Thomas Hazard, "Progenitor of the Hazard Family- USA"

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Direct quote from: 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 this family, and anecdotes illustrative of their traits and also of the times in which they lived. by Caroline E Robinson. Copyright, 1896. page 1-2.

Note: If his daughter Elizabeth was b c1624 and her 1st child b c1642 at age 18- then Thomas Hazard must have been born before 1609- - more like c1600 to c1603 which would make him approx. 21-24 at the time of her birth- although his son Robert is listed as the 1st child born in 1635 prob. in England or Boston?

• Thomas Hazard, the progenitor of the Hazard family in the United States of America, was born in 1610; he died in 1680; he married, 1st Martha ____, who died in 1669. He married, 2nd, Martha, widow of Thomas Sheriff; she died in 1691.
• His name is first found in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1635. In 1638, March 25, he was admitted freeman of Boston. Two years later he was admitted freeman of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. in 1639, April 28, he and eight others signed the following contract, preparatory to the settlement of Newport Rhode Island: “It is agreed by us whose hands are underwritten to propagate a plantation in the midst of the island or elsewhere, and to engage ourselves to bear equal charge, answerable to our strength and estates, in common, and that our determination shall be by major voice of judge and elders, the judge to have a double voice.” The founders and first officers of the town of Newport were William Coddington, Judge; Nicholas Easton, John Coggeshall, William Brenton, John Clarke, Jeremy Clarke, Thomas Hazard, and Henry Bull, Elders; William Dyre, Clerk. In 1639, June 5, he was named one of four proportioners of land in Newport, any three of whom might proportion it; “the company laying it forth to have 4d. an acre for every acre laid.” September 2, 1539, he was admitted freeman of Newport, and in 1640, March12, he was appointed a member of the General Court of Elections. In 1665, he was for a short time in Newtown, Long Island. In his will, proved 1680, his wife Martha, whom he calls his “beloved yoke-fellow,” is sole executrix, and he fives her “all movable and immovable estate, as housing, goods, cattle, and chattels, etc.” To his son Robert he gives 1s. To his daughter, Hannah Wilcox and Martha Potter, wife of Ichabod Potter, 1s. There is a long line of descendants from this daughter Martha, and Ichabod Potter, with frequent intermarriages in the Hazard family. In the early history of the family it was almost an exception to find a Hazard who did not marry a cousin, and it is a curious fact that the lines in which these marriages were the most frequent, were often marked by the strongest men and women, both mentally and physically.
• These few meagre facts are about all that can be found at the present day of the founder of the Hazard family in America. But Thomas R Hazard, in his Recollections of Olden Times, has given an account of the family that goes back, even beyond the names; its European founder being the Duke de Charente, living about 1060, on the borders of Switzerland. From the Duke de Charente he has given an interesting account of the changes in the name, until toward the close of the eighteenth century, when it was, and still continues to be written Hazard. Willis R Hazard, a descendant of Johathan Hazard of Newtown, Long Island (according to whose opinion Jonathan was a son of Thomas Hazard, but other authorities a nephew), has given us the chief characteristics of the family; and although his account was intended for the descendants of Jonathan of Newtown, it is equally applicable to the Rhode Island family. He says: “The Hazards are a strongly marked race, handing sown and retaining certain peculiarities from generation to generation. One is, a peculiar decision of character, a certain amount of pride, and a pronounced independence, coupled with a slight reserve. Physically they are strongly marked. Generally speaking, they are of good stature and vigorous frames with rather a square head, high forehead, brown hair, blue eyes, straight or aquiline nose, and with will shown by a firmly set jaw. Their complexion is fair, a little inclined to florid.”
• Few families in Rhode Island have a brighter record than the Hazard family, where, if greatness is not always found, sobriety, honesty and integrity make even the humblest lives worth studying; and when one finds, as is often the case, a retiring, unpretentious modesty combined with greatness, he must be pardoned for his enthusiastic admiration for the old family tree, that still sends out vigorous shoots after more than two hundred years of grown in America.
• Children of Thomas Hazard:
  • 2. Robert Hazard, born 1635, in England or Ireland; died 1710; married Mary Bownell
  • 3. Elizabeth Hazard, married George Lewton.
  • 4. Hannah Hazard, married Stephen Wilcox, son of Edward Wilcox.
  • 5. Martha Hazard, married 1st, Ichabod Potter, son of Nathaniel & Dorothy Potter; married 2nd, Benjamin Mowry, son of Roger and Mary Mowry

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Surname has also been reported to be:

• Hazzard
• Hassard

Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be 1610 at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.

