally Chairman of the Council". William died in 1795 at Jamestown, Rhode Island.
Children
William Hazard Sr & Phebe Hull were the parents of my ancestor,
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Lydia Hazard, who married John Field
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Josiah Hazard (b. 1748)
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Abigail Hazard, who married Sylvanus Wyatt
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William Hazard (b. 1753)
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John Hazard (b. 1755)
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Benedict Hazard (b. 1758)
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Mary Hazard (b. 1762)
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