Lt / Deputy Governor George Hazard

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George Hazard
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George Hazard
23rd Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

In office
1734–1738
Governor John Wanton
Preceded by John Wanton
Succeeded by Daniel Abbott

Personal details
Born 9 October 1700
Died 1738
South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Spouse(s) Sarah Carder
Children Mary, George, Abigail, Sarah, Penelope, Carder, Arnold
Occupation Deputy, Speaker of House of Deputies, Deputy Governor
George Hazard (9 October 1700 - 1738)[1] was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

Life

George Hazard was the son of George and Penelope (Arnold) Hazard of South Kingstown in the Rhode Island colony. His grandfather was Robert Hazard of Portsmouth, and his great grandfather was Thomas Hazard who settled in Portsmouth by way of Boston.[2] The subject George Hazard became a freeman of South Kingstown in 1721, a Deputy in 1729, serving for five years in that capacity, and in 1733 was Speaker of the House of Deputies.[1] In 1734 he was elected as Deputy Governor of the colony, serving until his death in 1738.[1]

In 1733 Hazard paid £1,000 to his father for a farm called the "Foddering Place," and built a large mansion house there.[1] In his will he left this farm to his son, also named George Hazard, who would become the Mayor of Newport[3] Another son, Carder Hazard, served on the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

Hazard's wife, Sarah, the daughter of James and Mary (Whipple) Carder, also died in 1738, shortly after Hazard's death which was likely in the spring of 1738, since his will was recorded on 22 May of that year.[4] The couple had seven children. Hazard's mother, Penelope Arnold, was a daughter of Caleb and Abigail (Wilbur) Arnold, and a granddaughter of Governor Benedict Arnold, and of Samuel Wilbur, Jr.[5] She was also a great granddaughter of two signers of the Portsmouth Compact, John Porter and Samuel Wilbore. Hazard's first cousin, Robert Hazard, later became deputy governor of the colony.

Ancestry
Most of the given ancestry of Hazard is found in John O. Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island.[2] The early Brownell line is found online.[6]

List of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island
List of colonial governors of Rhode Island
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d Robinson 1895, p. 24.
^ Jump up to: a b Austin 1887, pp. 320–1.
^ Robinson 1895, p. 25.
^ Robinson 1895, pp. 24–25.
^ Robinson 1895, p. 11.
^ "Brownell Family". Retrieved 18 December 2011.

Bibliography
Austin, John Osborne (1887). Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. Albany, New York: J. Munsell's Sons. ISBN 978-0-8063-0006-1.
Robinson, Caroline Elizabeth (1895). The Hazard Family of Rhode Island, 1635 - 1894. Boston: Published by the author. p. 166.
Further reading[edit]
Bicknell, Thomas Williams (1920). The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Vol. 3. New York: The American Historical Society. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
External links[edit]
State list of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island