Date and place of death have also been (erroneously?) reported to be:

• 1669 at South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island
• after August 6, 1677 at Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island

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• Born: bet 1608 and 1610, of Orset, Nottinghamshire, England
• Died: 1680 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, Age 72. Buried: Portsmouth, Rhode Island
• Father: Thomas Hazard, Sr., b. Abt 1564, , , Nottinghamshire, England , d. date unknown
• Mother: Margarit Pawmer, b. Abt 1568, of, , Nottinghamshire, England , d. date unknown NB: parents unknown. The Great Migration Project does not have any proof of parents.
• Thomas Hazard was born about 1610 and died in 1680.
• He married first Martha Potter (George-A). NB: Martha, parents unknown. there is no proof she was the Potter's daughter.
  • Martha died in 1669;
  • she was probably the daughter of George-A and Martha (_____) Potter of London, England.
• Thomas married second Martha (_____) Sheriff;
  • she died in 1691;
  • she was the widow of Thomas Sheriff. -

Family

Marriage

• (1) Abt 1634 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island to Martha, b. 1611, London, Greater London, Middlesex, England , d. 1669, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Age: 58 years
• (2) Married: 1675 of Newport, Newport, Rhode Island Wife: Martha Sheriff, b: ABT. 1654 in Nottingham, England; d. 1691, of Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Children, all with 1st wife

• Elizabeth Hazard, b. Abt 1634, Portsmouth, Rhode Island; d. 8 Nov 1711, Portsmouth, RI, Age: 77 years
• Robert Hazard, b. 1635, Portsmouth, Rhode Island; d. 1710, Portsmouth, Rhode Island Age: 75 years
• Thomas HAZARD b: ABT. 1636 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
• Hannah Hazard, b. 1636-1637, Boston, Mass; d. 1685, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Age: 48 years
• Martha Hazard, b. 1638, Boston, Massachusetts; d. 1686, Kingston, Rhode Island, Age: 48 years
• Jonathan Hazard, b. 1638, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island; d. 1711 Age: 73 years
• George Hazard, b. 1646, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island d. 1743 Age: 97 years
• Nathaniel Hazard, b. Abt 1647, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Notes

• Thomas Hazard was one of the first settlers of Aquidneck, and was appointed, with Nicholas Easton and Robert Jeffries, to lay out the town of Newport. The colonial records of Massachusetts contain the following entries, which have been furnished me by Mr. Hazard Stevens, son of the late General Stevens, late Governor of Washington Territory: "September 3,1634, Mr. Nicholas Easton admitted freeman [at the General Court]"; "May 25, 1636, Thomas Hassard admitted freeman."

Children and Wives info:

http://jrm.phys.ksu.edu/Genealogy/Needham/d0005/I3485.html

two marriages:

• 1st wife: Martha ( widow of Thomas Sheriffe ) surname unknown.
• 2nd wife: Martha Potter Abt. 1633 probably St. Bride, Middlesex, England, UK

From: http://thesaltysailor.com/rhodeisland-philatelic/rhodeisland/stampl... The Hazard Family Letters 1832-1950 History of the Hazard Family of Peace Dale, Rhode Island

• The Hazard family of Peace Dale Rhode Island were among the original settlers in Rhode Island. The first Hazard in America was Thomas Hazard who emigrated from Wales around 1630. He originally settled in the colony of New Jersey and then moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1636. Sometime in between 1636 and 1638 he founded Newtown on Long Island, New York and then moved to Rhode Island in the spring of 1639.
• The Hazard Family motto is "Be Just and Fear Not."
• Thomas had 7 sons: Robert, George, Jeremiah, Benjamin, Stephen, Jonathan and Thomas.

From: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~streeter/hazard.pdf

• There is a long line of descendants from this daughter [of Thomas1 and Martha ( ) Hazard], Martha, and Ichabod Potter, with frequent intermarriages in the Hazard family.
• In the early history of the family it was almost an exception to find a Hazard who did not marry a cousin, and it is a curious fact that the lines in which these marriages were the most frequent, were often marked by the strongest men and women, both mentally and physically. (Robinson, 1-2)
• Robinson included another Hazard researcher's assessment of the family in her genealogy:
  • The Hazards are a strongly marked race, handing down and retaining certain peculiarities from generation to generation. One is, a peculiar decision of character, a certain amount of pride, and a pronounced independence, coupled with a slight reserve. Physically they are strongly marked. Generally speaking, they are of good stature and vigorous frames with rather a square head, high forehead, brown hair, blue eyes, straight or aquiline nose, and with will shown by a firmly set jaw. Their complexion is fair, a little inclined to florid. (Thomas R. Hazard, Recollections of Olden Times as quoted by Robinson)

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• Married Martha _____? Emigrated to Boston in 1635.
• Occupation: Ship's Carpenter.
• He was admitted a freeman in Boston 25 Mar 1638.
• He was a freeman of Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1640.
• On 28 Apr 1639 he signed, along with eight others, the contract for the settlement of Newport, Rhode Island.
• On 12 Mar 1640 he was appointed a member of the General Court of Elections.
• He became a member of Governor's Council 10 Dec 1654.
• He was a member, for Newton, L. I., of the Provincial Convention of November and December, 1653. Source: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wdwrth&i...)

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Timeline:

• 1635- Emigrated to Boston, MA.
• 1636, March 25- Freeman.
• 1638- Removed to Portsmouth, RI.
• 1639, April 28- He was admitted as an inhabitant of the Isalnd of Aquidneck, RI. Later this year, he signed a preparatory agreement for the settlement of Newport, RI.
• 1639, September 2- Freeman of Newport, RI.
• 1640, March 12- Member of the General Court of Elections.
• 1652-55: Magistrant at Middleburg (Newtown), Long Island, New York.
• 1655- He returned to Portsmouth, RI by this year.
• 1680- Taxed 9 shillings and 6 pence.

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• In the early history of the family it was almost an exception to find a Hazard who did not marry a cousin, and it is a curious fact that the lines in which these marriages were the most frequent, were often marked by the strongest men and women, both mentally and physically.
• Thomas R. Hazard, in his "Recollections of Olden Times", has given an account of the family that goes back, about 1060, on the borders of Switzerland. From the Duke de Charante he has given an interesting account of the changes in the name, until towards the close of the eighteenth century, when it was written Hazard.

http://awt.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1034016&i...

• Freeman: 9/02/1639 of Newport County, Rhode Island
• Immigration: Abt. 1635 arrived in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• 1640 appointed as member of General Court of Elections
• Occupation: Ships Carpenter

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• The ancestry of Thomas Sheriff may be relied upon more by oral history passed down thru generations than by actual documenation, but the early records of the Rhode Island Province show conclusively that he had eight children and was a property owner when he died. As late as 1737 the members of the family that remained in the vicinity retained the name "Sheriff", while Caleb, who had married and emigrated to New Jersey adopted the form "Shreve".
  • I cite here information from two sources: The main source being Genealogy and History of Shreve Families from 1641 by Luther Prentice Allen 1901 and a secondary source of J. Simms family tree.
  • Whether Thomas was the son of William and Oara is in question. In the Genealogy and History of Shreve Families from 1641 by Luther Prentice Allen 1901 he states that this romantic couple positively had two sons, Caleb and John and probably a third, William. No mention of a Thomas.
  • The possibility that Thomas came to America as an indentured servant is made by this information:
  • According to the Plymouth Church Records , Thomas had apparently been indentured to John Barnes and then, “On the fourth of August 1638 John Barnes sold Robert Bartlett the remaining three years of Thomas Shreve's indenture.” Robert Bartlett is mentioned in the 1627 Division of the Cattle as a member of the company of Francis Eaton.
  • From the early records it appears Thomas lived initially in Plymouth and then purchased land in Little Compton, now Rhode Island, but originally a part of Massachusetts. The original part of the “Old Colony” of Plymouth covered a much larger territory. At that time, Little Compton was occupied by an Indian tribe called the “Saconets”. Thomas Shreve appears numerous times in the records of colonial America. On December 7, 1641 he was cited as a complainant in an action of trespass in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He and William Brown complained against James Laxford in an action of trespass. They attached four goats and a lamb in the hands of Samuel Eddy and Joshua Pratt, amounting to 33s, and several other sums in other person’s hands.
  • In 1643 Thomas Shreve’s name appears in a long list of those able to bear arms in the several townships. Note his name in proximity to the name of Robert Bartlett, who held his indenture from the years 1638 through 164. The Names of all the Males that are able to beare Armes from ? Yeares old to 60 Yeares, wthin the seurall Towneshipps Plymouth . . . Robte Bartlett, Thom Shreeue.
  • In 1652 Thomas appears in the will of Webb Audey (Web Adey, Addy Webb), “probably the best-recorded antisocial pauper in Plymouth Colony” both as creditor and as beneficiary. The last Will and Testaments of Webb Audey late Deceased exhibited at the court of asistants holden at Plym: the 4th of May 1652 and by the said court ordered to bee Recorded Wee whose names are underwritten being p’sent with Webb Audey the 4th Day of March Anno Domi 1651 the said Webb Audey being of Desposing memory Declared before us his last will and Testament in these words following viz That hee had sold an house to Thomas Sherive for 4 pounds and five shillings and had Received six shillings in pt of payment; and hee would have one pound ten shillings therof to bee given to Mr John Reyner the Teacher and the Rest to Defray the charges of his buriall; and being Demaunded what he would Doe with his other house hee said there was poore enough in the Towne; and he gave unto goodman Pratt one bushell of corn halfe a bushell to goodnan Savory one peck to goodman Sherive all to bee paied out of Debts which hee said were then owing unto him John Bower Martha Sherive Susanna Jeney The Inventory of the estate of Webb Audey exhibbited at court abovesaid and likewise ordered to bee Recorded March the 17th 1651 A true Inventory of the estate of Webb Audey taken and prised by Leiftenant Southworth and John Morton the Day and yeare above specified - Pounds s d It one smale house and garden 01 10 00 It one pcelI of land in the Newfeild about 12 acars 01 00 00 It a smale byrding peece 00 10 00 It a smale crackt Iron pot at 00 04 00 It a stock locke 00 01 00 It other smale houselments 00 02 00 - 03 07 00 Debts Due unto him from - Pounds s d It Thomas Sherive 03 19 00 It leiftenant Southworth 00 01 06 It Samuell hickes 00 00 04 - 04 00 10 - Pounds s d Due from Webb Audy to Thomas Lettice 00 01 06 The charges of Webb Audeys buriall in the severall pticulars - Pounds s d Imprimis To Mis Jenney 01 10 00 It To Mis Reyner for a winding sheet 00 04 00 It to goodman Lettice for a Coffin 00 06 00 It to Thomas Sherive for making the grave 00 03 00 It to Tho: Savory for watching with him 00 01 00 It to Beniarnine Pratt for watching with him 00 01 00 It to John Smith for bidding folks to his buriall 00 01 00 - 02 06 00.
  • On June 20, 1654 Thomas Sherive sells a house in Plymouth to John Smith. The deed is interesting in that it provides significant detail as to the location of Shreve’s house. Bradford Govr Memorandum the 20th of June 1654 That Thomas Sherive Doth acknowlidge that for and in consideration of the summe of five and fiftys to him alreddy payed by John Smith senir of Plymouth; hee hath freely and absolutely bargained and sould unto the said John Smith a certaine house and garden plott on which it Standeth being Scittuate in the town of Plymouth aforsaid in the south street on the banke side next unto the brooke together with whatsoever fruit trees and all other appurtenances which are in upon or any way belonging unto the said house and garden plott and all other appurtenances privilidges and emunities belonging therunto unto the said John Smith his heires and assignes for ever the said prmises with all and singulare the said Thomas Sherive his Right title and enterest of and into the same to belong to the onely proper use and behoofe of him the said John Smith his heires and assignes for ever This sale was acknowlidged before Mr Bradford Govr by both pties the Day and yeare above written.
  • In 1660 Thomas bought six acres of land in Plymouth at the “New Field” from Josias Cook. A writing appointed to bee Recorded This is to testify to whom It may Conserne that I have sold to Thomas Sherive six acres of land that was mine that lay in the New feild att Plymouth; and Doe further promise by this bill that I nor any of mine neither my heires exequitors nor adminnestrators shall ever trouble or molest neither Thomas Sherive nor any that hee shall make sale of this land unto; and this was sold with the Consent of my wife Dated this 25 of the 3d month by mee Josias Cooke.
  • On December 10, 1666 he was a grantor in a conveyance in Portsmouth. He deeded Thomas Hazard a quarter of a share in Misquamient and also paid him ,20, receiving in exchange therefor 30 acres in Portsmouth, and house, orchard, &c, all to belong to Thomas Hazard for life, and at decease of Thomas Hazard to be for Thomas Sheriff and wife Martha for their lives, and at death of both of them to go to 2d son John Sheriff and heirs, and for want of issue of John to go to 3d son Caleb Sheriff, &c.
  • Thomas Sheriff's inventory was made 11 June 1675: House and land 15 pounds, horse and mare 7 pounds, two cows, three calves, five ewes, five lambs, eight shoats, a feather bed, six pillows, two bolsters, six blankets, ring, flock bed, fifty-six pounds of pewter, warming pan, silver dram cup, looking glass, etc. Total 218 pounds and 12 shillings
  • This information from joykin of Delaware on Ancestry. Will we ever really know the true facts about Thomas Sheriff.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walker/shreve.html

• Proof of Thomas Sheriff living in Rhode Island: Thomas Sheriff deeded Thomas Hazard (later to become second husband of Martha) a quarter share in Misquamicut and also paid him 20 pounds receiving in exchange therefor 30 acres in Portsmouth and house, orchard, etc., all belong to Thomas Hazard for life and at the decease of Thomas Hazard to be for Thomas Sheriff and wife Martha for their lives, and at the death of both of them to to second son, John Sheriff and heirs, and want of issue of John to go to the third, Caleb Sheriff, etc."

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HAZARD, Thomas (1610-80), from Wales or Eng. to Boston before 1635; a ship carpenter; freeman of Boston, 1636, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island 1640; moved to Rhode Island and signed the covenant of cities, 1639; mem. Gov.'s Council, 1654; magis- trate, 1652-1655; at Newtown, L.I., 1656: returned to PortsmoUth, Rhode Island; m Martha -----(d 1669); m 2d Martha -----(d 1691), widow of Thomas Sheriff.

• HAZARD, GEORGE, Providence, b. Jan. 1646, was, perhaps, s. of one Thomas, and br. of Thomas, jr. ROBERT, Portsmouth, R. I. 1655, s. of Thomas, b. in Wales, it is said; was f. of Thomas, wh. d. 1746, aged 90, of George, wh. d. 1743; of Stephen; Robert; and Jeremiah. THOMAS, Boston 1635, ship carpenter, freem. 25 May 1636, rem. in few yrs. to R. I. signed the cov. of citiz. 24 Jan. 1639, and is on the list of 1655, but in 1656 was at Newtown, L. I. Thence he soon came back to Portsmouth, R. I. there d. 1669. His will of that date names w. Martha; ds. Eliz. w. of George Laighton; Hannah, w. of Stephen Wilcox of Misquamacuck, that pt. of the Narraganset now Westerly; and Martha, w. of Ichabod Potter of Portsmouth, beside s. Robert, and gr. s. Thomas Hazard. Tradit. in the fam. is, that he came from Wales, bring. s. Robert, a. 4 yrs. old.
• Thomas Hazard, born in 1610, appears first of record in America in Boston in 1635; was admitted a freeman there in 1638, and two years later of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He was one of the founders and first town officers of Newport, along with Coddington, Easton, Coggeshall, Brenton, the Clarkes Bull and Dyer. Mr. Hazard was made a freeman of Newport in 1639, and in 1640 was appointed a member of the general court of clections. His first wife, Martha, died in 1669, and he married (second) Martha, widow of Thomas Sheriff. His children were: Robert, of whom further; Elizabeth; Hannah; and Martha

Children"

• * Thomas Hazard, III, b. 1659, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, d. 1741 Age: 82 years
• On 29 May 1675, Thomas made a formal statement prior to declaring marriage intentions with Martha (_____) Sheriff: This is to notify all men whom it may concern, whereas there is a promise of matrimony betwixt Thomas Hazard and Martha Sheriff, yet I, the aforesaid Thomas Hazard, do take the same Martha Sheriff for her own person, without having anything to do with her estate, or anything that is hers for matter of goods, etc. (Austin, 320) This prenuptial agreement of sorts was probably intended to reassure the heirs of Thomas and Martha (_____) Sheriff that Thomas Hazard would not interfere with the inheritance they had envisioned. Apparently, relations between Thomas and his only son, Robert, were strained at one point. Thomas made another formal declaration on 6 August 1677: That whereas son Robert claims right to my lands by virtue of a writing as he saith by me formerly passed and given him, &c.--this is denied. I, Thomas Hazard, do by these presents solemnly protest and affirm that I never made any writing, only in a will drawn by John Porter at John Lawton's house about thirty years past, wherein if I had then deceased, being sick and weak, my said son was to have had my lands and my other children my movables; nor made any writing to said son only in a will 1669, Nov. 30, in which II appointed him executor, since which time have seen cause to make null and void, and do absolutely abolish the two wills and have made another will dated 1676, Nov. 6. (Austin, 320)

In his will, proved 1680, his wife Martha, whom he calls his "beloved yoke-fellow," is sole executrix, and he gives her "all movable and immovable estate, as housing, goods, cattle, and chattels, etc." To his son Robert he gives 1s. To his daughters, Hannah Wilcox and Martha Potter, wife of Ichabod Potter, 1s.

http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/getperson.php?personID=I12370&tre...

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• Birth: 1630/1635 - Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
• Death: 1710 - Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
• Parents: Thomas Hazard, Mrs Thomas or Martha Hazard
• Siblings: Elizabeth Lawton (born Hazard), Hannah Wilcox (born Hazard), Martha Hazard
• Wife: Mary Hazard (born Brownell)
• Children: Thomas Hazard, George Hazard, Stephen Hazard, Robert Hazard, Mary Hazard, Martha Hazard, Miss Hazard, Jeremiah Hazard, Hannah Hazard

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Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hazard
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2646.htm#...
• The Hazard family of Rhode Island .... Pg.1
• Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire .... Vol.2 Pg.502
• http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_1f2.htm#166

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Find A Grave Memorial# 37073756

Thomas Hazard

• Birth: 1610, England
• Death: unknown Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
• Born about 1610 (deposed 16 October 1674 "aged sixty-four years"). Ship carpenter who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 (based on admission to church on 22 May 1636).
• First settled in Boston (based on admission to Boston church);
• moved to Newport RI in 1639, & Portsmouth RI by 1651. Died after 6 August 1677. MARRIAGES:
• (1) By about 1628 Martha _____.
• (2) Soon after 29 May 1675 Martha (_____) Shreive, widow of Thomas Shreive.
  • She married (3) Lewis Hues, who soon abandoned her (on 22 March 1691[/2?], "Martha Hues, wife of Lewis Hues, made agreement with her son John Sheriff, which she had by former husband, whereas said Lewis Hues was lawfully married to his above named wife Martha, took an occasion privately to go away within six or seven weeks after he was married, taking away great part of her estate, that was hers in her former husband's time").
• A large number of secondary sources state that the immigrant portrayed in this sketch was identical to the man of the same name who appeared in Newtown on Long Island from 1652 to 1656. Aside from the identity of names, the only evidence in favor of this claim is the near absence of the Portsmouth man from Rhode Island records during these years.
  • There is more than ample evidence, however, to determine that these were two distinct men.
    • First, the Newtown man had sons named Nathaniel, Joshua, Jonathan and Gershom. These sons are never seen in Rhode Island, and the children of the Thomas Hazard of Portmouth are never seen on Long Island.
    • Second, and even more important, in the will of 1676 and the declaration of 1677, we see Thomas Hazard of Portsmouth going to great lengths to disinherit his son Robert. Had there been any other sons in this family, they would certainly have rushed in to claim their share of the estate.
    • Finally, and even though this last point is sufficient to distinguish the two men, there are other differences between the two men that separate them. The Thomas Hazard of Newtown was in his first appearance named a magistrate, and held that office more than once, whereas the Portsmouth man held no office higher than petit juryman. Thomas Hazard of Portsmouth signed all his documents with his distinctive mark, his initials "TH" in large block capitals, whereas the Newtown man, as best we can tell from published versions of documents, also signed by mark, but using only the single initial "H".
    • With these two men separated from one another, we suggest that Thomas Hazard of Newtown died soon after his last appearance in the records in 1656.  

Family links: 

• Spouses:
  • Martha Hazard
  • Martha Shreive Hayward Hues
•  Children:
  • Elizabeth Hazard Brightman (1626 - 1711)*
  • Robert Hazard (1635 - ____)*
• Burial: Unknown

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hazard

Anderson, Robert Charles (2003). The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England 1634–1635. Vol. III G-H. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. pp. 294–8. ISBN 0-88082-158-2.

Austin, John Osborne (1887). Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. Albany, New York: J. Munsell's Sons. ISBN 978-0-8063-0006-1.

Moriarity, G. Andrews (April 1944). "Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island". The American Genealogist 20: 186.

Robinson, Caroline Elizabeth (1895). The Hazard Family of Rhode Island, 1635 - 1894. Boston.

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This person migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640). (see The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 3, p. 294-8)

Biography

THOMAS HAZARD, the progenitor of the Hazard family in the United States of America, was born in 1610; he died in 1680; he married, 1st, Martha (???), who died in 1669. He married, 2d, Martha, widow of Thomas Sheriff; she died in 1691. His name is first found in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, in 1635. In 1638, March 25, he was admitted freeman of Boston. Two years later he was admitted freeman of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. In 1639, April 28, he and eight others signed the following contract, preparatory to the settlement of Newport, Rhode Island: "It is agreed by us whose hands are underwritten to propagate a plantation in the midst of the island or elsewhere, and to engage ourselves to bear equal charge, answerable to our strength and estates, in common, and that our determination shall be by major voice of judge and elders, the judge to have a double voice." The founders and first officers of the town of Newport were William Coddington, Judge; Nicholas Easton, John Coggeshall, William Brenton, John Clarke, Jeremy Clarke, Thomas Hazard, and Henry Bull, Elders; William Dyre, Clerk. In 1639, June 5, he was named one of four proportioners of land in Newport, any three of whom might proportion it; "the company laying it forth to have 4d. an acre for every acre laid." September 2, 1639, he was admitted freeman of Newport, and in 1640, March 12, he was appointed a member of the General Court of Elections. In 1665, he was for a short time in Newtown, Long Island. In his will, proved 1680, his wife Martha, whom he calls his "beloved yokefellow," is sole executrix, and he gives her "all movable and immovable estate, as housing, goods, cattle, and chattels, etc." To his son Robert he gives 1s. To his daughters, Hannah Wilcox and Martha Potter, wife of Ichabod Potter, 1s. There is a long line of descendants from this daughter Martha, and Ichabod Potter, with frequent intermarriages in the Hazard family. In the early history of the family it was almost an exception to find a Hazard who did not marry a cousin, and it is a curious fact that the lines in which these marriages were the most frequent, were often marked by the strongest men and women, both mentally and physically.

Emigration

Emigration: Date: 1635 Place: From Lyme Regis Dorset, England with wife Martha and son Robertto Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Occupation

Occupation: Ship's carpenter Residence

Residence: Date: 1639 Place: Rhode Island Residence: Place: New Town, Long Island, Founder Event

Event: Type: Freeman Date: 28 APR 1639 Place: Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island Event: Type: Freeman Date: 1636 Place: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Settled in Rhode Island in 1639 His name is first found in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Massachusetts. in 1635 March 25, 1738 he was admitted Freeman of Portsmouth, Newport County,Rhode Island. April 28, 1639 he and 8 others signed the contract preparing for the settlement of Newport Rhode Island, where he was a first Elder. June 5, 1639 he was named one of four proprietors of land at Newport. September 2, 1639 he was admitted Freeman of Newport, and March 12, 1640 was appointed a member of the General Court of Elections. His will proved 1680 He was made a freeman 1636 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Then he moved to Long Island, founded Newtown, then moved to Rhode Island. The family of Hazard is of Norman extraction. At the time of the "Conguest" they were living on the borders of Switzerland, and were distinguished by the ancient but long extinct title of DUKE DE CHARANTE. (1060) Two bearing this title visited the Holy Land as "Crusaders" Of Boston 1635, Newport 1639. He m. 2nd, Martha Sherriff (Shrieve) widow of Thomas. Ship Carpenter, surveyor & planter. 1635, Came to Boston, Suffolk, Ma from England with 1st wife Martha & son Robert. 1636, Admitted Freeman at Boston, Suffolk, Ma. 1638, Admitted Freeman at Portsmouth, Newport, Ri. 1639, Signer of Compact for settlement of Newport, RI. 1640, Member of General Court of Elections. 1652, One of founders of Newtown, Long Island, NY. 1652-55, Magistrate under the Dutch. 1654, Member of Governor's Council. 1655, Returned to Portsmouth, Newport, Ri, but reappeared at Newtown, Long Island, NY 1656 & 65. Sources

Source S14 Title: The Name of Dyer, A Genealogical Record Author: William Allan Dyer Publication: 1940 Abbreviation: The Name of Dyer, A Genealogical Record Note: NS354033 Source Media Type: Manuscript

Source S16 Call Number: RI929.2 All Title: The Allen Families and 83 Connected Families Author: Devere Allen Publication: Wilton, Connecticut, January 1947 Abbreviation: The Allen Families and 83 Connected Families Note: NS325583 Source Media Type: Manuscript

Source S439 Title: First Families of America, Compendium Author: Frederick A. Virkus, 1925 Publication: CD #113 & 114 Abbreviation: First Families of America, Compendium Note: Source Media Type: Book Source S62 Call Number: R929.2 qH428 Title: The Hazard Family of Rhode Island 1635-1894 Author: Robinson, Caroline E. Publication: Boston, Printed by the Author: (1895) Abbreviation: The Hazard Family of Rhode Island 1635-1894 Note: A genealogy and history of the descendants of Thomas Hazard, 1635-1894, with sketches of the worthies of this family, and anecdotes illustrative of their traits and also of the times in which they lived. NS345913 Source Media Type: Book Source S917 Title: Great Migration Biographical Sketches Author: Robert Charles Anderson Abbreviation: Great Migration Biographical Sketches Note: An essential companion to the Great Migration books, the Newsletter offers feature articles on a variety of topics, including the settlement of early New England towns, migration patterns, seventeenth-century passenger lists, church records, land records, and much more. NS160413 Source Media Type: Internet A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut, Vol. 2, edited by Benjamin Tinkham Marshall, 1922, Lewis Historical Publishing Company as found on google books. Author: Louis E De Forest Title: Babcock and Allied Families Publication: Name: De Forest Publishing Co; Date: 1928; "The Annals of Newtown in Queens County, New-York" James Riker New York: D. Fanshaw, 1852 "Their ancestor, Thomas Hazard, came from Wales, and was admitted to freemanship at Boston in 1636: in 1652, he became one of the founders and first magistrates of Newtown. He had several sons, one of whom, Robert, settled in Rhode Island, and originated the Hazards, so highly distinguished in the annals of that state. Jonathan, another son, remained at Newtown, m. Hannah, dau. of Jas. Lauronson, acquired a large property, and filled various offices. He d. in 1711, having had issue Thomas, James, Nathaniel, Elizabeth, m. Edward Hunt, and Sarah, who m. James Renne."

"The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island" John Osborne Austin Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, NY: 1887; pp. 320-323

"A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England" James Savage Pub. Boston, 1860-1862; v2, p395 "Hazard, Thomas, Boston 1635, ship carpenter, freem. 25 May 1636, rem. in few yrs. to R. I. signed the cov. of citiz. 24 Jan. 1639, and is on the list of 1655, but in 1656 was at Newtown, L. I. Thence he soon came back to Portsmouth, R. I. there d. 1669. His will of that date names w. Martha; ds. Elizabeth w. of George Laighton; Hannah, w. of Stephen Wilcox of Misquamacuck, that pt. of the Narraganset now Westerly; and Martha, w. of Ichabod Potter of Portsmouth, beside s. Robert, and gr.s. Thomas Hazard. Tradit. in the fam. is, that he came from Wales, bring. s. Robert, a. 4 yrs. old."

"New England Marriages Prior To 1700" Clarence A. Torrey, (as found on NEHGS CD-ROM, Boston, 2001) "HAZARD, Thomas (1610-1680+) & 1/wf Martha _____ (-1669+); by 1635; Boston/Portsmouth, RI/Newtown, LI" "HAZARD, Thomas (1610-1680) & Martha [SHERIFF/SHREVE] (-1691) w Thomas; aft 29 May 1675; Portsmouth, RI"

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History of Stonington, Connecticut, 1649 - 1900 Author: Richard Anson Wheeler Publication: New London, CT, Press of The Day Publishing Company, 1900 Media: Book Page: page 658.

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Thomas Hazard was one of the first settlers of Aquidneck, and was appointed, with Nicholas Easton and Robert Jeffries, to lay out the town of Newport. The colonial records of Massachusetts contain the following entries, which have been furnished me by Mr. Hazard Stevens, son of the late General Stevens, late Governor of Washington Territory: "September 3,1634, Mr. Nicholas Easton admitted freeman [at the General Court]"; "May 25, 1636, Thomas Hassard admitted freeman."

HAZARD, Thomas (1610-80), from Wales or Eng. to Boston before 1635; a ship carpenter; freeman of Boston, 1636, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island 1640; moved to Rhode Island and signed the covenant of cities, 1639; mem. Gov.'s Council, 1654; magis- trate, 1652-1655; at Newtown, L.I., 1656: returned to PortsmoUth, Rhode Island; m Martha

HAZARD, GEORGE, Providence, b. Jan. 1646, was, perhaps, s. of one Thomas, and br. of Thomas, jr. ROBERT, Portsmouth, R. I. 1655, s. of Thomas, b. in Wales, it is said; was f. of Thomas, wh. d. 1746, aged 90, of George, wh. d. 1743; of Stephen; Robert; and Jeremiah. THOMAS, Boston 1635, ship carpenter, freem. 25 May 1636, rem. in few yrs. to R. I. signed the cov. of citiz. 24 Jan. 1639, and is on the list of 1655, but in 1656 was at Newtown, L. I. Thence he soon came back to Portsmouth, R. I. there d. 1669. His will of that date names w. Martha; ds. Eliz. w. of George Laighton; Hannah, w. of Stephen Wilcox of Misquamacuck, that pt. of the Narraganset now Westerly; and Martha, w. of Ichabod Potter of Portsmouth, beside s. Robert, and gr. s. Thomas Hazard. Tradit. in the fam. is, that he came from Wales, bring. s. Robert, a. 4 yrs. old.

Thomas Hazard, born in 1610, appears first of record in America in Boston in 1635; was admitted a freeman there in 1638, and two years later of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He was one of the founders and first town officers of Newport, along with Coddington, Easton, Coggeshall, Brenton, the Clarkes Bull and Dyer. Mr. Hazard was made a freeman of Newport in 1639, and in 1640 was appointed a member of the general court of clections. His first wife, Martha, died in 1669, and he married (second) Martha, widow of Thomas Sheriff. His children were: Robert, of whom further; Elizabeth; Hannah; and Martha